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as " The road that leads to " a place mentioned by Dr. Watts. And there 



were Squashes and Pumpkins which had travelled many a weary rood on purpose 

 to remind Gov. Briggs that at least one more Thanksgiving Proclamation must 

 be written at any rate ; while above the spectator's heads Capt. Allen's Canada 

 Corn was summarily hung, for no other offense than an ostentatious display of 

 long ears. Heaven save the stump orators of this political campaign who 

 deserve to make a similar expiation. 



With so few exceptions that they might have been removed from the Hall 

 without being missed, all the splendid display was the product of this City and 

 the towns in the immediate neighborhood, — glorious trophies which the fkke 

 hand of enlightened industry had won from the rocks and the sands of New 

 England, as if to shame more fertile States where every motion of labor is 

 impeded by the chains that enslave it. And more and above, and different 

 from all this, it should be the honest pride and boast of our citizens, that all 

 this tempting display of Fruits and Flowers, spread but day after day within 

 the easiest reach of more than three thousand spectators, was safely protected 

 from injury, not by glass cases nor iron railings, or a constable's wand, but by 

 the simple '^Visitois are requested not to touch,^^ inscribed upon a card. 



But we must hasten to the details of the Exhibition : the following are the 

 names of the contributors, their places of residence, when not of this City and 

 the articles exhibited by them. 



Owing to the immense quantities of Fruits exhibited, it has been deemed 

 advisable to mention only the number of varieties of each sort offered by each 

 contributor. The few deviations from this rule which may be noticed, were 

 made from no other motive than a desire to enhance the value of the Report. 

 Those who may feel aggrieved by this summary procedure will, we hope, 

 become resigned to it by reflecting that probably far more people saw^ their 

 friends at the Exhibition than would ever read the names of them if written. 



In awarding the Premiums it will be perceived, that the Committee did not 

 give more than one to the same individual. It was their object, this year, to 

 distribute them as much as possible. This wall explain what might otherwise 

 be regarded as a very incorrect decision. The first articles laid upon the So- 

 ciety's tables were four plates of beautiful Porter Apples, two of magnificent 

 Bartlett Pears, and a basket of Grapes, from Mrs. Amos Brown. Mrs B. will 

 please accept the Society's thanks, for this most satisfactory evidence that the 

 ladies are always foremost in a good cause. 



John Cleveland, W. Boylston — Apples : three plates of an unknown vari- 

 ety ; 3d do. named. 



B. N. Child, — Apples : seventeen varieties ; Pears : one plate. 



Elias Forbes, Millbury, — Apples : three varieties ; Peaches : six plates of 

 Clingstone varieties. 



George Jaques, — Apples : twenty-three varieties ; Pears : seven varieties ; 

 Peaches : eight varieties ; Grapes : Isabella ; Quinces : Orange. This fruit 

 was not put in competition for the Premiums. 



Luther Notes, Oakham, — Apples : three varieties. 

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