20G BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



the negative and the negative the positive, till, ceasing to move, they 

 stop in a natural, harmonious association and connection, represent- 

 ing one of the brightest links in the 



" Vast chain of being which from God began." 



Does not the same principle prevail through all matter as the 

 parent of attraction, cohesion, harmony and reproduction ? If the 

 lode-stone is reduced to powder each particle still retains its polarity, 

 its innate tendency or desire for reunion. 



That, 



" All are but parts of one stupendous whole," 



seems not so very incredible. And it seems, too, quite as obvious, 

 that the poet had these agencies in view in a dual capacity, when he 

 Bays : — 



" Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, 

 Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees," &c. 



If it be objected to the fairness of this illustration, that the material 

 through which these manifestations are made is solely of the mineral 

 kingdom, it is justly replied, that the vegetable and animal worlds 

 are still more perfect media through which these subtle agents are 

 evolved in correspondingly more refined and elevated conditions. 

 But, whether guiding planets in their orbits, controlling their various 

 motions and revolutions, or causing their cohesion and productive- 

 ness, their growth, form and quality of plants and flowers, their 

 germin;ition of seed and fructification of fruit, and all the staminate 

 and pistillate conditions of vegetable life, or rising still upward, 

 through more animated matter, to crown the human race, the glory 

 and masterpiece of creation, with the sacred distinctions of equally 

 balanced association, it is intensely interesting to every inquiring 

 mind. 



No student of nature with soul of pure aspiration, can pursue the 

 investigations to which this subject invites, without the most devout 

 admiration of the wisdom which, by so simple laws, sustains unceas- 

 ing action, revolution, reproduction, and consequent interminable 

 progression. 



From what has already been said, together with the lists of 

 entries given under the various classes, it will have been seen 

 that the Fair, in itself, was completely successful, both in point 

 of the quality and the number of the animals and articles 

 exhibited. 



Tlie most ample accommodations were furnished by the beau- 



