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The herd of ten, with nineteen others, half Ayrshire, all the property 

 of Bela J. Stone, of Sturbridge, were fine appearing animals. Two 

 pairs steers, two years old, grade Durhams, by S. F. Marsh, of Stur- 

 bridge, so handsome that the term lubberly could not in justice be 

 applied to them. 



The herd of ten, one and two years old, belonging to Dexter Nichols, 

 of Sturbridge, grade Devons, were remarkably fine-looking animals. 



Simon Carpenter, of Charlton, was on hand with a herd consisting of 

 a bull, a cow, Avith heifers and steers to make the required number, 

 which appeared well. 



We searched in vain for fat oxen, and were scarcely more successful 

 in finding any neat stock which was of that class. Two cows alone were 

 to be found, and, upon inquiry, I was informed that the butchers had 

 scoured that locality through and through, picking everything to which 

 the term beef could be applied. 



Among the sheep were ten good natives, the property of Bainbridge 

 Doty, of Charlton. Also, a beautiful buck, " Gen. Grant," seven-eighths 

 Leicester and one-eighth Cotswold, owned by the Hamilton Woollen 

 Company. 



In a capacious cage upon four wheels, we noticed a large swine. 

 Made an effort to learn the weight, but did not succeed. A brood of 

 clean, white, fat, short-snouted pigs pleased us. They looked contented 

 and sleek — seemed to be taking on fat without making effort to do so. 

 While looking at those pigs, my mind reverted back to the days when 

 droves of swine used to pass our place, coming all the way down from 

 the queen's dominions on the north, which were not unfrequently 

 denominated " Canada land shad." Sometimes it has occurred to our 

 mind that they were of that breed which, on one occasion, wei*e beset 

 by foul spirits, when the whole herd ran violently down a steep place, 

 and Avere drowned. Be that as it may, they certainly resembled, to 

 some extent, a female shad on returning to the ocean after the spawning 

 season, so far as flanks and sides were concerned. With legs nearly 

 the size of pillars formerly used in supporting an old fashioned piazza — 

 ears resembling more a blacksmith's apron than anything else — snouts 

 like a pick-handle, with a flange on the outer end, which enabled them 

 to dig post-holes or any other holes where it would cause the perspira- 

 tion to flow freely from a biped to perform the same amount of labor 

 with the improved implements of the present day. Vast improvements 

 have been made even in the race of pigs. Well, let them go on. 



There were several coops of domestic fowls, which compared favora- 

 bly with other shows of the kind witnessed on other occasions. 



In the town hall, the mechanical department was, in part, represented 

 by Litchfield & Co., of Southbridge, shuttle-makers. Side by side were 



