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numbers. The number of swine was not large, but there were 

 some very fine specimens. 



The show of horses was good. Among them were some very 

 tine-looking, easy-stepping animals ; yet the track was so uneven, 

 and extremely dry and dusty, that it was impossible to judge much 

 of their speed or road quaUties. 



The show of vegetables was very good ; that of potatoes was 

 excellent. One squash, weighing a hundred and forty-four pounds, 

 came down from Washington, and stood proudly among its neigh- 

 bors, showing, how things grow up there. We saw many looking 

 wishfully at the plates of peaches and grapes in the collection of 

 fruits. The splendid boxes of yellow butter, home-made cheese, 

 and maple-sugar, were very nice. The ladies' department was very 

 fine. The society held a meeting in the town-hall on the evening 

 of the first day, at which Dr. Lucas of Chester gave an extended 

 account of a business-trip to some of the Southern States. While 

 it was interesting, it varied somewhat from an agricultural speech. 

 Good music by the Hindsdale Band, and short speeches by other 

 speakers, soon finished out the evening. The president presided 

 with ease and grace. The dinners were provided in the society's 

 dining-hall by the ladies of the Baptist Society, at a cost of only 

 fift}' cents per dinner, which was abundant and well-cooked. A 

 former member of the State Board said, while eating his dinner 

 and looking at the lady- waiters, "I think this would be a good 

 place for a 3'oung man to come for a wife." 



The president, C. Fay, Esq., and oflEicers and members of the 

 society, all worked as one family to make the exhibition worthy 

 the patronage of the State ; and the kind attentions extended to 

 the delegate will be remembered with gratitude. 



Elijah Perry. 



UNION. 



I visited this comparatively young and vigorous society at its 

 Annual Exhibition, held on its grounds at Blandford, Sept. 19, 20, 

 and 21. 



On arriving at the grounds, I was met by F. C. Knox, Esq., 

 member of this Board, who very kindly gave such information in 

 reference to the different departments of the show as was de- 

 su'ed. 



This society owns some ten acres near the centre of the town, 

 very pleasantly situated, and commanding one of the finest views 



