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body, round ribs, plump hams, and other indications of an 

 aptitude to fatten. He was awarded the second premium of 

 $5, at which, or from some other reason he was fired with jeal- 

 ous rage, and seceded from his pen, to make a hostile demon- 

 stration of *' onpleasantness " against Mr. Colman's more fort- 

 unate patriarch. A pitched battle ensued, and it could no 

 longer be said of this interesting department that " its ways 

 are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are paths of peace.'* 

 Had the combatants been rams, their pugnacity might have 

 been attributed to the horns which each had taken, but hogs 

 are never corned during life. The phraseology of the prize- 

 ring might be exhausted in chronicling the contest in which 

 blood was freely shed, and it was intimated that politics had 

 something to do with the fight. But a State constable happily 

 appeared, proclaiming " let there be peace," and the combat- 

 ants were separated, grunting defiance. 



Moses S. Little of Newburyport exhibited a fond couple of 

 fine hogs which testified to the good cheer of the Merrimac 

 House, and were equally characterized by their fine propor- 

 tions, their evident readiness to fatten, and the roseate hue of 

 their delicate skins. To the help-meat of the pair the com- 

 mittee awarded the Society's first premium of |S for the Best 

 Breeding Sow. 



Jesse Cashman of Newburyport invited the attention of the 

 committee to a matron who needed neither hoops nor padding 

 to give her an attractive plumptitude, while the donation of 

 nine to tbe hog-population at her side commanded respect, 

 and secured for her the second premium of $5 for ** good 

 breeding." 



The premium for Weaned Pigs the committee could not con- 

 scientiously award to the only quartette exhibited, but they 

 cannot withhold their praise of a trio of pure Chester Whites, 

 bred by N. P. Boyer & Co., of Parkersburg, Pa., and exhibited 

 by E. Griffin, of Newburyport. 



Pearson's Bakery, of Newburyport, exhibited five noble fat 

 hogs, which well deserved a premium, as they were living wi 



