The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-09-21
The Crca, State r.ir n, Albany, NY.

The Great State Fair NJ Albany, Ny.
The annual recurrence of the Great State Far
seems to possess about as much interest TO the New
Workers as the Olympic games did TO tie ancient
Greeks 1t is the resort Of the great and the
small rich and poor the dandy and the hard listed
mechanic, saint and sinner, everybody-all class
es hues and colors rush 10 those exhibitions ofthe
choicest specimens Of genuiu., skill, and industry
which the pas, year has produced and feast their
ewes Ia WEAKNESS upon them, rs they are all
systematically arranged for public inspection
We make the following extracts from letters writ
ten from the Great State Fair at Albsly To the
y. Y Evening Post, of the 10th inst: they show
with what enthusiasm and lberality the people
Of that state lend their aid to the promotion Of
their agricultural and manufactured interests On
the first day OF the FAIR, the writer SAYS
To-day was the first Of the exhibition ,hough
the entry was reserved tn the managers members
and cxhbtora-The display battles description.
TO use customary phrase, and fa>hionably 50 {:
or the WEAKNESS which the eve witness feels after
goirg through the show, would be communicated
TO the reader, without some Of the acccsSonS that
make the reality tolerahle,
Horses, colts, bulls Durham cows Saxony
bucks, Ayrshire hetTrrs, aud the finest produc
tons Of the pens of Berkshire are to be found here
in abundance They would bear n more detailed
introduction to your readers but it i sufficient Ia
say, that the Bovine array are of the first families
OF Bulldum--withthe peculiarly of chewing their
cuds quietly and Bullying in moderation. The
horses would docredit TO the unpronounceableland
visited 10y Tulluir; the sheep tempt the Pope's
guard 10 muttony ia holy week; the hoes soften
the hearts Of all lewry.
The Floral Hall forms the beautiful centre piece
Of the grounds IL is arranged with taste and 4
trea,ure-housc of fruits aud flowers, neXhlustihe
1t has never been surpassed. This seems TO be
bearing year for the orchards for thel last season
the farmers pruned their fruit trees and fruit APP
pctitcs ut once, in fear Of the great pruror--the
cholera. The array tempts the taste and the nos
this with their flavor, and the eye with it. Beauty
The most entertaining department is the Dairy
Hall, which contains world of patent ploughS
electricchurnS, self-adus,ing and self.working
churns, bce-hivcs. and stave.cuttcfs, and the
Manufacturers Hall, in which are the machines
Of use moved by n steam engine. The mechanl.
cal skill and genius display ed in these may not be
rs great rs Americans are in the habit To bo>t of.
but one thing is admitted that in the shape and
is grace and beauty unattained in other coun.
tries. What can be more graceful than M Amer
lean plough or hoe, or rake, or scythe compared
with the impiments of other lands, particularly
the continent.
There Is one dcpnrtment-thlt Of the uccdlc--
which it IS needless to dwell upon Your fair
readers know how Undesirable are the patch,
work.spreads cmbroidcries and thousand moth.
ngs, which I'LL this department. Worsted carries
the day. All animated nature-pug dog and
green parrot, and the elephant such as was never
seen are Ilone in ltelike colors ard Of all sizes
A tavoritc shape which this kind of work takes.
is the rug-hnp rugs, hearth rugs door rugs
and in looking upon the manifold variety, could
not help appreciating the spirit of Macbeth's dep
recaten of the ghost of Banquo-"Take any shape
but that--come like the rugged Hyrcanian {.
bear" dc. In that shape he knew tina, the blood
bostered monarch would be 'rorssi'
On the second day he writes
The concoursr of yisiters to dsv has been i'm.
mense. Last night, the New World brought up
1900; this morning the Newton had 1000; and
the Shepherd Knapp brought from the river towns
700; the northern railroads from Whitehall were
overloaded, and an extra train from the east, I'm.
der two locomotives numbered 70 cars. At the
! DelevaE House 1900 sat down 70 breakfast YES.
, terIaN, ana ttGI iHrgcr number To day, and
What does not always happen, in such cases had
| breakfast
The California city, in the outskirts Of the Fair,
has more than Of the characteristics of its god
father on the Pacific. \ hor,eshed close to the
ground, rented frr 1925 for less than a week
Some rooms in an inn, were leased to - gambling
concern for 5000 for four days There must bs
some victims to feed these cormoran,s, but, in ge
neral, think they prey upon eachother. The
campaign Of pleasure and vice has Just closed at
most Of the watering places, and has left these
enemies of the human race TO turn their arms, as
they generally do. against eachother.
Among the visitors to the Fair, has been ex-
| President Van Buren,; Laurence Van Buren, Esq;
Gen. Wood Judge Wayne, of the L. S Court
Mcssrs Dennis0n and p,ehmSn, late of the Sen
ate, Speaker Elderkin, Of the Assembly zen.
Burroughs, Of Orleans Several members Of the
late Assembly were present Me,srs. Horton, OF
st. Lawrence; Provost, Of Greene. Mclean. OF
Livingston: Robertson. Of Westchester; Picket
and sheldon of Rensselaer, and Dcvcliu of New
York. Dir. Paplneau, Of Canadian patriot celebri.
| ty and Miss Frederika Bremen. are in the city,
but have not seen them on the grounds. Prof
| Alapes, of New jersey, was present"