been provided for under cover, but the storm was so severe 

 and having done so much damage, it was decided to allow 

 the stock to he taken away, and indefinitely postpone the 

 plowing match and trial of harrows. 



A fine evening following the storm brought out a fair at- 

 tendance at the hall, and it having heen decided to keep 

 the hall exhibit open another day, the attendance on 

 the third day saved the Society from financial loss, the 

 total receipts meeting the expenses of the Fair with a small 

 balance left. 



On Wednesday, the second day of the Fair, notwith- 

 standing the storm and without the formality of the usual 

 procession, the memhers and others, with a good sprinkling 

 of ladies, went to the Peabody Institute and listened to an 

 excellent address from Hon. Horatio G. Herrick of Law- 

 rence, as all who listened to it and all who have read the 

 preceding pages will testify. The audience joined in sing- 

 ing "America," after the opening prayer by Rev. Mr. 

 Sprague, of Peabody, and with "Old Hundred" before 

 the benediction, and they were sung with fervency and zeal. 



After the address steps were taken to the Rink, where 

 the Annual Dinner was well served and appreciated, after 

 which President Ware was " caned " very handsomely by 

 Dr. William Cogswell of Bradford, in behalf of the mem- 

 hers of the Society, who desired to present him with some 

 testimonial of their esteem and appreciation of his long, 

 faithful service and interest in the Society's welfare. The 

 speeches which followed from Hon. William R. Sessions, 

 Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, Hon. George 

 B. Loring, Gen. William Cogswell, M. C, Hon. H. G. Her- 

 rick, Hon. Asa T. Newhall, and others, were the best of 

 after-dinner speeches, — witty, patriotic, enthusiastic and 

 instructive, — and those who were kept away by the storm 

 will never know what they lost, which those present did. 

 Letters of regret at their inability to be present from Gen. 

 B. F. Butler, and members of Congress from Essex County 

 Districts, were read. A resolution was passed extending 

 the Society's thanks to the Boston & Maine Railroad, the 



