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PUBLISHED RV GEORGE C. BARRETT, NO. 52 NORTH MARKET STREET, (AGiiicui.Tirj(B-WAKKiioosK.) — T. G. FESSENDIiN, EDITOR, 



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BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1835. 



No. IS. 



IDDLIISEX CATTLE SH01V AND EXHIBITION 

 of Mnnnfacturcs. 



According to appoiiitmoiit, this fair was hold on 

 ''edni'sday, Oct. 7, at Concord. Notwithstanding 

 real storm of ilic dayl'cfore, and thcunproni- 

 g aspect of the heavens on the morninff, the 

 llection of peo]ile was as full as nsiial. There 

 5S entries at the pens, and 248 at the Court 

 use. 



The exhibition of cattle, both fat and workinaf, 



very sort; of ploiij;hir.!r, and of manufactures, 



d of articles of curious and beautiful growth, 



ly maintained the credit of formei years. 



At 9 the ploughing match took place, and 



igh the competitors were less in number, yet 



work was judged by the committees and the 



wds of spectators to be better done than in 



irs jiast. 



\t 11 the Society marched to the meeting house, 

 ere the religious services were conducted by 

 Rev. Mr Wilder, chaplain of the day. The 

 ging by the Concord choir aided by the band, 

 satisfactory. The oration by O. S. Keith, 

 ]. of Framinghani. was of an tmusually elcva- 

 charaeter. It was upon the cultivation of the 

 llectual ))ovvers, whicli agriculture offers, and 

 ts best state requires of the husbandman. Few 

 fessions seem to need more observation, study, 

 careful reasoning than that of the farmer, 

 various characters of the different soils, the 

 lence of the various materials put upon the 

 I to correct their composition ; the effect of 

 e comliinations of manure, compost and of 

 on the various vegetables ; the influence of 

 late ; in fine, the whole natural history of the 

 til ; of vegetables and of the weather, andagri- 

 lural chemistry : all these come under the 

 y "of the farmer; uot scientifically necessarily, 

 in many of their details and principles. The 

 wledge of all these, to some e.ttent, is necessa- 

 o every cultivator of the soil, and as his study 

 em is the more perfect, so will he be able to 

 nis plans of operation with the more clearness 

 advantage, and depend with the more certain- 

 ion the result of his labor, and reap a more 

 and profitable harvest of his toil. We hope 

 this oration in print, and tliat a cojiy niay 

 tlic hands of every firmer of Middlesex, 

 fter the services of the meeting house, the 

 al committees attended to the duties assigned 

 ifi in the field and in the court house. After 

 ge number had dined, and regaled themselves 

 the ricli fruits which had been offered for 

 liunis, and after hearing toasts, and songs, and 

 music, the society adjourned to the court 

 e, and the reports of the committees were 

 and the premiums were declared, 

 len the following officers were chosen for the 

 ing year : 



miel Shattuck, of Concord, President: Eli 



of Marllioro', 1st Vice President ; John Nel- 



of Carlisle, 2d do. do. ; Timothy Prescott, of 



ord, Recording Secretary ; Edwarff Jitrvis, of 



do.. Corresponding Secretary ; Phineas How, of 

 do.. Treasurer. 



Messrs Abel Jewett, Cyrus Stow and .John Sta- 

 cy, severallydeclined serving in the offices hither- 

 to honorably and satisfactorily filled by them. 



The following is a list of the premiiuns awarded. 



first 

 .*20 00 

 ,15 00 

 12 00 



!fil5 00 

 12 00 



$10 00 

 8 00 



On Farms, 

 Nathaniel S. Bennet, of Framinghani, 



premium, i 



John Kendall, INIarlboro', 2il, 

 Capt. Nath'l Lougley, Jlarlboro', 3d, 



Orchards. 

 Simon Tiittle, Acton, 1st |)remium, 

 Horatio Fletcher, AV^estford, 2d, 



Mxdberry Trees. 

 Henry Wright, Stow, 1st premium, 

 Maj. James Barrett, Concord, 2d, 



J\reat Cattle. 

 Henry A. Colburn, Lowell, best Bull, first 



premium, $8 00 



Amos Harrington, Weston, 2d, 6 00 



M. FisSe, Framingham, 3d, 4 00 



Augustus Tower, Stow, 3 year old steers, 



" best, 6 00 



David Blood, Pepperell, 2d do. 5 00 



Cyrus Smith, Lincoln, yearling steers, 4 00 



Sophia Haywood, Concord, heifer calf, 3 00 



1 forking Oxen. 

