Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-10-22
From she Daily OF October II.
From our Reporter.l
Fair Of the Western Vermont Agri.
cultural Association.

precedented. While mirth, good humor and
rational enjoyment characterize the scene,
they are not unmingled with sadness. Mr..
C. S. Benson, one of the exhibitors, lost
an interesting little daughter by a mean-
choly accident, and the eleven o'clock train
IRON Troy brought company of heart
stricken friends, who had in charge the
hfeless remains of Mrs. Ii. II. Babcock,
who had died on the passage. The par
ticulars have already appeared in the
HERALD.-ED.
One of the most pleasant things con-
nected with the Fairs, is the reunion of
long absent friends. These are sometimes
very unexpected and even romantic. Old
teachers meet their quondam pupils whom
they left as little boys and girls, but now
find them with boys and girls Of their
own. 1t is also pleasant, just now, to lis
ten to some of the conversation. 90 de-
clare" says one, never aeas so disap-
pointed in my life as | am in the Ohio
election" s" How disappointed ?" "Why
the Cepperheads are nosohere." "Did
you expect the Ohioans were going to let
| that banished traitor, Vallandigham, come
back to govern them ?" Yes. The
fact is, they amt ciuilized in the rural
districts of Ohio, and | did expect that
| all the uncivilized and unwashed would GO
for him."
Some OF the rorttisS on exhibition to-
day are, wreath of sea-howers from the
Mediterranean, a very beautiful thing, by
Miss j. A. Richardson, Poultney an ele-
giant cone frame by Miss Mary Campbell
Poultney mound of dahlias by Mrs
S. Bresee, Sudbury an agriculture
wreath by Miss Martha L. Austin, o
Granville, N. Y. This, at least to you
correspondent, was a novelty. Corn
popped and unpopped, wheat, rye, barley
oats, rice, seeds of squashes, pumpkins
melons, sunfowers, also beans, peas ant
straw, were formed iuto flowers, and int,
a wreath which looked splendidly. 4
tidy, knit by Jennie Morrill,, girl eigh
years old, was very pretty thing, Al
oil painting, Assumption" painted il
Rome, by j. J. Joslin, was unoommonly
well executed. A large number of ele-
| CANT articles were exhibite by Mrs. DR.
Ii. Hall. Among the substantial articles
were fine traces of seed corn, and soms
very large walnuts by Harvey Halves
Westhaven and eighty-one choice varie
ties of apples, by D. Hudson, Hampton
| N. Y. A screw cheese press, and ar
"Empire washer" and Universal clothes
wringer," combined, by E. w. Gray
| Middletown. This last appears to be g
very fine arrangement, and we believe i
gives good satisfaction to those who have
tried it. The prices vary from nine t
thirteen dollars for the washer and wringel
combined. Mr.. W. @. Brown, of Fair
haven, exhibited samples of wine ant
|
brandy obtained from grapes, specimen
of which he also had on exhibition. HI
sells his brandy at six dollars gallon, and
l cannot believe that Town Agents could
do better than to obtain their brandy from
him, always supposing their object to bt
to get genuine article. Strange to say
there was absolutely no butter on exhibit
ton. Mr. Harvey Haskins, of Middle
town, took the premium on cheese Mr.
L. w. Jakway, of Fairhaven, took the
| first premium for two year old colt, Of
| Columbus and Messenger blood = pro-
nounced by many good judges also to be
the best colt on the ground.
Messrs. A. J. Gibbs of Benson, w.
Wright, of Whitehall, N. Y, and R. g..
Monroe, of Paulet, took premiums on
sheep. A list of all the premiums will
probably be forwarded by the Secretaries
for publication in the HERALD.
AT about half-past p. m, Hon. Horace
Greeley, Of New York, commenced speak
ing, and occupied about an hour and
half. His address was entirely extempo-
raueous, and was listened to with earnest
attention by large concourse of people.
His subject was the " Present and future
prospects of American Agriculture" His
remarks were eminently practical, and at
the same time calculated to impress farm
ers with the importance Of scientific, as
well as practical knowledge. He dwelt
somewhat at length upon the subject of
phosphates. Phosphorus may be called
the electricity OF grains and grasses, and