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The work was all so well and so thoroughly done, that, whUe yoUf 

 Committee congratulate the Yeomanry of the County of VVorcester oa 

 the extraordinary improvement both as respects the work and manner of 

 doing it, they found the duty of discrimination, and of giving preference, 

 to be very arduous and exceedingly difficult. 



Seventeen competitors, being called to order, formed a circle and cast 

 lots for their sections, the ground having been previously divided into- 

 sections of an eighth of an acre each. 



Lot No. 1. Jonas Johnson, of Worcester — work performed in 41', 



Lot No. 2. Levi Lincoln, of Worcester — work performed in 31'. 



Lot No. 3. Seth Hastings, of Mendon — work performed in 28'. 



Lot No. 4. Silas Dudley, of Sutton — work performed in 34' 30". 



Lot No. 5. William Eaton, jr. of Worcester— work performed in 3^. 



Lot No. 6. Stephen Marsh, jr. of Sutton — work performed in 33'. 



Lot No. 7. Stephen Marsh, of Sutton — work performed in 29' 30". 



Lot No. 8. Royal T. Marble, of Sutton — work performed in 30'. 



Lot No. 9. Lewis Chapin, of Worcester — work performed in 29'. 



Lot No. 10. Luther Whiting, of Sutton — work performed in 31' 30"^ 



Lot No. 11. Samuel Sibley, of Sutton — work performed in 32' 45". 



Lot No. 12. Henry Wheeler, of Worcester — work performed in 35' 30", 



Lot No. 13. Henry Bullard, of Holden — work performed in 28' 36". 



Lot No. 14. Sumner Cole, of Sutton — work performed in 26'. 



Lot No. 15. Ward& Ric, of Worcester — work performed in 26' 1&". 



Lot No. 16. John Jacobs, of Sutton — work performed in 26'. 



Lot No. 17. Asa Cummings, jr. of Sutton — work performed in 25' 45"!. 



The Committee awarded as follows : — 



First premium to Asa Cummings, jr. of Sutton, $10 — himself Plough* 



man, $5— Davis Cummings, Driver, $3. 

 Second premium to Sumner Cole, of Sutton, $8 — Daniel Woodbury, 



Ploughman, $4 — John Sherman, Driver, $2. 

 Third premium to Royal T. Marble, of Sutton, $6— himself Plough- 

 man, $3— Russell Marble, Driver, $1. 

 Fourth premium to Seth Hastings, of Mendon, $4 — Elias Rawson, 



Ploughman, $2. 

 Your Committee have to remark, that the ground furnished by our 

 President, who is always so ready and so willing to aid and assist in ren- 

 dering this anniversary both interesting and respectable, was remarkably 

 fine, and well calculated to give a fair trial ; and for this, together with 

 the excellence of the work of his team, although we do not award him a 

 premiutp, he has ovir best wishes that his land may return him a ricfe 

 liarvest" 



Per order. 



JOSEPH TltAYER. 



