90 THE MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY 



whether the same advance has been made in this, as in 

 other departments, of agricultural activity. It is as 

 follows: 



Bill of fare for the dinner at the Cattle Show of the 

 Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture : 



Below this memorandum, on the same sheet of old 

 manuscript, is the following: 



Memorandum of an agreement made between 



of Brighton, of the one part, and the trustees of the 

 Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture, on 

 the other part: 



The said agrees to prepare and provide for the 



said society at their annual cattle show on the 



inst. an excellent dinner, agreeable to the above 

 recited bill of fare, at the price of one dollar and fifty 

 cents for each person, and to furnish fifty bottles of 

 Madeira for every hundred guests, and in that propor- 

 tion for as many persons as may be present; and that 

 the wine shall be of a quality equal, at least, to the best 

 wine sold by J. D. & M. Williams for $3 a gallon, and 

 that everything provided, from the substantial to the 

 lighter dishes, vegetables, fruit, etc., shall be of the 

 best kind which can possibly be procured, and that the 

 waiters shall be the best, and in numbers sufficient for 

 easy attendance upon everybody. 



