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Thursday morning, and the driving rain of Friday, the exhibition 

 would have been one of the most successful ever given by the Society. 

 A marked feature of this year's show was the presence of many new 

 contributions of Jerse}'^ stock, and the presence of many prominent 

 merchant farmers, who in the future may be counted on for valu- 

 able aid and assistance. 



The thanks of the Society are due to Col. Henry A. Darling of 

 Hyde Park, who, owing to the illness of Col. Thomas, took the 

 post of Chief Marshal, which he filled with marked ability and 

 success. He was ably assisted by the following gentlemen as aids : 

 Benjamin R. Mann, John Newcomb, William B. Fenno, and 

 Augustus H. Wright, all of Roxbury. 



Excellent order was maintained during the entire exhibition, the 

 police duty having been most efficiently performed by a detachment 

 of the State police, under- the direction of officer B. P. Eldridge of 

 Neponset, consisting of officers Gary, Porter, Whittaker, Bailey, 

 Furnald, Clifford, Bean, Macoy, McFarlin, Collingwood and Pratt, 

 assisted by the police force of Hyde Park and Jamaica Plain. 



