general realization of the fact that something had got to be done, 

 that not alone the welfare but the very existence of the society 

 depended in a large measure on the success or failure of the fair. 



While this has been an exceptionally go^d year, viewed from an 

 agricultural standpoint, still the fruit crop, which forms a leading 

 feature in the hall exhibit, has been in many respects a failure. It 

 is not surprising, therefore, that the fruit exhibit was below the 

 average in quantity and quality. The display of apples was mengre, 

 but this was partly atoned for by a very large and handsome exhibit 

 of grapes. Grapes have done exceedingly well this season, and many 

 of the clusters shown were remarkable for size and beauty. 



In the line of vegetables, there were fewer varieties than usual in 

 the hall, but some of the collections were large and excellent. The 

 pumpkin, which since the institution of agricultural fairs has borne 

 a prominent part on all such occasions, was present in numbers and 

 quality that left nothing to be desired ; there were several very fine 

 exhibits of potatoes, including some varieties that are as yet but 

 little cultivated in this section. Cabbages and seed-corn were con- 

 spicuous features of the hall display. 



Flowers there were in abundance, Florist Goodell of Pansy Park 

 contributing a number of beautiful red and blue water lilies, besides 

 fine displays of dahlias, gladioli and other showy blooms. Morris 

 B. Kingman gave a fine exhibit of potted plants and Mrs. L. W. 

 Boutwell showed some very pretty floral pieces. 



The display of fancy articles was fully up to the average, this 

 being a class of exhibits on which the weather or the season seems 

 to have little effect. And, taken all in all, there is no other feature 

 of the fair in which the ladies take so lively an iuterest. 



The bread and butter and cheese and canned goods and other 

 eatables looked very appetizing and a hungry man would have liked 

 well to get a chance at them. 



C. H. Osgood had a very fine display of carriages, robes and 

 harness, that attracted a great deal of well deserved attention. F. 

 M. Cushman exhibited specimens of pianos and organs of superior 

 excellence. 



The exhibit of live-stock on the grounds was hardly as large as it 

 has been on some previous occasions, but the animals were excep- 

 tionally good in appearance and in breeding. The tendency to 'go 

 in' for thoroughbreds has seemingly lost nothing of its force, and 

 while the Jersey continues to be the favorite for milch cows other 



