Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-17
THE STATE FAIR.

Governor,s Day-A Large Number
 of People in AttendancG-The Fine
 Weather Continues-AdditiOn Ex.
 hibits In the Town Hall and at
 the Park-SIate Attorney DoOlittIe
 Takes a First Premium-GOvernor
 Harrisonss Address-The Races.
 MER1DEN, Sept. 16.-The State Agricultu- ral society has been favored with another
 beautiful day for their fair and as conse- quence the park was crowded today with
 teams and pedestrians from near and from
 far It seemed as though every vehicle that
 had four wheels had been brought into requi-
 sition to bring the people from the surround
 ing towns to the fair. In the forenoon the
 Town hall was completely hedged in with
 carriages and wagons, some of them 'an-
 cient" and some of them of more modern
 build In the afternoon these same convey ances were to be seen at the park. A walk about the hall revealed the fact that twenty four hours had made quite change in the quantity of exhibits and the quality also seemed to be improved from the preceding day. The display of fruit was the theme of general remark; the quantity not only being very large, but cor-espondingly fine. Among the exhibitors in the vicinity of New Haven who made fine displays were E. O. Warner of North Haven, who exhibits fine variety of pears and apples; A. D. Mclean, of Wallingford, comes to the front with handsome collection of pears; c. P. Augur, of Whitneyville, displays fine collection of grapes of different varieties, but not so large and handsome as the display made by P. M. Augur & Sons, of Middlefield; H. c. Rowe &c O., of Fair Haven, exhibit collection Of oysters from three days to eight days old; J. Herbert Dickerman, of Mt. Carmel, is among the largest exhibitors of apples, pears and grapes, while Theron B. Platt of Newtown, Cyrus Pickett of Hamden, and George R. Johnson of Cheshire show potatoes in large variety and of large size. So with many whose exhibits of potatoes are bet ter than have been seen for years. The exhibit of flowers, principally by the ladies of Meriden, is center of attrac Iion and the expressions, "elegant, :" "beauti- full, !" are heard on all sides.
 GOVERNOR HARRIsoN's ARRIVAL.
 His Excellency Governor Harrison accom-
 panied by his staff arrived this forenoon on
 the II o'clock train. The Governor was ac-
 co onpanied by Senator Hawley, who joined
 him in New Haven. The members of his
 staff accompanying the Governor were: Ex-
 ecutive Secretary Arthur s. Osborne, Adju-
 tant General SIR Smith, Assistant Adjutant
 General George NJ. White, Quartermaster
 General A. l.. Goodrich, Paymaster General
 Il. C.
 Barton and Colonels Tracy B. Warren and
 c. H. R. Mott. The Governors party were
 met at the depot by Mayor Doolittle, Senator
 Platt, Alderman Bradley and eX-Maycr
 Lines. Carriages were at once taken and the
 party drove to Town hall where the exhibits
 were examined, the Governor expressing himself as highly pleased with the fine dis
 play. At 12 o'clock they re entered the car
 riages and after drive about the city and obtaining fine view from the surrounding hills they were driven to the "Winthrop" where they dined.
 After. dinner the party was taken to the park in carriages and on arriving there were at once conducted to the grand stand The Governor was greeted with hearty applause as he made his appearance and the band played "Hail to the Chief" Vice President Barstow of the Agricultural society intro duced the Governor, who spoke as follows:
 It gives me very great pleasure to meet so many of my fellow citizens, and especially so many who are interested in the important subject of agriculture. From one so un- skilled in agriculture and agricultural pur- suits speech can hardly be expected. There are some things, however, that may be said that can hardly be Inappropriate to an occa- sion like this. There States small in territory and population that have been very successful in agriculture. Holland is one of them It is small in territory and popula- tion but great in industry. The Dutchman says God made all the rest of the world, but the Dutch made Holland. And so it is. They live on the same soil cultivated by their fathers and built up from the sea gene rations ago.
 There is another State that fronts upon the sea- It is full of hills and valleys, it's soil is fertile in some places and in others hard and rugged. Its clim ate is temperate and bracing and best adapted to the moral and intellectual development of it's people. r. int int fha world Its morals are high and it's people are industrious. its villages are filled with manufactories and everything needed is made for her people. They are 8 rich and pros porous people and there is no State in the world that has more comfortable homes own ed by her workmen. They are fires people. Their laws are just, humane and liberal in all things. It cares for it's insane, for the deaf and dumb and the blind. It sustains free and education, and all that g State ought to do it does for its peo in it may well thank God and say God bless the commonwealth of Connecticut.
 have told you the truth, but l have not told you the whole truth. This picture will not be true until there is shadow cast upon it. am about to speak of matter that should interest every one who has the best interest of the State at heart. In many
  and this is true of one-half or more of the towns in the State. This is chiefly true in agricultural towns. Can this trouble be met, and if so, how? There are those interested in agriculture that can do this by strengthening the agricultural inter ests of the State and by legislation if necessary It is grievous thing this disproportion of population of the towns in this State be- lieve the remedy can be found and applied If the people of Holland could create the land on which they live, then Connecticut can improve it's farms. When this is dcne there will be no better State than that of our own Connecticut.
 SENATOR HAWLEY's SPEECH.
 Senator Hawley was next introduced. He said: did not come here to instruct any one on the subject of agriculture, but rather as a public servant to learn something about l it. With it's soil for the most part unfavor- able for farming, the State cannot, of course, ! compete with the almost illimitable West. | A few years ago it cost two cents per ton per | mile to transport grain from the West to the | East. Now it costs about seven mills, l thus bringing the West ill closer 1 competition with the East. The amount | of government land now fit or obtaina- l ble for farms is but a minute fraction l of what it was thirty years ago. It will be l but few years until it will be all taken and l thus will be removed the incentive that has StAO SASSAAhASAAS of the East. Then those farming districts will fill up and become prosperous and land here will be valuable. It is not pleasant to contemplate the depopulation of these hill side farming districts, but it does not indi- cate loss to the State, for they con- centrate in the manufacturing towns. But I do Snot fear for New Eng land. Shallow politicians talked once of shutting us out but if they did New Eng land would have 8 valuable contract on its hands to get back again inside of twenty-four hours and make money out of it. There is soil nowhere too barren to starve the Van kee. I find that I am liable to make a speech if continue, and did not think it was in me when I got up. So I'd better stop and remain your obedient servant.
 The Governor and party then went through the park and looked over the many fine exhibits for half an hour, after which they returned to the hotel.
 1.-THE EXHIBITS.
 Among the exhibits noticed to-day were those of J. T. Leighton & Co. of Broadway, New Haven, who show the Bradley Syracuse mower, Nash & Brothers Acme harrow and a full line of ploughs. H. B. Bigelow & Go. have one of their upright portable engines on the ground of eight horse power, which is