Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-09-20

and handsome Pelchcron colt. S.
b, Ferguson also exhibited Il four
months old Pcrchcron colt, which called
forth admiration for size and other good quali-
ties peculiar to the breed. ID. W. and Oliver II.
Whecloek of Worcester had some fine oxen on
the ground and six pens were occupied by cat
tie from the state reform school farm. Mr..
Geo f. Harrington, who, in years before, has
added greatly TO the fair by an exhibition OF his
thoroughbred Dutch stock, did not come on
with them this year for some reason. West
boro it is said, sends more milk to market than
any other town in the state, and for that reason
the GREATER part OF the stock exhibited were
cows and hciers.
In the class of horses for exhibition there
were several entries of pairs, and as they drove
up and down the street, the people crowded to
the front with as much interest as though il had
been a trSt-casS track.
or sheep, the number exhibited was small,
and not extra good but the report of the com
mittcc was good, enough and long enough to
make up for DEFICIENCIES, and should be printed
and distributed to each member Of the society
for careful perusa and preservation. There
were no swine on the ground, with the eXcep-
ton OF the creased pig, and he was caught and
triumphantly carried off by Frank w. Moses,
after scrabble too short to furnish the sport
] Ahi, huOu NlNh INT hllotiS DuSSOl was oIl'NCh
and creased.
| The poultry made first class show, there
| being over thirty coopS of fowls of every
| feather, some Of them too large for description
| here.
| In the hall the show was far behind that of
former years, owing to the poor quality of pears
| and scarcity of apples. The butter, bread,
| cheese and vegetables made a fine appearance,
| however, especially the vegetables; and the
fruit was probably ms GOOD Ms any town fair will
foil lot ANt-n FI,r From, tia
state farm, were tastelully arranged on the plat
form, and on each were displayed articles of
| needlc-work and ornamentation. Among the
| curious vegetables were lot of white Japan
cucumbers, exhibited by J. +. Gilmore in sizes
| varying from one inch to a foot in length, and
| also some snake cucumbcrs, or "Cucums
| FleNuOsus from one to three feet in length and
| growing in snarled-up Scrpcntinc manner On
reading the label "cucumbcrs," one naturally
| pauses to consider whether or not he is liable to
an attack of delirum tremenS, and feels re-
lievcd when he sees Il temperance man come
| along and shudder in the same way.
The sleighs exhibited by f. A. Brigham and
| Williams Bacon were the chief attraction in
| the lower hall, and represented an extensive
| branch of Westboro industry.
THE ADDRESS
| Was delivered by Hon. Simon Brown of Concord,
| editor of the New England Farmer The Baptist
church was taken for the purpose this year. which
| was a departure from the custom of former Occa-
| sions, when the Congregational church has been
utes past eleven when the president of the society
| Mr.. AnsOn Warren, introduced the speaker His
subject was Glow to keep the boys and girls on the
| farm" and he introduced it by speaking of the
| great changes which have been wrought in the
course of two or three generations upon rural New
England life In the times of our grandfathers, he
said at least of the boys of farmers family re-
manned under the rOof-tree of his father and raised
family of his own while cheering the declining
years of the old folks and the daughters, although
they could not in the natural course of things be
expected to remain at home after arriving at wom-
anhoOd, left it only to take loving interest in the
household of some other farmer; in those days
farms passed from father to through successive
generations; and around the family table, at the
district school and at church, people of the
families gathered year after year. But time came
when this Puritan phase of New England life
broken, and the children of farmers grew up only
to leave the pursuit in which they had been reared
and seek mode Of life which to them seemed more
honorable, fraught with less drudgery, and
consequently more desirable. And under the iniu-
ence of such tendency houses have gone to decay,
and the Oldest of all avOcations-one which under
lies all otheTs-has fallen into the hands of people
from foreign lands.
