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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
So much of the embarrassments under which the board an¬ 
nually labor has been recited that those who are hereafter ap¬ 
pointed may exert themselves if necessary to fulfil their en¬ 
gagements, and any exhibitors who occasionally suffer—as 
must inevitably be the case sometimes—may the better under¬ 
stand how blameless is the society for the errors committed by 
judges of their appointment. 
Wednesday, September 28, proved an auspicious clay, bring¬ 
ing a very large attendance of people and astonishing receipts 
at the ticket office, thanks to an excellent exhibition, the perfect 
weather and the new price of single admission tickets. The 
programme, which embraced the operation of machinery, trials 
of speed by thoroughbred horses, and, incidentally, a review of 
Wisconsin soldiers of the late war by the governor and several 
distinguished generals, was well executed and gave excellent 
satisfaction. 
Thursday was no less delightful, as to weather, and no less 
satisfactory in the entertainment afforded, a chief feature of 
which consisted of an admirable address from that distinguished 
citizen of our common country, the Hon. Horatio Seymour, 
recent governor of Hew York and still later the candidate of a 
great party for the presidency of the United States. [A 
synopsis of this address will be found immediately after the 
president’s opening address.] 
The attendance of the people was thought by some to ex¬ 
ceed anything ever before experienced in the history of the 
society. The multitudes that thronged every building, the 
amphitheatre, and moved in dense masses all over the grounds 
were themselves a spectacle worth the going a long way to see. 
The total number was variously estimated at from twenty to 
thirty thousand persons. 
Thursday evening was devoted to the annual election of offi¬ 
cers for 1871; which was held in the city hall, with the results 
recorded in the minutes of the meeting, published on page 
120 . 
Friday opened a little cloudy, but at length proved itself the 
peer of the faultless four preceding days. 
