Litchfield enquirer., 1864-09-29
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l TIE CArrIs 8now Wednesday. the 21st
 darned auspicfously for the Twesiy- -Fourtl
 Annual Exhibition of the County Agriculture jsociety.s notwithstanding the ssequinoetis
 storm" advertised in the slmspses for thu Iday. The weather prophet for once proved t
 be out of his reokonings, and the Society
 couldn't have had better day for the exhibi
 tion-of cattle and the display of agricultura]
 and domestic products. ;. F The number of cattle on inc asrounds upon
 the first day was not 50 large perhaps as last
 year. but the display was considered finer by
 good judges. Among the pure '.Devons" MT.
 Stanley Griswold, of Torrington, showed some
 line samples. as did also Mr. Henry E. Judd,
 of Watertown, and Nil. Cyrus Catlin, of Litch-
 field. 0fpure sloodsd sDurhams," Mir. 'Wm.
 H. Jennings exhibited g handsome bull and
 heifer. Of the ''Grade" animals there were a
 large number eff entries, and,it required nicer
 discrimination than we possess to decide who
 was the most successful exhibitor, though we
 noticed that MT. Catlin of Litchfeld, Thomp-
 son of Bethlsm, Humiston of Watertowa, and
 Peck of Norris, were among the largest. Ot the "Tewn and Society Teams'' but one en,
 try was made in eeeh class, and we presume the award ofthe premiums will this year give no dissatisfaction or displeasure against the Society. Among [. stocks. of cattle" the com. petition was large and close, and it is rare to see, at any cattle show in the country, so many and so fine cattle owned by the exhibitors. The Griswolds of Torrington and MT. Hollister of Litchfeld bore of the first premiums, the former exhibiting some thirty head of cattle, and the latter fifty live. We missed the fine lot of the late President of the Society, MT. Hurlbut, which have usually added so much to the interest and display of the first day of our Cattle Show, and which are to be sold to day from his late residence in Winchester. Of sheep there was an unusually large display and in some respects finer one than usual Sheep culture has now come to be one of the Fine Arts in this county. and the perfection to which it has arrived could be seen by even the most unprofessional eye that compared the different grades exhibited at this Fair. From the finest imported merino sheep, with wool long and feecy and white as the driven snow, to the. coarse grained black-wooled "native' the distinction was as palpable as the differ eace in human races. The competition flor superiority between ths differeat breeders and exhibitors was as close as it always is, but we believe the palm was generally awarded to the stock of Mir. Hartwell of Washington. and cer- tainly handsomer live mutton zoe never did sec
 Of Swine and Poultry, the display was not 50 large as in other years, though it was es- teened fully as good. Among the clancy stock" coop of peaeocks, owned by John Car ter of Litchfeld, was particularly admired.
 We now come to the Society's " Tent,,' and the exhibition of General and Domestic Manu- factures, and of Agricultural and Horticultural products, and we confess we surveyed the ex- hibition as a whole with something of disap- pointment and regsss- se-e s- .s-sIe d. department,t the display was meagre and slim, and though individual articles might be meri- torious, the exhibition was not at all such as we are accustomed to look for at the annual Fair of the County Society. There were half dozen barrels and buckets, and horse-rake and drum head, and straw cutter, among the "General Manufactures" and this was all, save ono or tw fine melodeons, exhibited by the agent, Mir. Brinton of Falls Village, which were worthy of mention. There were also the usual number, perhaps, of rag carpets, and hose, and bedquilts, and articles of domestic apparel, from shirts male and female, to mittens and stockings adapted to the wants of either sex. and there was fair display of native grape wines, of which we saw but little else than the bot ties, as the committee had faith. fully done their duty in deciding upon their intrinsic merits. What attracted our attention mostly of all the articles under the canvas was pair of handsome carriage ropes, though perhaps this was owing more especially to their being pleasing relics of departed cata waulers. The Dairy Products seemed hiehlv esteemed by the committees, and the variety of vegetable and horticultural products were. perhaps larger and finer than usual Some big pumpkins and squashes were certainly ex- hibited by MT. Migeon of wolcottville, and some exdellent apples and pears by the Harts of Cornwall, as Oe know, for we tasted 'em. So too, the progress of the grape culture in the county was apparent in some fine specimens by Mir. Norton of Litchfeld, Capt. Gay lord of Co., shen and T. L. Hart of Cornwall. Of the Paintings" we can't speak, since we didn't see any, though there were some handsome specimens of delicate feminine handi work in shells and leaves and cones and what -nots ; but of the display of flowers we can certainly speak enthusiastically, and safely say that such an exhibition of Horticulture can rarely eseen at this seasen elsewhere than at our County Fair. -----
 Here we may conclude our rapid survey of the first day of the Fair, summing up by say- ing that it was 50 far certainly success, and gave good satisfaction all around.
 Thursday, the second day of the Fair, as usual, was opened by the exhibition of horses, though the programme was somewhat disar- ranged by the advent of horse fair not.dorn