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The rain the second day was too much for the crowd, though the 

 programme of the da}^ was put through by the efficient officers of 

 this live Society. 



H. M. Sessions. 



FRANKLIN. 



It is admitted that this was the best show of stock, of fruit, flow- 

 ers, vegetables and fancy goods ever given in the county, and its 

 secretary says that its members may well feel proud of, and well 

 satisfied with, the exhibition upon the grounds and in Washington 

 Hall. Two of the finest of New England autumn days — and what 

 can be more beautiful? — were vouchsafed to us, an offset to the 

 two dismal days of the fair of 1872 ; and a determination by some of 

 the trustees, whose services should be remembered, to give some 

 time and labor for the success of the fair, and the efforts of the 

 executive officers, brought out an exhibition of stock worthj^ the 

 good name and reputation of Franklin County and of the Society. 

 Three hundred and thirty-seven head of cattle were entered under 

 the class of herds alone, and such stock, too, as other societies ai^ 

 glad to borrow for their fairs. 



In one particular of the fair, the farmers of Franklin Count}- vasiy 

 well take pride, and that is, that while xhe show of stock was 

 acknowledged never to have been excelled, not one-half was owned 

 outside the county limits, nor by other than members of the Society. 

 So also of the sheep, and also of the horses, with one exception. It was 

 wholly, as the name of the Societ}- indicates, a Franklin County fair. 



The Society is also to be congratulated that, of the one hun- 

 dred and sixty of the horse kind entered for competition at their ex- 

 hibition, so many were really fine animals, and it is to be regretted 

 that some who might add much interest to this department of the 

 show allow their grievances to keep them from exhibiting their stock ; 

 let them exhibit, trusting to a change of policy on the part of the 

 Societ}'. 



The exhibition in the hall was acknowledged to excel, as a whole, 

 the efforts of any former 3'ear. It was the crowning success of the 

 fair, and called forth the wonder and admiration of all who visited 

 it. Not only the abundance of the contributions in every depart- 

 ment, but the good taste and harmony in the arrangement was the 

 marvel of everj'body. The fine exhibition of Western productions, 

 soils, &c., made by the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad 

 Compan}', attracted great interest and attention, and will be the 

 means of directing man}'^ of our young men whose faces are turning 

 westward to their rich prairie-lands. Although the season was a 



