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B«9t hree »er«t Onltimted ^rass. Mart Hamphrey, (>r«at Barrlngtoa, 7 



2d do., Dominick Qarrihan, New Marlboro', 8 



3d do., J. A. Kline, Egremont, 6 



4th do., John Winthrop, Stockbridge, 4 



5th do., H. W. Burgett, Egremont, 3 



6th do., Andrew J. Buck, Stockbridge, 2 



Best Vegetable Garden, Dr. H. D. Train, SheflBeld, 6 



2d do.. Dr. S. Camp. Great Barrington, 5 



3d do., S. R. Miller. Sheffield, 4 



4th do,, Ralph Little, Sheffield, 3 



5th do., Geo. W. Lester, Great Barrington, 2 



Best >^ acre of Sowbd Corn, L. S. Bailey, Great Barrington, 5 



2d do., James Bullard, Lee, 4 



3d do., Alouzo Brftdley, Lee, 3 



4th do., Warren Crissey, Great Barrington, 2 



T\S. Baldwin, f Committee. 

 Wm. M. Chapin, S 



Flower Gardens. 



As Committee on Gardens, we present our decision, 



And hope you will pity our trying condition. 



We had only ten dollars ; ten entries were made, 



And to satisfy all, e'en you men would have said, 



" The task is too great, we'll not try it at all I" 



So you cannot blame us that the premiums, are small. 



And the burden was bound on the ladies' weak backs 



By the men, ''for," said they, "woman's tongue never lacks 



For a bit of soft flattery they'll make it right, 



At any rate, now, we'll keep out of their sight. 



And if all goes not right, we'll then step in and say, 



See what ladies will do when they have their own way." 



We're not sighing for suffrage, but rating for rights, 



To share equal with you in these Autumnal fights 



You might give us more money, not treat us so mean, 



As to give the best purse to a *' Berkshire," or "Holstein." 



Now, we wives of the farmers have hard lots at the best ; 



For we work from the dawn till the sun's in the west. 



While our lords have enjoyment of meetings and clubs, 



We stay at our homes and take all the hard rubs. 



And as these are the only three days in the year 



In which we can lay aside work and dull care. 



You can make them more pleasant by giving more money. 



Then we'll keep as busy as bees gathering honey, 



In making the hearth and home brighter each day. 



And not one of you men shall have cause e'er to say, 



"We are sorry we heeded the ladies' petition. 



To give them a chance, in this, our exhibition." 



The gai'dens examined, your committee would say. 



Were unusually fine, and made quite a display ; 



The variety in most, was quite large and well chosen, 



But in some the plants were so much interwoven 



With wseds that we thought they would show the good seedin', 



No more than the mind withoiit thorough weedin'. 



We were sorry, that some in arrangement, lacked taste, 



It appeared to us all to be such a sad waste. 



Of time and attention, when there's land in such plenty, 



To put flowers enough for an acre or more. 



On a small plot of ground the size of a floor. 



For the greatest variety and care that was nice, 



We award the first premium to Isaac H. Rice ; 



For the neatest and best growth, we thought it not wrong, 



That the second be given to Mortimer Strong j 



