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Several boxes of cigars were shown. 



In the verdancy of our youth, we attempted to arrive at maturity 

 by a speedy process. Discarding Father Time as altogether too slow 

 for our purpose, we took a cigar, believing that its magical influence 

 would transform us at once into the full stature of manhood. But 

 Boon a " change came o'er the spirit of our dream," and eschewing 

 the agent, we were pleased to stoop from our high aspirations and 

 take the most lowly position Dame Earth vouchsafed to us. We 

 have never repeated the experiment, but from observation are fully 

 convinced that the cabbage leaf is intrinsically more valuable than 

 the tobacco leaf, unless for the destruction of vermin. 



At ten o'clock, the weather appearing more favorable, the mar- 

 shals with a band of music entered the gi-ounds of the society, 

 preparatory to the exercises of the day. A class of horses was 

 called for ; two appeared and passed around the track. Very few 

 persons were present. 



Believing, from the best evidence we could obtain, that the show 

 for that day must prove a failure, we took leave of our Palmer 

 friends, and embarked in the mid-day train en route for the Old 

 Colony. Geo. M. Bakek. 



UNION. 



The second annual fair and cattle show of the Union Agricul- 

 tural Society was held on the 16th and 17th of September. The 

 first day was very unfavorable ; the morning was dark and lowery, 

 and it commenced raining about nine o'clock and poured down in 

 torrents most of the day, clearing off at night. It was followed by 

 a cold, windy day, and the ground being very damp, made it quite 

 unpleasant being out, so that the attendance was not large. Bland- 

 ford is pleasantly situated on the top of the mountain, some 1,700 

 feet above the level of the sea. 



Athough the weather was so unfavorable, there was a very good 

 show of cattle the first day. About seventy yoke of oxen and 

 steers, some fine cows and heifers, were on the ground. I was dis- 

 appointed in not seeing any sheep. I had supposed I should see a 

 fine show of sheep up among the hills. The show of swine was 

 small. The cattle were mostly Durham and grade Durham. L, C. 

 Nye had three pairs full-blood Shorthorns which took the first 

 premium. D. and R. Nye had a number of yokes grade Durhams, 

 very fine. Amos Hall exhibited one pair three year olds, weighing 



