Litchfield enquirer., 1863-10-01

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 GREENwooDs-WinstedO Oct 9th and 7th. | UHIoN-Woodbury,O Oct. 7th and S,h. l TIE UNION CAucUs will be held in the Town Room, on Saturday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. See advertisement.
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 TIE COUNTY FAIR Wednesday, Sept. 23d dawned auspieiously for the twenty third An nual Cattle Show and Fair of the Litchfeld County Agricultural Society. It is mistaken | impression which we confess to have labored under for several years. that it must alrays rain in torrents on the annual return of this occasion, and VIC hereby render all proper ac- knowledgments to the clerk of the weather, on l this score.
 The gates of the Fair Ground opened at an early. hour in the morning, under the superin- tendence of that we'll known representative of St. Peter, Mir. J. L. Whitney, of Cornwall; and the Cattle and Sheep and Swine and Poultry 1 began to pour in-not, ns in Noah's time, in couples merely, but literally by the hundreds. When all were gathered together it was uni versally acknowledged that thsre was the lar gest and finest exhibition of Cattle, by far, that was ever seen together in this County, CT, indeed, in the State, and gentleman who had attended the great New York State Fair; at Utica, the week before. informed us that the display of Cattle was vsry much larger and finer st Litch6eld than at Utica. The reason IS obvious enough. There is no State in the Union, unless it is Kentucky, that can exhibit 90 large and hne variety of Stock cattle as Connecticut, and there is no County in this State that can equal. in this respect, our own. There were nearly or quite three Hundred pairs of working Oxen and Steers, entered in single teams or strings of over twenty five pairs each, from Litch6eld, Northfeld, Har- winton, Washington and Plymouth. And in addition to these there were about as many more entered singly, making display of from Jsus to siz Hundred working cattle.
 Where all the teams were so fine, it seems invidious to speak of any one in particular, although it struck us that our neighbors from Harwinton were wrongly overlooked in the distribution of the premiums. It was the al- most unanimous opinion of outsiders that the Harwinton team was about the best, though not the largest, of auy that was on the ground
 The various classes of Devons, and Devon and Durham Grades, were we'll represented, the former preponderating. Of fat cattle there were several fine specimens Of sheep there was hardly the usual variety, though the Writings and Griswolds of Torrington, and Messrs. Hsrtwell and Bennett of Washington. exhibited some very creditable specimens, Of swine and poultry the towns of Morris and Bethlem seemed to bear of the prizes.
 The exhibition of general and doEss.,c manufactures. in the Scoie'y's tent. was not 50 large and varied as usual, though decidedly no. : failure. This department, which we consider one of the most important of the whole. should not, in future, be suffered to languish for want of proper interest of exhib itors throughout the County. There arc thousand and one evidences of the labor and
 
 represented here, and ought to be to secure proper estimate of what our County is capable of doing. We are aware that the chief fame and pride of the County rests upon it's stock productions, but we ought to be able to show visitors from abroad that we arc not inferior to other Counties in the Nutmeg State in our domestic manufactures, creations and inven- tions.
 The show of Horticulture was hardly equal to former years, which may be accounte ed for by the fact that this is not a "bearing year" We noticed, however, some excellent speci- mems of apples from the orchards of John L. Stevens of Bethlem, and some from the fruit full trees of T. s. Gold, of Cornwall. Of grapes the display was good-Messrs. Buck ley of Litchheld, Cone of Norfolk, and Hart of Cornwall taking the palm. Of flowers and fancy work some fine specimens, very tasteful ly arranged, were presented; among them the most conspicuous and the most worthy of mention seemed to us to be pyramid of dah- lias by Mrs. John l.. Stevens of Bethlem, an exquisite collection of wild flowers by Miss Julia Tompkins of Litchfeld, and handsome boqust by Mrs. s. G. Braman of Litch6eld. Miss Edw'd Wetmore, of Litcbfeld, exhibited Q handsome cene frame, surrounding an en- graving of Washington, and Miss Emily J.. Baldwin, of Litehfeld, beautiful shell frame, enclosing the ineaments of the same worthy. There were also many admirable specimens of needle-work, which want of space alone compets us to omit more particu- lar account of, though such as seemed to the Committees worthy of award, in this and other departments, will be found noted at length on the first page of this paper.
 We must not omit to mention the great credit that was universally conceded to MT. David c. Buckley, of this village, and to his gentlemanly assistant, MT. Norton, for their carefal and excellent management and ar rangenent of the articles entrusted to their care in the tent. MT. Buckley has for many years had this department in charge, and though his duties are always among the most laborious connected with the Fair, no one