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interest of the show, which was thought, by good judges, to be 

 better in some respects than any previous year. 



The main feature of the show in the hall was a splendid lot 

 of o^tjr one hundred cheeses. The show of fruit was good, 

 tliat of vegetables very small ; it should have been ten times 

 as large. There were some specimens of manufactures, and 

 some fine articles in the fancy department. The address was 

 delivered by Rev. A. L. Stone, of Boston, said to be good, but 

 having a position at a distance from the speaker, I was unable 

 to appreciate its good qualities. After doing justice to a good 

 dinner, a nice cheese was presented to the orator of the day, 

 and another to the Hon. Oliver Warner, secretary of the Com- 

 monwealth. The show was a successful one, and it would be 

 well if some other societies would imitate Worcester West in 

 the improvement of their stock. 



Abel F. Adams. 



WORCESTER NORTH. 



As delegate of the State Board of Agriculture, I was present 

 at the eleventh annual exhibition of. the Worcester North Agri- 

 cultural Society, held at Fitchburg on the 29th and 30th of 

 September. 



Every arrangement seemed to have been made by the efficient 

 officers of the society, to render this show interesting and useful. 



The upper room of the town hall, a spacious and beautiful 

 apartment, was well filled and handsomely arranged with 

 products from the fields and gardens, fruits from the orchards 

 and fruit-yards ; together with beautiful and handiwork of the 

 ladies, both ornamental and useful ; with a good display of the 

 fine arts and mechanics. There was no public exhibition on 

 the first day. Committees occupied the hall in the afternoon, 

 attending to the duties of their several appointments. The hall 

 was open to the public in the evening. Tables arranged through 

 the centre were filled with fruits, domestic manufactures and 

 mechanic arts. 



There was a fine show of apples and pears, though less tlian 

 last year, as I was informed by the secretary, of more than one- 



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