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first, to two o'clock on the second day. The ploughing-match 

 and the trial of working oxen were on the first day. The ex- 

 hibition of agricultural products, fruits, flowers and domestic 

 and other manufactures, was continued through both days, and 

 attracted crowds of visitors, and universal admiration. The 

 hall was arranged with admirable taste and skill by the com- 

 mittee who had that matter in charge, assisted by ladies of 

 Taunton, to whom the society is under great obligations for 

 its success. 



A meeting of the members of the society was held on the 

 morning of the second day, October 15, at which officers and 

 committees for the ensuing year were elected. After the 

 transaction of business, the society proceeded to the church 

 to listen to the Address. The day was unpropitious, opening 

 with a violent storm of rain ; but, notwithstanding, a full 

 house listened with interested attention to the Address, by the 

 Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, of Boston, which will be found 

 in the following pages, and is now published by the unanimous 

 vote of the society. 



After the Address, the procession was formed, under the 

 direction of Theodore Dean, Esq., chief marshal, and pro- 

 ceeded to Templar Hall, where a beautifully arranged and 

 bountiful dinner was partaken of by more than three hundred 

 ladies and gentlemen. Eloquent and interesting speeches 

 were made by the orator of the day, and other gentlemen, of 

 which no report can be made. It ought to be stated, that on 

 this, as on a former occasion, Hon. James Arnold and Hon. 

 James Grinnell, of New Bedford, and Dr. Nathan Durfee, 

 of Fall River, placed at the disposal of the committee of 

 arrangements, for the use of the table, the magnificent grapes, 

 of several varieties, contributed by those gentlemen for the 

 exhibition. At the table, also, the reports of the committees, 

 and the award of premiums, a list of which may be found in 

 the following pages, were made. 



The cooperation of all friends of agriculture, manufactures, 

 and the mechanic arts, is respectfully invited to aid the future 

 operations of the society. 



J. H. W. PAGE, President. 

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