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COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
hold productions, on exhibition, were, like the Vermont “men, 
women, maple sugar, and horses,” toasted by John G. Saxe, 
“ exceedingly hard to beatand the profusion and finish of 
their fancy articles was a practical echo of Goethe’s maxim, 
“ strive to encourage the beautiful;” they also bore their part 
admirably, in making the trial of skill in performance upon the 
Piano one of the most attractive features of the Fair, and at 
the Equestrian display, proved that they were equally at home 
in the saddle. 
The Address was delivered by lion. M. S. Gibson of Hud¬ 
son, and was of .the practical kind, so desirable on such occa¬ 
sions. 
A large number of well merited premiums were awarded, 
and the people of both counties feel that the increased success 
of the Society from year to year has proved that they can ac¬ 
complish more than they at first even hoped to do. 
St. Croix county has just formed a Society of her own; 
Pierce county will do the same immediately, and as each county 
will probably feel that their own interests will be all they can 
attend to, the Union Society will cease to exist, but in 
awakening an interest in these important matters in our, to be, 
great North West, will have nobly done her office work. 
In all improvements, yours earnestly , 
GEO. MAY POWELL, 
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Corresponding Secretary. 
RACINE COUNTY. 
At a special meeting of the Executive Committee of the 
Racine County Agricultural Society, held at Union Grove, 
Saturday, October 2d, 1858, Messrs. Theron Loomis, John 
Tapley, and D. N. Collar, were appointed a Committee to pre¬ 
pare for publication, the official Transactions of the Society for 
1858. 
