ABSTRACT OF REPORTS. 
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BROWN COUNTY. 
This Society was fully organized Oct. 26, 1858, by the adop¬ 
tion of a Constitution and the election of officers. Owing to 
the lateness of the season, no Fair was held in 1858. 
Agreeably to the Constitution, the Annual Meeting of the So¬ 
ciety was held the 4th day of March, 1859; at which meeting, 
John W. Cotton, was elected President ; Tim. 0. Howe, 
U. H. Peak, A. Kimball, H. S. Baird, Randal IYilcox, 
andN. Goodell, Vice Presidents ; M. P. Lindsley, Recor¬ 
ding Secretary; A. C. Robinson, Corresponding Secre¬ 
tary; Daniel Butler, Treasurer ; and fifteen Directors, one 
from each town in the county. 
The Treasurer reported thirty-six members and $40 in cash. 
The Board of Managers met March 28th, and agreed to 
hold a Fair on the 5th and 6th days of October, appointed 
a committee on premium list, Ac., Ac. 
On the 5th and 6th days of October, 1859, pursuant to no¬ 
tice, the Fair came off, and a very creditable one, too. 
The whole number of entries was 289, and the number of 
articles of>superior merit, in the various departments, was a 
surprise to even the most sanguine. 
The Address was delivered by J. W. Hoyt. 
receipts and expenditures. 
Total Receipts.$249 07 
Total expenditures,. 162 24 
Balance on hand,. 96 83 
Due from State,. 100 00 
Total in favor of Society,.$196 83 
From the unexpected success of the Fair, the Society feel 
vastly encouraged, and have already taken steps to render the 
next one yet more pleasant and successful. The necessary steps 
have been taken to procure a lease of grounds within the pre¬ 
sent limits of the city of Green Bay, known as the Manual La¬ 
bor School Grounds, for permanent Fair Grounds, and the So- 
