Year: 1874

The Amenia Cattle Show and Fair came off last week. The weather through the entire week was everything that could be wished for and tended largely to make it a success. A very large display of quilts and other fancy articles were on exhibi- tion, also pictures and flowers unsurpass- ed for beauty and loveliness filled the building above and below. Flora and Pomona vied with each other in lending their charms to beautify the hall. In fact we have seldom seen better display both of fruits and flowers above and below, thus giving much pleasure to all in attendance. The display of working oxen was quite creditable, but the display of horses, al- though good, was not quite what we e1- pected at Duchess county fair. A very fair representation of all other kinds of farm stock were on exhibition.

 The balloon ascension, however, was a partial failure. The whole of the day was spent in generating gas,, yet not enough was raised to make successful ascension. Several attempts were made, but none of them carried the balloon more than ten or twelve feet while the fixtures for the voyage weIe attached. It being ascertained that no ascension would take place while the weights were attached. .she was finally cut loose from all incumbranc- es which enabled her to make rapid as- tension almost out of sight. The last that was seen of her she was about the size and appearance of g star in the direction of Several depredations have lately been made by street cattle upon some of the gardens owned by the residents of Main street, which cost the owners of the cattle some ten dollars, which we think will be a sure remedy in future. T.

 MarbIedaIe.

 Marbledale still lives, moves, and has it's being. with only slight convulsion to startle it's quiescence. Its business as heretofore are tobacco and tombstones, though this summer some have taken boarders and thus has began an innoya- tion that we hope will grow to immense proportions. Tobacco is going off lively at from twenty to twenty-five cents per pound in the bundle and the growers are happy.

 The spirit of improvement we are glad to say has seized our village slightly, but we long for a more severe attack. Mr. Ralph I. Wheaton is thoroughly re- constructing his residence. Mir. Edward Hunt is also doing the same, and they will in consequence be better prepared for boarders than eve- next season.

 Bishop Williams was here Sept. 27th and confirmed four personc. His text was the fifth verse of the second chapter of the second epistle of Paul to Timothy: 'And if a man also strive for masteries. yet is he not crowned except he strive lawfully" From this he preached ser mon in which he maintained that Chris tians are made by rule like machine, and that striving lawfully was following the established rites of the Established Church. He remarked that many might think he was preaching Journalism, but for such persons he cared nothing at all. From his remarks it appears that he is high churchman, and the reformed Epis- copal prayer book will never suit him. It will require another sermon to convince us that the best way to make christians is by rule, that is ritualism; or that chris tians lives should be marked out by the square and compass of particular formali- ty. Isn't "We are right and everybody else is wrong," species of egotistic par tialism?

 Mrs. Sally Barlow. our oldest inhab- itant, was buried on the 25th nit. at the very advanced age of ninety.tiye years.

 AS from the wing the sky no scar retains. The parted wave no furrow from the keel, ~s So dies Tn human hearts the thought of death."

 CORNWALL turned out very we'll to hear tlre Hampton singers, weather considered. The church is still without pastor.- Work has been resumed on the new cem- etery.