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were of superior quality and finish. We trust that many of his 

 axes, like the one exhibited, will find their way, through our 

 mountain boys, into the sturdy oaks, which are to feed our fires 

 the coming winter. 



Very fine specimens of cap and letter paper were presented by 

 Wm. Clark & Co. of Northampton. We doubt whether better 

 paper is manufactured in the country than that from Mr. Clark's 

 mill. We understand it to be his rule, not to let a better article 

 go into the market than his own. Such a rule, carried out in 

 any useful employment, always gives success. And a gentle- 

 man of Mr. Clark's habits, who has already done so much for 

 agriculture, by his persevering, successful and valuable experi- 

 ments, is pledge enough to the public, that he is not to be out- 

 done in the manufacture of this article. 



It was the unanimous opinion of the committee, that, for vari- 

 ety and beauty, the tables of needle-work, by the ladies of Had- 

 ley and Northampton, far surpassed all previous exhibitions of 

 the kind at the hall of the society. They speak well for the in- 

 dustry, good taste, and, we may add, the correct moral feelings 

 of those who designed and executed the articles. 



E. M. WRIGHT, Chairman. 



On Ploughing. 



The committee attended the execution of the work in the 

 midst of a large concourse, attracted by this useful and pleasing 

 competition, which was enlivened and graced by the attendance 

 of many of our fair fellow citizens. We consider it a fit subject 

 of congratulation to them and to the age, that an improved taste 

 and an advanced state of moral sentiment lead them to encour- 

 age, by their presence and animating smiles, a scene of emula- 

 tion in the wielding of the bread-maker, instead of the widow 

 and orphan-maker. We hail the fact as a bright harbinger of 

 the day, when the promise, so propitious to the best hopes of 

 our race, that "swords shall be beat into ploughshares," shall 

 be fulfilled. 



Recent improvements in the construction of the plough, and 

 the increased attention and skill applied to its management, have 

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