Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-03
FAIRS NEXT FALL.
The Bay State Society Will Not
Have an Exhibition.
And the Place for the New England is
Not Decded-A Skeleton Meeting
Held.

The members of the Bay State Agri-
cultural Society believe that the com
monwealth is spending too much money
ineffectively upon her various agricul-
tural enterprises. With a view to i'm
proving the present condition, they
voted, at the annual meeting of the So
ciety in Boston Wednesday, to petition
the legislature to pass a law authoriz-
ing the governor to appoint a commits
sion whose duty it shall be to investi-
gate the agricultural institutions, sup
ported wholly or in part by the state
and to see if some scheme cannot be
adopted whereby better results can he
obtained with a smaller expenditure.
This investigation will apply not only
to the Agricultural College but to every
commission and committee the state has
created, to look after any special fea-
ture of agriculture. The various agTt-
/ cultural societies of the state. includ-
ing the Worcester Agricultural Society,
that receive any state aid each year, are
also to be looked after.
This was the only business Of import
ance transacted at the meeting. The
old board Of officers, with ]. w. D.,
French as president, was reelected, and
no action was taken concerning. an ag-
! lltullli al tNLtglll0itr neat Ldll. II was
! the consensus of opinion, however, that
the society should not undertake fair
/ this year.
! w. S. Lincoln John B. Bowker and
]. S. Perry attended the meeting from
| this city and also participated in the
annual banquet at the United States Ho-
1 til which followed the business ses-
sion.
If the stories about the New England
4 Agricultural Society's meeting in Bos-
/ ton, Tuesday morning, are true, there is
| likely to be some fun in store for the
| officials of that organization
It seems that the society has had its
annual meeting, it has elected its Off
GERS and has decided to leave the mat
ter Of location for the fair this fall in
I the hands. Of the trustees, with power
to act. The meeting was announced tc
take place Tuesday morning, but on ac-
count of the blizzard and the tie-up Of
railroad trains, no out-of-towu members
of the society could possibly reach Bos
ton, and they had supposed that the
meeting would be held at a subsequent
date.
1t was announced Wednesday, how
ever, that the IS Boston members Of the
society met at the appointed time an(
place, and, after disposing of the bust
ness, adjourned to the Quincy Hous,
and there partook of the annual dinner
which is always a feature of the New
England society's annual meetings
4 The society mas anyways provided din
ner at its own expense to the member!
| attending the annual meeting, and so
of course, has saved quite a sum b5
! feeding this year only is instead O.
about ZOO as is generally the case.
| The trouble, however, is not over this
dinner, but over the way in which the
| place for the fair is to be decided
Nashua, Manchester, Dover and Lowell
all of which cities were willing and even
anxious for the fair, wanted a say in
| the meeting, and 10 not like the idea
of leaving it to the trustees which, they
| say, means Portland for the IS fair II
| is not at all unlikely that the officers
will receive a petition from the requisite
| number of members asking that an
other meeting be held