Litchfield enquirer., 1874-02-19
LlTCHFIELD

Ol N 6u0eSoaY dliCiAOOM tuCIc WdD meeting of the County Agricultural So- ciety at the Town Room. About fifty were in attendance among whom were the following gentlemen from other towns: CornwaU-Harry Sedgwick. Nathan Hart, Titus l.. Hart, T. s. Gold, Robert Minor, Smith Beach Bethlehena-W. B. Lake. G0shen-David W. Howe, Jo- seph Lamphiere. 1forris-Samuel w. Ensign, Henry Steele. Ne,0 Milford. Henry W. Booth. NogJolE- Robbins Battell. T0rrington -Arvid Dayton.
 Washington-J. s. Titus, c. L. Ford. | WdtertOoo1a-Jacob N. Blakeslee, o. B. King, John Hemmingway.
 Mr. F. R. Starr, president of the Socie- 1 ty, was present and called on the various
 members of the society for an expression
 opinion regarding the possibility of get
 ing mp a real County Fair next fall | MT. T. s. Gold, of Cornwall, said he had come to listen rather than to talk.
 He spoke of the change from county to
 local fairs thathad been going on through out this and other counties. He thought
 the fairs were, however, on the whole bet
 ter than the old ones. Devon cattle and fine wool sheep were not perhaps as we'll
 represented but in other respects, espec- 1 ially i'll fruits and flowers, these exhibitions 1 had improved. He referred to the fact ! that exhibitors had once been voted mile- I age but owing as was afterwards explain ed to lack of funds it had not been al- 1 lowed them.
 1 MT. Nathan Hart, of Cornwall, explained that Cornwall people could go the Falls Village fair, and back, the same day, while, on the visiting Litchfield, nights stay and considerable expense were in- | volved. He did not believe the county society could afford to pay mileage. MT. Arvid Dayton, of Wolcottville, said that their Valley Park Association. was pretty much played out, and thought a | county fair could be maintained at much less proportionate expense and be more l successful than town fairs.
 Mir. Hart suggested some arrange l ment by which the local associations might compete at the county fairs.
 Mir. c. l.. Ford, of Washington, said that four fairs were held Ill towns adjoin- ing that place. They could not afford to ] attend them aIl Coming to Litchield Haa Testay ayRsapaig4 Ra ef ~.. all; because they ty full purse. He would come, however, if others would help make it really fine fair.
 Inquiry was made about the proposed change of site Mr. Starr said that pro- ject had been given up because the requi- site releases could not be obtained on the old site. They could get the land neces- sary for an extension of their present grounds at a reasonable rate.
 Mir. Royal A. Ford, of Litchfeld, ex- pressed his qualification that the plan for change of site was given up. He thought the present location much the best.
 MT. O. B. King, president of the Wa tertown society, said WatertoNn had al- ways been willing to help support the county society, but that the other towns and societies Ill the county had taken lit- tie interest He proposed the plan of having premiums offered for competition between the prize cattle of the local fairs.
 MT. Jacob Blakeslee, the old Water town farmer, and others, expressed their views.
 Mir. Starr said there was no use dany- ing that the thing had run down to mere local fair-that if it was to be a county fair-a strong and united effort must be made to get up an exhibition wor- thy of the county.
 MT. Hart then offered the following re- solution which was unanimously adopted:
 Resoloed. That committee one for each town ln the county be appointed to act Tn connection with the Executive Committee of this Society with power to act aA may to then seen expedient to increase the interest in our County Fair.
 Various names were suggested for the consideration of the committee but the list is not yet entirely completed.
 This was the largest special meeting of the Agricultural Society we have ever known and if the interest thus aroused is turned to judicious account, as we believe it will be, the County society will make a new departure and start up into new life, at its next fair
 After the meeting adjourned, & gentle man from Massachusetts urged the forma- tion of granges among the farmers, and we believe one is being organized in Corn wall
 Bantam Lake and the lake on Mt. Tom were both stocked with two thous- and Salmon trout on Thursday night last If this experiment proves successful, and there Is no reason why it should not, as the fish was procured and transported with the utmost care, the water in the cans being changed every three hours while they were in transit, it will, in the course of two or three years, prove very valuable addition to the waters our town. All who have visited Lake George will re- member the delicious Lake Trout. Church matters have been maturing rapidly of late. MT. Taylor will probably stay with the Methodists another year. MT. Wilkins has been rendered a call to the rectorship of St. Michael's by the Wardens and Vestry of that parish. MT. Elliott leaves the Congregational church at the expiration of his term in the spring. The Congregational society voted on Sat urday to assume the purchase of the land on which the old church stands, made by individuals at the time of its removal.
 The new hotel progresses rapidly. The inside partitioning is we'll advanced; the upper rooms are lathed, and the main stairway is up as far as the third story.
 We hope there will be full attend