EXHIBITION OF 1868. 
429 
’ The Mineral Point Mining Company prepared for a magnificent exhibition 
of the lead and zinc products of their mines, together with a handsome suite 
of samples showing the several stages of the manufacturing process, but the 
boxes in which they were packed were unfortunately overlooked among the 
multitude of packages at the depot, and did not reach the grounds in time 
for the exhibition. But inasmuch as they were generously designed by the 
exhibitors for the Soc'ety’s Cabinet, they have been awarded the Grand Silver 
Medal by the Executive Committee, and placed on exhibition in the Agricul- 
ral Rooms. 
The attendance w'as very large after Wednesday, which was rather dark and 
rainy; the number present on Thursday being estimated at from 20,000 to 
30,000 people. 
The special Daily programme proved highly satisfactory to the public. The 
addresses on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, in the Senate Chamber— 
the first by X. A. Willard, Esq., Agricultural Editor of the Utica Herald, on 
“ The Dairy: its Products, Methods and Profits,” and the second by Hon. E. 
B. Ward, of Detroit, on “The Farmer and the Manufacturer,”—were largely 
attended by the thinking, practical men of the State, and gave great satis 
faction to the Society and to all who heard them. These addresses alone, if 
properly heeded by the people of Wisconsin would be worth vastly more 
than the cost of the whole Exhibition and of the volume of Transactions, 
in which they appear. 
On Friday, the “Annual Addresses” were delivered on the grounds, from 
the judges’ stand, by Hon. Timothy 0. Howe, U. S. Senator, and Gen. Geo. 
B. Smith, of Madison, both of whom in brief speeches, eminently appropri¬ 
ate [as will appear by reports of them published in this volume,] delighted 
and instructed their multitude of auditors. 
The Election of Officers for 1869 passed off very pleasantly, resulting in but 
few changes in the Board. [See page 427.J 
All in all, the Exhibition was creditable to boili Society and State, though 
we have had occasion to note several particulars in which the Fair of 1869 
ought to surpass it. 
