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gtood bj them believing they were destined to accomplish as much 

 good in their sphere of usefulness, as Education has in hers. 



The benefit accruing from Agricultural Fairs are of a two fold 

 nature, and apparent to all. Where the Fairs are made an object 

 of attraction, you will find the greatest amount of thriftiness and 

 prosperity prevailing in the sections which contribute to, and take 

 an interest in, their prosperity. The benefits flowing from them 

 are not to be estimated in a pecuniary sense. There are benefits 

 conferred on the agricultural interests through the influence of this 

 institution, which command our most hearty admiration and respect 

 for those public benefactors of our race who have nurtured and 

 expanded this germ, so that agriculture should take once more her 

 rank as one of the most honorable pursuits of man. 



FARMER EYESOPEN'S SOLILOQUY. 



Hkre am I, nearly fifty years old, and never saw such a place in 

 niy whole life before as Charley led me into to day. Heigh ho ! a 

 nursery and green-house I Well, I do declare, it is worth examin- 

 ing—what a curiosity ! — what a collection ! I would not have 

 thought it possible for one man to gather into one enclosure, and 

 grow from the same soil, such a vast variety. It must have cost a 

 large amount of money, and yet they ofi"ered to sell any of the vari- 

 eties for a trifle. I declare it is wonderful ! 



Apples — I declare, there was no end to the Apple Trees, (young,) 

 growing there, and such a vast variety of kinds ! I never can learn 

 the names of all, and what a knowledge Mr. H. showed of Fruit 

 and Fruit Trees. I declare, he would discover the name of any 

 variety in the whole Nursery, by examining a short slip without 

 leaves or buds. 



Then there were other Fruit Trees,— Pears, Peaches, Quinces, 

 Cherries, Plums, etc., — their names were numerous, and their num- 

 ber was legion, but many of them can not be grown successfully 

 about here, — but there were Strawberries— what wonderful ones ! 

 and other berries and grapes in such tempting clusters — I declare, 

 it makes my own home — which I have been used to so long that its 

 nakedness is as familiar as the nose on my own face — look real shabby, 



