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b}' a large displaj^ of vegetables and flowers such as children 

 ■would naturallj- choose to raise. This feature of the exhibition 

 was worth}' of high commendation. 



One of the negative excellences of the exhibition was the omis- 

 sion of the " horse-trot." The Madawaska cavahy furnished all 

 the fun which the j'oungsters needed, when the old follcs did not 

 crowd them out of sight. Some wonderful exhibitions of horse- 

 manship closed the exercises of the da}'. When our Indian tribes, 

 and the present condition of life on our plains, have passed awaj', 

 probably no such riding will be known. It may be well to say 

 to our descendants who shall couduct these fairs a hundred years 

 fi'om now, that we had riders who could lean from their saddles, 

 and pick up one article after another from the ground, while the 

 horse was in full galop ; that, on one side of the horse, all that 

 could be seen of the rider was one foot above the saddle, and 

 his head and hands below the horse's belly as he gathered the 

 objects along the way. The feat would seem to be incredible. 



But it would not be in good taste to forget the dinner and the 

 speeches. The dinner was excellent, your delegate knows ; and, 

 that the speeches began and ended well, ever3^body will know, 

 when he says the first was made by President Hersey, and the 

 last by Secretary Flint of our Board. That there were some 

 equally good ones sandwiched between them will be inferred, 

 when we mention these among the speakers, — Hon. John D. 

 Long, Hon. B. W. Harris, and Hon. J. B. D. Cogswell. 



The whole exhibition was a success in its kind, and was thor- 

 oughly enjoyable in all respects. 



P. A. Chadbodkne. 



MAESHFIELD. 



I attended the Exhibition of the Marshfield Society, on the 

 3d, 4th, and 5th of October, as the delegate from this Board. 

 The weather on the first and last da3-s proved unfavorable ; but it 

 did not dampen the ardor of the hardy farmers and horticulturists 

 of this flourishing society ; and the attendance on the second day 

 was unusuall}' large. I had just enough of the blood of our Pil- 

 grim Fathers flowing in my veins to enjoy a -visit to this ancient 

 town ; and I esteemed it a pleasure, because of its sacredness as 

 the home and the resting-place of the patriot and statesman, Daniel 

 Webster, who had devoted long j-ears successfully to develop the 

 agiicultui'al resoui'ces of this Old Colony settlement. The farmers 



