Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1849-10-04
LITCHFIELD ENQUIRER.
LITCHFIELD, october 4, ISlS.
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AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

! more beautiful and variegated land.
scape, than those Of Wednesday and
Thursday last. They were indeed men,
. orable days in the Farmers calender,
!, days of jubilee and reioicihg-the -" har-
! vest home" Of the year. We do not
! remember ever to have seen so large a.
collection of people in the village, on O.
similar occasion, as were here at the an
: ual Cattle Show and Fair last week.
Every town in the county was fully rep
PRESENTED, not only by spectators, but by
active and eager participants in the COM
mendable objects which had called them
together. Heaven seemed to smile pro-
piliously upon the scene--and the AN
gels" of this lower world sancti6ed the
day by their presence and approval.
| Notwithstanding the delightful wealth
cr, and the presence Of so large collec-
ton of people, we regetted TO observe an
evident "falling off" in some depart
ments which have hitherto attracted spe-a
cial attention. This was particularly true
of the exhibition at the ourt-house, alike
in regard to agricultural products, pro-
ducts Of the dairy, articles Of domestic
and general manufacture, and to speci-
mems of horticulture. And sorry are we
to say it, these retrogade steps are part
ly observable in the Ladies' department
though the falling off is rather in the
quantity than in the quality Of the articles
exhibited. The exhibition of Stock was
large and very fine though some Of the
principal cattle growers in the county
had no specimens upon the ground. In
this ne, however, Litchfeld county d.
6es competition" now and always. Her
Hurlbuts, Blakeslees, Judds, Thralls,
3 Nettletons, &c. &C., are here invincible.
The beautiful Harness exhibited by
Mr.. Arnold, Of Winstcd, attracted gem
e eral attention. AS was remarked in Dr.
), Lewis's excellent Report on Domestic
/ Manufactures, "the only objection to it
is, it is too 3aice to use.
Miss Wells fine boquet of dahlias was
much admired, and received the first pre-
|. MUM.
!, Relative to the splendid pyramid
= 5oquet from Norfolk--which was "the
:. observed of all observer" - DR.. Lewis
e says:
o "To others our thanks are due for con-
3 tributing flowers of ''fairest hue" to adorn
and beautify the room and we had in
$ tended presenting to Messrs. w. B. RICE
2 and MYRoN F. Mills, of Norfolk, some
1 token Of our appreciation of the elegant
4 arrangement of their Pyramid -Boquet--
but understanding it is TO be presented to
=, P. X. Kilbourne, a gentleman favored Of
; the Muse, We leave it to him TO sing of
its beauties in strains more exalted than
simple prose; and will only say, that for
variety, and beauty Of arrangement, Fan
ny Elsley never saw lis equal"
We avail ouselves Of this polite intro
duction, to acknowledge the receipt Of the
very beautiful and acceptable present al
luded to, and to express our thanks
therefor in "simplc prose" Those
flowers are of themselves better poetry
than the "muse" ever inspired mortal
to write; and indeed we have too high
regard for our reputation, to place our
stanzas in competiti.n with the "poetry
of nature" An impartial committee
might not award us even the "second
premium"
At a meeting Of the Society. held at
the Mansion House on Wednesday the
2eth inst, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year
II. MILTON HART, President.
EREDER1cK BUEL,
ELI MYGATT, wee <TeStUeWtS.
CHESTER N. CASE
. EDWIN b. WEBSTER, Cor. Secretary.
FRED'K. D. BEEMAN, Rec. Secretary.
STEPHEN TRowBRlDeE, Treasurer.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
On Agriculture. John G. Amber,
, Lemuel Hurlbut, Hiram Keller.
General Manufactures Theodore S.
Gold, VIM. B. Hotchkiss Of Woodbury.,
: Frederick Coleman.
Domestic animals. ---John 7. Andrew,
Samuel Reynolds, Alexander Norton.
Nathan;e, B. Smith, VIM. H. Thomp-
son, and Royal I. Garfield, were appoint
i ed Delegates to the American Institute ;
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