SIXTY-FIFTH 



ANNUAL CATTLE SHOW AND FAIR. 



The Cattle Show and Fair of this Society was held on 

 the 22d and 28d day of September, 1885, in Newburyport. 



The free exhibition of Stock, Poultry, Agricultural 

 Tools, Carriages, etc., in pens and tents on the " Mall" 

 near the Court House, was a very creditable one in most 

 of its features, especially so in horses. The show of Poul- 

 try was not such a large one as ought to be expected in 

 Essex County, and the show of carriages was very slim. 



The exhibition in the Prospect Street Rink was quite 

 large and compared favorably in quality with previous 

 exhibitions of the Society. The weather on the second 

 day was so unfavorable as to greatly decrease the attend- 

 ance both to the Show Grounds and the Exhibition Hall, 

 thereby, at the latter place, causing decreased receipts 

 from admissions and diminishing its financial success. 



On the second day, the annual address was given by 

 Thomas Sanders, Esq., of Haverhill, in the Pleasant street 

 church, afterwards the annual dinner was served in City 

 flail, after which President Ware, Judge Staples, Hon. 

 George B. fjoring, Major Ben: Perley Poore and others 

 made short speeches. 



The entries in the several departments of the Fair were 

 as follows : — 



STOCK, ETC., ON FREE SHOW GROUNDS. 



