New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-08
FAIRS IN CENTRAL kEWYORK.
Corr..pordepce Of TIE n. Y. Tribune.


PETERBoKO, n. Y, sept. 70, 1853.
Among tie many changes for the better which
mark the present age, is the iucres ing practice of
holding State, County and Town Fairs. Only few
years .irce the Fourth of July, "General Training"
and "TAark-giying,' were almost the only holidays
kept by the of people; the first generally
hcnored BY windy oration, the ringing of bells, and
the chilcrens play of fireworks and intOxcaoD, too
was very common these occasions. General
Training Sas scene Of noise drawing and drunk
ennesr, and Thanksgiving is redeemed only from
contenp day Of eastiDg and gluttony by the
unions Of relatives and friends which ennobe aud hal
low it. But thanks to the spirit OF these better days.
there exists better state of things. Now all Through
the country the various State County and Town Fairs
create the deepest interest among the people. The
farmers, whose business II 10 feed the wOrli
awake 10 the impo rtaDce Of these Institutions The
Press has poured out ts torrent Of argument upon the
vast Importance OF agricultural sceuce; the best edu
Gated minds of our country ard Of Europe have
brought the Of their erudion bear upon
the subject and the great theme, with all that is allied
Ia IT, ir constantly pressed upon the minds of the
people.
Tie great New-York State Fair will be- held next
week IN Syracuse, and County and Town Fairs are be-
ing held around us every day.
In this immediate vicinity, fairs have been held
within Il " dav. IL Br0oki where the czeus own
et Eencers, at Lebanon. where also the citizens met
under splendid pavilion. The Madison County r air
recently closed At Horrsyile vita much success. A
fair has lust closed at Cana-tots where by the way
tn. gers shaved Themselves to be fitted for their
IF ce f,r, instead # charging exhibitors fee for
the Iry,e ee Of exhibiting they built an nclUsure
charged everybody shilling eacb for tickets
with the privilege Of exhibiting il they wshei To; and
thus pGd all expenses, and had some money left.
Yesterday and tO-lH the citizens Of Caz-uyia held
their nual town fair, and We hear that it is higy
success!ul beside the usual ample attractions. the
anbg'rs lave Introduced eth.etic games fo.-race-
tootraces IN oegs and We believe qloits slsoi beside
these are the usual tr'ttng exhibitions and boat
race On Their beautiful lake. They have also built
large pavilion, and taken every pains 10 insure cJm-
fort and Yesterday the Saithi.li Town
Fair wss held IN this village lPe.erborOl In cons--
qu-rce Of our CsZenoyia neighbors having their fair
OF the same day, We had not near a. good show
last year, but still it good. There fsw
good cows and oxen he ground, the OwDersOf wich
obtainef premiums for most of them. and some very
fine blood horses.
coed ard the specimens offered yesterday were supe
nor This is also Of the best apple regions IN the
State ard the various specimens of s"und full fruit
were excellent, but apples very scarce this season
in tn vicinity, AZ te eIIs long and Cold storms OF
last Srrrg destroyed the blossoms extensively. The
show If flowers and Of worhsns bandiwork were
very creditable. Among the last vas a splendid Ar
CHAN knit by Mr.. GerIit Smith Of Peterboro.
Our citizens assembled ID the afternoon at the
Church. 10 listen to an address by Edwin Morton
esq., recently Of Plymouth, Mas. Mr. u. is grad.
usie ef Harvard npe scholar; and the address was
of high order. The principal topics Of Mr.. Morions
address were the study Of agriculture science
" and the effect Of applying thereto practical know-
ledge Of Chemistry, Geology, Botany Entomology and
Zoology Al-o the application of machinery and
motive power and the effect Of the introduction Of
"howers ana Rs spers, time and money wing ma
"ehneIy. Aso general view Of our County of Msdi-