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to those who can remember its former appearance. New and 

 commodious houses for public worship have been erected on 

 diflerent sides of a public square which embraces several acres, 

 laid off with avenues, adorned with shade trees, and enclosed with 

 an iron fence of unique and handsome pattern — the expense of 

 the square, in its present condition, $10,000, having been borne 

 bj voluntary subscription. Among the public institutions may 

 be mentioned a Masonic Hall, of large dimensions and tasteful 

 design, and a cemetery of considerable extent, laid out and kept 

 in a style seldom equalled in our rural districts. The streets arc 

 handsome, well graded, and bordered by fine trees. The dwell- 

 ings are of varied character, from the neat cottage to mansions 

 which, in style and finish, vie with those of our larger towns. 

 Nearly every house has a garden, and fruits and flowers are 

 cultivated with fostering care. As a whole, the village presents 

 an air of thrift, refinement and happiness, which, as the result of 

 the industry of the people, is deserving of high commendation. 



The Committee were gratified in visiting the farm of Mr. E. P. 

 Carpenter, where they saw some very valuable horses. His 

 Morgan mares are almost models of the stock, and their progeny 

 — an Ethan Allen stallion and filly from one, and a Black Hawk 

 stallion from the other — show that they " have the blood in them." 

 There are few finer animals than these in the country. Mr. C. 

 showed us also some Alderney cows and heifers of good appear- 

 ance as to dairy properties. He is paying some attention to root 

 culture, and his carrots and mangel wurzel were promising. He 

 is making various improvements on his farm, in fencing, &c. His 

 barn and its appendages are among the most convenient we have 

 seen. 



A delegation from the Committee made a brief visit to the 

 farm of Otis Cary, of Foxboro', who has long been a prominent 

 and efficient officer of this Society. Mr. C. is a worker in iron, 

 being the owner of one of the oldest furnaces in the county. He 

 has, however, a handsome farm of about a hundred acres, which 

 is well managed. He has devoted attention to the cultivation of 

 fruit, and has some thrifty apple and pear trees, which in favorable 

 seasons are highly productive. He called our attention to a native 

 grape-vine, which has attained such a spread of branch that in the 

 season of foliage, it affords shade to the whole household, and with- 

 out any expense, produces annually a large crop of fruit — not 

 equal in quality to the Black Hamburg, of course, but quite palat- 

 able, and valuable for wine, jelly, &c. 



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