The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-10-03
TIE RUTLAND HERALD.
THl'RSnAY. OCT. 3i
,ITLAND COUNTY ACRiCUk
TiRAf. SOCIETY

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~lny .ni Thursday 81 last weck.---
The usual displer 81 COOL thing. were
i'rcan'cd for prcmiums, The showing
81 cattle WIS remarkably g,oi. an,i u.,h
he c,c.Ilipu nt wut,n. oxen, per.
haPS bci'r ,hsn iai year. In consc.
Qo,hcc Of IA, p"pr"p.iious sca~on i!r
srg,, aldo kingdom na. moi rs well rep
resented ~ II Otherwise would iny.
bc,r--ani y,, al thing. considered. n
great variety If Iu,,y c,culcn,s were
pftreiicd ..nd caused much woulcr TO
hc expressed as To the time they had
found To crow 10 their large and healthy
proportions.
The show IN of The staple commodi.
llrs od the farm---bu,ier, cheese. maple
.n.ar, &c. were, "a We thought, better
Z than any that has before been made
N the county. We know no. when We
have seen n better exhibition made of
these articles and we should no, have
been wiling 10 have stood as commit.
he'man 10 pass upon the :, me without
permission '9 give premiums TO all.
They all deserved il. There was no,
, Il tub II bul,er--of sugar, nor n cheese.
presented at ihis Fair but what fully
entitled the exhibitor TO IA premium, c.
ven for the privilege Of seeing.
but alas for the fair it proved IL
sad a.far after all. II would rain
and none could help it for though an
E-py has arisen amongst US to make it
rain--no second Espy has ms ye, come
with power to stop the water gage
when once in play. Now, all in any
way acquainted 1--WE don't pretend to
b".) with the peculiar ways and char
ac'er o the faircr portion Of creation,
who's aid and presence i. indispe rs able
to make fair wha. it should be
knows that they will no, readily expose
themselves, The fancy fixins upon their
persons. nor the beautiful spccime ems of
their labor at home ON such DAYS
as last Wednesday and Thursday
Consequently, the exhibition OF house.
hold articles, fancy work, Sc, was not
AS large Us usual though what was
presented showed concIusiveIy that the
taste OF the ladies in our county is
like radical locofocoism-still 'progres-
'ive.' Bot what of the beautiful could
be enjoyed at such time, with wet
blanket overhead, and moist carpet
under foot? We saw there most beau
tnl bouquets that would have adorned
and given warmth and brilliancy to any
Parlor or boudior--and yet on such u
day they seemed TO feel as though
they were entirely ovcrtaxed and ap-
penred 10 despond at the task imposed
upon them; to make wet and gloomy
day appear more bright, more bcauli.
full.
In this brief and hastily written no.
iice of the Fair, we shall do what We
have never before done and make an
e'pecia! notice Of an article Of necll.
work--cven Al the risk of calling down
the denuncia,ion of Others. We alludo
to HE beautiful specimen Of worstcd
Qhgnre) work, presented by Mrs. T.. +.
Cook. We think it one of the lest OK.
ccn'cd things Of the kind, we have ever
seen
The cars running three times a day
each way on the two days Of the Fair.
between Castlrton and Rutand. offered
excellent facilities for all here dclirous
Of attending
Although. the efficient Secretary
Of this Society bias not as We, furnish
cd US with copy Of the report Of the
proceedings aud n list Of The premiums
awarded, We shal! cndea,or 10 obtain j,
elsewhere and give it to our readers TO-
Jey.
E'e6- Rev. ID. Peterson, (colorcd)
is now visiting the charitable Of this
town, for the purpose of obtaining
aid in building place for ruLlic wor-
ship, aud educational pu1 oses, in
Florence, n. Y.
Mr.. 7. comes well RECOMMENDED
b many respectable clergyman and
meets with Kind notices from the
press wherever be goes. Contribu.
uons however small, in money, cloth. !
lng, Farming tools &c are gratefully
received by him.