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county having always been renowned for conscientious scruples is a 

 sufficient reason. On arriving at the depot I was welcomed by the 

 president, Hon. Albert Fearing. After a few moments very pleas- 

 antly spent at his house and grounds we were invited to a seat in 

 his carriage and were soon moving rapidly towards the fair grounds. 

 On our way the old church was pointed out to me as dating back 

 to 1681, and still looks as good as new. When we arrived at the 

 new library building (which by the way was built, furnished, and 

 five thousand dollars' worth of books presented to the town by the 

 Hon. Mr. Fearing the whole cost being about twenty thousand 

 dollars ; this is one of Mr. Fearing's pets,) we met the town team 

 composed of 40 pairs of oxen ; some gentlemen estimated the 

 weight per j)air to average as high as 3,000 pounds. It was the 

 best collection of oxen I ever saw together ; they were an honor 

 to any farming community. 



Arriving at the exhibition hall and after the usual introductions 

 we commenced our examinations of the large and almost bewil- 

 dering collection of articles, &c. No department seemed at all neg- 

 lected, although the great blow of September 8th destroyed a large 

 proportion of the apple crop ; still this dejDartment was well rep- 

 resented by good specimens of the different varieties. The show 

 of grapes was very large and each variety was of superior quality- 



A very good collection of bread, honey, butter and cheese, was 

 on exhibition. 



The show of vegetables was very large and of excellent quality. 

 A few very handsome specimens of peaches were exhibited by 

 Sarah D. Fisk. The show of pears was also very commendable. 



Almost an innumerable number and variety of fancy articles 

 were on exhibition. 



The stock department was well represented by fine specimens 

 of each of the different importations. The appearance of the 

 native cows was highly commendable. 



About 250 sheep were on exhibition and many of them of su- 

 perior quality. It is very evident that in this district considerable 

 attention is paid to sheep hvisbandry. The show of swine was also 

 excellent. Too much attention cannot be sriven to the breedins: of 

 swine ; every farmer should raise his own as far as possible. 



Your delegate did not witness the ploughing match, but was in- 

 formed that the work was done in a skilful manner. 



The trial of working oxen was very interesting and called to- 

 gether a large crowd of people. 



The exhibition of horses was not very attractive not having a 

 suitable place for them to show their beauty and power. 



