New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-10-02
Tho Ladies' and the Fair.

In passing through one of the beautiful villages
On the Eas: side Of the Hudson few days past,
friend ofours called on young lady residing N one OF
those exquisite cottages for which the banks Of the
River are renowned. TO pay ms respects soon al
ter MS arrival steamer landed al the cock- and
friend OF the lay from the opposite shore was n
tro3uced "A interesting conversation ensued portion
Of which il Ray . deemed ootrus.ve On ie'1se
privacy We purpose to give 1t wss something on TINS
w.se
Why. mr. dear Martha Ann Eaat in tne world does 81
til. mean Your tidy e roorn hitherto neat IS pm
al n clutter; packing up goods WHAT, gong to q
rnzrried
Eota present please you Cousin Sarah Sister Lucy
and myself have been several months employed il pre-
pairing for the Grea, Fair a, SeYork and we have Just
pu. the finishing touch mis- piece OF work Fncn
hope raeets your appreciation Have the kindness to ez
anime IL and gve your opinion. Inc others Fave
been finished week ago and Halter ourselves tasy
VII make no small show the TouInda Il <e ca PICK
~ bean il Sequence Cur labor VII not - IN IAN
although re ue-er CARED our IDEAS quite 20 sr ?; ia
oar object i 10 quote he words Of the lustrous nero
OF the Passaic Falls 70 let Toe world Know hat some
t.lIug. can be done wei as othe!=
I thought said sarah had anticipated you N THIS
oc:i:ors aas was No: even aware OF your intentions
came 70 inform YOU OF M determination not to re ont
DON. Bat the judges must decide between all the ex-
niti.ors and Jet her among Us country .rls who de-
scrve the most wear the garland 60 as my maternal
relative. did before me. ior wearing nothing :fom
abroad which we can manufacture III home. This Tas
their motto in seveutyve and Applicable 7ov as
then We MAJ De obEFed do it il some unforeseen
e-ent which mar be horerinE shall o~ertake us
Within the last dozen years have had halt as many
narrow escapes from European collisions and Tor one
10 use favorite expression OF Air. Webster am ready
when such an event 10 giTe my aid TO ward OF
the sc-erity Of the blow However small the means lei
~. in view Of tina: crisis Join with Haeck. and say
Strike for your affairs and your hres
God and your native land
Bravo said the gentleman visitor you have tha rht
conception of the spirit of the American institute and
ALLOW me 70 bid God speed TO your ezertons Hun
dreds OF my female friends have been recipients OF is
awards, who esteem them beyond price J will coEfne
nvsefto two illustrations Several years young lady
from the Green Mountain State concerted the project OF
PRODUCING from nor paernal farm Leghorn Bonnet
which should challenge competition with my OF Seapo
i,an manufacture She sowed the seed and reaped the
rrass with her hands spun the sewing thread from
her own fax plated the braid and completed the fabric
one Is content with his own work such degree as
that nothing more Is desired pretty certain 10 please
others It stood the test Of the judges after compari
son with the imported hats and received the high
est premium Of the Institute So great her delight
that she would not await the ordinary of the
Institute, hut remained in town till gold medal could
be stricken and engraved there being blanks hand
on her return although il in Autumn May pole
was erected accompanied with sports and diversions
snd she was crowned Lily Of the Nalley.-The other
to which refer was that OF Mrs VOORHEES, of the village
Of Amsterdam This lady stands foremost in the science
Of domestic economy For several successive years she
has been successful exhibitor OF her own household fac
rics and only years she presented case con
tanning over hundred exqusiiely wrought articles Of
almost every conceivable description OF staple and fancy
wearing apparel, all the produce of her farm and
hands comprising silk linen wooden and leather goods
which would seem TO have been the work OF lite time
All completed within the year On the annuncation OF
gold medal as a reward for her lnbors spontaneous
burst of feeling broke forth in the crowded saloon OF the
Fair and she received the congratulations of her
lnerous friends in attendance President Tallmadge, in
his closing address exhibited many OF these choice
pieces OF work 10 the audience, and read aloud
plmentery letter in the original, from General Laiay
cite for pair hose her knitting, transmitted
10y that lady TO the veteran hero ut Lagrange.
Ny friend added that to his regret Gen. Tallmadse
had rcnquished his Presidency another and thstthc
former place oil exhibition had been, from casually
transferred Castle Garden, which, though remote
the of the town possessed many advantages
which Niblos had never known. He anticipated grand
display in the extensive smphitheatrc such had nev
er been seen before and referred, as locking down
from the gallery above, ike exhibitions in Europe
when rewards were proclaimed when carrier pigeons
released and flew joyously in the air describing
BRET circles if they locred few TO look
down upon the and after the fashion Cowper=
lackdsw. moralizc upon
The hustle and the rarec show
That occupied mankind below,
and then dar,cd away TO convey to all parts the import
ant news OF who had gained the honors OF the Fair