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THE HISTORT OF 



[The ^ood this association had accomplished was borne along ;y a stout 

 "practical farmer," in a small thimble ; the records of its doings were 

 inscribed on a huge roll of paper, 16,000 yards long, carried upon a truck 

 drawn by twelve yolie of " pure " Devon oxen.] 



BAKI7EB. — Motto : " Ourselves and those who vote for us." 

 ^ij^ C An ex-U. S. Navy Agent who left that ofBce ^ ^jj^ 



Naval Store < without having made money out of his place ! > TJ. S. 

 Keeper. ^ Basner. — Motto :" Poor, but honest." J Sub-Treasurer. 



Ooe hundred and 

 twenty-five 

 Marshals. 



Wo 

 Aids. 



The defunct 

 New England . 

 Hem Society. 



The Mass. Hort. Improvement Society, " 

 ■ en masse, with several fuU bands of 

 music, on "seedling" accompani- 

 ments, etc. 



BXSNER. 



Motto : " Cuss thejConcord Grape." 



The man who voluntarily gave up his office under the 



National government, solus, on horsebaclf, with 



Bahher. — Motto : ''Few die, and none resign." 



•' The Young 'Un," 



in his own barouche, drawn by four " superb 



dapple-grey Shanghaes." 



BANifEB. — Motto :Tvr _„ C Bannek. — Motto 



"Who's afraid?"'l^^'-^^^°- \ "JVot this child!' 



Police i ^^^ ^^^ ^^° ^^^ Mistaken theie. Callinq, > „ 

 '\ twenty-eight deep, in four hundred sections. 5 

 i Grain Men, with their bills, 1 



24 C^'sSbles. ] ^ ?«r°ty =«?ti°°«' [ All ta a W. 



t Sixty-four deep. j 



_^f Band, playing " Hope told ajlattering tale,." 



The great-grandson of the man who set 



out an orchard of dwarf Pear-trees 



(in a barouche). He was 102 years 



old, and believed he should see fruit on 



those same trees " next season " ! 



Twenty-five 



hundred and 'one 



gold-medal 



seekers. 



frienca. 



His 



^vanquhhed 

 '^ Com- 

 petito? 8. 



Tree-venders 

 and Horticulturists, 



with thumbs 

 on their 



noses. 



Pall Bearers. [ HIS COFFIN, BEHIND. ] Heirs to his estate. 



12 Ret^ec'table \ BELIEVERS THAT COOHITUATE WaTER IS > j,„^f • 

 Physicians, t WHOLESOME (in a chaise). J CommiBsionerj. 



C Chicken f'anciers who did n't buy their eggs of f 

 16 Marshals. -^ me. and who expected they would hatch ! > 16 Marshils. 

 (Four tibiousand strong.) ) 



4. body of Express Agentg^ho never shook"! 

 up the eggs intrusted To them (though I Aids, 

 they occasionally shook down their em- f the Brakemen. 

 (_ ployers). J 



Bans — Air : "O, I never will deceive you ! " 





Aids, 

 the Condactors. 



