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COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
MANITOWOC COUNTY. 
The Manitowoc County Agricultural Society was organized 
on the 5th of March, 185T, and held its First Annual Exhibi¬ 
tion at Manitowoc, on the 3d and 4th days of October. 
The Editor of this Volume, having been honored with an in¬ 
vitation to deliver the Annual Address, was present on the last 
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day of the Fair, and is therefore able to testify from personal 
observation, that it was one of the most wide-awake, enthusias¬ 
tic gatherings that he has had the pleasure of attending in Wis¬ 
consin. 
The various departments of the exhibition were well filled 
with articles and animals of much merit, and everything con¬ 
nected with the Exhibition, gave evidence of more than ordi¬ 
nary taste and energy on the part of the Officers of the So¬ 
ciety. 
A large majority of the members of the Society are Ger¬ 
mans, whose zeal in this noble agricultural enterprise might 
well serve as a model for the imitation of some of the older 
American societies. After the Address in English, Chas. 
Hottleman, Esq., of Manitowoc, delivered an appropriate and 
eloquent Address in the German language. 
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES. 
Total receipts,.$575 75 
Expenditures,. 485 51 
Balance in Treasury, Dec. 29, 1859,. $90 24 
Officers:—Ciias. Eslinger, President; II. McAllis¬ 
ter, J. Lueps, II. N. Smith, C. Klingholz, J. E. Platt, 
and C. Hottleman, Vice Presidents ; Wm. Bach, Pec. Sec.; 
C. W. Fitcii, and C. Peaume, Cor . Sec.; G. W. Adams, 
Treasurer. 
