New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-09-27


in active operution II has not yet been very ex.
tensvely applied to fruit bet II has commenced It's
work in this branch The female portion Of the CON-
nurity is also enlisted in behalf Of hese annual shows
and the mothers and daughters OF the best citizens Of
this lovely village abored hard TO 1T up Floral Hall
so as 10 make attractive feature Of the shov and
Judging from the closely-y acked muAitades in it on
Tursdsy evening, should say their eGrts were en-
trely successful. Thursday was fine slear Autsmn
day. and the crowd Of people in Norwich lsdicsed how
much they value an occasion for a holiday. The
evening cold that every. sad,
"Whht bard frost We shall hsye." II
wonld have done much damage, brs, fortu-
nstely for vegetation, though very unfortunately
for the Agricultural Society, instead Of frost, there
cold, drilling rain, that continued wish but
slight intervals up to the hour Ied for the address to
be given by Scion Robinson. While the managers
were making arrangements to have the address de-
lvered in the Couit-House or large Baptist meeting
house, il was found that notwithstanding the unpso-
pious day crowd too large for any building to held
Lad alrssdy collected around the platform which
had been erected for the speaker the outside Of
Floral Han, and thither the speaker was escort
ed by the Norwich Band. and a FIRE company in
uniform, and procession of officers and men,
bers Of the Agricultural Society. And there
for an hour, notwithstanding umbrellas were in requ
ston part Of TIE Time the address listened to by
a closely packed mass Of men and women, who stood
inside and outside Of the building Still snd atten.
tive to every verd that it afterward a theme Of
conversation ans universal appreciation. Ii was .
strong evidence that all interested in the subject
which was based IN part upon the universal fault Of
doing everything Dy guess work, and not upon careful
forethought and calculation of what would be the
suit. He urged them continually To pa. the question to
themselves "Do know that this is the best eesrse r.
they were now blowing their land, ~ he knew the
n.joray were, less than five inches deep, he urged
them TO know whether j; would double their crops TO
plow ten inches deep He subsequently found upon the
farm Of Col. Hewitt, that that result had been more
than CHAINED. The Colonel is satisfied, by his own
experiments, that tho crops Of the county can be
do, l.d N nd, al Ia ia
also Satisfied that although he can raise great crops
of corn, he cannot afford 70 feed il to make beef or
pork il IL worth more in the bushel measure.
The speaker, in the coarse Of his remarks, drew
touching comparisons between the homes that he found
here oil around him and those Of the discontinued,
who lad emgrated from tho country instead remain
ing to improve it. He satisfied all who heard hin,
that the gold mines of Chenango were richer and
would in the end, produce more wealth and happiness
than ary of the mines of California to which some OF
the people Of this country had gone to dig aud die
Tie speaker in accepting the invitation TO give this
address had promised to give the society plain
talk" and he kept his word but he did it in manner
not TO give ocnce and il seemed the general opinion
that the talk would do good and therefore it was de-
termired to print IT, and give those who were pre-
vented by the rain from hearing, an opportunity to
IIpon the whole every one seemed satisfied that
this cattle show and fair would prove highly beneh'
c;al in n utitaran point Of view, to the country, be-
side aordng She farmers an opportunity OF Social In
teicOurse.
There is one error among the people that needs
rectnp They do not employ their surplus capital to
improvements Of land roads, homes, to sufficient
extent and there is altogether too little manufacturing
in the country There is one pano.forte mandatory
at Norwich that turns out 1t Is said, al instrument
day. There are also some small Iron works. There
is one manufacturing establishment that the town may
be proud Of for undoubtedly superior to any other
in the line in the United states. allude to the
hammer mandatory OF David Maydoie, who makes
every description Of cast-stee hammers used by all
sorts of nee hancs and also other tools working
usually about fifty hands, and using the surplus water
power Of the canal for which he pays no rent:
Were it not for the importation OF very inferior ar
tcle, with which the hardware stores are numbered,
this pative American mechanic would be able here IN
the midst Of this rich agricultural community. where
workmen can live 80 cbeapy, and where water power
costs them nothing, to manufacture oil the hammers
needed in the Union Under such fostering as those
in power bestow upon American mechanics, one-half
Of his workmen are now idle, and he has from y OOO
TO Al OeO worth Of finished work continually on hand
wonder if 1.-THE Of the people who admired his case
of tools in the show ever think of this.
There was also a small show OF forks and other
tools, and there is large hoe manufactoryin the
county; but general thing the people are not
given to any other manufacturing than butter and
cheese. In that they are hard to beat l noticed
several places along the canal, where power Is
conveyed from a small water-wheei by wires upon
posts like those of the telegraph, for fifty rods or
more 10 the house. to operate the churns Tue wires
are simply the long Of crank, extending from
the wheel to the churn. Tho gate is hoisted by an
other WIRE on the same pocs. he oi' ""S"e S"","
is generally preferred above all others, and is
clnrnng milk instead If cream About washing but
ter opinions differ That in the exhibition was hand
some and sweet and everything about the various
packages evinced universal neatness among the Che
mango buter-Inakers.
There were also q great many other household
manufactures including fine samples of bread, cakes
ard pies that evinced what was very apparent from
the general Appearance that Chenango County has
female population that will never discred the State
or nation, but are, aud likely TO be, an honor to
such fine agricultural region as that of the Chenango
Valley and It's surroundings. Ii is very proper to state
that the population of this county is mostly OF old
Puritan stock, one that builds -chool.houses and
tom is pretty well substantiated by the subscription
books OF THn TRIBUNE. 1t is a good country to live
I'M but from the appearance Of the health Of the peo-
pie. a lard one to die in. They certainly 1--we to
vigorous I'D age.