The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-09-28

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u. :. Agricultural Fair ut Chicago.
CncAoo, Sept. II, 1859.
The gates of the great fair are closed,
the premiums have been declared the
crow! is rapidly disappearing, and we all
leel relieved. The receipts have reached
thirty-lhec thousand dollars, larser
amount than has been realized elsewhere,
except at Philadelphia, which was six
thousanH more.
sent YOU soH' description OF steam
plough ia my last. On Friday compe-
titor appeared on the ground and as the
silver medal was awarded to it after
patient examination Of its merits.
"FIwkes Parent al Jan -, 1888
ike the ether b. locomotive which draps
gang Of plough. Incre seems no rea-
sou why his power ONE adapted to field
work, should nat dra, harruw., planters.
rcaper- and mowers as well, and when not
needed in the field he employed for II hun.
dred othei abors about IL farm. The
Fawk~s' Patent rests on broad roller
six feet wide and four feet in diameter :;
another pair Of wheels 10 front, the axle
OF which is turned by pilot-wheel, and
the machine thus guided in any direction
like Il boys yelocipelc It moves faster
than its competitor, though ofcourse with
less power The huge machines, without
their ploughs, walked round the half mile
ring at horse trot, the Fawkes' making
seven minutes to tho othir's thirteen. In
Fawkes machine the rloughs are eight in
number, fastened in frame diagonaly to
the course Of the burrows On the prai-
RE sward, where the machine ran to the
best advantage, it traverse! 100 yards in
one minute and ltty-seven seconds its
united burrows measure nine feet
How the machine would conduct itself
under more disadvantageous circumstances
i'll stubbe or uneven ground, &c, depo-
nent saith not 1t has accomplished
enough, however, to warrant a prediction
that steam blowing will be of common oc-
currence on these Western acres at no
distant day, but until the farmers leave
New England there is NO dancer Of hand
plows becoming obsolete
Saturday was the day appointed for tn.
$1,000 sweepstakes, citizens premium
Expectations had been raised throughout
the week from the impression that Flora
Temple and Princess would be present,
and indeed they were both entered But
as the decision was governed by the same
principle as other awards, speed to count
with other good points only, the owner. of
these noted trotters refused to subject them
to the test imposed, and they did not run
A large, handsome bay, Ike Cooke, car
ried eff the purse.
y German mother, prolific though poor
exhibited her iriplets in basket together
and though not down in the schedule,
President Tilgluran presented the three
with silver spoon each, aud addressed
the assembled multitude in a humorous
and encouraging address. 4 contribution
was also handed the mother, larger, than
her eyes had.evcr eazea upon before, prob
ably.
, In the evening the trial OF Steam Fire
Engines was CONCLUDED The contestants
were the " Hope of Philadelphia, and
Atlantic" Of Chicago, The former is a
large machine with tho old fashioned force
pumps, and cost $4,000. The latter has
the sO-callcd rotary pumps, and ~ much
larger and more complicated.
! The Hope threw stream thirty feet
beyond the lntter however, and for power
cheapness, lightness ana economy Of fuel
was declared the victor
e. n, Mcllenry of Md, took the pre-
MUM on American Attorneys aud Devons
and also lo an imported Devon COW. g.
ID. Bent, imported Devon bull. c. n.
Brown, imported Durnams Thos. Aston
G. Menyman, Md, imported Heretords /;
&. Mcnyman. American ditto, q. II. Me
Henry Jersey. q. and 4. b. Mcdonnell
Springfield, H., French aud Spanish Ne
rnoes; JAS. Carr and T. G. Gregory, VT.
Saxon long wool
The Masonic bodies are ,tiI in session.
In the General G and Charte~, on Friday
ia. Albert - NacKay OF 'harleston, s,
G., wa elected 6. G.. High Priest Sam'l
&, Risk of New Orleans, g. q. Secretary
and john Mcclellan of Boston, G. q. Cap
tain Of the Host The lIinoisAns enter
tanned their visiting brethren at a magni.
iicont banquet, at the fremont House, the
same evening. Sent menIs AMI responses
from gentlemen of tho order from all Sec
tons Of the Union rendered it, ,hey say,
an nnsually happy occasion. X.
From the Alta. uui nuil, Be-.
NR. GIDDiN, ADDRESS Al BuRLINsoS.
He first gave an account Of the trial OF