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It is indeed' a subject:or congratulation .with those .who were the first to establish the Society that".at no time has the exhibition of any year, fallen be hind ,that of its predeceirs. either in the in terest manifested' by' the citizens of the coun ty and their fOinilies, or in tint display - of fern prod UCtS, • . The Adak-sc was delivered-liy A. ?if, Span gler of Philadelphia, ft he .Progrces ire F a rme r , and Was an ettihrtintly practical and useful production—at the - Cenci union of, which the following . resolution'was o&red and adopted. Resolved, That the thanks of ithe Societ v be presented . to Mr. Spangler for his. exeel -lent Address mid that a copy - of it be solicit ed for publicationaml that i:e he •elected an honorary member of this Society. , • the NO. of entriii. .of - eat Ile •was------for. ithieh tliciditFerent Committees reeommendcd premiums as foilons • REPORT ON BULLS AND COWS. The undersigned having discharged the duties assigned .thein report to the Agrienl-. turd Society of Susquehan to as follow;: For the best Durham Bull, S. W.. Breed, $5 ". 2nd " " .46 3 -" the best Devon Harri: Smith, 5 " 2nd " " - . " (eo: W. Tyler, 3 ". best Grade' Bull, F.ll. Hollister, 5 " 2nd best ' " 3 best cow as re...amen'ortit ; and appear ance, Harris Smith, e For 2nd best. do. ' Thos. Sweeny, 3 " L '," lot of 5 cows; Bi A. Butterfield; 5 ' Your Committee having received im rep resentation; as to . the result of :My eiow make no award he to the:best cow front 'results and 'they would call the attention of the Society . ' to a Devon Bull exhibited by Mr. quo. • At kinson of Wyoming. county and, recommend - they award him a discretionary "preimunt if t 2. We were Mitch pleased with, a yearlifig bail owned L. Post of .71Iontro-e and feel confident from the exhibition of Stock . rnaile_to , day . , that, the Society is doing a gra t deal for its improvoMMit ii:Vtios. P. PIIINNEY, • LILISTEtt. • DAVID WAKELLE. The • Coitimitiee pppoitite.l tr, egainine Matched Steers mid Fat Cattle in tie the 101- 19wing They have eiamined all the stogy k• present ed for their inspection and Were highly. grail; . fled to see such fine specimens of Stiscia Co. Stock. . It is clearly_xnanifest that there is a "piritof laudableambition amongst our stock _ growers that will 'have a powerful and salutti .ry intlrience upon the r;tock growing interest of our county. InStead of the lean and qtri!e ordinary raised here a few years ago, you see 'thosethat would do honor to - any count. Fair and we trustr that the spirit of worthy, roterprise will increase with every , year and that her stock will becoMe as famous as her corn and Butter.' • They atvard premiums as ' follows : For best matched 3 year olds, J.W.Merritt,ss 2nd " " • "• • J. P. Smith, 3. 3rd " "-- -,' -" A. Sweet, 2 " " 2 . year old, E. G. Babcock 5 2nd " ". " • G.J. , floilister, 3 3rd,.'" ". .". Edwin hill, .• 2 Fur' " Fat Cattle, -• John liarrintiton,3 i' Ann WAKELEE, GA I:ftY LAW, ' • . .. . C. J. CURTIS. • The Committee to - judge . .cm , yOung stock do respsctfullh . submit the following awards: F.or pest 2 yrs. old heifer,. I). E. - Whitney, -- 5 . kir the '2nd best.2.year old' Heifer, I). E. , :Whitney . ' • t• 3. ,Whitney, •Fcri,.• 3d ' " ." Timothy Boss, . 2 "-best let" -- of 5 yearlings Harry Smith, 05 " 2d . (.4, .. 4/ 4/ Win. Jessup,' 3, I. 34 ,t 4 - . 4/ • - C. B. Griffis, ••2. ," best " " calvs - 11:.ary Smith.:,. "\ 2d " • " " [. ll.liollister,3 " 3d " : " - " •• Micial Kean, 2 - -: • r-‘ -.: RUFUS SMITII.. . - GEO. HARRISON. - - , :-- • - • . - STANLEY TURIIELL" . The - Judges on the . best 10. yoke of oxeti. I'port that they hare made all eTainirra C t ons 1-- and in our opirtiod do 'award the:first -Prcuri- um to Brooklyn, andthe 2ri to-Bridgewater. • `Also on the Best working oxen they award • eve die jiidg , t ,, , • ,- -:ze first premium to. Robert: Kent, * 5 - • .tfi'er:ii nilicks I ininici. . .. ' 2 , 1 " !. (4) ' : M"ning Perim. 