The Litchfield County post., 1827-10-25

Il would be beaefC al likewise, ~ the raiscis Of To-
dian corn 10 scnd somc nOTthcrn climate for
their secd they might assured that their crops
would come 10 maturity much earlier, and Weld
valuable increase, Tor the experiment.
One indication aud cause of the improvements Of
ModeTR times is the foundation Of agricultural sOcie
ties. In free governments next TO the influence OF
universally dIffused education, cause has power
ul effect n peTpeuaIing the institutions Of Liberty
bringing the sober, intelligent yeomanry of the
country acquainted with each others views and char
aclers. The habits OF intimacy formed, the know
ledge diifused the information gained of their in
dependency and power, will always prevent the dom
natiOn of the military yrant, the arts of the pOlt-
cal demagogue. One of the most useful assemhages
is that OF agricultural societies. addition TO the ag
ricultural knowledge collected and disseminated, in
addition to the practical benefit gained by the farmer,
they show every disorganzer, that the hand that
planted the tree of liberty ready TO defend it now
while it shades them. Agricultural societies. unlike
military spectaCles, the amusemens of public days.
bring together only the young, the idle, and the
dssOlue; they assemble the industrious, the indepen-
dent, the sober of the SOIL He meets his broth
farmer, hears his improvements, details his own,
the bone and slnew OF the county around him. Il
returns his farm and his labour with happier and
easier heart, with the proud consciousness of his
Independence and his usefulness and the numerical &
moral strength of his associates.
These interviews must likewise convince you of
your superiority to those nations called the ia
voured spots of the globe. You will learn from the
traveller how much more healthfu your climate, how
government how much exalted and spirit
uai your religion. You will often learn from the
returning emgrant, that smoother soils have their
drought that milder climates have their desoating d.
seases. You will learn, from the observer of men,
that your bleak and barren hills, your wlntry blasts
your cold and rocky fields have made you hardy indus
trous and virtuous. Envy not then the fertility of
southern chimes the noXous vapour floats the
rice fields; the fatal exhaation turks around the eve
ming purtume of the orange bower the nosome pesti-
lence walks abroad at noon day, amid the plantations
of sugar. and luxury and excavation and vice breathe
in every gale that watts the fragrance of the spice
groves.
Such then are the reflections that should govern
your feelings this day. reflections of gratitude your
ancestors for what they have done for your welfare,
and to that Providence who has ven you " SO good
ly a heritage"
Thank him that he has not cast your lot among the
fevery and umutuous population of city, amidst its
impurities its diseases its COMMUNICATIONS, and its vices;
that he has sent you to toll slave the iron
bound soil of Russia in the arid sands of Africa
that he has not rendered your days unproducve and
your nights wretched from sense personal insecu-
rity.
You occupy the most useful the most important sta
ton in society. 1t is to your eXertlons that the sup
port, the food the employment of every other rank
owing. To the surplus produce OF the farmer, we owe
the institution and preservation OF distinct empoyments,
the origin of Commerce and Manufactures and the
existence of government 1t is the surplus produce of
the farmer that the wheel of the manufacturer in
notion that bids the sails of commerce when every
sea- that gives to relg on her ministers, to education
her students; that supports the busy population of the
crowded city, and that lends to government its
gy its resources and its being. This is not Idle decla
nation. Let the farmer but raise only enough for his
support and the mighty heart, which, by its beat
ings, communicates Life to every extremity, would be
child, and eve"y member OF the great body polite
would be pa.sied in moment.
Go then to your homes this day, satisfied with the
useful and honorable rank in society you holds own
ers of the soil you cultivate, with no mperlous land
labour, and control you in the management of your
farms with established clergy to collect the tenth
of your earnings; with arbitrary government to
force from you what the arstocraCy the hierarchy
may have left and cOnfne you If you dare to murmur,
but free the air you breathe the water that fert
Lies your fields
How readily then will your employment lead to
cheertusness and content, to peace within and har-
the service and worship of that being who has made
you differ: how tervid be that service how
allied that worship! The devotion that you pay is Of
fered the altar of an humble heart in the tenn
pie of nature that surrounds you. Every breeze that
exhaIes the moisture of your fields; every brook that
brings its treasures to your feet every shower that
fertzes your springlng grass; every sun beam that
falls upon your rpenlng corn the changing hut use
full vicssides of the seasons; the verdure of the for
ests around you, and the everlasting hills that raise
their heads to heaven, must show you that their great
Creator is ever you, and bring your hearts the
obligations that you owe him.
From the different Committees we have received the
following Reports:-
To the President ofhe Litchfeld county agricuItur-
al Society.
Your Committee on Horses and other Domestic An
finals, excepting neat Cattle, having attended to the
duties assigned them awarded the following premiums
To Mr.. Lyman Howe for the best Stallion,
his Horse Highlander. $500
To Mr.. David B. Gay for the second best do.
his Horse Duroc. 400
To Mr. Chauncey Bradley for the best three
year old Colt. 500
TO Col. o. S. WooIcott for the best two
year old Colt, his Fily by Roman. AGO
To MIR. Amasa II. Jerome for the best one
year old Colt, by Mr.. Thrall's High
lander. 800
To Col. 0. S. Wolcott for the best Boar. 800
To Mr.. Heman w. Chds for the second
best Boar. 900
Your Committee would remark, that much atten-
ton has been given to the raising of fine Horses in
the County since the last exhibition, and that the
Society have been gratifed with the exhibition of
thirteen breeding of some of the best blood in
the country, to wit, Highlander, Duroc, Busserah &c.
with colts by their sides nine of which were sired by
Col. o. S. Wolcots horse Paul Pry,by Du and ore
by Mr. Gays Young DuroC, many Of which are very
fine, and all good without exception.
Messrs. S. Garnsey, Vessels, Howe, WoIcott, Gay,
Sheldon, WEIGH, Webster and Moss severalIy pre-
sened for the inspection of your Committee and the
Public, fine Colts from to three years of age each.
Your Committee have also attended to the special
duty assigned them, of viewing the exhibition of In
dusy and Ingenuity presented by the Mechanics of
the Village OF Litchfeld. splendid Car, on which
the Printers, Book-binders, Pocket-book- makers,
Cabuet-makers, Chair-makers, Joners Carpenters,
Coach-makers Clock-makers, Tailors, B.acksmiths,
Finners, Sh0emakers, C0urers, Tanners and Har-
employed at their several trades
decorated with specimens of their workmanship, the
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