The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-10-04
PEOPLES PRESS
Middlebury, Oct. 4, 1913.
THE NEW YORK AGRICULTUR
AL FAIR.

A fair was held at Rochester three d,,,
Of week before last. 1t was indeed ver,
splendid af- fair, and is said to have be-,
attended by thirty thousand people. ROcb.
ester was turned into an encampment. and
and many a visitor was obliged to couch
himself upon the bare floors of the CITY
The exhibition Of animals &c. was sbop,
the same as last year, and al;ho csesaitable
no way remarkable. But never were :
many specimens Of the "lions" in huns,
shape collected upon a similar occas
ion. Webster, Bouck, Granger, Seward,
VanBuren etc were among the distinguish.
ed visitors.At the conclusion of the second
day of the fair, twelve hundred partoOk d
the great supper prepared in the Railro,i
depot, at the conclusion Of which a hear
train of cars came putting into the room
conveying 1900 passengers, among WHOM
was Mr.. Webster, whose appearance va
greeted with the loud and repeated huzr1
of the multitude James S. Wadsworih,
Esq. presided at the meeting which wu
addressed in short and appropriate speech
es by the President, Messrs Van Buren,
Granger, IN succession. When the latte;
had concluded the President announced
Mr.. Webster, which was followed by long
and tumultuous applause. This was re-
peated at the conclusion of a short but Ell.
oquent speech. At 8 o'clock on the last
day of the Fair an immense multitude So
sembled upon the field where the exhibit
had been held, which was large open en-
closed space and astaging erected at on'
end Not less than ten or fifteen th6usani
persons were present, and after having been
addressed by Doct Beekman Of Kinder
hook, who presented hasty view Of t.
proceedings of the society since lsS,
when it was organized, loud and repeated
calls were made for Mr.. Webster. But tho
President announced that he had not &c;
arrived, but would be there shortly. Mi
Van Buren, was then called for. The pes
ident said he had already left the ground
The President requested the audience {,
listen to the reports of the several con
mittees. When these were closed me
calls for Mr.. Webster were again repea;e5
But the President rsinformed the poop
that Mr.. w. was too i'll to rise from u
bed. Loud and repeated calls were ths'
made for Governor Seward who amid the
Enthusiastic cheering of the mulntuds
came forward, and at the conclusion Of
short pithy speech sat down amidst Il.
hearty plaudits Of the assembled th:'17-
Gov. Bouck was then loudly calico u.
The President announced that Ex-PfesF
dent Van Buren, and Gov. Bouck, out ;rf
field some time ago. (Cheers and larghir
and cries of goodD Several other rep'''
were then made, after which the mee''n.
adjourned.
As Mr.. Webster's illncs, prevented hi
delivering speech on the afternoon OF Tic
last day of the fair, the officers Of the /"
ciety got up supper in the evenings
Smiths dining room, at which Mr. WEI
ster delivered a speech Of great inteTesi
which occupies many columns in the i
bune and other papers, and which We shl
give in part or in full, in the next numb
of the Peoples Press. He presents tH
immense importance of protection to u'
agricultural interests of the country thr0
protection to manufactures, and the mi
mate connexion of these two great mt
ests of the country in striking manne''
Indeed he makes the argument comPleten
favor of protection to all the great inter
ests of the country, and removes as tar
professions can do, the suspicious
an attempt to secure commercial adVan'f
ges at the expense of protection to otnsi
interests, which the Baltimore speech haa
created.