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him brought home, where they were planted on Long Island, 

 N. Y., where the first one of the kind in this section of the 

 country was raised. From this Mr. Stevens procured his seed, 

 and now takes pride in raising some of the largest species of 

 this squash on his own grounds. Augustus P. Calder, of Dor- 

 chester, made a very fine display, among which were some of 

 the finest cauliflowers and cabbages ever shown. C. G. Upham, 

 of Needham, had a large show of potatoes, eighteen varieties, 

 and some thirty-four other varieties of vegetables ; James Dorr, 

 of Dorchester, also had a large display. Among the notables 

 were the lady-finger potatoes of Elijah Tucker, of Milton, raised 

 sixty years without change of seed. 



Of Agricultural Implements, Parker & Gannett, of Boston, 

 made a very large and excellent display, and there were contri- 

 butions from many others. S. E. Morse, South Dedham, offered 

 two superior wagons. In the department of manufactures, there 

 were many articles offered which we have no space to notice. 

 The show of Bread and of Dairy products, though excellent in 

 quality, was inferior in extent to that of many preceding years. 



The Plowing Match took place on the grounds outside the 

 enclosure on Thursday morning, at 10| o'clock. Twelve teams 

 entered, and the work seemed to be well done. After the 

 plowing, a drawing match occurred, for which the single-horse 

 teams of Ljuther Eaton, of Dedham, T. Hastings, P. McNamara 

 and E. Gary, of Dover, were entered, together with the ox- 

 teams of Luther Eaton, George 0. Farrington and William 

 Fales, of Dedham. 



The proceedings of the first day ended in races, three in 

 number, on the track. The first was for a prize of -$50, to be 

 divided as follows : First, |25 ; second, $15 ; third, $10 ; open 

 to gentlemen's driving horses that had never trotted for money, 

 and had never made a mile better than three minutes ; owners 

 to drive. For this race there were seven entries, the first prize 

 to be for the best three heats in five. After an exciting race, it 

 was gained by Fannie, owned by W. L. White, of Mansfield ; 

 the second by Phil. Sheridan, owned by Lewis Wright, of Need- 

 ham ; and the third by Gentle Nelly, belonging to Isaac Far- 

 well, of Needham. The second race was for a purse of $175, 

 for which there were two entries — Weymouth Boy, driven by 

 A. W. Marsh, and John Romer, driven by Richard Holmes ; 



