SEVENTY-FOURTH 



Annual Cattle Show and Fair. 



The Cattle Show and Fair of this Society opened' 

 Tuesday, Sept. 18, 1894, at Haverhill, under favorable 

 circumstances for a successful fair, with the exhibits- 

 largely in excess of last year, but Wednesday was dull 

 and by noon it began to rain, and before night and 

 through the night there was a perfect downpour, and it 

 did not clear until late Thursday forenoon, so that a 

 large number of people were kept at home on account of 

 the weather. The Superintendent of Grounds and his 

 assistants worked hard in the pouring rain to get the 

 live stock under shelter, and they found comfortable 

 quarters for nearly all. In the exhibition hall the en- 

 tries, as elsewhere, were largely in excess of last year, 

 and the quality of the fruit and vegetables never wa& 

 better, it being thought by some to be the finest display 

 of fruit ever had in the county. 



In the ploughing match, Thursday, there were fifteen 

 entries, and an active competition took place, with most 

 excellent results, though the weather being dull, there 

 were not so many spectators to witness the ploughing as 

 usual. 



At 11 o'clock Thursday, the members of the Society 

 assembled in the Centre church to listen to the annual 

 address, delivered by Hon. William S. Knox of Lawrence, 

 which was highly appreciated by all who heard it. 



After the conclusion of the exercises in the church the 

 annual dinner was served in Tanner's Hall, after which, 



