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adapted to theii- growth as Barnstable. In the butter and cheese 

 department there appeared to be no entries. Of useful and fancy 

 articles there was a very large displaj', showing, that, if the ladies 

 of the county had not spent their time in making butter and 

 cheese, they had not been idle ; for man}- articles showed a great 

 amount of labor and perseverance, as well as good taste. 



About four hundred persons were present at the dinner, which 

 passed off very pleasantly. The after-dinner speeches were made 

 by Gov. Eice, Major Phinney, and others. 



After dinner a rush was made for the track ; but, as the State 

 does not encourage the horse-trot, j'our delegate spent the remain- 

 der of the afternoon in viewing the articles on exhibition in the 

 hall : so he is unable to state the appearance or the value of the 

 winning horse. 



In conclusion, your delegate would suggest, that, when county 

 exhibitions are held in towns of limited capacities for entertaining 

 strangers, lodgings for the delegate should be engaged in advance, 

 and thus reUeve the delegate from the unpleasant dut}'^ of travelling 

 from house to house to find a place to rest his aching head and 

 weary limbs, as was the case with your delegate to Barnstable. 



Edmund Hersey. 



NANTUCKET. 



The Twentj^-second Annual Exhibition of the Nantucket Agri- 

 cultural Society was held on Wednesday and Thursday, the 5th 

 and 6th of September. 



The grounds of the society are about one mile from the town, 

 containing about twenty acres of level land surrounded by a sub- 

 stantial fence, a fair half-mile track, stands for the committees and 

 band, and a large number of stanchions and hitching-posts, where 

 the cattle are all secured, and where the committees have a fine 

 chance to view them. These were well filled with pure blood and 

 grade animals, presenting for this section of the State a fine dis- 

 play. 



The show of cattle was remarkably good. There were the Jer- 

 seys, AjTshires, natives, and grades. I hardly expected, from 

 what I saw of the soil of Nantucket, to see so large and fat cattle 

 on exhibition. The show of sheep was good : a lot of twenty- 

 one Southdowns and grades were fine specimens. The show of 

 swine was not large, but of good qualit}-. The show of poultry 

 consisted of bronze turkeys, geese, ducks, pigeons, and hens of 



