Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-10-21
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which was appointed Tor the Dun ana ON
Of THE month, was postponed on accoun'
OF the flood until the 18th and 18th, In tn
hope that We might have fair weather
But We have again been disappointed, a
the heavens seem to DO opened. and an
other deluge threatened Tuesday, thu
Arst day, was fair during the forenoon
and good entry was made in the Hal
before the rain commenced. The finest
display ever made, here or elsewhere, Of
potatoes, was made-there being ten OF
twelve varieties and twenty entries The
display made by our merchants was also
very fine. The specimens of handiwork'
both by the ladies and young people, were
better than on many otber years. Also, we
particularly noticed some specimens OF
iron and steel mechanics tools made by
some Of our mechanics, better than II
often seen at our County Fairs. The
report, below will show the ones worthy
of special mention. About noon on Tnes.
day the rain commenced and kept W
almost continuously during the whole
Fair. day and night. This, Of course, has
made the attendance small, and there has
been scarcely any display II cattle. Thin
has been very unfortunate, as we have
many good herds of cattle, aud the
prospects for the finest display ever made
here, both inside and outside, was never
ms gooi as this year The Kgene Band
has been ia attendance during The Fair.
and has dise0uIssd sweet music 70 the
fsw who have brAvei tho storm The
playing has been The beet this ,roly exGel
Isn't band has eyer bsfors given us, mud
We greatly regret that ~ fsw II our
citizens hAvs been hbls ~ hsar II. We
hope IN another year w. may be able 10
again have the pleasure ~ having them
among Us, md that, too, in pleasant
weather.
The first day was tak0n mp in arranging
tho nrti5les and listening 10 tho band.
Wednesday opened gloomy enough, rain,
rain, rain, on all sides, tho river rising and
few from out Of town able to get here.
Notwithstanding this, everything except
the grand oavalcado was fully carried out,
and we congratulate the Farmers Club"
on tho success Of tho Fair, and hope this
will not discourage them from having a
Fair next year. At half-past two in the
afternoon. the President Of the club, DIR.
Adrian L. Woodward, delivered the adj
dress. 1t was delivered in the doctors
usual energetic and forcible style. II was
one of the best addresses we ever heard
delivered at a Fair, practical and full of
sound common sense for the farmer, and
as one farmer afterwards expressed,
Gust what we wanted 1t was listened
to for An hour by an attentive and apprci-
alive audience. We refrain from making
any comments and give below an abstract
Of it and recommend all readers Of the
HERALD to give it a perusal. The speaker
was introduced by DR. G. L. Case, the
Vice President, in short address DR..
Woodward said:
Ladies and Gentlemen You have come
together again at the end of anothe- year,
to observe in an appropriate manner, the
sixth anniversary Of your town fair.
Through the kindness of bountiful
Providence, you have secured your crops,
and filled your storehouses which is but
the fnlfillment OF an old promise of a
seed time and harvest, and an earnest of
what you are permitted to enjoy in the
future.
When we look upon this collection, the
results of home industry, our minds very
revert to the men who represent
the occupations most conspicuously re-
fiected by the articles on exhibition, and
among those classes of men, appear most
the merchant, the artisan,
and the farmer.
Passing in silence the merchant, we are
to acknowledge our great in
debtedness 10 the artisan for teaching to
regulate and govern the power that re-
sides in drop of water, when raised to a
of 212 degrees. Through
his genius we are able to ride in safety the
highest waves,-the pillows of the Allan
tic. IIe has made this an age of machine
ry he has brought every force, every
element, within human bounds. in aid of
human work. All the metals, and all the |
elements have been broken in and har-
messed to the car oil civilization. Machine
~ plows the fields, rakes the grass, gath
.rs it, and puts it into the barn; machine
~ makes clothes, hats, caps, boots and
shoes, furnishes instruments, tools, hoop
skirts, and doll babies. 1t never wearies
or makes mistake. or turns its head,
and never chews' tobacco. For all these
and innumerable other
things, we are indebted to the artisan.
His work is constant, toilsone brain work,
and such is the result, if not the achieve
ment of your deeds, which, "liko a little
taper of dark night, throw their rays
afar off, into naughty world" Can we
say more for the occupation Of farming, |
than that it has had for a representative |
the hrst man of his race, Old Father
Adam
Let II, come down To more modern
period, knowledge Of which We have Oh
Eained through the literature II the day, /
and our own observations That which ] +
may hereafter say, ray prove di-parage-
ment; let M take "a retrospect Of the part
n farming operations. When we take
4 survey ot the vast region lying be-
tween the two oceans, east aud west, aud
,he ut Lawrence ana The buli 81 Mexico
north and south, and attompt 10 estimate
The amount Of produce that IL returned
20 the husbaudmHn for the annual toll,
We are as much pmazed and bowildered
~ the figures We are obliged to make, AZ
u ths astronomer when he undertakes ts
compute the distance from the planets ~
he nearest fixed star, and finds il twenty
billions Of miles, What an appalling
dsa the fact presents Ut the progress aud
~ this vast republic, of which
,nly - litile.mote than ons lilo has passed
lwny, between itA infancy aud its present
Maturity bstween it, weakness, almost
Without hope, and its power, almost with
mt limit between It's RfaBary, holding
ewprsins ~ oafn, Hndifs vast si6rah0nsee,
whose contents, Ike Hose II Pharaob
i old, "oould not DO numbered, for they
re without number between The time
4 tho lsndinR 81 the Pilgrim Fathers,
nd tho present ti.ae. this yast region f0f ,
n,nisLinp hau1ita tor Wild boasts, ap1