Litchfield enquirer., 1864-09-29

I team of MT. T. E. Baldwin of New York, and Ia novel style of sulky, dignifed by the name of stub,' owned and driven by Miss
 Julia Smith of Litchfeld.
 l In the class of Thoronghbreds but one en- try was made. The stock of MT. George c.
 Hitchcock, which usually makes such an at. I tractive addition to our annual Horse Fair, was
 not present this year. They are reposing, we
 presume, on their we'll earned honors, gained
 at Springfield and Hartford, in their stalls at
 Ash Grove. (Perhaps we may say in this con- nection, as an item of interest, that MT. Hitch-
 cock has received a liberal offer from the Agent
 of the Emperor Napoleon of France, for the purchase of his famous colts Surplus and Hap.
 hazard, for the Emperor's use. Whether Mr.
 H. will part with them or not we are not yet
 informed.) A very fine animal was exhibited
 in this class by Mr. George K Peck of Falls
 Village. . handsome biooded mare, six years
 old, and the picture of fine horse-to which
 the committee awarded discretionary pre-
 mium. If not entirely thoroughbred, it was considered by all good judges to be the finest
 animal on thu ground. EE-e We have spoken of another horse fair on the ground on Thursday. This was the advertised
 circus of Rosston & o.which attracted large crowd of spectators within its canvas, and
 seemed to give excellent satisfaction in it's line of attraction, The grounds of the Society are now so large and spacious that but little inconvenience was felt from this double att gramme of the day was somewhat abridged and varied by it.
 At noon the annual Address was delivered by wm. Curtis Moves Esq. of New York under the canvas, to large and intelligent auditory. Ia fair proportion of which were ladies. The subject of the address was the general one of Agriculture and the Agric ulturalists, and | was handled with power and vigor few far. mers would expect to find in q gentleman hith- l erto distinguished only in the law. While it was finished and ornate production. it was, far from fanciful and aabounded in plain practical hints and suggestions; backed up by data and figures and solid argument. which could not but be of advantage and interest to those who had the good fortune to hear it. At it's conclusion vote of thanks was given the orator by the society. We hope our sister societies in the county may be able to avail themselves another year of the hearing of this admirable and thoroughly agricultural address. Upon the conclusion of the address the Sec. retary went through his annual ponderous work eff declaring the premiums (which will be found elsewhere in this paper). which were immediately and promptly paid by the Treas- urer.
 And so ended the Twenty Fourth Annual Cattle Show and Fair proper of the County Agricultural Seicety We don't know why we sAsr -nt y,->.A,ss,se af sh ..acess- full Fairs. in each particular. ever held by the Society. Thereceipts for the two days at the gates were about $500, and other receipts swell the total to nearly CT quite $1000. The expenses this year (in enclosing the additional ground making the new half mile track, &c.) were unusually and necessarily heavy. but the Society certainly was never in sounder con- dition, or had better prospects for the future. It remains for the agriculturalists of the county, who have the deepest interest in the society, to aid and sustain it by their interest and support. and thus secure to themselves the benefits for which it was founded.
 In this connection we have but single other topic to allude to. which we shall touch upon as tenderly as possible-the feeling exhibited by our Harwinton neighbors. in their visit and display in our town on the first day of the Fair. It appears that some of the good people
 across the Naugatuck who own cattle, ,andwho last year came with long and handsome string of oxen and steers to swell the number displayed at our last years cattle show, felt considerably Unified" because the committee on that class awarded the premium elsewhere. So this year. in all sorts of fantastic disguises, and in all conceivable modes and methods of losomotion and conveyance, our Harwinton friends came over the hills, preceded by al string band and followed by string of cat ue,' an eight miles journey. to show-shall we say spite or genuine, generous emulation of the County Agricultural Society? Ifitwas the former, we should like most respectfully to inquire what sspite' the Harwinton farmers can have against the Societys Committees may occasionally judge wrong-perhaps they soers wrong in the case complained of last year-but could the Sociely, do otherwise than declare the premiums awarded by the commit tees, and pay themi On the other hand we have reason. personally, to know that one of the officers of the Society did all in his power last year and this, to represent the relation of the Society to the Harwinten exhibitors in its proper and true light, and urged them to come in upon the grounds with their strings of cattl c and horses and wagons and-band. but all to no purpose. Our Harwinton friends preferred. probably, to exhibit their genuine. gen erous rivalry of the Society outside. We were sorry that it should have been so, the Society was sorry. and the Harwinton people that partici- pated in the Wednesdays display will be sorry as we'll, one of these days, if they are not now For the County Agricultural Society is shs'r