Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-01-09

agricultural fair They are a vast iu
proyoment upon the old lssl ionod uiltti.
musters and tyainings
In addition % aiding the improvement,
enumerated, our Sncirty sent commit,
,imcr in 1861 o. the Nmld's Fair ui
Hamburg, al an expense ui ssON, when,
our improved American merinne- sugre,.
fully competed with the le,t ei Eumpar
meIiuoes for tir,t premiums, We ht,
also aided frIE cur tur,-Wy tn th,
amount ~ over 5000 IN thrcXpoure uer,s,
sarilv incurred ia establishing the prs
ent tariff on wool and walcus, from
which We have not derived any advantage
hat feel assured that We shall, Whenever
the old stock ~ foreign and domr,u.
fabrics have btrn cleared trum our m3r
ket,. These arc ~omc a the advantage,
II our legitimate operations as au agrieul
tuTal sncicty That W. have in every lp'
stance given satisfaction a. an cfmpeti.
tor, We 10 not pretend, for this would b,
impossible We have had mo- ,tni,- and
contention, umons ourselves and il i, Q,
be- most arleutly hoped that W. never
may, f1r this would az once destroy auI
efficiency aud usefulness Our association
has leou pleasant. our meetings h8moni-
og>; but In this connection Wt cannot for
get thnt from time a. time the hand OF
death has made IT, iur0la- upon u. We
al exceedingly lamcnted tho loss uf m,
genial, compauionahlc, kind hearted
Berkwith uf Midilcbury, one of our ear.
hest secretaries, eat down in the full vignr
uf manhood and in the midst Of his use.
fulue,s.
Another ~ our efficient secretaries. Col
Charles Cummings of Brattlpbero CAV,
his litt 90 hi, country az. tho head Of
his regiment. on one ~ the hattlc-fclls %
Virginia. He, too, WAS cut down In N,
prime of life, and like his associate >errc-
tsry, Beckwith, wa mourncd tv near and
dear relative, AMI friends to whom th,s,
losse, wcrc irrcparablc, Cur venerable
friend David Hin, who resided upon the
lake shore west If u-, veteran in arrtrul-
mral improvement, and whose locks had
grown grey in the work. next paid the
debt uf nature We shall ever remember
With what enthusiasm he would deScan,
upon the merits Of that noble animal, the
horse and while holding our last Fur AT
Bra,tlcboro. the sad tidiugs reached us oi
the death Of, that stern, energetic friend OF
agricultural improvement. Gen T. b.
Chase of Lyndon.
And lastly, within lr,s than ono short
month ago, We were astoundcd Wv the
sudden and melancholy termination of the
life Of our active friend and one Of our
Nicc-Pre,idcnts, Victor Wright Of Wey.
bridge Mr. Wright was elected one OF
our directors three years ago, and last
year was made zone Of the four Nicc-PrtS 81
dents. He was 'prc-cmincntly a friend OF
.l,s ,,.l--e.,ro--,~-,. Is .l,~ ,.lturai TN
tcrest, particularly in the line Of thorough,
bred Spanish sheep, which hc had for sew
cral year, made a speciality, and in which
he had been emiucntly successful 1t was
but very recently that We saw him in the
pride ot manhood aud in the full vignr Of
health and activity. Now his place IS left
vacant among US but that place in ylf..
ranks We can iill . not 50 IN hi- neigh bur-
hood and within the bosom Of his own
family There the void caunot b" filled
there we prntfrr our ~iuccre. our earnest
,ylnpathic,.
These were all efficient workers in our
Society and friends Of agricultural i'm
prNtmrat, and have left their impression
u,,on our a,rrhiyr. and a f,vorah,. re-
m mhrAuco with all of us, who must
sooner or later follow in the same wake
IN" may II 9e a eon,o!''E reflection while
" ~ 80 60 ',' ,la. . VIZ, ,~ ''' |4I, !' our
the imprnycm,nt Of tla+ ,rt and .r;snco
which Law, at the foundation Of all others.
III, world cannot be the poorer for the
l'F'''DaI "+sFl' "lt"F'>t, H. is no, merely
't' ,l ,i,, :, ',,,+,' vi lo'u, :, = @ ;-'', ',ll
n tlir ,r,,p;,,... - each and Lowlvo,. l,.a-
ful to certain extent TIM, latter charac-
ter may be, it i, alamantable fact thatour
country al the present time Is cursed ana
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wealth. more workers less ldl.r~ anu eat
aT~ out Oi Tie substance bf others. bHN-