New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-10-11

son ctntr NJ great Inconvenience, To Judges
IA but moderate return for their services AMI thai
such dinners As were provides for them upon the
present occasion would disgrace Houentots hut II
offered To = pig driver. Filthy il too neat word TO
apply 10 the tabes-they were nasty The eating
| department Of former years has been dscus'fai
dissracelul. aboniDable and outrageous OF decency,
comfort ard resp,ctabilty IL remained for tho con-
tractor A. Syracuse 70 add The climax. He never win
be beaten and more dirt in shorter space never viii
~ 80, - ;'.-- s.s- "An'lAn,An Of tbs .,,,.
Society le, rs have radical reform OF else sbo.h the
ahominable farce of leasing the privilege OF selling
dinners or rather Of obtaining money OF adeluded
mass Of hungry people, for the privilege 81 berg ds-
gus,ct N hog-pen. The cheating IN 'a,ng outside
| Of the show grounds. which is prscticed by 81 who
literally take IN strangers, IN hotel, tavern, and
private boarding" cannot be prevented by me TX.
ecrtive Committee but they could snd SHOULD nave
moved the Fair away frs" Syraense. when tney
found, as they did in simple time sor the removal such
aspirt tor gouging as they say was manifested
III state Fair should never be kc'd in or near q
town where such an elderly gentemas - Chancellor
Mct,wen. the President Of the Society, ~ obliged 10
put M with all the dscomforts Of sleeping night after
night upon shake down in the common r~rlor of
rum-seiug tavern, because he could no, gel comfort
able room notwithstanding he had engaged one three
weeks before hand. Fast men women: gamblers,
and hard drinkers, could get rooms and comfortable
beds whc such men the President of the Society
and ey-presilenis and officers who had always enjoyed
the comforts of civilization. were obliged to pat MP
with " forecastle fare, ipr which they paid " first
cabin prices"
This then one of the lessons that should learn.
after seventeen years NJ teaching. from these fairs
that ii towns only afford sor OF ugharttunbe
cemp-lfe accommodation, for which they demand eX-
hoTbtant prices, we had better hold the next Fair
away from any town. and sleep in teuts and shanties,
snd wash at the brook, and cat az our own camp TIRE.
Let us go among farmers, where the oG stock
can get hay little better than Of that furnished
at Syracuse, which was not ht Tor, nor would it have
been used for bedding by some Of the cattle men 81
home for fear of breeding disease from it, mustiness.
wish il 10 w recolscted that J am not grumbling;
am only echcing public opinion OF Things connected
with the Fair at Syracuse, that should be guarded
against and prevented another year or else our annual
lessons for Improvement are of Int little avail.
These State Fairs were designed for the pur-
pose of minstering TO the greed Of conrans, lat rs
great schools of instruction to the people where prse
teal useful lessons could I've cheaply learned bya -lass
who are unable unwilling TO pay fos expensive
teachings. And, far "a possible. everything son
nected ith them should tend to attract the people
thither aud send them hence with feelings of intense
satisfaction. and then they will be likely to be heHe-
fitted by the lessons of imp ovement received and mo-
otherwise Il is great drawback to che benefits e.-
pec,ed to result from the Fair, to hear many people
sew: "Wel, have attended several state FAIRS, msi
have always found il almost impossible to get de-
cen, place to sleep, or anything comfortable to esf
and have had to pay the most exorhant prce 70 the
extortoners, and am determined mover 10 atts0
another Fair
Now. is il not possible from all Of our past expert
ence to learn some lessons Of improyement-sona-
thing TINT will make Fairs more satisfactory to the
mass of people for whose benefit they supposed 70
be- held The farmers of the State should not "
taught to believe that State Fairs are designed md
held for the sole benefit OF taveinkeepers and ades
SPECTATORS and swndlers Of towns, villages or cu"s
To prevent such teaching, the managers OF the STAR
society mus, take some lessons from tho present oad
past experience.
tce in regard TO the annual addess delivered at the
Fairs needs REFORM Ia stead Of defeing the address
to Il last day in the afternoon, when but few persons.
comparatiyely are present, aud those impatient To
- la, hsttar In have IL apokeu tlO
secoud or third day when the largest audience co'f
be gathered; and then, having 1t slreaey printed,
give copy to every ono desiring to read It, so that
might DO commented upon md criticised ON the spot.
The address Of MIR. Williams delivered to an audience
,tandipg upon the cold earth, in raw wind. was too
long aud could not have produced as good an edeos
as fewer words and these words more directly appli-
cable to the immediate wants of agriculture As an
address Al the laying Of the corner stonc o an A.r-
cultural College, Mr.. Wliamss discourse would have
been smo.t fautess isstyle is sentertous and ne
abounds in statistics; and. a. an article embodyIn9
valuable historical information about the rise ana
progress of agricultural schools, can speak IN terms
of high appreciation.
ana women such a. make up an audience upon state
Fair ground the seven columns ii words read by Mr.
Williams to his audience to-day could not have been
made much more unlnterestng, II he had re-
/ versed the order Of the reading and commenced at
! the wrong end II would have been more satisfactory
to nine-tenhs Of his listeners he had ended in tho
middle: simply because he had mistaken the time and
place and occasion for the delivery of such IN address
M he had prcpared-0nc much better httch ior the
pages of an encyclopedia even the Journal OF tho
State Agricultural Society than for the ears OK those
who listened and hoped thai he would soon end De-
cause they anIiously waiting to hear Col John
ons report If the prizes awarded, and start Tor nome
There is lesson to learn about these annual nd.
dresses that it impossible for the most learned
men to master I.et study. In time We may equal
the horned cattle and horses, and sheep, apd SWINE,
and oil become improved There is room. ,
The pecuiary results to the State 500 ely are the
,l3 o., MI tba treas
than pay all expenses incurred directly By the Society
about this Fair leaving fund for other expenses nnd
the Secretsyys salary, which is as fairly earned ~
Col johnson ever man earned wages, Tor he IS me
life and sou the handspring and baanee'wheei Of the
State Agricultural Society of New-fo.k
hope that farmers who suffer hSm cold fingers
while huskiTg the present good crop OF corn In TINS
State will remember what they saw at the Far IN the
way Of machines for husking. The one that plrnses
NE best is foolisbly called the 'Eapirs hnsker, sai
year ago, and IL very strongly made OF wood AMI
iron, of about fifteen pounds weight, occupyD.
space Of about ten by thirty inches, and can DO useh
with ease by boy twelve Yeas old. The oterauon
IL something Ike that Of breaking fax. a man stands
by the side Of the husker as he would by The ha1-
breaker with bis right hand on the handle, which he
lifts a. he takes stalk Of corn from the Pile, and puts
ii under the appraised head, With the bat Of The ear
resting against a gauge. He then drops the head,
which is Of cast iron and sufficient of iti weight
10 do the work required aud en.el made IA Two parts
cuts of the at the junction nth The stalk, without
separating any Of the husks, AM jut az X - cut IN
part Of the ch,ei Is separated non The olher pa't "
the act Of fsipg and given motion that never iahs
10 throw the cor out clear Of the busks and away from
the machine.
II il simple and strong In TIA construction and opera
ton and costs but g. and lis use will enable farmers
IN hush corn 10 advantage when wet, cold, or even
psrtialy frozen ard more than OIL 70 give employ
ttreut to needy fsua laborers In the Winter. II ia
good useful machine, aud I believe the best Of al