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Altogether the banquet was a rery pleasant affair, and a fitting finale to 
the Twelfth Annual Exhibition. 
In concluding this hurried and very imperfect account we should not omit 
to tender 
THE GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF THE SOCIETY. 
1. To the Giver of all good for the highly favorable circumstances, a^full 
week of the most delightful weather included, under which the Exhibition 
was held. 
2. To the great zeal and enterprise with which farmers, fruit-growers, 
mechanics, artizans, artists, housewives, and the whole people responded to 
the call of the Society. ' 
3. To the press of the State, through whose generous and cordial co¬ 
operation that call was so universally brought to their notice and made 
effective. 
4. To the great General—foremost of his time and of all times—who, by 
his coming, so splendidly completed the programme of great atttractions, 
added thousands to the multitude of those who would not otherwise have 
turned out to the Fair, and gave to the whole occasion an eclat that shall make 
it a marked and shining era in the history of our State Exhibitions. 
6. To our other distinguishod speakers, ex-Governor Randall, the able 
and everywhere popular Assistant Postmaster-General of the United States; 
our two strong and able United States Senators, Doolittle and Howe; 
and, finally our present tried, faithful and popular Chief Executive of the 
State, always ready with voice and official aid to contribute to the growth 
and industrial progress of the commonwealth. 
6. To the Railroad, Steamboat, Express and Telegraph Companies of Wis¬ 
consin and the neighboring States, whose faithful observance of liberal con¬ 
tracts for the transportation of persons and property to and from the Exhi¬ 
bition, and the free transmission of messages, contributed so much to render 
it eminently successful. 
7. To the leading citizens, official and private, of the city of Janesville, 
who, by their friendly co-operation with the Society, did what they could for 
the comfort and pleasure of the thousands who, throughout the entire week, 
crowded their city to its utmost capacity. 
8. And lastly, to the great public in attendance for the all-abounding 
grace and good nature which characterized their compliance with the rules 
and wishes of the Society. Our own duties, as an officer of the Society, 
made it necessary that we should be nearly everywhere present on the 
Grounds, thus affording us the best possible opportunity for observing the 
temper and conduct of the people; and yet in no case, either during the 
races or at any other time during the Fair, did we hear a word of profiine or 
other rough language, or an offer to bet on the races, or see an intoxicated 
man. Everybody seemed to enter into the true spirit of the occasion and to 
feel anxious to make it, as it really was, a triumphant success. 
