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others. I trust our agricultural tool and implement manufactui'crs will 

 see to it that the like does not again soon occur. 



Judkins & Goodwin, of West Amesbury, showed one good carriage, 

 for which they received a premium of ten dollars. All there was in 

 that line. 



In the hall there was some excellent looking butter, good cheese, 

 bread and honey. At the time I saw it, (nearly dinner-time,) my 

 mouth watered, as the phrase is ; but I did not apply my knife, and my 

 belief is that no one but the committee did so, as it should ever be on 

 like occasions. 



In the fruit department there were many contributors. Apples and 

 pears were brought in from all parts of the country, and made a grand 

 show. The display of apples, as a whole, was the best we saw last 

 autumn, with the exception of that made by Frederic Clapp, of Dor- 

 chester, at the annual exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society. 



It was made apparent, also, that the people of Essex County — some 

 of them, at least — like those in many other localities, have grape on the 

 hrain. Indeed, the development in that direction appeared quite prom- 

 inent. E. Mitchell, of Haverhill, G. W. Gage, of Methuen, were so 

 affected that the disease may be regarded as chronic with them. Well, 

 go on, gentlemen. You are doing a good work for the people by 

 increasing the varieties and improving the quality of our hardy native 

 grapes. Try to get out some seedlings which shall beat the Concord, 

 Diana, Deleware, and all others now in existence. 



Peaches were not abundant, but lai-ge and fine. 



There were rather more than the usual quantity of flowers, which 

 were a great attraction for the ladies, and gentlemen, too, who had taste 

 for the beautiful things in nature. 



There was a good display. of vegetables, with rather an inclination on 

 the part of some to show large and coarse specimens instead of fine 

 ones. Levi Emery, of Lawrence, a market-gardener, possessing skill 

 and experience, bore away the first prize in this department. 



Rugs and counterpanes of excellent quality were shown. Leather 

 boots, also, which made an ordinary pair look old and mean. Fancy, 

 articles innumerable, and of almost endless variety. 



Another feature of the show, and which, in my judgment, added 

 much by way of gratification to all visitors, was the display made by the 

 Washington Mills, occupying, as they did, the whole south wall in City 

 Hall, and a table four feet wide, with the various patterns and fabrics 

 manufactured by the company. The windows and wall were most 

 tastefully draped, contrasting colors and intermixing in such a manner 

 that the mind of the beholders would at once appreciate, to some extent, 

 the gorgeous view. 



