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RESUME. 



In health every organ does its work in perfect silence. Noise 

 comes from friction. If any part is out of order the report comes 

 in pains and aches. The movements of our last Cattle Show and 

 Fair were those of a machine in good running order. From its 

 beginning through its three days to its close, very little occurred 

 to draw undue attention from the general interest. Of the ar- 

 l-angements, the making up of the programme, we are not speak- 

 ing. Different interests will undoubtedly, feel that they were 

 too much in the shade, while some others enjoyed a sunny spot. 

 It may or it may not be so. This is the work of the society 

 through its Executive Committee. A machine for sowing tares 

 may do its work most beautifully. To run a machine of so many, 

 so varied, so complicated pai'ts as our honored and venerated fes- 

 tival, without friction and its consequent noise, demands not only 

 fidelity, but executive power in the officers and assistants in 

 charge. A machine which can be thus run must be sound in its 

 constitution and healthy in its members. 



But such an exhibition offers few materials for an extended re- 

 port. The list of entries and awards of premiums will best show 

 the interest of the community and the extent of the Society's op- 

 erations. Almost every branch of industry or skill, art or inven- 

 tion, is reached. If one is a little prominent this year, some other 

 may have its turn next. The Treasurer's Report will show the 

 receipts and expenditures, both of which, it will be observed, are 

 unusually large. The expenditures would have equalled the re- 

 ceipts had the premiums offered all been wanted and paid, and an 

 unpleasant day would have brought a debt. Whether it is safe 

 to sail quite so close to the wind, wise men will judge. 



The large premiums paid for trotting horses, several of which 

 often fall into the same hands, will explain why a few towns take 

 an amount of funds so disproportionate to their number of mem- 

 bers. 



