Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1859-10-26


in the cause of agriculture and the mechanic arts.
Meetings of the State Society were held every
night during the Fair in the Capitol. On Wednes-
day night the Hon. Thomas Rufin, ST., the President
of the Society, announced his fixed determination to
retire from the position which he has so long and so
worthily filed and in doing he took occasion to
express the deep interest which he felt in the cause
and to the Society that though for the future
but private in the ranks, he would nevertheless
labor for and with them long his life should be
spared The Society then proceeded to the election
of officers for the ensuing year, when the following
gentlemen were elected
President,
DR.. W. R. HoLr Of Davidson County.
Vice Presidents,
DR.. f. A. Crudup, of Franklin,
Gen. s. F. Patterson, of Caldwell,
R. R. Bridgers Esq, of Edgecombe
W. B. Wadsworth, ESQ.,, of Craven.
Secretary.
John H. Bryan, jr., Esq, of Raleigh.
Treasurer
j. F. IIutchins ESQ.,, of Raleigh.
We give below brief notices of stock on exhibition,
the trottng matches, &C., reserving for our next
more particular notice IF many things in various de-
partments of the Fair.
We repeat, the Fair has been eminently success
full
All that the mos. jealous members of the Society
can desire is that the progress in every department
of industry displayed this occasion, may be
steady and continued and that the same interest
which was manifested by the people generally dur
ing the present week may not diminish.
On Wednesday night, on motion of Col. Steele, of
Richmond, delegates were appointed to The annual
meeting of the Pathological Association to be held
in Philadelphia next fall and delegates also
appointed to the Petersburg Fair to be held soon.
We had the pleasure of making the acquaintance
of the following delegates in attendance State
Society from the Union Agricultural Society of Vir-
ginia and North Carolina, to w.t. Col F. H. Archer,
E. W. Friend, S. V. Archer, and j. F. Patterson
They wtre invited, on Wednesday night to seats in
our State Society. They express themselves as
their visit.
LIVE STOCK.
The show of live stock on the present occasion
was quite creditabe, and was more numerous than
at the two last fairs being 252 lots against 229 in
1858 and 203 in 1851.
HORSES, &C.
The horses on exhibition included in their mum.
Der some fine stock of the Blackhawk and Morgan
blood and other valuable stocks We noticed some
fine stations, (quick and heavy draughD brood
mares and colts fine harness horses, (single and
doubleD saddle horses 1t is doubtful if any horse
on exhibition was as fast some at the last fair
but there were many that do" their mile in
! $40
There were also some fine Jacks, Jennctts and
Mules on exhibition-not quite many on form
| er occasions.
CATTLE.
| The cattle included Durhams DevonS, Grades
| Natives. Some of these were very fne-all credit
able We noticed few good oxen and lot Of fine
calves and heiters.
| There were about 20 lots of swine on exhibition
including the Suffolk, Chinese, Berkshire, and Ma
| tives. Many of these lots were admirable
| We noticed, also, some few goats and two goot
sized bears-N. C. black bears.
! POULTRY.
| The stock of poultry was not equal to some o
former fairs; still it was pretty we'll sustained
Amongst the varieties We enumerate game, of vari
GUS kinds, Bantlings Muscovy ducks, Bantams
Pea fowls Bremen geese, white ducks, graza chick
ems, white turkeys, Rramah chickens, Shanghais
Poland geese, Guna chickens, common geese.