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were closed for the purpose of preparing a floor for a grand ball, concert, 

 and banquet of the fruits and vegetables on tlie tables. 



This entertainment was a novel one, which excited great amusement 

 and good feeling among all the visitors. 



It was a happy mode of disposing of the fraits and vegetables ; and 

 taking into view the large number who were present on this occasion, 

 perhaps there never was an assembly better satisfied. 



It is one of the objects of this Society, to discover what fruits and 

 vegetables are best adapted to our climate ; to diffuse such information 

 throughout the great valley of the Mississippi ; and by example and 

 practice, induce the organization of similar Societies, for the purpose of 

 developing the vast resources of this great garden of the earth. 



The system and good order which characterized every department of 

 the exhibition, and the evident good feeling of the company who visited 

 the pavilions, were subjects of general remark. 



An admirable address was, by request of the Society, delivered by 

 President I. J. Allen, of Farmers' College, on Thursday evening of the 

 first week, to the largest audience at any time assembled within the 



inclosure. 



The next morning after its delivery, the Society unanimously passed 



the following resolution : 



^'Resolved, That the Secretary request President I. J. Allen to 

 furnish the Society a copy of his address, for publication in pamphlet 

 form, with a suitable preface, to be prepared by the Secretary." 



GEO. GRAHAM, 



Sec^y Cin. Hor. Society. 



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THE MINUTENESS OF CREATION. 



It is utterly impossible for the mind to conceive of the almost infinite 

 minuteness of an atom. A single grain of gold, for instance, might be 

 beaten out so as to cover a square foot of space, and yet we have not 

 approached its reduction to atoms. The following admirable illustration 

 by Depler, may be given to show how incomprensible is an atom : Eeduce 

 a cubic inch of sulphur to fine powder, and you may cover it with an 

 area of six square miles. Take one grain of this powder, and triturate 

 it thoroughly with ninety-nine grains of sugar of milk, and its presence 

 would be" detectible in every grain of the hundred. Take -a grain of 



