New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-12

SCCCEss-TOTM RECEIPTS, FIFTEEN THOU
SAND DOLLARS.
Brrraro, Friday, Oct. 9, 1857.
The great chow !, over, and the many Thousands Of
people who have been pleased and Instructed, have
returned 10 their homes full Of sssfsc,ion that they
have devoted day this great harvest home iesu
val In the results in every way, this Fair hos been
the most successful one ever held
TIE receipts have been over SIS, 900, which would
give about OO visitors, as every exhibitors tickle.
would bring in a. least four persons shd, with attend
ans upon stock, and half tickets end free admissions,
the number may be set down at sixty thousand as
the total num er that h;ye been upon the ground dur
irg TIE four days aud, part Of them have dupneseo
their entrsnces il will somewhat lessen the number, so
the telepraphic report of 10000 people present on
Thursday is all Munchausensm. IL IA remafhsoie
what disposition is always maDife ed to he
lumber in a crowd Ii has been truly large, without
plipg On tie agony 10 such ridiculous. extent, ana
large az il has been it he's not been mace up by the
people Of Buffalo. The people have come from the
..ins of this State eud Csrada, and 1t has been
souIce ofconstsn eat factOn 10 zee this lntermngng
this reel Ieciprocity-whe the entwined hegs OF
England ard America waved above their heads. Some
of The beet stock, alec, came from Canada, and L
Dc tced sale of fine Canadian bail . Major Davis,
who has very large fam on Fox River, Illinois.
The prospect this morning looked gloomy. Every
bCdy aid, "Our lovely weather has gone BY The
morning did open with couoy sky e dripping fog,
ar north east wind that boded rain, and 0ndoubt-
edy kept back many people WHO would have been
here # the mo- Drg had opened as bright i: did yes
terday and all ibe previous days.
The number Of yisitOrs yesterday has seldom been
exceeded ct any former exhibition made be this Soce-
ty. The number of single tickets sold during the Day
as The ecepts show, was over IS OOO-rciuding chill
dreDs tickets, probably full 10000 and there were,
of exhibitors and Others, enough to Llore than make
up the number Of 3OOdo. Reports OF double that
number, which some Rave made, are incorrect Inc
true number is very lnge ope IL ives larger thsn
could be benefeC by seeing anything bu each other;
but that is not the least Of the attractions of these
farmers festvals-they come to see one another:
Early visitors this morning had rare opportunity OF
leeiIg tbiDgs but it did not continue long, for not
wtnstandDg The Appearance of the clouds, there was
considerable crowd before noon, and from taat to
O'Clock, the time fixed fer Mr. Everet.s speech,
where he 10 spesk was the great point of attrsc-
ton every eeat occupied by emaes and every foot
of standing room by anxious men, There was little
delay in the arrival which the good-natured crowd
bore most patiently as well a. cheeifully At length
a ccIrnotion in the OutskIts of the mass Of people
that had gathered around the tent gave notice Of the
approach of the gieat orator ard high dghitsries,
anorg whom were President Fillmore Gov. King,
Mr.. Uphsm, President Of the Society," and ex Pre5i-
dents Morris, Kelly, Cheever, Allen and MIR. Aexan-
DER Precedent Of the Canadian Agricultural Society,
Chancellor McCouD, eXGov. Hunt, the Mayor of But
fao, the Rev. NJ. Thompson, chaplain of the occasion,
officers of the Society, and several invited guests.
The Press was represented by twenty five editors and
reporters who had very fair pro-, made cr their
accommodation.
Mr.. Thompson read that very appropriate discourse
TO be found in the 10th Psslm which he folio we'd by
prayer not quite ar good as the reading and not al
inch too short
The crowd was then addressed by Ms. Patrick, the
Grand Marshal, in most happy spirit, invoking their
attention and silence during the delivery OF the adj
dre,s
an sure every exhibitor every officer Of the Socie.
ty every person who felt lis influence, will gladly join
me heIe 2iTiDg expression OF satisfaction - This Of
fcer for the great efficiency Of hi, ma hrshp DUNG
his Fair. Ibis is simply an honorable mention, that
is his honorable due.
MR. LvERETr's ADDRESS.
OF course can only give slight tketch of an ora
ton that cupied two hOurs aud quarter IN the de-
iveiy and kept an audience OF 900 or 900 people,
eary all of whom were stand'ug enwiapt ~ admir-
ion 10 such degree that there was scarcely 81 sle
uneasy NOV meIt during The whole time. | believe
every body was agreeaby disappointed. own was:
had heard the speaker before at an agriculturil
meeting when his rem8iks were not strictly coIhned
to the matter il hand aud feared the same thing
here; but he stuck we'll TO his text.
AIR. UpbsIn, the President Of the Society, intro
duced Mr. Everett in q very brief manner, after some
appropriate remarks and ne came forward WITHOUT
ward, warm and strong. During the adoress l
sketche these notes Of the points that struck me most
forcjbly. /. is but skeleton sketch:
N.
brief history of Buffalo, the canal and railroads, al
ludipg very pleasantly to Canada anu the steamers
that have displaced the bark carCe on these waters.
Nothing could be beautiful than this commence
uert II was highly poe'ical in all its points. lie
then alluded to tie disposition Of speakers such
occasisns TO exsggeiate the calling OF the farmer.
Mr.. Everett showed that agriculture, mechanics,
manufactures, were equally indispensable, and all
contribute 10 form the whole fabric of civilized soce
ty True agriculture is the basis of all. WITHOUT 1t
a country can have no commerce, no manufactures.
Agriculture feeds the race, and deserves serious at
tep,on but because il is 80 common 1t Is not suin-
ceutly cor sidered 1t il science that needs the con-
Start fostering care of society snd better system Of
agricultural education. all men, too need 10 be cen
sapty fed and clothed and this is doLe by continued
labor and increased production OF foodior man susie
NANCE man is not ike watch that upon being
wound I'D What if human food should tail for only
ten days the whole race would perish-our houses
VIC uld be tenan.less and the world desoahon. The
trees may grow thousand yeas, Dur man must be
SUPPLY of human food for thousand millions of PEG.
pie, and the advantage of al means OF increasing it.
Let farmers reflect upon this at every meal, that ali
the race are hungry as themselves II all were at
orce seated at table, il would reach five times around
the earth Let him consider too. beside food, what
vss amounts of other agricultural products needed
for other purposes ard il will be how great is the
importance OF skillfu industry.
No other calling requires much skiL and science
as agriculture and there is a crying heed 70. improve
nent in agricultural education. Look al the earth.
How vsiious ;ts constituents, and how greatly ait
may inc ease the products; bat tie soil must DO
sipded and known. Even the itch soil Of the West
will f. where the manure ia throw into the river az
have often seen it. was oace told in Oaio, said
Mr.. r., that originally soils were so rich that
only Ltmp ccpld be giown TO advantage, aud il was
oily after IFS iicbness was wasted tna great crops Of
wheat could be grown.
In older lands, resort has been had 10 science
10 increase fertility. Seas have been searched for
auspo and other sources Of fertility
The spe aker here made an allusion TO M keehi's
e,periner,s ,ith liquid manure, and spoke t-ongy Of
the advantage Of water in irrstiog beds end sisted
that Lord Ashburton had spent $4,000 in irrg l;iIg
bis estate He also alluded to the great quantity Of