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town, and others, had choice selections of flowers. There were 

 also fine specimens of plants and flowers of large growth from the 

 college green-house. 



President Clark displayed a collection of Japanese manufac- 

 tures and photographs, curious articles of costume, papers of great 

 firmness, beautiful hand- wrought silks, window-shades, swords, 

 &c. Dr. Noah Cressy had his cabinet of curiosities, consisting 

 mainl}' of Indian relics, and articles discovered in or voided from 

 the stomachs of different cattle, horses, and calves. The latter 

 lot he very appropriately labelled "A Poor Dinner." There was 

 a pair of lady's rubbers, about No. 6, found in the animal's stom- 

 ach, which may have been all that was now to be seen of the party 

 who said, "How shall I flee from that terrible cow?" a hair 

 ball over three inches in diameter, made up in the stomach of a 

 calf five weeks old, butchered in Amherst, supposed to have accu- 

 mulated from the calf itself by licking, and then swallowing the 

 hair. From similar receptacles the doctor had a piece of bone 

 five inches and a half long, nearly two inches wide, and about 

 half an inch thick ; also a well-chewed copper coin, a piece of 

 Crocker}^, and other materials. Among the Indian rehcs were a 

 fine specimen of an axe-head, an arrow-head, a tomahawk, a 

 chisel, stone pestles and mortars for pounding and pulverizing the 

 corn, &c., and a stone war-club, claimed to be the largest ever 

 discovered. 



The show of stock, although not so large as last year, owing to 

 the absence of two or three large herds, was excellent in kind. It 

 was remarked that the proportion of oxen to that of cows was not 

 as large as formerly : still there were good numbers, including 

 some four or five long town teams. Shorthorns, AjTshires, and 

 Jerseys were most numerous. Of the first-named, the herd of 

 S. A. Bates was particularly noticeable. The Aj-rshires and 

 Shorthorns from the agi'icultural college farm were an ornament to 

 the Commonwealth. There were twent^'-two on exhibition ; but 

 the}' were not entered for a premium. The scarcity of Jerseys at 

 this show could not well be accounted for, as it was known that 

 there were a plenty of that breed in the vicinity. The swine were 

 Chester "\Yhites, SuSblks and Chester "Whites mixed, and Berk- 

 shires. The pigs were very handsome. The exhibition of sheep 

 was not large : Southdowns prevailed. There was a good show 

 of poultry. Among the best were the White Leghorns and Light 

 Brahmas. There were also ducks and geese. 



The great feature of the occasion was the after-dinner address 

 of President Clark, to hear which the multitudes were imited in, 

 well fiUing the spacious hall. Of this addi'ess, stming and biil- 



