Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-10-01
The Agricultural Fair and Cattle Show.

The Agricultural Fair and Cattle show.
We have abou. surrendered our paper bodily.
this week, to the yoluminous yet doubtless highly
interesting Report ofthe Secretary of the County
Agricultural Society. We have let MIR. Coop
RICH, the Jealous and indefatigablc Secretary.
have it all his own way" and it is largely his
fanlt if the Free Press is not, to-day, an inter-
csting paper.
The fulncss of detail of, and the space occu-
pied by. the Report, prevents our publishing any
thing from our own tolerably full minutes of the
exhibition of the two days Fair and Show, as
well as, we are glad to say, supersedes the ne
ccssity, if not the propriety, of it. We fully
concur with the Secretary in the opinion that,
in most respects, the Exhibition, in every depart
mcnt of Agriculture and Horticulture, the use
full and the sweet, the ordinary and the rare, was
in the highest degree gratifying and creditable.
The display at the Town Hall was especially
rich and beautiful, both in the quality and va
riety of the articles of domestic production and
manufacture displayed.
We hope we may be allowed to express our
regret that it should have been deemed best to
designate both live stock and all other articles
by figures only, emitting the names of the own
els or producers. The adoption Of this method
greatly diminished both the interest, and we
humblv imagine, the usefulness. Of the exhibit
ton. We can conceive of no solitary good rca-
son for thus supprcssing the names of exhibit
ors, while the best of all reasons. founded III
honorable ambition and competition, suggest, as
it appears to US, the opposite course. We have
heard it minated that the bIiad course was pur
sued to secure perfect impartiality in the Pre-
mium Committees. Away with such nonsense
1t is an imputation upon the honor Of the Com
mittees that we are persuaded no farmer II
Chittcndcn County would be willing TO make
and that we are sorry TO see insinuatcd. Their,
was not a gentleman on any of the Committee
who would not have done his duty fairly an,
honorably, We believe. if all the competitor
were ranged face to face before him. Let II
have no suggestions that bribery and corrup
ton" are possible, gentlemen, in our admirable
Society! The suggestion is enough to max
the cabbages blush for us, TO say nothing of tn
roses and the ladies'.
We should be glad if we had space to speak
from our minutes, somewhat at large of tn
many beautiful and ingenious specimens of Ma
tnrc and Art that came under our observation
We should be decidedly provoked with the Sec
rotary for abridging our privileges in this ri
spect. if it were not that he would probably hay
the whole Society on his side in the controverS,
We Weld to the Secretary because lie represent
the Sociay; but if : the Secretary stood alone
we would have our say, whether or no!
There are, nevertheless, two or three thing
that we riH notice. On the Camp Ground "
were particularly attracted by the very fin
Hereford Cow and Calf of Judge CiurTENDE'
of Williston, and the Durham Cow and Calf
Mr.. O. SHAW, of Jericho. MARVIN LEoSARl
Of Ilincsburgh, exhibited a noble Cow of ii
D half Durham blood and there were others,
0 very fine appearance, belonging to Messrs. BISt
HAM, WILSON, BLINN, and other gentleme
y whose names we should have been glad to re;
0 instead o ftheir figures.
Among the Horses, the sinewy and finely kn
o figures, the beautiful proportions and the mob
O action Of the famous Sir Henry" and NJ
; WHTTcoMm's Morgan" excited universal adm
) ration. Judge BENEFITS fine colt, 5 Eagle
! looked ripe for charging a battalion, II not
o jury and Mr.. BALDwIN's "Childers' was
o tip-top condition.
o We noticed noble pairs of Working Ok
owned by Mr., LOCKWOOD, of st. George, al
10 Mr.. PERRY, OF Burlington, and others the nam
h of whose owners were hidden from mortal eye
70 There was a good exhibition of Sheep a
Swine, but nobody knew whom they belong
10 to. a beautiful lot of Ieicestcrshire sheep ,
learnt were the property of Mr.. l.. HALL,
70 Shclburne. We saw one HQg, 10 months o
said to be owned by Mr.. WmrcoNB, OF Esse
to that was Il monster. As Darby Justly observe
10 - Hogs are rightly named, for | never saw
10 more hogsish looking animal than hdi!"
But We are exceeding our limits. A word
10 the Town Hall, and we have done. Here '
were still worse pcrple2ed by the b~rainless n
10 ares that stared Us in the face when we soug
10 the names oi the various exhibitors. If