New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-06
THE STATE FAIR.


HIxIxA, N. Y, Thursday, Oct ), 1883.
FLORAL HALL.
v. I. an. 6at.re about Floral Hall that Is w9r
Shy Of The future attention OF me Soc'e'y' inS
60 d..;vr generasy in Aower and evergreen work,
- ,cn,sent each county The design should be got
-, m IN the county represented, and should be en-
hsma,;e Of the history Of the locality. The designs
r.ov IN the Exhibition were by COMMITTEES of ladies
IN Mi. place, and in some instances are intended, pic
torisy, as quiet bits la mode Punch OF some pecu
fnrity Of ,hs people or history Of county.
For instance: Wyoming County is represented oy
The "apio,aI" Of Silver Like. 1t bears sTisins
resemblance 10 the description given by The Buhao
editor OF the one he caught bat could not nod
h In the act Of sw allowing ago,se-hot tue ohe 'i''
swallowed the story. ot .o-,ola
covering hive Of bees intending TO represent ln1us
Inv Unfortunately the designer has put the oeos 10
straw hive which DOES not enc" q very osIee,''0
state of Improvement Sa* n.o ,he sante Of two
Schuyjer County appears under the inquire OF 'mo
so,rfouses but OF having quite territory enough 10
6sI them both. Several Of her prominent men appear
with ropes trying TO pull over two or three more tosns
from Cbemung. Ii is looked upon here as nsrd M,
but IL IL not quite a. 8ppro 1rate as some others. ex
sept when the history OF these two courhonses, ana
their friends are well known.
The emblem Of Ono daga, q boz aod arrow apu
Oreide, wigwam, remind US VI the Peopis 'ha' iui
pshed these counties with names.
A steam saw-mll and pie uees represent Steuoen
County; and Genesee is pouring wheat ana ifalt ana
no~ ers in pfofusiOn from Fiorae cornucopia
Chsuiauque il the pine-ree county, WIN iaze end
fsb and also flowers aod fruit
Cayuga appears to be fruitful in grain, fruit, floE
era PATRIOTISM and beautiful wOmsn though Tue rep
sfntatiyes vi the latter may be intended as emoems
Of Ceres and Der sstert.
Yates is level, pastoral county, with is Crooked
Lake surrounded with fruit and groin.
Wayne County has a fit emblem OF Pomona in her
Fl 4. lie. uuCot VNStc
Oisego is q pyra MD Of hops-qaiie Illustrative Of
hs staple product.
Congress 5 yrng, under temple )f Howers, is the
representative Of Saratoga as inst tue richest pro-
duet of the county, it perhaps very appropriate.
An Sch over a farmhouse and its surroundings, in-
,iudDg milking time and the children, Is the emblem
Aaoat in car Of aowers, is the Goddess of Beauty,
with abundance p tured upon the Lake shore, as the
emblem Of Seneca County.
Greene County appears 10 the form Of a mountao,
ornamehted with leaves from Catskill;" and pas.
toral Putnam appears wi flock Of sheep, and Gen.
Putnam as the epherd
There embems excite great deal OF asentlon, aud
though some of them little crude in design, On
only local in their character the dea is suggestive OF
what may be done another year. Let premium be
Offered for the best design and see what will be pro
duoed. IL will encourage taste among the rural
population in the school of art and design.
The fruit exhibition said has never been eq laled
NJ any other fair and the question We overheard from
boy 10 his father Is All indication OF Its benefit;
"pst well as the poor ones that grow in our orch
ard r. Depend upon it, il the father never does,
that boy will rase such fruit He has what others
do, and has begun 10 think.
/ am sur prsed 10 small a show of grain 4 the
center of grazing rowing region as this Farm
ers are much mistaken M thiOkiug that samples of
wheat rye barley, oas, Indian corn, peas beans &c,
have nothing Interesting about them. There should
be- samples from every county IN the State to be seen
by way Of comparison.
A large show Of butter and cheese from any county
would indicate that it was a staple product. la all
that is exhibited here ere is not enough to make
respeeta show in any dairy county.
In oil the departments OF products OF the boue1old
ans farm, the exhibition is simply dsgracefu TO the
farmers OF this great State. OF there a few
big squasbes and great cabbage heads aud monstrOus
beets and few potatoes, and her vegetables, from
this mmt diste vicinity. observe, also that nearly
ali the butter is the pro0uct of Chemung County.
Really is This State OF County show AS the latter,
IL Is paisabe. As the former, 1t is contemplate III the
supeIstive degree Our language does not afford
explosives strong enough to Sufficiently condemn this
apathy Of farmers toward agricultural exhi otons 10
general and par iculary OF our State Society There
rs scarcely anything here to indicate that the people,
particularly the female portion, OF tots state have any
domestic manufactures. Is this SO and II not So is Il
right TO leave 10 think 1t ID after looking
INTO tfe "dsmesuc hall T.
There are few specimens OF fancy work, bat
substantial household manufactures are scarce.
Specimens of fine arts not abundant. Inere are
some very excellent flushed phOto5 from Buffalo,
of the most attractive OF which IL that OF the wife
Of the proprietor. We admire her beauty, bat doubt
the prOpIiety of lis exhibition where the husband
hssrs the crowds remarks.
. There are specimens of all the breeds of Durhams,
Short Horns Devons Ayrshires, llereforJs, and com
mon stock Of the country.
TIE following gentlemen are among the principal ex-
hiboIs either in point OF numbers o. fine aLimals
az noted breeders:
Adam Fei Euson Car ada w. HuDgsdord, Brodie, CO ,
John q. Wiliams, Ithaca Jefferson County.
Andre W at rbury CT Thos JUld Csyuga County
A. h. CougeT, Rockand Co. j. Is. Clark, Chemuog.
VIM III Sotham rloga Co. L. ii. Colby, TohPkius Co.
n IhhpmAp a aasou Co. Ed. q Faie, Wessches ter Co.
CsWsnwright Dutches Co. Jesse Edse l. PenusyivaLia
J. Holbe Z, Chemu Co. q. J. Pumpehy, Oweg1.
Jeae Edsdale, Ptnnsylysui.. ID. & Fitch, ElmirA
Joan Means Pennsylvania W. Taylor Livingston CO.
}. NJ. Sherwood, Auourn. Jas s. y ads y)rh do.
Robt Beekwiih, Chemuug Co. J freeman Livingston Co.
G. ". Bs'bg.t- NJ. C. keming on Csyuga Co.
H. N WashbuTn, Otsego.