 Silas Conant, Concord, 4 yr old cattle, first 



premium, $8 00 



Ed. Wetherbee, Acton, 6 yr old do. 3d, 7 00 



Charles L. Tarbell, Lincoln, 6 yr old do. 3d, 6 00 

 Joseph Darby, Concord, 5 yr old do. 4th, 5 00 

 Joshua Brown, Concord, 4 yr old do. 5th, 4 00 



Fat Cattle. 

 Zadoc Rogers, Lowell, fat Ox, weighing 



2540 lbs. 1st premium, $10 00 



Silas Conant, Concord, 2d, 6 00 



Milch Cows. 

 Jonas Viles, Waltham, Cow, 4 years old, first 



premium, $10 00 



John Heywood, Concord, 5 yr old do. 2d, 8 00 

 Amos Carter, Lincoln, 6 yr old do., 3d, 6 00 



James A. Lovejoy, Billerica, 6 yr old do., 4th, 5 00 



Heifers. 

 Ebenezer Ames, Wayland, heifer 2 1-2 yr old, 



first premium, $'9 00 



Timothy Prescott, Concord, do. 2d, 4 00 



Swine. 



Abel Glcason, Wayland, best Boar, first pre- 

 mium, !*6 00 



Henry Flagg, Weston, 2d do. 5 00 



Augustus Tuttle, Concord, best breeding sow, 



first premium, 6 00 



Henry Fiagg, Weston, 2d do. 5 00 



Abel Gleason, Weston, best litter of pigs, first 



jiremium, 5 00 



Silas Conant, Concord, 2d do. 3 4)0 



Butter. 

 Jlichael Crosby, Bedford, firkin of 50 Ihs. 



first premium, $8 00 



John .Angler, Framingham. 2d do. 7 00 



Oliver Crosby, Billerica, box of himp butter, 



12 lbs. first premium, 5 OP 



Calvin B!ancliard,' Littleton, 2d do. 3 00 



John Kendall, Marlboro', 3d do. 2 00 



Fruit. ' 

 Charles W. Johnson, Wayland, Scekcl Pear, 75 



Jonas Parker, Carlisle, Plums, 1 00 



Zacheus Reed, AVestford, Porter .*\pple, 75 



Simon Tuttle, Acton, do. do. 75 



Muses B. Garfield, Concord, Apples, 75 



Cyrus Wheeler, do. do. 75 



iMoses Underwood, Lincoln, blue Pearmains, 1 00 



Stephen Patch, Concord, do. 50 



Roberl Chapin, Acton, Spice Apples, 50 



do. do. Fresh Pond Apple, 50 



Amos Hartwell, Bedford, Apples, 50 



Chas. W. Johnson, Wayland, Porter, 50 



Abel Jones, Acton, Apples, 50 



John Clapp, South Reading, do. 75 



do. do. Pears, 75 



do. do. Vv'hite Grapes, 1 00 



Simon Tuttle, Acton, do. 1 00 



Stephen Rice, Marlboro', Native Grapes, 60 



Josepli Smith, ^ do. do. 50 



Nathan Barrett, Concord, do. 60 



James Eustis. Reading, Isabella Grapes, 1 00 



Simon Tuttle, Acton, Pepficrs, 50 



Jacob A\'hitney, Stow, Native Grapes, 50 



Fitch Tufts, Billerica, Golden Sweeting, 50 



Fitch Tufts, Billerica, Pears and Apples, 50 



Cyrus Warren, Concord, Apples, 50 



Charles Bobbins, Acton, do. 1 00 



Paul Kittredge, Cheinjsfurd, Water Melon, 2 00 



Mosos Whitney, Stow, Water Melon, 50 



John Rice, Concord, Squash, 50 



F. S. Bemis, Lincoln, Squash, 50 

 Dr Josiah Bartlett, Concord, 8 large squashes, 1 00 



Paul Kittredge, Chelmsford, large Carrots, 25 



Dr Bela Gardner, Bedlijid, Onions, 25 



Mamijactures. 

 Benj. Poor, Stow, one piece Broadcloth, $8 00 

 Zadoc Rogers, Lowell, two pieces plain 



cloth, ,' 4 00 



Betsi^y Jewett, Pepperell, one do. 4 00 



Eliakim Hutching, Westford, one piece flan- 

 nel, 5 00 

 Sarah Hunt, Concord, one piece do. 4 00 

 'J homas Whitney, Shirley, one piece do. 2 00 

 Hannah Weir, Carlisle, 2 do. do. per loom, 2 00 

 Eliza Judkins, Billerica, one carpet, 5 00 

 Betsey Fletcher, Stow, do. 4 00 

 L. P. Cloves, Framingham, one stair carpet, 1 00 

 Nancy Green, Carlisle, two woollen coverlets, 4 00 

 Esther Fletcher, Stow, one do. do. 3 00 



