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eties, including eight varieties of potatoes, one of which has yieklcd 

 700 bushels to the acre ; D. Zingiebel and C. G. Upham, of Need- 

 ham ; N. Smith of Dedham, and others. 



Of Agricultural Implements there were very large collections 

 from Parker, Gannett & Osgood, and Whittemore, Belcher & Co., 

 of Boston. Of boots, fine specimens were presented by Josiah 

 Reed & Co., Fogg, Houghton & Co., Nathaniel Shaw & Co., 

 of Weymouth. Carriages from the manufactories of Cushman, 

 Baker & Co., of Medfield, and Sydney E. Morse, of South Ded- 

 ham, attracted much attention. 



The Ladies' Department was well supplied with useful and orna- 

 mental articles. A beautiful bouquet of wax flowers, made by 

 Miss Haynes, of Dorchester, was much admired. A finely braided 

 rag carpet, the handiwork of Mrs. J. W. Waters, of Dedham, 

 received many encomiums. Upon this table were placed a very 

 large and finely arranged collection of classified insects, made by 

 Joseph R. Churchill, of Dorchester, and also a very handsome 

 collection of stuffed birds, by George E. Brown, of Dedham. A 

 very fine specimen of a straw bonnet, made by Mrs. Betsey Baker, 

 the original straw braider of the country, and now upwards of 

 eighty years of age, was much admired, and the prize was finally 

 borne off by the President of the Society. Mrs. Sally Soule, of 

 West Dedham, also eighty years of age, had a beautiful fancy 

 specimen of straw braiding, and flower work in straw. There 

 were also many fine specimens of embroidery and crochetting, of 

 ■which we are unable to make more special mention. 



The Plowing Match took place at two o'clock, P. M., on land 

 belonging to Thomas Barrows, situated near the covered railroad 

 bridge. There were thirteen competitors, viz. : — six double horse 

 teams, three single horse teams, three double ox teams, and one 

 single ox team. The ploughing was well done, and afforded much 

 satisfaction to a large number of spectators. The Drawing Match 

 on the Society's grounds followed. The exercises of the day 

 closed with the trial of horses on the track. 



On Friday, at 12 o'clock, M., a procession was formed on the 

 grounds, under the direction of Col. John W. Thomas, Sheriff of 

 the County and Chief Marshal of the day, assisted by his Aids, 

 Messrs. C. G. Mackintosh, Thomas Decatur and Horace Mack, of 



