Year: 1859




Among the amusements he would include


the exhibition of the qualities of tho horse,


under the saddle, and not in these skeleton


sulkies, so much used, ,ohy he could not see


But he knew he must be cautious about en-


couraging the proclivity to horse flesh


He found more horse here than he had ex-


pected People could not talk of much else,


apparently. When he pointed towards a


beautiful woman this morning and asked


who Is that, he was answered ''that is a


four year old, sired by Flying Morgan. :"


There was too much horse here already. He


would have athletic games introduced, and


more attention paid to the means of physical
Development. Let it be seen how by regu-
lar habits and right living, by exercise and


the air which comes fresh and bracng from
your snow clad hills, (pointing back to old
Mansfield hoary peak from which a man
may step as 1t were into the bosom of God,
! the weakllng with a voice like n willow
whistle may be developed into the robust
! tall chested men. Let it be seen what is
| good for men and women and children as
well as for cattle and swine He would have
music introduced, and some of the features
! OF the sang UerCinS and musical festivals of
Germany, incorporated, that the people
might express in song their JOY, and and graf
tude for autumn's bOunties.


And he would have the people mingle
more in familiar conversation. There was
too much public speaking and too little
plain talk, in these places, as everywhere
! else Public speaking has become II great
national misfortune and a national SIN. 1t
Is introduced everywhere, on every occasion,
and the less that is required the more we
seem to have. There is more Of it in this
country than in all the world beside. Ne
other people would endure so much of it.
Il protest against it, for the speakers, - said
Mr. Banks ait is not always their fault; it
Is not my fault that | am speaking to you
to-day Those who rule the world, do it
by other means than oratory. Witness the
ladies, who are never on the stump. Plain
talk controls the destinies of nations and
creates men. Plato, Franklin, and Calhoun,
men who have right to be named together,
created their influence, (and one Of them had
too much of it for the country's good,) not
by speeches but by conversation. Let the
people abandon this aburd point Of national
etiquette which allows no one to accost his
fellow without a formal introduction, and
Join in rational and free intercourse. This
is their day. They are gathered to see what
improvement can be made in stable and
kitchen, in parlor and nursery, for the year
to come What is doing IN potatoes. and
how many in a hill Is there any rot
none, thank God SO far. How were
those fat cattle bred, and did wife
or husband have the care of them
Who sits best in the saddle, who can
walk a mile the best? Which is the best of
these reapers which ride the meadows like
ships Of war at sea, cutting their way before
them How about bonnets and crinolines,
and these dog collars that the men are wear
ING, and which look as if we were going
down instead of up, to the black instead of
the white leaders of civilization Here we
are. All are welcome. Let all enjoy them
sdves in all rational ways, and the eff
feet Of such festivals will be felt in our
homes. Many Of them need it. | have seen,
this summer, farm life, which seems nearest |
to God and which He designed to be the
5eg life, stripped OF everything but the |
harest exertion and the dullest labor. Not |
a flower garden or q saddle horse, or a piano |
OF hdruIy sho+ es- -, -illo5o, not IA ial.o I
or story in an entire neighborhood This |
should not be. If our sons and daughters /
are TO be what our ancestors were. must |
restore the games, the amusements, the So |
cial enjoyment Of Olden time. Ladies, the |
DUTY belongs 10 you. Gentlemen, the duty |
is ours. and let US TO work at it in earnest.


GOV. Banks spoke with remarkable power
aud yivacity and enlivened his discourse by |
many a stroke Of humor which our abstract
does not represent. 1t was a right down
hearty, able and sensible speech and the
speaker seems to be one Of natures noble
men We thought him one Of the plea
santest out-ofdoor speakers we had ever
listened to- and by his whole carriage and
manner, as well as by the substance of his
speech, he made most favorable impression
on his auditory. lie was repeatedly ap-
plauded. and at the close, three cheers, which
were proposed by Gen. Clarke, for the Ne
chanic of Waltham now the foreman Of
were given with a viii.


Col Needham next introduced Gen. Wool,
as the gallant soldier of Plattsburgh, Queens
town and Buena Vista Gen. Wool was
greeted with three cheers He declined to
make speech saying that Gov. Banks as
usual had finished his work and left nothing
that he need say, except to express in word
his admiration of Vermont, of the spirit of
her sons, the beauty of her daughters, and
of her scenery, and the fine qualities of her
horses and cattle and sheep, and to tender
his grateful acknowledgements to the Vt.
State Agricultural society and to his audience,
for the manner in which they had honored
him.


Loud and persevering calls were then given
for Mr.. Giddings who was on the stand, and
at last brought him to his feet. He said that
it was his first visit to Vermont. but he had
long been acquainted with her through her
Heman Allen, of Burling-
ton, Swift, Young, Prentiss, Phelps, Upham,
his cotemporaries, all were gone. lie still
fingered and had come now in his Old age to
visit the people they had represented. Under
wholly unexpected call he found it difficult
to express his emotions. He could only
thank them for their kindness. and ask their
permission to withdraw. Mr. Giddings re-
MARKS, evidently touched those who heard
him, and three cheers thrice repeated were
given for Mr.. Giddings.


In the evening Mr.. Giddings lectured in
the Town Hall to one of the largest and
N ost interested audiences ever collected in
that place.


The Fair just closed must be set down
among the most fuccessful ones yet held in
this State. The total receipts were about
fouv thousand dollars -four or five hundred
dollars more than the receipts of last year,
and enough to pay all the premiums and ex
penses and to add something to the surplus
fund of the Society. OF the total receipts,
nearly one half was taken on the third day,