The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1844-10-09
ADDISON COUNTY
AGRICULTURAL FAIR.

The Agricultural Fair came off on Tues
day last in fine style. Providence favored our
farmers with brilliant day, and they improv-
ed it proudly for themselves and suspicious
for the advancement of the noble art Of hus-
bandry, in our beautiful and fertile County.
By 10 O'Clock in the morning throngs of peo-
pie were assembled compos ed chiefly Of the
wholesome and thrifty agricuturalists of this
region. By eleven the crowd had increased
to great multitude counting it is believed
up to not less than 3 thousand, aud the pens
and yards about the Court house were filled
with the most beautiful specimens of animals
offered for premiums, and for the qualification
ofthe curious whicht the County could afford.
In the Town-Room were also collected as
large variety of Agricultural and Horticul-
tural productions, farming implements, do
mestic fabrics, and home manufactured arti-
cles as could have been expected at the first
attempt at an exhibition to which the people
have been wholly unaccustomed.
There we're several articles highly credita-
BILE to the taste and skill of the female exhib-
itOrs, such as carpets, stockings and sore at
tractive needlework, and which could our
fair Green-mountain girls fully appreciate
the high value for domestic industry enter
tanned by men whose good opinion is worth
a groat, would be vastly multiplied another
year. But the number of manufactured ar
tcles we're small, owing to the fact that The
law confines its bounty to those which per-
tain to Agricultural pursuits, excluding the
fabrics of manufacturing establishments
This illiberality of the Legislature limiting
its fostering care TO domestic industry to a
single branch of it should be speedily cor
rected. The interests of agriculture and
manufactures are one and inseperable.
OF the Farming Implements, we noted a
Grain Cradle belongings Willis w. Wilder,
of superior invention and utility. Also two
Flows of Mr.. Russell Tabor Of Lincoln, which
were decided a greatimprovementu upon those
now IN use, beside Harrow belonging to
Mr.. Weeks, believed to be highly meritori-
Gus.
No one could have failed to notice the
beautiful pyramid of Honey displayed by Mr..
J. NJ. Weeks Esq. of Salisbury whose i'm
provements in the production of this article
clearly entities him to be ranked among the
benefactors of mankind. 1t was certainly
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Mechanical improvement to witness the
spirit which was manifested by all, not
only by the bone and sinew, but by our
merchants and professional gentlemen
in sustaining the Society and attending the
Fair. As in Massachusetts and New York
great advantages to the interests of Agricul-
turalists may be expected from the rivalry and
the Improvements which the operations of
these Societies are calculated to create and
We we're pleased to find several gentlemen
from surrounding Counties, and especially
Mr.. Kinds of Brandon, and Mr.. Sanford and
others of Orwell distinguished Agricultural /
lists, present upon the occasion. The former
of these gentlemen presented not for premi-
UNI which the rules ofthe Society forbid, but
to gratifythe curiosity Of our shepherd far
mers several fine Sheep, and especially an
imported Rhamboilette Buck, strongly con-
stituted and beautiful specimen ofthe animal, |
and which for fneness combined with those |
qualities whichrender fleece valuable would |
well compare with any Buck present.
The show of Cattle fed upon this most |
fertile portion of the great Valley of Lake
Champlain justified the high expectations
formed by those who are acquainted with
this part Of our State. We dare assert that
excepting the improved imported breeds of
stock in the Union could surpass