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Pomological Society, whose twelfth biennial session has just been held; 

 preeminently worthy of our esteem and grateful remembrance as the first 

 President, the constant friend, and liberal benefactor of the Norfolk Agri- 

 cultural Society." 



A toast to the ladies closed the dinner-table speeches and 

 sentiments. 



While the speeches were being made in the tent, Niagara 

 Engine Company, of Dedham, accompanied by the Metropolitan 

 Band of Boston, arrived on the gronnds with their guests, Ken- 

 nebec No. 1, of Bath, Me. Both companies made a fine ap- 

 pearance, and their presence added much to the pleasure of the 

 occasion. 



At three o'clock the races commenced, but as the full and 

 complete report of the accomplished and indefatigable Chair- 

 man of the Committee on Horses, William R. Mann, Esq., of 

 Sharon, is given in his report, we shall attempt no further re- 

 port, save the statement that the new track gave great satisfac- 

 tion. 



Although the crowd in attendance was very much larger than 

 at any former show of the Society, — the number of vehicles ex- 

 ceeding seven hundred, — no serious accident occurred to mar 

 the pleasure of the day. The difficult and responsible duties of 

 Chief Marshal were admirably performed by Lieut. Thomas De- 

 catur, of Jamaica Plain, who was assisted by the following aids : 

 Col. H. A. Darling, Hyde Park, 1st, and John Newcomb, Jr., 

 of Boxbury, 2d Assistant ; and by Messrs. C. A. Young, Dor- 

 chester ; William Melius, Roxbury ; Horace D. Mack, Dorches- 

 ter ; J. W. Hanlon and Charles E. Fenner, Roxbury. 



The Police force of State Constabulary, under the direction 

 of Capt. A. J. Garey, consisting of Benj. P. Eldridge, Isaac 

 Porter, Sylvester T. Bailey, William R. Clapp, of Norfolk Coun- 

 ty; and S. M. Copeland, William E. Hough, William J. Synett, 

 and John A. Daley, of Suffolk County, assisted by a detachment 

 of the police of Hyde Park, so well performed their duty, that 

 the best of order prevailed during the entire Exhibition, only 

 two arrests having been made, and that for drunkenness in a 

 mild form. 



The performances of the Canton Brass Band gave great sat- 

 isfaction, and reflected much credit upon that young and flour- 



