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The announcement of premiums on horses closed the proceedings 

 of the day, and the Show. Every one seemed satisfied,- and every 

 one seemed willing to grant that this exhibition had been an entire 

 success. 



Financially it was certainly so. Rising six hundred dollars in- 

 come was derived by the Society from the sale of tickets and the rent 

 of grounds to pedlers. In former years but little over $100 has been 

 taken in this way. The Society is now established on a firm basis, 

 and may be classed among the permanent institutions of the country. 



THE DINNER. 



At 12^ o'clock a good old-fashioned time for eating dinner, the 

 President announced that this truly interesting exercise would be at- 

 tended to. The hall had been arranged for the dinner, and plates 

 laid for 200 persons. Every ticket was sold long before the time of 

 dining, and many and clamorous were the calls for them which the 

 committee received. Without doubt double the number could have 

 been sold, had there been accommodations for them. The dinner 

 was provided by Mr. Howe of the Amherst House. The tables were 

 tastefully arranged, and the supply of good wholesome food was abund- 

 ant. " Enough and to spare " was truly the motto for the occasion. 

 After gaining admission to the hall, the company seated themselves 

 at the table, and, after listening to the invocation of the divine bless- 

 ing by Rev. Mr. Sewall, at the word from the President, the company 

 fell to and did full justice to the bill of fare. 



Immediately after satisfying the cravings of the inner man, the 

 President called the company to order, and in a few words of com- 

 mon sense talk, explained what had been done by the Officers of the 

 Society. He said it would be recollected that in the revolutionary 

 war a famous battle was fought which was decisive of the interests of 

 the country. So in Amherst, a famous battle had been fought between 

 certain men, about the society's grounds, and this might also be called 

 the battle of the " Cow-pens." This also had been as decisive in its 

 results. • It had decided the future of the Society. 



It must now go ahead. He was happy to meet the farmers here 

 — happy to see so many friends — sorry for the absence of so many 

 faces, whom he had been wont to meet at these gatherings. He 

 hoped to meet them yet. The past was gone, he had differed in 

 opinion with them, but he harbored not one thought against any one 

 of them. The result of the show proves the foresight of the Commit- 