3. . . _:o• have ex:tinier:4l the ... " 3d ' " : ' to.. .AVai. Jessup. .. 2 - the fir:-ir:cirri...lM to R..B.)lirr There weree numberofveri.. - . fitre cattle Ipt siti , olid 13e , i. to N. P. wh. ;-, :tton, tk i ,, we Gould" not.givii premiums to all, 'One pair . , - :• :• • • rm „,... : ,,,,, a 4 Tear olds, 'belonging `'to Perrin' Well;.. ' '. • . ton sKY * Jr.wcrii, that were large and _nice, and ninny outer, Report olCionnzittce'On 'Taney Needle 'Work tilt is think 'Would . d6herior tosny PAriner• cad Flowrx. - . i. • r - - 1 ' lALLIS JUSTIS.: ~. . S lim commiltee on Ornamental- Nceille • •,.; ,. s'. li. lI.OLLISI'ER, . ~w-m k mrd.ll.l o ,i• e is.. report" a full and !.)tier-. •.• • - JAME:S•IitAW.W.. '' tloWin4 r...ltihdrirM . .in this de v rttnerir aad There *ere 25 sheep entered for_pierniaing . . i Tu€'' 1 drat the i :Vt., trrait,tthere.4 hats greatly hie; faiserl„, Comtnittee recommend the.' follottirig ;it - 1i! moo , 118 i,. been ritiite to milder i the Fair Jaiiiffn were adopted:. , • . - pleasing and •atiractlye.. ''The treedlel,work, For the Best Long wooled Buck,.-H:Diink- all . exhihit(fti ;plod taste and indtistrY.. , et, - '' " • The ConitirittecadV6e that ;r:r.ertifi , ate of . . . 1 2d..best-: '•:.'* : , M. o.ak!e,Y,, --, . 3 . '., m er it h e awarded to Miss Diary .Nlt;.Conisellor • " le‘t . "' ' Ewes. : I), St start; s'3.- 8 fin, .sl.lw,in e n oPtilin inuslitinee t Oct Work. " i)er4-Soulit Down Buck. L.Bunni , ntr , y3. . mi„ . .,,, 1 ) „,„ K A ,,i, r, is entitled to . - t i t d fit . 4 -1 .. " d b e ,ie, . 11, Currier, ' • 2. ,rends for elegant scotch - work i,kirts,• - --a . "" 19 best; ''' ' 4 Eweg,M.P.. Robins,:t 3 - speviint.' n 'or elaborate embroi,tery. . .. ." 2d best, • : ' " " .'Elegant spr,wirtietis w e re eskit.ifcci br 'ltiri. "bet rine wooled Back, E. f.':oodrieli, .8. ch, ti die . r . M r - % The,..._ . Ly 00 , 4 , ao Miss S , Tlfia ".. 2 4 best 'if - •_ - o• .. U. Burrowes l / 4 . • 2,. 14.. 0 i t5 , .: ! orl itudersieeves and ,other :tree.dhe I .` best ." - -...-- Ewes, - - ' E... Roper, - - .3.. ..i vor k-• - b y • .Miss Bessie . Itiley,-:whic„ih evince 1 . .. .. u . 2a kat " . g - • -E; Gooffri44l. 2; •reai skill nod taste:" ''• . • - :',. 1 - • : WvW, C.MILES,., .- 'g -•-- •:. - ..-'- ••--' - ' 1 1 - • 14; 4 - . . 11:0. coNgfAN . , ' . A....c , 0!1ar,, of,. it. , : rantr •Wtero, . y ; Bit. '} . , , • F. P] B . -: .. ... ebarkone br ,Miss Ballard and Elajirs Ford- 1 .. . . . J There were entered for,premiums on Swine 133, fur whielt.the Committee on' Swine heir r . I lure to lieix?rt that Alley . :award .premiums as follows': 61. For the best Breeding Sow. Wm. Jessup,*3 2d hest ° ." S. Meachnn, • 2. The alone are of the Chester CO. Breed . . ... For the best 13oar;Wtn. Jessup, - . *3 The above is of white Suffolk Breed.• For 2d best Boar, John 'ltarrington,. 142 "'best lot Of pit?, - :Win. Jessup, . . 3 " 211 best lot. " S. Mealliam, . 2 One of the Committee visited State Fair at - Elmira and is decidedly of ofilnion - that no Boar was exhibited there,-equal- to Judge: Jt4. , up's, and I hal the swit e . at - this Fair :Irefully equal to those .lispl4Yefl at El-. E. G. 13.111(701. T. GRIFFIN. • Of TioNes the,: were - entered rot'. exhibition 31, on which the Committee m a de fol- Te_port ; t For 1tt , :41. Datiie . l Stewart, e 5 Itne, • " 140 cult, Elijah . Blown, 5 Wm. 11, .Joneg, .3 " hest thatv . liea lleirses, .L W. I lintekney, 5 " 2il I e t, NI. S. (' , atlin, 3. , t kq there %vas nii preiniurn; offetlod for Inures. withot t-nt fillie•s• Or on unitr i oken horse,:, th e y have awarded non e , tqlt would say that the exhibition was good. t - . 