EDITORIAL. 
89 
In a later communication I will send the Review the minute 
description of the symptoms presented by the two electrocuted 
and report the result of the post-mortem examinations. 
* 
* * 
The Agricultural Show. —Quite a change, was it not ? 
The Great Palace, one of the finest, if not the finest, among the 
buildings of the Exhibition in Paris, has changed destination, 
and instead of the pictures and sculptures which it contained a 
few months ago, it gave lately shelter to the show of fat ani¬ 
mals, or the agricultural show. This exhibition is usually very 
large, but this year it has failed to have the same importance, 
probably due to the limited space which was allowed for the 
reception of the animals. Breeding stocks and live fowls were 
excluded, and on that account the event lost a great deal of its 
attraction. 
The exhibition of fat animals was the most important part 
and was composed of the finest samples of various bovine, por¬ 
cine and ovine races. Among the principal animals, I noticed 
a Chardlais steer which weighed 1199 kilogs.—nearly 2500 
pounds ; then another crossed Chardlais and Durham which 
turned the scales at 1157 kilogs., and one Normandy with 1122 
kilogs. 
There were also a very handsome gathering of milch cows— 
among which the Normandys carried many prizes. 
The largest pig weighed 298 kilogs.—over 500 pounds—the 
others, which were quite handsome specimens, weighed on the 
average 250 kilogs. 
The general arrangement of this show was comparatively 
good, but I do not know if I am prejudiced ; one glance several 
years back when I visited some of the cattle shows in the 
States, it seems to me that they were more complete, more 
thoroughly organized—perhaps I was more familiar with those 
than I am here ; but, with all that, the figures of the weight of 
some of the animals tell certainlv of their right claims to admis- 
sion at a fat cattle show with justifiable expectation of carrying 
prizes. A. E. 
