Litchfield enquirer., 1844-02-22

MR. ADAMs,-In the Enquirer of Sth Feb find communication purportng to be history of the Agricultural Society of Litchtield County No one think, will object to an exposition of the movements of the Society from its commencement provided it be made consistent with truth, and in a style not disgusting to an intelligent and reading community And l trust that there is no member of the Executive Committee, who would shrink from any scrutiny to which he may be subjected as an individual, in relation to the society. It Is not difficult to perceive that the writer of the com munlcation under consideration, (whoever he may be, for he has net had the maniness to give either his name place of resdence,) believes and is la- boring to make others believe that Jacob N Bakes- lee Is the ".4gricuittual Society 0f LitcLJiekd County" and that all the inhabitants of the coun- ty should be his loyal subjects. Although there some true statements in the first part of the production alluded to, yet in the meagre carrica- lures that follow, the writer has shown himself destitute both of tcit and honor.
 As to the said Mir. B. being the only individual that attended the meeting to organize the Society from the south part of the county, the writer must either have forgotten, or be guilty of misrepresen- taton. I do not wish to pluck from the brow of Mir. B. one sprig of Laurel, which he has merito- riously won in his endeavors to improve the Agri- cultural interests of this county. He stands high both as cuitivator of the soil, and breeder of good stock, and the society which he is now ca lumniating, have conceded this point by having awarded to hun through It's Committees since its first organization, not far from $lo0. When Mr. B. made the assertion which he did last fan, that he had been efficient in building up the Society, and would be equally so in pulling it down, he was probably not aware that the aid which he had in the former case, would be wanting in the latter.
 The writer aludes to what he calls speculation as being the cause of the withdrawing of some members in lSI0. Now he knows, if he knows any thing about it, that it was for very different reasons that members withdrew at that time.
 The gentleman seems to have made kind of hobby of the word speculation" and uses it to denote every species of evil, and every species ot good, which he happens to dislike. Perhaps he will make it plain to those who know little about the matter, that there was in the fall of 1911
 569,5 in the treasury; but it will be difficult to convince those who were conversant with the sub ject that it was The amount of premiums of fered by the Society in 1s41, was $l5l,50. But says the writer, the officers of the year 1S42 be- ing regularly installed into otfce very limited scale was established,' I find by examining the list that the slimited scale" amounts 10 $l6l to- gether with $35 which was awarded for gratutous premiums on articles not enumerated in the pub- lshed scheme, making in all the sum of $l96.
 Again he says, alterations had been made with reference to farms, which would exclude 99 out of 100. Here must be permitted to leave for a mo- ment this pleudo writer and speak directly of the said MT. B. The alteration complained of is the creature of Mir. B. It is just what he proposed, and advocated before the Committee the years pre-