New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-18
pretty often; and went IN br . tour If sight
seeing and to ret the worth of theiY money.

pretty often; and went IN br tour If sight
steirs r, and to ret the worth Of their money.
wished them joy Of an excursion Of more than
two miles around oil the cattle PENS tour that
tired NE out in q pleasant day. The last saw Ut
the THO, the girls wer- apparently 10 an ecstacy
Of delight over . Durham bull and two cows In
ore of tie stalls, while the old man walked round
ard round yoke of Devon oxen, fully Determined
10 se wLe'her they ans xered the Description
given by "pesky reporters of the papers de
evidently vent away more in sorrow than anger,
notwithstanding be had already seen that the halt
had not been told him
! Learned subsequently from one Of his neigh
bors that the old man, nor none 81 ais family, IA
ever attended an agricultural fair before; but
be went away to-day fully convinced that, If it had
been pleasant day be might have learned some
thing. TIE girls said that after they got under
cover, father uas not satisfied, but went back
among the cattle, acknowledging By word and
deed that be had never seen the like before, aud
that for once the newspapers told the truth
The desperate efforts Of the outside barbara
ans" to exc out the day. and turn an honest psnoy
out of the last oyster the last SD remains OF
spsik with tow tales :" OF to distl one more drop
of fat out of-the guls that go to see the fat
woman; or the public exhibition Of ." bear
womsp-one of the Iarest of all rare curiosties of
rainy day.
But after all, perhaps the greatest curiosity
O. out Hartford is the tact that some desperate
person has built a new hotel and what lie still
IDdae remarkable, q very good one with {" modern
ms rOvemeDts.
J. is however proper TO say that such an inno-
walton would not have beeb submitted to by the
bmeomasters OF this ancient town, had not Provi-
denCe in its mercy last Winter smiled in f upon
the town, and burntn the old frame house that
wss kept as q tavern on the ground now 0ccu.
pied by the United States hotel, opposite the State
house seventy. i've years ago. 1t is pity that
front sDd r.ar had not both burned together, and
then all would have been built up in the excellent
mapper of the new part which comprises con.
vtneDt kitchens, pantres, store-rOOms, dining
rom large enough for crowd and some of the
largest, and witbal ventilated bed chambers that
give comfort TO tired travellers.
Hartford bas not enjoy ed the first degree Of rep
ufation in hotel accommodations heretofore, aud
it IT, tbeD OILY bare justice to notice that she is
in proving. he United States is kept by Harvey
lockwood, who was burnt out Of the old houss
last Winter and who is said to have had long
experience in this line but be that 80 it may,
will say that his house is well kept, without ram,
visible invisible, go far as could discover and
if any BODY sets better table, have not found it
for certainly it was not found at Elmira during
the State fair there
There is sDetber curiosity here. Hartford is
actually building waref-wOrks Hartford Old,
s.aid Hartford that has long had the the reputa-
ton of having the worst well water in this state
is going to pump 10 the pure water of the Con-
Decticut and deposit in reservoir upon other
hills, whence people can draw il into every honse in
towp, la node our OVID convenient CrotoD. There
10 no oisputing the fact-tbe world moves, and Hart
ford improves II has got rid of rum-moy it ever
have supply of good water. 1t is queer old
town, but it is great place to grow great men,
and judging from the fact that saw five hundred
little girls in one procession all going to uveoile
concert, / guess they are going TO grow some wo
men, Ii will be the ereate,t Of oil the curiosites
of the Fair if they not, since in that line Connect
icut is already somewhat famous.
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