Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-10-21
From the Dollar Newspaper.
NEW YORK FAIR.
Rochester. Sept. 20.


This day is one of great interest, as being
,he time and place of the :. State Agricultural
Fair" You may receive different account
bu, am free to confess that my expectations
have NOT been realized. There are great
masses of people collected from every part Of
the State Bu,,he is far less display Of
agricultural products than had anticipated.
There is an enclosure of IL acres appropriated
to this purpose and there are many fine speci-
mens Of fruits, vegetables. grains. &c. There
are also many animals. which show grea, inn
provemeni. There are several cows, OF the
DurhaM breed. which are incomparabiy hae.
And yet. for fair Of the Empire State, an
lcipaied a great deal more. and felt di'sP-
pointed. Perhaps others were more fortunate.
| must no, omit to notice a distinguished
guest. who is present by special invitation,
i do no, refer 10 Ex.President Van Buren, or
Governor Bouck, both of whom have taken
lodgings at the Eagle. The individual TO
whom refer is Mr.. Barlow. Of Canandaigua.
q man now nnety-iwo years OF age, who SOW
ed the first field Of wheat in Western New
York He is. and fer good reasons, an object
of great interest and attraction.
There are. guess, no, less Than fifteen thou
sand strangers in the city. At least four thou.
sand wheeled carriages in full operation and
ten thousand horses. And in The show ground.
some sixty Durham bulls twenty stud horses,
several hundred sheep and hogs. thousand
horses ST all kinds and FIVE thousand people. l
thought were spectacle Of live stock worth
q Journey from kiuderhook. And Ibis was in
,he afternoon when Mr.. Van Buren, and the
crowd had ,hinned off.
Mr.. Van Buren, Daniel Webster. Governor
Bouck. FrancIs Granger. and other distinguish.
cd gentlemen, were present on Wednesday.
Al the supper on that day. the Ex-Pfesident
was called on, and his speech is thus noticed !:
He acsnow lodged with feelings Of sincere
qualification that his reception on this occasion
had given him greater pleasure than he had
ever before experienced. He plead his inabil-
ivy TO converse on The subject of agriculture
before a meeting of character like that. But
it was not Inconsistent on the occasion TO ex-
press the pleasure he had experienced from
the exhibitions of the day. His expectations
had been high. but they were more than real.
lied. He referred to his recent practical ex-
perisnce as farmer. and ssid that the two
years of his whole life ia which he had en-
joyed The greatest happiness. were the Two
last, in which he had been practically engaged
in agriculture. (Cheers Two years ago he
commenced the cultivation Of 2 farm of $50
serss, at which time The crop that il Welded
fell shor, in hay and oats for The subsistence OF
the stock the second year he had nearly oats
enough, and little hay over; and the present
year he had raised sufficiency of other things
ana had so tons of hay to spare With an
apology, Mr.. Van Buren expressed hope
thar on some future occasion he might be en-.
sbled 10 bes,ow more Important information on
the subject Than he was now enabled to give.
Mr.. Van Buren, was followed by Mr. Gran.
ger. who referred to the rapid growth of Yves.
tern New York. sirikingly exemplffed In the
fact. that the man who sowed the first bushel
. Of wheat 10 Gennesee was present al the cele-
brsiI0n.
Daniel Webster, who had just stepped out
OF the cars. without change of raiment. and
without resting since leaving the city of New
York, was called. and amid a storm Of ap.
Plause. briefly addressed the assemblsge in an
euiogy oPon sgriculere. The State Of New
ORR. and the great Rochester Fair and con-
graduated himself upon being able to take
PACK some new and interesting facts TO the
farmers Of Massachusetts.
Aner Mr.. Webster had concluded his set
speech, Mr. hnoi', one Of the Vice Presidents
OF ne society, proposed the health If the
chairman Of one Of the important committees.
Mr.. GoNeu. Of Pennsylvania
Mr. Gowen. In reply, spoke Of the long and
difficult journey he had performed for he pur.
pose of attending this Fair: # the Philsdel.
Phls Agricultural Society. with which he was
connected. and pronounced high euIogium
upon the late Judge Peters. who. be said. shed
iusire upon every thing he did. THAT he
DID; thai he did," said Mr.. Webster.) He
spoke Of the emotions excited in his mind by
What he had seen Of the unbonnded prosperity
OF the great State Of New York He was
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