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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
of Wisconsin, and urge upon all, whether officers, judges, or 
exhibitors, who have duties to perform, to use their very best 
endeavors to complete what has been so auspiciously begun. 
It but remains for me to declare the eighteenth general ex¬ 
hibition of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society open to 
the inspection of the public. May all who attend it derive ' 
both pleasure and profit from the lessons it has to teach. 
ANNUAL ADDRESSES. 
Delivered on the Fair Grounds, September 20, 1871. 
By Governor Lucius Fairchild, IIon. J. It. Doolittle, Hon. E. D. Hol¬ 
ton and Hon. Samuel Fallows. 
[It is a matter of regret to tlie secretary, as it will he to all others who 
heard the annual addresses, that the publication of them must be confined 
to such brief and imperfect reports as are found in the Milwaukee x>apers. 
This is especially true of the speeches made by Senator Doolittle and Mr. 
Holton, both of which were highly instructive and eloquent, and yet which, 
being altogether extemporaneous, and but meagrely reported, could not ap¬ 
pear in the society’s Transactions unless afterwards written out by the au¬ 
thors themselves—a service which neither of those gentlemen has found it 
convenient to do. Of Gen. Fallows excellent address, we have through his 
X>ersonal sacrifice, a fuller report. Such reports as we have are found in 
the Milwaukee Sentinel of September 30th.] 
SPEECHES OF GOVERNOR FAIRCHILD AND SENATOR DOOLITTLE. 
Just before noon, the band preceded a carriage, which left 
the office of the president, in which were some of the gentle¬ 
men who had been announced to address these assembled on 
the grounds, and made its way to the stand provided for the 
speakers. Soon after arriving there, President Hinkley intro¬ 
duced to the crowd Gov. Fairchild, who arose and briefly ex¬ 
cused himself on account of illness. 
Senator Doolittle being introduced said he was somewhat 
taken by suprise himself. He came to listen to a speech from 
Gov. Fairchild, and he should therefore detain his hearers but 
