New-York daily tribune., 1859-09-26

2:3s, but when competing with Ike Cook her drvss
let ber up 10 get ahead, and shen hs wished 10 ml
her in could not. Reindeer, black horse fxnsdn
Chicago, is one Of the beet movers ever ssv. rass
is no hitchrg up and letting drop Of the fore hs h
some horses, nor the f0r~aId and bsck obliqae Anx
Of others, bat fair and ,quare setting down Of A
with an essy upsf rng that seems TO get the srixs
the groupd without ~esrins..
just before the g'ea, uott'rg began there vAn
episode which, although amusipg enough in lie vsv
WAS sadly out Of place. poor German wonsad q
unfortune'e fecurdry, had given birth Al one tns,o
three children, wbcd she hsd 10 basket for eIhik.
ton to excite the charity Of ps.sers by the Far
Grounds Sore distinguished ladies' becoming ictsr.
estsd brought her 20 the attention of President TaTa,
msr and the Iesult that wi,h view 10 mskrs
some innocent fun the last day, three spooes we're
purchased for public presentation. At chosen tine
when the crowd waiting mpxiently for the ,rut
the basktt full OF babies brought TO the iaiges
stard and ir pre- ence Of the large sssemolage The
spotrs were presented 10 t3e three babies by the P.
Gent, who delivered e witty exiempore address,, vast
went 70 show that 10 Ia,ion could be great without
popula, o. and II would be greater than others
must populate more rapidly. Roars OF laughter nd
loud seplsuse continually interrupted the speaker, asa
responded to him at the close. Bot the auan was 70
.mir, mt bad taste What, should Ike 10 know, has
tie Uuited States Agricultural Society to do with civ.
ing spoons 10 triplets Thus Is the peculiar province
of Mr. Barnum, ard If one part OF ms business mo.
nopolzed what is there to otnsf ioovngi
Let this be re pea,ed and shall see glsnts aud dsH
abnos and speck ed negroes, two-heaisd babies sld
pohesded ap.u ais knocking at t,e gates I tae Ns-
tionsl Society sld entering tor premiums.
In an association of such magnitude as thts whose
ofcefs live hundreds of miles apart, and one ths -
dependent for Committee in great measure upon vs
itors TO the annual shows is not strange thar errors
in awarding prizes should be made, and injustice be
dore The Society will certainly rot be charged VIA
design in all this, but there arc those wno ssy nas
Committees should be very carefully composed, est
interest blind the eyes Of justice ard the medal be By
her handed to the wrong man. Cases have come 70
n V observation here which seemed 70 evidence par.
tiats of hagrant nature, not only IN the implenent
but the csitle and horse departments 81 we'll Ii ve
were 10 listen to all the complaints OF disappointed
hibitors, might fill our columns for week and foe
fe ar that bad preceden, would be established viii
not mention any At all Fairs avorilism cfeeps H. and
is almost safe 10 ssy that the larger the Far the
greater The tendency 10 parisity.
New-fedged karsas has taken her honors as well as
other States. Mr. w. +. NJ. Aroy had on exhibition
specime Ms of minerals that seemed to prove the
sources of the State TO be promising. In the col
lection specimens of sd from Lynn County
which contained 90 per cent of metal. The judges
very properly bestowed the first ptlze upon the exh0
itor. And this reminds me that Mr. Army, who 10 .
Vice President of the Socey, contributed in no small
degree to the pecuniary of this show for dni
ing that by some mysterious process great crowd
could be upon the ground with very email show Of
money TO represent It in the cash box he stationed
himself at the principal entrance aud caused rglt
adherence TO the terms Of admission that resulted ot
fsvorsbly
The question arose during the examination of sheep
as to What was "grade there bepg one lot entered
as grades which we're full bloooded Meruos, bu.
crosses between different families Of the breed. And
now wba. do you, and what does auy man acquainted
with breeding, call grade Heretofore We nave all
supposed to be horoug bred animal crossed upon
common, or cold -blooded one. and no respectable
agricultural society is ready TO recommend the use VI
rade sires to improve breed, although grade dams
msy, with crest profit, be bred TO thoroughbred
males for general farming purposes. Theprogenny of
Devon from one part OF the world crossed on Devon
in another, or Of Short horn bought in Eoglaod Of
Bates on Short horn in America from Booth stock,
il still Devon or Short horn, "a the case may be-.
