New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-03
UTSTCHESTER COUNTY AGRICULTU
RAJ AND HORTICULTURAL FAIR.

From Our Own Reporter.
The thirteenth anrusl fair of the Agricultural and
Horticultural Society commenced at Sing Sing on
Tuesday last, the 2.rh ut aud closed on Thursday
evening last But very little was done on the first day
Of the fair beyond the entry and arrangement of the
specimens presented for exhibition. Wednesday was
the principal gala day. for such il was rendered by a
grand parade of the Fire Department Of Sing Sing,
II which several fire companies from Y0okers and
White Plains participated About lO o'clock q. m. the
lne formed for the procession under the direction
Of David L. Ludlum, Chief Engineer, aided by Daniel
D. Mengam, Assistant Engineer, in the following
pdeT viz.
Dodworth's Band, from New York.
Trustees OF the Village Of Sing Sing.
Invited Guests ard Residents OF the Village.
Lady Washipgton Engine Company No Of ~ fonkers
HOPE Engine Company Mol So q w5e BIZ snS pan: s,
todsnsily Known the Washington Engine No the com
p1y o. ~mcn was :, ~ i no. ~Iu IN Of tha or NJ
Of the village and !. only brought ont il cs:es of
four horses followed by the exempt romen and attracted
n0'H A'''"'''"' Peekskill Brass Band.
Washington Engine Company No of Sing Sing with their
splendid d. Ensinsi sisI si,. u,, ,,oi, ,o.o.,o
V''n'ns nose new " Hose @ Carriage ~" ''''
% GSisr: :na Hope 6o sn Sy
invited guests d5awins the new large and splendid
Sing Sing Band
Protection Engine Company No. 8 of Sing Sing, with their
Protection Hose Company No Of Sing Sing with their new
aud elegant Hose Carriage.
After passing through all the streets OF the village,
amid the waving OF haLdkerchiefs aud flags, they pro-
ceede6 to the beautiful grounds Of the Mount Pleasant
and rariook OF an excellent collation..
In the afternoon, the Fair grounds were visited by
svery large number Of strangers, most OF whom did
rot hesitate to express their disappointment with the
character of the Exhibition, which, upon the whole,
vas the worst affair Of the kind that has taken place
within our recollection. With the exception OF good
show of parlOr, Office and cooking stoves from the
establishments of the village, and some elegant car
rages and sleighs from another manufact0ry OF the
village, there was nothing that attracted any atten-
ion The show of horses, cate &c was very mea-
PER ard evidently fell far short OF the Managers cat
sulatiors IL we may judge from the number OF empty
A,alls Two kinds of reapingmachlnes, machine ior
pIesspp and baling hay, and a horse power machine
or th1asbipe &c. comprised the show OF agricultu-
.al implements and labor-saving machines The hay
PRESSING machine was from North Castle, and with the
exception Of that we discovered nothing on eXliOlnoh
nor visitors from the east side OF the County Inc e1-
peliment OF holding the Agricultural FAIRS OF the
founv At Sing Sng yearly its North western extrem
ity. may be considered a complete failure; ano the
oourse OF the managers in selling oil their sheds az
White Plains before the experiment had peeh tested
elsewhere has elected much censure 1t beng con-
enoed that if the Fair cannot be maintained al tue
County Seat and most central well as most aceeSs-
De place in the County, certainly 4 cannot be sustain
ID permapently at all; for notwith standing that the
eceipts this wear from visitors may have exceeded
hose Of the preceding one, il is perhaps attnbuta6ie
the fact that most of the visitors expected fro the
well, known hberality and energy OF the residents oil
Sitg Sing that the Exhibition Of the present year
yonli fsr surpa.s all that have been held since the
upapizaton Of the Society; whereas should another
)e held in the same place, 1t Is doubtful whether tue
,tceipts would be sufficient to deiray the expenses.
OoWednesday afternoon, John Stanton Gould OF Co.
hmbis county, delivered an eloquent and appropriate
aGress after which the premiums OF the S'ciety were
awarded to the successful exhibitors.