New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-07
Ths stare Agricultural Fair.

ALBANY, Thursday sePt. S.
The interest and excitt n ut exhibited By the
AbanianV since the comm ncsnent Of the tsir IS
today at ita acme. sinoa early morning the Whoie
city in holiday attire, ID en- route" for the field
whittier also converge from Troy and every osneF
neigbboring town similar crowds. A more Crafty
ing or glsddenag sight than the public face Ut enc
may be allowed the expresso0i OF the Inq1lfips
and intelligent multitude oaaDot veil be conceived.
When scenes Of pubic enjoyment or smu'emens
.hus associate themselves with utility and an aP-
probation Of artistic skill and triumphant science
as applied to the advancement of mechanical man
ufactufing and agricultural enterprise, the INFER
ence IS clear tbtt the people have arrived, or are
fast arriving, AT very hiy h state OF culagst'cn-
Ju7enals bitter lament over the depraYed tas'e Oh
the Masters of lhe world when he summed up tne
popular require mauts in these t~o words paHem
atGue c5rctucss, which may be translated "patsh
rallons and mummery, bespoke the owest state
30 which degenerate and basotted people could
descend.
The aspect Of shia F air which struck me ~ DIFF
ferebt from any thing OF the KIND have aeen IS se
iuqUisltIveness OF the visitors and the intelligent
scrotipg III which they examine the principles
OF tbe different improvements in the mechanism
WIN which they are familiar l have witnessed
similar at lea s5 in three different Kingdoms
j
Gin e. Of higher order, and bespeahDg not alone,
greater artistic perfection in the workmanship ami
far higher order OF genius and design, this Tar ak
CeedB them all il these two attribute.
First, the adaptation OF the improvements to
I their several purposes, well "a the vast variety
and Minute oiferenced OF these improvements
And Secondly, the Infinite diffusion OF me know
ledge necessary to understand and apply them,
among the people.
This latter ia in my mind tue great characteristic
Of the FAIR Il is the hs mast triumph otthe Socie-
", and it isthas decidedly in which she people OF
New YORK have II ei5es, right to be proud.
The circumstance Wnch mas mainly contributed
TO toe diffusion and extension OF interest is the
gre variety of slbj ecs classes opened for ex.
hibitioB There have been no lessthsn sixty seven
committees appointed as judges each cOasls;IE5 AZ
! esst OF three members, and the smount OF premI-
INNS which they ha3 to adjudse reached the t5.aiot
$4,000. Averaging s. FOR every article, this would
! give premiums TO l,2u0 and Imposing that tina
average competitors for each premium were ten,
the number of parsons, or rather Of firms and fam.
lies " hose energies we're Ceated in the prapara-
ton OF articles for competition, aould be Il O00.
II will be easily seen that .hls calculation de-.
ponds forits accuracy upon e. variety of creum.
stauces Bur be 1t more or less, the tendency OF
such exhibitions is to produce results still more gra.
.ifyrg, as engaging the energies OF countless
numbers OF intellectual and energetic individuals
struggling for emneuce in the peaceful aud sb1rl
high stage OF perfection, the time for such exhtoi
.ior. will have passed bat considering the age OF
this State ard the physical difficulties 1t mad 20 con-
tend against, and many not Jet surmounted, it may
be wellquestiCned whe ther equal effort could be
rnade by any other pc PIE,
should have noticed yesterday some very beau
,ifu specimens Of worAted work tapestry, the
contributions ofseyeral young aides OF Albany and
Troy. There we're eIso soms preserved fruits OF
vsrous descriptions and great excellence.
observed tsat Sc wing machine, for which
patent was received last April, was an OBJECT OF
very general attention The owner gave several
uIooG OF the regularity and perfeeton OF its per
of mHnce, and, truth TO say, 1t executed Its task
= lib wonderful accuracy and in the quickest poGsl.
be space CT time. II would sew yard III TWO
minutes urthest and sew It better than could %
done by hand While it is impossible not to ad-
nire the perfection 10 which machinery is ad,
vaDciug still we cannot help regretln5 the misery
and de ISOLATION which that machine, if generally in
/ 1Ee must bring upon thousands and thouS snds.
Another invention Of very great use, andllttle or
| 10 damage ia a simple contrivsnce for milking
cows The mllkng OF bis has been TO the
dsirymRn the branch of his business, which cost
him most tlne, labor and embarrassment This
conrivance eets lid of all the labor, and s9ares
nine tentbs OF the time lt cOnasm OF little La.
sU-fubber bag, through tie bottom OF which pass
- su Ill silver tube about two inches long part
OF this 10 inside the bag and part outside. The bag
is turned up on the COW teat, or IT, and the top
Of the tube introduced the milk passage. The
mouth OF the has gently presses the teat, and by
mesus OF a small piston vacuum is created in The
tube, the mix consequently rushes out and lows
on 10 -four uninterrupted streRms unit the co y is
MIXED CRY, which occupies, it ID said, no more
than four or five minutes
1t is one of the most simple and singular contriy.
ancss The owner exhibited f great many certi.
Hcstta attesng not alone its utility, but its safety
10 tie amin al. The first apprehension that woIli
natural lis present Itself in reference 10 It's use u.s.
that may iuiure the COW 1t ia we'll known that
a s.rcDe sympathy exists between shat animal and
her mixer and that Kindness is an@ngredienE in
the pkill OF tie abortr. Especially where the
office is performed by women, the c0w is treared
n, s biandahingly and Yields her milk with great
| kindness By this contrlvarce, 1t Is half ext0rtod
from them by force or a. least unnatura'ly and the
frat iuqui is, would II affect their health or in
any way impair them The certificates are to
establish hatItdoes NOT
The uoads on the ground to-day are absolutely
| euormous Far ORDER responsibility and propriety
the scene IS inimsable Ii would be vii il tour
sts and letter writes anxious 70 learn something
! ut the reSi character Amercs would vislt such
scores. There they would the Americsns-
not ;he pale, haggard city Americans OF ,he IN
| flushed vigur have 90 doubt there may be De.-
-er bred and perhaps Hoer3catta, at the Worlds
| EAR, well ss specimens Of superior workman
I snip in every industrial department; bus sure
am, lhst al equal number Of people, of IS ice
| clnfs ~ wei clad anc fed and as intelligent,
hot be iound in the world D.