THE EIGHTH ANNUAL FAIR. The Eighth Annual Fair of the Michigan State Agricultural Society was held on the "Detroit Course," in Hamtramck, about three miles east of Woodward Avenue, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the 30th day of September, and the 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th days of October. The enclosure contained forty acres. Tuesday, the 30th, was cold, damp and unpleasant; Wednesday was cold and cloudy; Thursday and Friday were much more pleasant, clear and warm. September 30th, at 3 o'clock P. M., a meeting of the Executive Committee was called, but there not being a quorum present, the meeting was adjourned to 10 o'clock A. M. of the 1st October, at the business stand. October 1st, at 10 o'clock A. M., the committee met and proceeded to fill the vacancies that occurred in the viewing committees. The committee then adjourned, and the business of the Society proceeded in the following order: PROGRAMME. Tuesday, September 30.-First day. Entries made at the entry office, on the Fair ground, during the day. Wednesday, October 1.-Second day. At 10 o'clock A. M., grand cavalcade of all the horses on exhibition. HORSES. At 11 o'clock A. M., exhibition of horses for all work, on the track. CATTLE. At 11 o'clock A. M., exhibition of Short Horn cattle in the cattle ring. At 2 o'clock P. M., exhibition of class 2, Devon, class 3, Herefordshire, and class 4, Ayrshire cattle, in the cattle ring, At 4 o'clock, exhibition of class 5, cross of Blood, and class 6, cross of Blood and Native cattle, in the cattle ring. Thursday, October 2.—Third day. HORSES. At 9 o'clock A. M., grand cavalcade of all the horses on exhibition. At 9 o'clock, exhibition of class 18, matched and single horses, on the course. At 10 o'clock, exhibition of draught horses, with trial of strength. At 2 o'clock, exhibition of class 17, trotting stallions, with trial of speed. ADDRESS. At 11 o'clock A. M., Address, by Hon Charles E. Stuart, of Kala mazoo. CATTLE. At 9 A. M., exhibition of class 7, Native cattle; also, class 10 and $11, fat cattle, and class 12, milch cows. At 11 o'clock, exhibition of working oxen and steers, in the ring. At 2 P. M., exhibition of class 13, foreign cattle, in the ring. Friday, October 3.-Fourth day. At 9 o'clock A. M., grand cavalcade of all the horses on exhibition. At 10 o'clock, grand parade of all the prize horses and cattle, wearing badges to designate the prizes awarded them, viz.: A first premium, a blue ribbon; a second premium, a red ribbon; a third premium, a white ribbon. At 2 o'clock, female equestrianism with horses under the saddle. At 12 o'clock M., of the 1st of October, the viewing committees in the several divisions not mentioned above, commenced their examinations. At 3 o'clock P. M. of the 3d, the meeting at the business stand for the election of officers was held, when the following gentlemen were elected: President JAMES BAYLEY, of Troy, Oakland county. Treasurer-BENJ. FOLLETT, of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw county. Secretary-J. C. HOLMES, of Detroit, Wayne county. Executive Committee-There being six members of the Committee to be elected for the term of two years, it was, On motion of A. Y. Moore, Resolved, That one member be elected from each Congressional District, and two at large. Whereupon, the following gentlemen were elected, viz.: J. S. Tibbitts, Plymouth, Wayne county, for 1st district. Archibald Jewell, Dowagiac, Cass county, at large. Six of the members elected at the annual meeting in 1855, continue in office for two years from the date of their election. |