The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-02-03
The Couoty Societies.

inrs Of which we last week puollshed, was
largely attended, and the spirit therein
evinced demonstrated that our County
FAIR vii be conducted successfully in the
future, as they have been in the past.
The ANNUAL Meeting of the Champlain
Valley Society was held at Vergennes, on
the 26th ult. Nine towns in Addison
county were represented, but no town in
Chittenden County. The following OFF,
GERS were reelected -
JONAS n. SMITH, w. Addison, President,
G. B. Cook, Charlotte, ~. pr,.,,
r. BALDWIN, Monkton, "
G. NJ. LEWIS, Vergonnes, Secretary,
with nearly all Of the other Officers of
last year.
A proposition, made by Hon. Edward
Seymour, to appoint committee of three
to negotiate with the Addison County So
ciety in relation to a union Of the two
Societies, after being modified so as to re-
xuest the Managers to negotiate, was TO-
ted d,aon by large majority. A reso-
luton subsequently offered by R. T. Rob
inson, ESQ.,, of Ferrisburgh, declaring
that the Society was not founded in OPP
position to the County Society" and ex-
pressing willingness to accept the olive
branch from the old Society, was adopted.
Several speakers in the meeting were
strongly opposed to conciliatory action,
because the old Society had not taken in
itiatory steps toward a union at it's annu.
al meeting the week before
As there has been somo misapprehen.
sion upon this point it may be well to
state that several gentlemen at the annu-
al meeting at Niddlebury spoke in
favorable terms in relation to- making
some movement by means Of which the
two societies in this county might be hon
orably and satisfactorily consolidated, not
being tenacious in regard to the method,
but warmly in favor of the desired result.
But a gentleman from the north part Of the
county, claiming to be the representative
Of the Champlain Valley Society, adj
dressed the meeting and the tone and
temper of his remarks seemed decidedly
adverse 10 any honorable scheme looking
toward the desired end. He said, to use
the classic language Of the gentleman, thht
the new Society would not back down the
tail end of It's cart to let the old Society
jump in y" This language, coming frou
one supposed to lie the representative Of
the new Society prevented, of course, any
farther action in the premises
A tho history Of certain transaction.
IN the Addison County Society, which
have been made the subject of complaint
is not fully understood by the public gen
orally, it may not be inappropriate to re
call il in this place.
1t may not be known to some tina,
the proposition to locate the Fairs Of tn,
Society for FIVE years was first made from
the "or'h part Of the county, by member
from Nergennes and that vicinity. Thi
proposition being urged by them at tn
annual meeting, some six years since,
motion was carried 10 instruct the Man
ayers so TO locate, and carried, too, in OF
position to the wishes and votes Of a larg
majority Of the members and leading az
riculturst. in the southern and centra
portions of the country.
The south part of the county had chez,
fully gone TO Vergennes with the Fair
one.half the time, and were willing I
continue tho arrangement. But Vel
gennes and its friends pressed the que,
ton of location and carried it through tn
annual meeting At the Managers NEE
Ing, subsequently, Vergennes appeared b
her representative and offered certai
sums Of money to secure the location f
five years at that place Middlebury o
fered still larger sum, and the Mans
gers finally voted (as they had no discr
ton left them, and were anHr~cfed to Il
cnte,) TO locate At Middlebury. This W,
the legitimate fruit Of the act which Il
north part Of the county had achieved
aHd it Was honorably bound TO come 70
ward and heartily sustain the society
ring the period it was thus located. {
the contrary, Nergennea and other tow
interested Ia this movement in favor Of
cation failed to contribute in any consi
rabe sum to the funds of the society, a
during the last three of the FIVE yea
Eergenues paid not solitary farthing.
Under these circumstances Vergenr
could show no shadow of title to t
Fair in 1857. She had failed to do II