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Joshua W. Vose, H. W. Vose, and J. W. Brooks, Milton ; Theo- 

 dore Lyman, Thomas B. Griggs, and Charles Stearns, of Brookline ; 

 John L. Bird, Dorchester; and J. W. Talbot, Norwood. Choice 

 displays of apples were made by H. C. Fiske, F. H. Caffin, of Hyde 

 Park; Joseph Crane, Timothy Smith, and E.Paul, Dedham ; J. 

 W. Brooks, H. W. Vose, Mrs. Elkins, and H. P. Kidder, 

 Milton ; and others. Of grapes, H. P. Kidder, Milton ; C. F. 

 Gerry, and B. C. Vose, Hyde Park ; and J. W. Talbot, Norwood, 

 were the principal contributors. 



Fine displays of plants and flowers were made by H. P. Kidder, 

 and John Vose, Milton ; B. C. Vose, Hyde Park ; George Craft, 

 Brookline ; and Eliphalet Stone, Dedham. 



The vegetable department was well filled with excellent contri- 

 butions from James Mackintosh, Needhain ; R P. Sumner, Milton ; 

 Allen Colburn, and E. Paul, of Dedham, and others. 



Only two entries of butter were made, but the display of bread 

 was greater than at any previous exhibition, the entries exceeding 

 40 in number. Fine displays of pickles and preserves were made 

 by Mrs. John Vose, and R. W. Sumner, Milton ; and Mrs. A. J. 

 Norris, Dedham. 



In the department of ladies' work the display was very large, 

 embracing many articles of taste and elegance. 



Of manufactures, the display was not large, but embraced, 

 among others, carriages from Louis H. Mahn, Jamaica Plain, and 

 C. S. Harper, Sharon ; swivel plough, from Shaw & Brother, West 

 Roxbury ; vise, from Brainard Milling Company, of Hyde Park ; 

 spring-bed, from T. Smith, Dedham ; and others. 



On Thursday forenoon, the ploughing and drawing matches 

 took place, and the afternoon was devoted to the examination of 

 contributions by the several committees, and to trotting on the 

 course. 



On Friday, the first performance was the cavalcade of all horses 

 on exhibition on the track. At 12 o'clock M. a procession was 

 formed, under the direction of Col. Henry A. Darling, of Hyde 

 Park, chief marshal of the day, which, preceded by the Franklin 

 Band, marched to the tent, where, after prayer by Rev. Daniel 

 Goodwin, of Dedham, chaplain of the da}-, the President of the 

 Society, Col. Henry S. Russell, of Milton, invited the company 



