Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-20

den yesterday was estimated at about {, ,O00.
 Those who have patronized the exhibitions
 of the society since the fairs have been held
 at the Meriden Park say that the attendance
 was the largest they have ever seen at any of
 the fairs there. Early in the forenoon there
 were crowds Of people going in at the park gates, and the attendance is very gratifying.
 The exhibition of trained steers and oxen
 was on the programme of the forenoon. Mir.
 Egbert W. Lyons. of Burlington, Conn, had an entry of four trained steers which he ex-
 hibited before the judges anda large circle of
 spectators All the animals executed their manauEres apparently without fear of their
 trainer. se The performance consisted of jumping through hoops, and over each other, walking up steep inclined plane backwards
 into cart, and finally teetering on a we'll
 constructed teetering board after the manner
 of trained horses. Young Lyons with his two pair of steers held the close attention of
 those present for more than an hour. One pair of the steers were twins and SO near ! alike that good judges would not be able to distinguish one from the other. Other exhi- bitors in this class were N. Holcomb and 0. E. Hamblin. The test of draught oxen was ! interesting to farmers and others, and one of ! the secretary's books was written by the judges: ''An the cattle in our classes are well
 matched in disposition, size and color, and merit the admiration of your committee"
 l 7,- THE GOVERNOR AT THE PARK. 8 The presence of Governor Waller and | staff and other distinguished visitors was no I doubt an incentive to many to be present. The attendance in the afternoon was much
 larger than during the morning, every avail | able seat being taken and all good standing l room was occupied. A large percentage of | the audience were ladies, many of them
 young and pretty, and the familiar faces of
 many New Haven gentlemen and ladies were noticed in the crowd. The Governor and | party arrived and proceeded to the audience stand, where the pleasant speech of Governor Waller was followed by similar one from l Governor Jarvis of North Carolina The | speeches are as follows:
 l -. GOVERNOR wAIhER's ADDRESS. -s-+a
 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN :-I regret that am not able to requite the kindness of your reception by undertaking to tell you ''What 1 I know about farming ]" am not, am
 compelled to confess, however it may injure
 mo in your coveted estimation, a practical farmer. The little knowledge have on the l subject, think in this presence had better | keep to myself. It is so precious that I
 ought not to give it away" I enjoy farm | ing as one may piece of music he cannot l have desires, without knowledge. While | I am not a practical farmer, beg to l assure you tsI want to be a farmer and l with the farmers dwell" And I look for ward to happy time when escaping as 8 l lawyer from the troubles of other people
 and as politician escaping from my own. I l can flee to quiet farm of one hundred or so
 acres, well watered by trout streams and
 well shaded by trees and there away from
 telegraphs and telephones, newspapers and
 newspaper reporters; enjoy with you
 and other friends like you the close of 8
 does well in contributing toward the l maintainance of fairs and festivals, in- | tended as this is, to aid and to honor the
 occupation of the farmer, the earliest and
 most useful occupation of civilized life.
 Such organizations not only impart useful
 information to the husbandman, but they | tend to inspire him with an enthusiasm for
 his honorable calling, and to make him cheer
 full and contented with the labor it imposes | The farmer, as well as the artizan, the paint 1 CT and the sculptor, is entitled to the oppor- tunities public exhibitions offer to gratify his profession and advance his art. Town, county and industrial exhibi- | tions ard celebrations, prudently managed, magnify their object, and tend to bring and
 bind together those whose interests make
 them related. This Silver city few weeks ago enjoyed an occa-
 sion that illustrates the thought
 that am suggesting. The story of
 was told by her distinguished Senator of
 whose recognized ability and position in the
 councils of the nation, every citizen of Con-
 nectieut of whatever party, has reason
 to be proud. As I read the story I
 envied the men who had shared in
 the work and the glory of Meriden's success.
 Agriculture deserves every possible aid and
 encouragement from the State and nation.
 It engages the labor and thought of nearly
 50, ,O00 of our people in Connecticut, and
 employs in its prosecution more than $14O,-
 0OO, 900 of their capital. Ours is an aericul-
 tural nation. The fields and farms of this great country not only furnish all the neces- saries of life for our domestic consumption, but in addition they furnish fve-sixths of all our foreign exportation, amounting in round numbers annually to about $500, ,OOO,- GOO, and the great industry is not dependent, like some others, upon artificial aid for it's growing prosperity. Indeed, it helps other industries by bearing the larger part of the taxation their protection makes necessary But the farmer, the mechanic and the manu- factuer are so related that the prosperity of either is shared by them all The occupation
 know, entirely picturesque. It has it's share of care and disappointment,
 and more than it's share of the burden of
 taxation and the weariness of labor. But it
 has somc features peculiarly it's own, that are
 charming to contemplate. The farmer leads an eleTating, healthful, independent life. srsz sasts5 sg,.i = =4a.z sss54l.. !
 The routine labor puts him in communion with nature and as near his Creator as was Adam in the fields God gave him to cultivate, and if he has eyes that see and Q mind that thinks, he must, observing as he pursues his daily occupations the changes of seasons, re. ceiving the gifts they bring to him, find tongues in the trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. The farmers work is constant and arduous, but it gives good appetite and brings sound sleep. Other pursuits may the most rocky places of New England in- | dustry soon gives the thrifty worker the fee ! in his farm and then he is one of the lords of creation and no man is his master. Health competence and independence is | the portion of the intelligent, ii1dus- l trious tiller of the soil. What more ! is there to the happiest of lives, and but for \ avarice and envy, what more could we de- ! sire We are all apt, now and then, to be. come discontented with the labor of our | life, whatever it may be, and to wish fortune | had placed us in other fields to pursue. The I while he knows larger crops are harvested | elsewhere, to be entirely exempt | from this common infirmity. but I it may be fortunate for him that | he cannot, without risk, change \ his occupation or alter his domicile, | for am inclined to believe as Governor An ! drews said in message to our General As | sembly, in the year '79, that many if not \ most of those who emigrate from Connecti- \ cut farm to one on the frontier, could, by the | same diligence, economy and self denial, ac- | cumulate in 6 few years as much here as | there, and enjoy in the meantime the bene- fits of our utilization. Connecticut is a | good State to live in, Rs well as to hail from, and her material prosperity is | every day increasing. would I not repress that sort of excelsior spirit | that has made the young men of Connections | the pioneers of the West. But as our State l needs in the promotion of the growing indus tries the aid of the boys she has matured and | educated, would have them, before they | leave their homes and the old folks behind, | make themselves sure that they can elsewhere do better than here. And would have them I remember, in their plans for the future, that | it is not of life to gather riches, that the | enjoyment of moral, social and intellectual | advantages, without wealth, is better than I the enjoyment of wealth without them. That \
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