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with intelligent management, would be a profitable business. If peo- 

 ple will interest themselves in this matter and take pains to find out 

 the facts, the prejudice which now exists will soon die out and future 

 committees on this class will not be obhged to record so small a 

 number of entities. Respectfully submitted, 



J. L. Skinneb, Ghairmon. 



AiEOHANIC AKTS 



The exliibition of this department was much more varied and 

 complete than it has been for some years. It is worthy of especial 

 mention, that the larger portion of the more important articles 

 were brought from some distance, and at considerable expense. 

 There was quite a variety of sewing and mowing machines present. 

 It is probably impossible to invent any new principle for cutting 

 grass and gTaiu, or uniting pieces of cloth or leather by machinery-. 

 AMien certain patents relating to these machines expii'e, there is no 

 doubt but mauy and even better styles of mowers and se^vang ma- 

 chines wiU speedity appear in market. Theii' price wiU be much 

 less than at present. 



One exhibition of home talent Avas a double-barreled shot gun 

 which contained two charges in each barrel, one charge to be fired 

 at a time. "We hope both charges won't go off at the same time in 

 opposite du*ections ; otherwise such species of home talent wiU 

 speedily degenerate. No one failed to observe how much the hall 

 was indebted for its attractiveness, to the cases of silver ware, as 

 well as to the long array of sewing machines, around which there is 

 always a perfect jam at fairs. The old farmers, too, were much in- 

 terested in watching the workings of a new tobacco setter, out of 

 doors. 



This leads us to remark that there is no such thing known and 

 used as a transplanter ; that a good way to draw a crowd at a fail' 



