gtport on Jfuntn %xiith^. 



This department the present year, also included that' cf the' 

 fine arts. There is no portion of the exhibition so well calculated 

 to please, and to attract the attention of those interested, as the 

 one under consideration. It is in fact the ornamental part of the 

 show, and the one that most pleases the eye and charms the heart 

 of the beholder. Without it, the hall would be comparatively 

 unattractive and common place in its general appearance. With 

 the addition of the veiy fine and gaudy department of " Flora," 

 the specin>ens of the Fine Arts and Fancy Articles, make one of 

 the principal, attractive features of our Agricultural Hall, and 

 do much for the credit of our Annual Exhibition. 



THE FINE ARTS: 



The cultivation of a taste for the Fine Art^ in our iiouseholds, 

 should be encouraged. Hardly a family exists among us, but 

 what one or more of its members has more or less natural talent 

 in this direction. A cultivation and practice of the arts of paint- 

 ing and drawing, is not only a source of recreation and amuse- 

 ment, but ajEFords many clever specimens abundantly fit to orna- 

 ment the parlor, and the drawing-room, where the more elabo- 

 rate and costly articles, could not well be afforded. It is 

 aot expected that our agricultural community can deck their 



