visitors, whether farmers or not, and again a part of the hall is given up to specimens of female industry, art, needlework, bread, butter, cheese, preserves and a floral exhibit.   The horse trot, as in all other Agricultural fairs, is a prominent feature of this exhibition, and in the minds of many, perhaps, too prominent in an Agricultural and Horticultural Exhibition for profit.   A fine band of music adds interest to the fair.   The exhibition of oxen used to be a prominent feature.   We have seen a quarter of a century ago a line of a hundred yoke of oxen marching around the track and headed by a brass band; and to-day not a single yoke is seen anywhere on the fair grounds.   Horses have taken their place, being swifter of foot and doing as much work.   Another feature of the fair is the ploughing match.   Formerly oxen and horses competed, but now horses only, and at the last fair even this was omitted.   Testing the drawing capacity of a pair of farm horses by pulling a farm wagon loaded with rocks, over blocks of wood, is a feature of the fair that attracts some attention.   The fair is generally held three days.   The first day is called the preparation day.
  The society for the last year or two have introduced out door athletic sports, and humorous performances on the stage.
  The first officers of the society were Geo. M. Baker, President (whose popularity kept him in office continuously nearly, if not quite twenty years); Levi Walker, Vice President; John Baker, Secretary; Warren Kent, Auditor, and Luther Thomas, Constant Oakman, Frank P. Arnold, Stephen Henry, Chas. T. Hatch, Chas. P. Wright, Jos. O. Cole, Jona. S. Ford, Bailey Chandler, James S. Bates and Hiram Randal, directors.   The following have served as Presidents since its organization: Geo. M. Baker, Wm. J. Wright of Duxbury; John Parks of Plymouth; Ex. Gov. Geo. W. Emery, Walton Hall, Col. Hiram A. Oakman, who