He proceeded to explain the cause of this
change and to recommend remedies in manner
which could not be mistaken and which, as was
plainly discernible among the audience carried its
conviction to the minds of his agricultural hearers
as they listened to his words. farmers children,
he said were like all the rest of the world-mOre
captivated by the splendid than the useful; and
when in their first days their surroundings show
them in farming life all drudgery, devoid of the
enjoyment coming from cultivation of the mind,
it is no wonder that they early form resolution to
go out among merchants and mechanics, and leave
the old clothes and podding days behind. The fact
should be recognized that by labor thought is made
healthy, and by thought labor is made
happy; and opportunity should be given TO the
children of farmers to gain such a mind culture as
will lead them to in their country homes some
thing besides the routine drudgery of horse in
cider-mill. Make home the brightest and most
desirable place in the world for them and they will
not be in such haste to leave it. Home is a form
OF OF property more than property; it is the place
where we have ENJOYED ourselves that is the best
for future enoyment-"where all the joys of yeSter-
day are painted on the morrow" The speaker
pictured the home such as larmer boys are anxious
to leave, where from earliest childhood they are
never away from the associations of labor; the
family lives in the Kitchen dav and evening and
when the outdoor labor is ended, the father comes
home tired, and sits down with the coat, tine hat
and boots on in which he has been at work and
stupidity spends the few hours before bedtime
among the steam of pots and kettles; the sitting
room if there is one, is seldom opened that it is
OF no actual use. Mechanics, of less means, gener-
ally have better furnished homes, and keep their
children better clad and supplied with entertain
ing readings but there is reason why it should be
so, and when the home on the farm is
made attractive, with a pleasantly furnished
living room, supplied with pictures, books
and papers, then children both boys and girls, who
are educated to think and work intelligently will
not leave the farm. He spoke particularly of the
fact that all kinds of knowledge then can be used
anywhere can be used with advantage to the farmer,
and dwelt with emphasis upon the importance of
giving the children on the farm clothes such are
worn by those of their age in cities and viii
lagos. If you want to bring a boy up to hang his
head, and appear to dislike himself and dread to
meet any one else dress him meanly; nothing will
make him hate his condition more heartily Give
them whole and neat clothes of modern style becom-
ing theirage andcondition, without rushing intoeX.
IRENE fashion and extravaganza he said, aud it will
pay well in the long run. He spoke of another mis-
take, often observed III families of boys, which is
the practice of picking out the smartest one and
pending all the money on him in lifting him for the
bank or the store TO the deprivation Of the others
when if it was divided so that all might receive a
fair education, the result would be much more sat
isfactory.
The exercises of the day closed by the an
nouncement of the following
PREMIUMS:
Mllch Cows-Best herd of of 10 more, Moses
Pollard; best herd of or more, J Stone; of or
more, ) Howe; or more C. Kittridge; best
cow raised by competitor, John Gilmore; I'd, b J
stone. Best COW owned by competitor, p
Vinal.
Heifers-Best years old G B Kittridge, Jr; I'd,
J + Gilmore; best ! year old Frank and Edward
Perrin; I'd, Jonathan Carpenter; best herd OF 4, b
j Stone.
Bulls Best bull, B Stones McIver best grade
or native bull, Jasper Fay; best bull calf Moses
Ransom of Upton.
Working 6xen-1st, Harvey Putnam of Grafton;
3D. d w Wheelock of Worcester; Sd, Benz Harring-
ton OF WestbOro; 4th, Arson Warren of Westboro;
9th, L Wheelock of Shrewsbury.
Steers Best pair years old, d w Wheelock of
Worcester; 3D. E WheelOck of Shrewsbury.
Fat Cattle-lst and I'd to Lyman Belknap of
Westboro
Poultry-Best turkeys. Curtis Beaman; best lot of
fowls, Il Ball of Shrewsbury I'd, II C Forbush.
Sheep-lst, VIM Maynard of Shrewsbury; I'd,
Colts-Best 3yrs old, LIST, NJ q Davis; I'd, Henry
Howard best 2 yrs old, l NJ Cakes of Ahllbury;
best one year old and under b Ferguson; gratuity
to Jesper Fay.
Flowing Match-lst pair of horses, 3 A Nourse
3D. Lyman Beknap; with yoke of oxen, LIST, d NJ
Wheeock of Worcester; 3D. Arson Warren Sd,
Oliver Wheelock 4th, Benz Harrington; 9TH, Har-
vey Putnam of Grafton.
Dairy-best butter, = Sadder of Upton; I'd,
Mrs Elijah Fagg of Westboro Best Cheese, j
Gilmorc best factory cheese, Moses Pollard of New
Braintree.
Carriage Horses-1st, b J Stowe; 3D. Moses Raw
son of Upton; Sd, Fitch Rice.
Matched Horses-1st, b Stone; ID, S T Flagg,
Southboro Breeding mares, list, S Ferguson;
I'd, Gilmore & Son.
Draft Horses-1st Jasper Fay; I'd, Rice & Fitch.
Bread-1st Mrs II Wetherbee; I'd, Miss Jennie
c Bowman; Sd, Charles Rice; 4th, Waldo b Bera-
ley
Apples-1st, F Gilmore; I'd, Gilmore Bros; Sd,
Samf Chamberlain; 4th, Flagg. Bestwinter APP
Piles, j L Henry
Pears--1st, Noah X Merriam of Grafton; I'd, Ly-
man Belllnap; Sd, state reform school; 4d Austin
Underwood; 5th Daniel w Arnold; 9Th 3 A
NOurse
Best Peaches-1st, J e Gilmore; I'd, A Nourse
Best ounces j Sanger; best cranberres, ElbrIdge
Rice; I'd, NJ & j L Henry.
Grapes-Best collection, VIM Maynard of North
bore; best five plates, state reform school; best
three plates, Darius Newton best plate, o Sta