spent so much timo to acquire the ai*t of doing them, ought to 

 receive larger gratuities than the contributors to the Domestic 

 Department. People generally enjoy looking at works of art, 

 and if it is to be a proverb that the Marshfield Fair will not 

 have fair weather, if the artists of the vicinity can be encour- 

 aged to bring their choicest work, the hall of the Society will 

 be made so attractive that the weather can have little to do 

 with the attendance. 



MAPtY H. ELLIOTT. 



