Valley Farmer, March 1857 

The next annual Fair will be held at the fair grounds near the city of Palmyra, commencing on Wednesday, the 14^th day of October, and continuing four days. The fair grounds, which are owned by the association, are beautifully located, finely improved, and speak well for the enterprise of the farmers of Marion County.

At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors of this association, the following resolution was adopted, which ahs been forwarded to us by the Secretary:

Resolved, that N. J. Colman, Esq., be invited to deliver the Annual Address before this Association, at our next Annual Fair, on Thursday, the 15^th day of October next, and that the Secretary be instructed to make known to Mr. Colman this resolution, and to solicit his compliance there with.

For the compliment of the resolution and the very polite letter of the Secretary which accompanied it, we return our thanks. We will endeavor to be present on the occasion, but at this early it will be impossible for us to give a decisive answer. We desire to attend as large a number of the fairs of our State as possible, and much will depend upon the order in which the fairs of adjoining counties will succeed one another. We would prefer however, to have some other speaker selected by the associations which desire to hear us, and if it is possible to be present, we can also have time to say all that we shall desire.