And so think il is with Merno sheep, for Merinos ~
Spain and Merinos elsewhere are Merinos etuL and
not Leicesiers or Cotswolds, SouthdoWbs. Taking
Of sheep reminds me that one OF our greatest sheep
breeders Colonel Josiah Wsre of Vuginis, has been
here oil through the show, serving on commttees ant
taking active part ss if he were thirty instead OF
three.score.
And here is old Farmer Jones' from Delaware,
az great ON the eubect Of statistics and wheat, ssd
Prote Give Tariffs He offered schedule OF
volunteer premiums for the best crops OF wheat houl
20 down TO 20 bushels, that would have been published
by the United States Agricultural Society this time, L
they had been received In time. Here, too, We have
Mr. Wager from State, working like an en.busiss-
making down to cutting stakes without fear or hops
Of reward and Mr.. Frederick Snyth from Nsw.
Hampshire; ard one Col. johnson aad Mr. Mc(iox
Of Penntylvans, and Secretary Poore and Treasurer
French who has been elected Grand Master Of Kughe
Tempars. and Others whose names to followers aifsr
national th)ws "a.e as familiar" &c.
To give some idea OF the crowd at the hotels and
the little chance there is for privacy at these great
gatherings msy say that counted on the register Of
the fremont House lo7 names of persons who have
about 300 rooms; but night 9i2 visitors cad 2O0
servants sept beneath ia roof or rather laid down,
for how much they slept depended on their relative
imperviousness 70 musketo. btss The Landlord has
kindly given the following st Of food consqned ID
the time Coffee, 500 b; Butter, 400 ft; Eggs,
1928 DOZEN Sugar, a35 b; Flour, 76 bbs; BcsI
gale; Potatoes, 76 bush. Chickens ,26O. Aad g
TO the liquor drank and the cigars smoked, they mast
be computed by ogsrithms. | went late one night 10
play game of billiards. but found the tables saving
bedseads for forty persons at least twenty sevsa Ok
whom were snoring in the key of G minor.
cannot close without again paying an hsmbIo
tribute to the spiri; of the great Notb.West H9
representatives came to Washington lsst WntDr Dd
sought the location Of the National Fair, prouiIng
that if she obtained il she would do well by the 6ca
ty. 1t hiss redeemed its promise and after two disoe.
trous exhibitions in Southern States the United States
Agricultural Society finds ITSELF for the first tae,
above actual pecunary want. May it ever fnlsoth
good friends to assist it. Long live the North.Ws4i
The following Report Of the Committee on Szes
Plows at the National Fair possesses much ntesxu
corroboratng the award of the Mechanical ComnH11s
Of the Illinois State Agricultural Society recentypb-
ished in The TRIBUNE. The moderation Of u tss
will commend il to the favorable attention Of all
REPORT.
To the Hon. Erscutire Committee. y,
GEyTLEMEs: The undersigned, a Commits
whom were ccbided the trial Of Steam Plow1 -
other substitutes for the plow now used, reepscss
report that the following implements and msee
were offered for examination: ~
BY jam DEERE Of Moline, II, Double Mcbisar rbn
By John YAS DOZEN K Co. Of Chicago, sabs.sS1 x q
Pow. l.
ByB.F FIELD, Milwaukee Wis e sb,ti,ute txHa ~
By yosErB w. FawKEs Lancaster, Pa steam rov. L.
By JAMES WATEAs, Detroit Mich Steam eloT
Tho first of these, although offered as '@he oee
venzer of the soi,' il nothing but an rdLsTpsss