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see and to believe might be happily joined. Early in the 

 season a committee of the board opened negotiations with 

 the selectmen of Brighton, looking to the permanent estab- 

 lishment of the cattle show in that town. They suggested 

 to the selectmen that in whatever town they should locate, 

 they should expect from it the gift of half an acre of land, 

 on which to set an agricultural hall, and the use of four 

 acres, near at hand, during six days in October, each year, 

 for the placing of cattle pens and the convenience of spec- 

 tators, Having already had a proposition to that effect made 

 to them in a neighboring town. A town meeting was held 

 in Brighton, on June 8, and a committee was appointed. 

 The committee was able to report at the adjourned meeting 

 of June 15, that two offers had been made of gift to the 

 town, as desired. 



One of these was from Samuel W. Pomeroy, who pro- 

 posed to grant the half acre on either side of the road near 

 his tavern, and the use of a field of ten acres opposite to 

 the tavern. This building was known as the Bull's Head 

 tavern and stood on the northeasterly side of the present 

 Washington street, 1,000 feet from Cambridge street, and 

 400 feet from Union street. The ten-acre lot was within 

 the area now bounded by Union street and Lexington 

 avenue. The other offer was from Abiel Winship, of a 

 half acre in the middle of his pasture, already referred to r 

 and a roadway to it, with the use of four acres in such part 

 of the field as he might choose, from time to time. The 

 thanks of the town were voted to each of the two citizens,, 

 and the committee was directed to submit the two offers to 

 the trustees of the society. They chose the Winship 

 premises, as being more central in the village, and the half- 

 acre lot being, as the committee of the trustees express it 

 in their report, u on elevated and beautiful ground, com- 

 manding an extensive view.' 7 The deed of Abiel Winship 

 to the society is of date, July 23, 1818, and has condi- 

 tions that in case the premises cease to be used for a cattle 

 show the land shall revert to the grantor ; also, that the 



