Connecticut western news., 1914-08-27
GOOD OLD NEWS
Cleaned from the Housatonic Republi' e. can of 66 Years Ago.

Cleaned from the Housatonic Republi-
 ''. can of 56 Years Ago.
 | In the Falls Village "Housatonic Republican" of May r, 1859, appeared the following concerning the beginning of the old Falls Village "cattle show, !" which came to its end many years ago: "We notice that many of our neigh bors are publishing praises of their villages and the enterprise displayed in and about them-we cannot boast of any great revival of business enterprise, except in the agricultural line; the interest in such matters is daily advanc- ing in this section, and in proportion to the work on the Fair grounds, and trotting course which are now progress ing rapidly toward completion. Falls Village will in very short time be possessed of one of the finest half-mile trotting courses in New England The same issue chronicled the marriage of couple of giddy young things, as follows: 'We are informed that MT. Wheeler Green Of Ashley Falls, Mass, who has attaiI ed the mature age of 100 years, was recently married to Mrs. Schemmerholn of Norfolk, who also has arrived at the respectable age of 80 years. !" E... ns.
 The issue of May IA, contained the complete inaugural message of Governor Buckingham, being the second inaugu- ral of the ''War Governor. The con- cluding paragraph is as follows:
 "The citizens of Connecticut regard slavery as system that paralyzes in- dustry, dries up the source of prosperity, obstructs the wheels of progress in the cause of education, civilization and christianity, and conflicts, irreconcil- ably, with the principles of human liberty. They regard it as the creature of local laws, having no rightful existence beyond State boundaries and while they will countenance no inter- ference with it, as it exists within the limits of our sister States, they will never acquiesce in its extension, by the general government, without entering their solemn protest against the exercise of powers so unauthorized by the Con- stitution, and so hazardous to the tranquility of the Union"
 The issue of May 21 contained the premium list of the Union Agricultural society for 1859, from which we give the judges in the various departments: Field crops Albert Bushnell, J. P. McNeil, w. A. Wolcott. Seeds and vegetables, T. s. Gold, E. Belden, Ashbel Landon. Dairies, bread, honey and sugar, Fred Miles, N. B. Stevens, R. R. Pratt. Fruits and horticulture, H. A. Wright, Geo. Gager, Albert Bushnell, Frederick Lyman. Mechan- ical productions, A. H. Holley, W. H. Barnum, B. B. Hotchkiss, H. Ames, S. D. Northway. Working and fat oxen, Augustus Miles, F. A. Hotchkiss, Walstem Goodrich. One and two-year- old steers and yearling heifers, Norman Spur, John P. Walton, Wesley Prescott. Milch COWS and 2-year-old heifers, J. F. McNeil, Amos Johnson, Samuel Ham, mond. Second-class stock, cows, (fourth division,) Robert Little, Jona- than Bates, Miles B. Tobey. Fifth division, Wm. E. Gaylord, James Lan- don, P. s. Barton. Swine, James Fn- sign, Wesley Prescott, Norman Spur. Coarse wool sheep, Lot Norton, Henry Walton, Jr., B. M. Rogers. Middle and fine wool sheep, John R. Ward, V. B. Roberts, E. Grove Lawrence. Matched carriage and single horses, Leonard Richardson, Wm. Douglass, John Goodwin. Stallions, A. N. Beach, Frederick Mills, Wm. Bushnell. Trot- ting horses, Jas. .VanDeusen, John L. Chamberlain, J. P. Brewster. Farm and draft horses Wilton Bradley, Calvin Chaffee, Lyman Page. Im- ported and blood stock, Geo. Coffin, w. A. Wolcott, ED. Goodwin. Poultry, Albert Moor, E. P. Hunt, A. B. Mitchell. Ploughing, OK teams, E. H. Bartram, Horace Landon, Warren Walker. Ploughing horse teams, Orin Wakeman, Silas Wells, John Cleave- land. Flowers and house plants, Mrs. E. Belden, Mrs. J. J. Fuller, Mrs. J. Eldrjdge. Domestic manufactures, Mrs. P. P. Everts, Mrs. T. l.. Hart, M. L. Graham, Sidney Ensign. Painting and embroidery, Mrs. Abby Lyman, Job Spencer.
 "Wombat is always trying to stir up suffragette hikes. ''