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invited some gentlemen to visit liis herd of two hundred in the 

 vicinity. 



We also visited City Hall, where the exhibitors presented their 

 vegetables, fruits, flowers and fancy articles. The hall, we under- 

 stood, was not at liberty until the morning of the 6th, and hence 

 the opportunity for a full display was very limited. 



The vegetables, apj^les and other fruits convinced us that it only 

 wanted time and interest to make this one of the best exhibitions of 

 the kind in the State. Col. Thompson and the 01m brothers had 

 contributed greenhouse-plants and flowers to grace the tables, 

 while sewing-machines, fancy articles and goods of the merchants, 

 and products of the manufacturers, of Springfield, set off the hall 

 in a most attractive form. Our limits compel us to avoid, however, 

 speaking of this part of the exhibition of the Hampden County 

 Agricultural Society farther. 



We have only to add that on the 7th we found the exhibition 

 confined to horses. The city of Springfield has always been noted 

 for fine horses. The spirit of the city has evidently infected this 

 part, at least, of Hampden County. Carriage-horses, both single 

 and in pairs, were very fine. We were glad to see that the grace 

 and beauty of this fine animal were not, among the exhibitors, 

 sacrificed to speed for a single mile. As far as we saw, the follies 

 of the horse-trot were also absent from this exhibition. The im- 

 provement and growth of the finer qualities of the horse, we feel, 

 should be encouraged by our societies, if it can be done without 

 the immoralities of the turf. 



The affability and energy of the officers of this society, together 

 with the kindness of the member of this Board from it, left nothing 

 undone towards making the show fulfil its purposes and give pleas- 

 ui'e to its visitors and your delegate. 



William E[nowlton. 



HAMPDEN EAST. 



Having been appointed a delegate to the annual exhibition of 

 the Hampden East Agricultural Society, I deem it due to that 

 society, as well as this Board, to apologize for the meagre report I 

 am about to make. 



The exhibition was held at Palmer, on the 13th and 14th of 

 October. 



Arriving in Boston on the morning of the 13th, but " too late for 

 the (early) train " to Palmer, I reached the town about half past 



