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the purchasers. The show of vegetables was very good, particularly of 

 onions, potatoes, squashes, and some of the largest turnips we ever saw. 



Of the ladies' department we cannot speak in detail, further than 

 that there was a fine display, and men and women are, to sum the 

 whole thing up, the most interesting features of every show; besides, 

 we were informed, the Worcester Horticultural Society had an 

 exliibition at the same time, which left the Agricultm'al Society's Hall 

 a matter of fact and not of fancy. 



Tliere were six entries of stallions, nineteen entries of family horses, 



seven entries of matched horses, twenty-three entries of colts, and 



twelve brood mares. "We cannot speak of their merits from observation, 



but judging from the crowd, there must have been merit, as the 



attendance on the second day was greater than on the first, with all its 



various attractions. This reminds us that our attention has been called 



to this subject, and the breeders of thoroughbred stock are very mvich 



annoyed that so mucla importance is given to tire horse at our local 



shows, and also at the New England Show, and cite the New York 



Show as a counter example. The Show of New York is made up, 



almost entirely, by rural men, men who are willing to spend a day in 



looking at the* good points of a good animal. But Massachusetts is 



made up more of mechanics and a manufacturing population, a body of 



people who move and like to see things move. These people need 



their holiday, and would like to come out and see what the farmers can 



show ; and if our shows should embrace only farmers, they would 



embrace only a small part of our' community. Our shows find it politic 



to cater to the tastes of the mass. Every class has its speciality. 



Cattle men enjoy looking at the good points of good cattle; sheep men 



at the good points of sheep. More who are judges of neither cattle 



nor sheep must find enjoyment somewhere, and judging from the way 



things take, the horse furnishes more of it than any other one object. 



It may be said that fast horses make fast men, and that such may be 



true cannot be denied, when we find that a show here in Massachusetts, 



with receipts of over $14,000, cannot be made to pay its Avay ; and the 



genuine live Yankee has fast motions and notions which are not to be 



despised at home, and he always finds a place abroad, and there is 



nothing too fast for him. Think he would ride on the telegraph if he 



could only get aboard. 



The Worcester Society have a fine dining hall, and it was well filled 

 at the dinner, after which the society were furnished with an iiateresting 

 address from William S. Lincoln. Subject : " Virginia as the war found 

 it, and as it is now leaving it." Ex-Governor Lincoln, of more tlian 

 eighty years, with whom time has dealt very tenderly, came forward 

 reluctantly but very pleasantly, to the call of the president, and said that 



