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as some of the former shows, j^et when all the discouraging ele- 

 ments encountered are taken into consideration, the members of 

 the Society have cause for congratulation at even this measure 

 of success. Certainly no exhibition ever given by the Society 

 involved more hard labor on the part of those concerned in the 

 work of preparation. The discouraging and disheartening 

 drought whilst it lessened materially the number of contribu- 

 tors and spectators, added very much to the amount of work 

 to be done. Another unfortunate circumstance connected with 

 the Exhibition was the occurrence on the same days of the ex- 

 liibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural and the Weymouth 

 Societies and the North Wrentham Farmer's Club. It is to be 

 hoi)ed that hereafter some arrangement will be made whereby 

 the simultaneous occurrence of exhibitions in adjoining locali- 

 ties may be prevented. Such an arrangement will be for the 

 mutual advantage of the societies, and would be far more satis- 

 factory to the visiting public. 



We cannot close this meagre report without expressing our 

 sense of the obligations the Society is under to Capt. Thomas 

 Decatur, the efficient Chief Marshal, whose position on the 

 Committee of Arrangements imposed upon him a double share 

 of duty, all of which was faithfully, zealously, and courteously 

 performed. His labors were constant and unremitting from the 

 beginning to the close of the Exhibition. On Friday he was 

 assisted by tlie following gentlemen as aids : — Colonel H. A. 

 Darling, Hj'de Park, Isf, and Capt. John Newcomb, Jr., Rox- 

 bury, 2d Assistant, and by Messrs. Surgeon Benjamin Mann, 

 Wm. M. Mallard, Maj. Agustus Wright, William B. Fenner, J. 

 W. Dean of Roxbury, and A. R. Whittier of Hyde Park. 



The police force of State Constabulary, under the direction 

 of Officers Dean and Hough, assisted by a detachment of the 

 police of H^'de Park, rendered most efficient aid in the preser- 

 vation of order. 



