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was also an exhibition of the Percheron horses and colts to which 

 premiums were awarded, by the Massachusetts Society for the Pro- 

 motion of Agriculture ; but our time did not permit us to be 

 present. 



The usual dinner was given at the Massassoit House, where the 

 president, and other gentlemen, addressed the audience. In- re- 

 sponse to a call from your delegate, he alluded to the promising 

 condition of the Hampden Society, under the guidance of an able 

 and experienced head, to the magnificent grounds in possession of 

 the society, that valuable as they were for an agricultural exhi- 

 bition, they were still more valuable in a sanitary j^oint of view, 

 as a park for the city of Springfield, destined as it is to become one 

 of the largest cities of the Commonwealth ; that now while the 

 opportunity exists that great boon, for the benefit of coming gen- 

 erations, might be secured. 



Marshall P. Wilder. 



