vi EEPORTS OF DELEGATES. 



ditch of Framingham was very creditable. Mr. W. P. Perkins of 

 Wayland entered a Guernsey bull and five heifers. Several Natives 

 were exhibited by Mr. John Johnson, and there were other noticeable 

 entries, consisting of Dutch and Holstein stock, fat cattle, working- 

 ox on, etc. 



Of horses, there were single roadsters, matched carriage-horses, 

 family horses, breeding mares with foal, colts, and farm-horses. 



The swine exhibit, though not extensive, was very good, Mr. W. 

 G. Lewis of Lawn Farm, Framingham, showing 20 specimens of 

 the Eden's breed, among which was a boar, imported in 1874, the 

 first one of the breed. There were other creditable exhibits by 

 Messrs. L. and G. W. Chadwick, E. F. Bowditch, J. W. Walkup, 

 P. McMahan, Charles Cutting, and E. R. Warren. 



There was a fine display of fowls, Mr. A. F. Stevens of Natick 

 showing 12 pairs of Bantams (Bristol game), which were beauties. 

 Messrs. J. E. Fisk, H. B. May, D. E. Wheeler, and M. L. Brown 

 of Natick, and G. H. Woods of Wellesley, and others, exhibited a 

 variety of poultry. Mr. Ramsdell of Natick contributed 35 pairs 

 of Carrier Pigeons, which attracted universal attention. 



There were 110 entries of fruit, 62 of seed grain, and 37 of veg- 

 etables. 



Among the other articles on exhibition may be mentioned a good 

 display of flowers, a splendid collection of stuffed birds, etc., exhib- 

 ited by Mr. J. W. Giles of Marlborough, a fine-art department, con- 

 sisting of 23 entries, comprising crayon, water-colors, hair-work, 

 penmanship, etc., a tempting display of honey, jelly, and preserves, 

 a department of fancy-work, worthy of careful study ; and last, but 

 not least, a centennial antiquarian department, containing a valuable, 

 interesting, and extensive collection of relics. Your representative 

 was obliged to confine his visit to a few hours upon the second day, 

 and was therefore unable to witness the several trials of speed 

 between the horses entered. 



His Excellency the Governor, accompanied by several members 

 of his staff, arrived at noon, and was escorted to the hall, where an 

 excellent dinner was served. After dinner an address was delivered 

 bj T His Excellency, which was followed b}* an original poem and 

 several short speeches, interspersed with music by the Framingham 

 brass band. The day was rainj", and the attendance not large, in 

 consequence ; separate from this fact, the exhibition should be chron- 

 icled as a success, and } T our delegate is under obligations to the 

 President, Mr. Johnson, and others, for courtesies extended during 

 his brief sta}\ 



Henry B. Peirce. 



