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good, honest, unrestrained enjoyment, and they have it. 

 Not a sign of disorder or incivility or intoxication was 

 noticed. All were happy, and listened to a band from New 

 Bedford, which gave satisfactory music and pleased the 

 people. 



The exhibition of horses continued at intervals through 

 the second and third days. 



A ploughing-match came off at eleven o'clock on the farm 

 of Mr. Whiting, of two horse-teams and one of oxen, at- 

 tracting but little attention. One of the ploughs was a 

 novelty there — a Casaday sulky plough — which did good 

 work, and was a great credit to the owner who had the enter- 

 prise to introduce such an advanced implement on the island. 

 There was a base-ball match between two local clubs, a foot 

 race and other civil games to amuse the crowd. 



On Thursday the third day, in the afternoon, the large hall 

 was crowded ; the very handsome and able address of Mr. 

 Everett A. Davis, which justly gave great satisfaction to the 

 members of the society, some music, a few short speeches to 

 while away an hour, and the twenty-fifth exhibition of the 

 Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society had become a thing 

 of the past. 



Two hundred and eighty-one years ago last May, Capt. 

 Bartholomew Gosnold discovered the "Vineyard." First 

 landing on the small island now called "No Man's Land," 

 he gave it the name of " Marthae's," or "Martin's" Vine- 

 yard. The larger island upon which he went the next day, 

 about four miles north, has, however, retained the name to 

 the present time. He then sailed round the high bluif at the 

 western end, now known as Gay Head, which he called 

 Dover Cliff, from the somewhat resemblance to the chalky 

 cliif of that name which he had recently left behind him in 

 his English home. 



He anchored in a splendid bay which he called " Gosnold's 

 Hope," and from there selected one of a group of small 

 islands between the Vineyard and the mainland, which he 

 called " Elizabeth," in honor of his mistress the queen of 

 England, where he established a settlement intended to be 

 permanent, but which, however, continued but one month, 

 as those who came with him as settlers expecting to be 



