The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-10-05
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Our annual county Agricultural Fair and Exhbi-
ton opened yesterday. And as city papers do
not go into details, at all, order to inform the
people OF Connecticut, what we can show and do in
home manufactures, we shall expect such informa-
ton in the Herald II is held in the largest building
IN city, and fills two stories thereof. Upon
tering the door CATER you have purchased ticket
for l2h cents-al the members who pay 81 annual
ly, have eight tickets and free pass account OF
membership in the broad spaceway, you find straw
cutters, bundles of hay, washing machines, cheese
presses large and splendid geranium trees, monster
oeets, carrots, pumpkins, and sqnashes, without
number, which would satisfy the greatest vegetable
gourmand IN your city. In room No. l, sundry lots
OF virgin white honey, and large quantities OF prime
butter and cheese-old Duchess county can't beat it.
either. In room q you will find all nice potatoes,
which will cause every lrishman that sees them to
sigh for Ireland. The beans, corn, egg plants, ce-
lery, and tomatoes, are plump, large, and of extra
sizes the peppers s. are big enough TO make Hoyt
House the onions (eight to nine inches in circum-
ference) would draw plous or im-plous tears from
Saint Butler, for the want of preaching an Sandy
Hill In room B. you will find the ileiarts, such
sundry paintings, crayon and pencil drawings Da-
guerreotypes, landscapes, hkenesses, &C., &c. In
No 4, you will find stoves, ploughs, &c. No. 6, is
like chap, who, although not bully, is a gentle
man. We will now see what is in the Hall above,
which has often held over $500 persons at one and
the same time Upon entering, we turn to the right,
and find an endless variety OF apples, either kind
of which is fit for the President or Bennett.
The peaches are great and fit for Queen Victoria;
the ounces are monstrous; the variety and size OF
the grapes are large-ether kind of which should
be very happy to have left at my store will call
and take whichever kind the owners shall allot to
me The pears are delcious-n looks, and several
looks, were delicious. 1t is tantalzing in the ex-
IRENE, that neither allowed to TOUCH handle,
taste thereof. If they don't put me on the tasting
committee, next year, won't pun the fair up halt
large their fruit Is now. You Will also see here
Siamese watermelon, and Slamese peach
freaks of nature in this country IN lS45 The plants
exhibited not SO numerous as formerly but the
flowers have increased. We have here temple OF
flowers in an evergreen bower, or larger temple,
also some twenty to thirty canary birds enclosed
therein. This Is very imposing and pleasing at
traction. To the north OF this Is our national flag,
composed Of alternate stripes of leaves and roses
An omento Texns took place thereat this afternoon
one OF the roses, representing the States fell OUT
of itself The, hair work exhibited is nice. The
millinery and lots OF ladies' gewgays, cannot de-
| scrbe-not being acquainted. Hats, caps, trunks,
gloves and the like, were numerous and their quail
ity was excellent A beautiful piano, manufactured
in this city, attracted considerable attention. An
orange tree, loaded with ripe fruit looked tempting
enough to cause to follow the example of mother
Eve-to pluck and eat. The printing exhibited was
nothing extraordinary, the bronze work being al
covered with glass to prevent its being ruboed off
The bookbindlng, generally, was OF the gingerbread
stamp. ], however, noticed some blank books, fit
tor the of the Herald establishment, but the ma
with the name of Woodruff & Beach. A couple Of
them had brass enough them for Plainfield bank
presidents visage. The cutlery was equal to the
best of SheffieId-especialy that from the Collins
Co., and from other firms, which / omitted, acct
dentally to minute down. The wood and ivory rules
were nice-true enough tie be presented to John Van
Buren, to square his oaths by. OF knives, there was
one OF over foot long, with three blades, and va
lued at $500 to $3.50, and the contrast Of one
about an inch in length, laid by its side, made
after, the same pattern. On the handle of
| lures OF New York, Hartford, and Philadelphia.
The woolen and cotton goods exhibited were fine,
thick and heavy. OF the woollens, the Leeds Co.'S
of Rockville, took the lead-they are now in the
market what Farnham's used to be-No. l, and the
standard The handwork OF the ladies' cannot de-
scrlbe-it showed great TASTE patience and industry
noticed show case OF = crazy notlons' from the
featured by Spencer 81 Co. were rich, and truly
beautiful. The oil cloths were also NICE and not to
be beat but the carpetings and rugs from the
Thompsonvlle Carpet Manufacturing Company,
| which mandatory Is situated some dozen miles
north of here, were acknowledgements. We
here see specimen OF the thick, heavy,
fine and smooth carpet made for the White
House, Washington, by this company, the past
winter. The eagles are worked therein admit
raby about one foot apart; the coors are rich, deep,
dark, but not gaudy; The other specimens exhibit
ed were nice enough for any other place but your
sanctum-for which, this white house style is just
the thing The Fair is crowded, day and evening,
by the beauty OF the city. They here can "go to
see and be SEEM and who has any objections, but
old crusty bachelors! was going on to speak OF
| thousand other things, but | find am telling the
whole story, and from fear that shall the whole,
that will not be necessary for those 60 and
| tor themselves, who have not been, must close
by saying, that the display OF fruits, vegetables,
ck-nacks, Yankee notions, &c., "beats all ma
tur," and your New York Fair can't touch us on
"fruits and vegetables" This is fact ! cannot
leave this subject without paying tribute to the in
defatigabe labors of the Secretary and Committee
OF Arrangements, and especially to their Chairman
Every thing is well and systematically arranged.
On Monday morning few Trinity students were
furnished at the expense of the city, with lodgings,
where "Old Cad' and his crew were short time
since-the watch-house or Hartford Tombs. They
were walked up to the same court, fined for their
spree and sent back to college, to study street
manners From our city papers see that one OF
them Is grumbing because loaers and rowdies are
not there furnished with featherbeds ottomans, So
fas, marble tables, etc Keek sober, young lark, and
you will not again find lodgings there.
Mr. Saunders last Monday afternoon procured
five merchants as bondsmen for $500, whose united
| wealth must be some $2OO,0OO. This certainly is
not straw bail" Some think that Ripley was en-
tirely to blame, and some otherwise, but express
no opinion. The Court will settle " the hash"
Orrin Woodford the cider-drinker, who so inhu-
manly murdered his wife few months since, in
Avon, about six miles Northwest Of this city, has
been trial before the Superior Court the past few
days, in this city. The particulars you published at
the time. 1t is not necessary to recapituate such
blood-curdng account The jury will render their
verdict to-day, as the closing plea is now being
made.
The Hon. Isaac Toucey, late democratic M. c.,
who several weeks since was 30 badly injured, by
his horses running away in Bolton, IL miles east
OF this city, was, Tuesday, able to be brought
home. This shows his health is gradually, al
though very slowly, improving
The Hartford and New Haven Railroad Compa-
ny have altered their time of running SO that pas
sengers have to stop some two or three hours IN
Haypn No IN leaves.
five to seven hours for the night boat Inns is the
accommodation to the public for which they are
compelled to pay cents per mile, Tor travel. And
the New Haven papers have been grumbllng, dog
in-the -manger-lke," about the high fares on the
Western road of 81 cents per mile inluring the re-
cepts of this road that charges cents per mile