'DANIEL SEARLE. One of. the Committee state that att; emu 1 tits made in copying this 'report and • that j they intended to"award. brit: R. Little, pre inium for best- single bore, and to 1"). F. 11.1 e. for 2.1 best single horse and that the' premi um rot `.O best Stallion - whs ititetult . 4l to awarded Ito Stephen.llmig l itistead of 1). T. Roe: The subject. L will be brought before the A, nest meetin7 thi! - Sektiety:: The vountsitfee , i`n D.utte•-tie Nlanufaet tires reslie , tetilly to report. • That they have t suntiued, th.r varioug arti cle!: submitted tOth(;ir•inspet-tion with much .14easitte•and stati , faction, hav-e al !reed on the follSwitt , ;• award : - • ; • _ Flannel of 25 1s:17o. \ !tut is— I , t prvini um. • be.q. tio. of 11 . o ,4 v :qrs. job ti I,lat toti--23 preini UM. . Third beat ,10. tif 20 yd:. MN. Oire,liail Bail; -3.1 iirvutitim .fl o st ~f Vitrn ciapefiiig, 7 - yds., MN A. L. Tittany-174 ltra•tnituu, • ' do. 4o v(1.4., 21114. St , :ari IL Loom- • - • • Thin! du. 21 cds,- - Mr ti, 13otts--_. 3tl Best piece of Rag C:itOn,t, 20 yds., Mrs. li, C. Sayer----Isl pretnit!m. • - 13ectifid B.!st-do. 20 yds., Mrs. F. M. Babcock —2ll premi tun; riest,half duz., Wool soel's Miss Esther gait!- . tier— kt premium. Se:•ond 13est do • Mrs I lac Butts,--2d r Best tea quilt NirsAlenjaman•Sayer—lfzt , rum. Secoml ;14. Miss • Ilelen ,Bullard-2d .• preinium. A forge ntutil4r oiarti . Cies beim , - exhibited your C(lnimittee (found not a little difficulty in some e4ses it d i;kwing the': of superior merit. - Mulling' -their - award, thei4ore they wis6 to add as ,Worthy of lionorablt:t mention Tome v 4 . 14 - nice quilts exhibited by ItisSCla6 MrA..Aaron TacJor, Miss Lefiorn Alle 4r , MrL - Sand; Morse, , Mrs.- L. W. Breed : Mrs. TicymAds, and especi:dly one ex- Ilibi;ed by Miss Etninaliose,a little Miss on: ly filar and a half • yt:ars 01d... Also. several -tin e caepelintt ..xhibit(l len-Bullard, and M. Imes- Merman.'" • 0. 0. •LlEmpsTE . An t . • • Mrs. ADELICASSEDY JAMES KAS , OS ; CABINET WARE.. - your committee regult. fllar - 11'1(.1r -tvas' not a more: full 1111. livailtiftif. %kart.. lora . maliopmy S.(..retatv mid 1 . 14;`;,1: e:Ne exl i tibiT e d Ity Smith aml tire: Iteittg-ilit Ottlv they would award to them OK; highest premi um. ' . .Wm. li. 80ra,4 n - .. • •.: 1.00 BEACH,. . , CIDER VINF:GAR: , . •I • appointed to iin l the ...- oThin, ;UM eider-Vine .n nria do ii..e; : f ill • • ml, .f.-4,00 ' ! ) : ~..„ "4 , A WEEKLY JOURNAL—DEVOTED TO POLITICS, NEWS, LITERATURE, AGIIICULTM, SCIENCE, AND lifoßAurt. BENJA,MIN YRES DI WS . JUSTIN. • con , ttuoed of d'Hfl;111or flowers wits het ter than ever ber,re in the histoty 'of the Sot:joy. Our Fair ()emits too late to display the glory . .a floral poiluctions, and the late cold wet ',.eason has tendered the fact intu-aallv inaa ...Pieious.. AV.11.4 accrdingiv a source of re-' al satistaction,an eiujoyment to it only to yimr vonimittee, but to all in attendatict.y uron the, I Fair; to find . 811 exhilaration at Once Fo large au& so beautiful. - • ' • Vint t ill rc aclilr conclude front ,the exhit i ,ited this year in this Dep"artmetit, that if a stiitalde were ereeted for a fhual Ilan; where the ladie: could, saf e ly Wing. and tastily :mange their hot In'ttise - plants; Ste.;- ipteltatitet •••otity c(tultl vie tilt ,any tither eohnty in Northern Peluisylvatiia in flowers 'Us site dorr now move in the, trilire substan- Hal bitt less beautiful products of the garden 'and,rhe 'farm. Mrs. D.C. Sayer exhibited four pvramlik all a %sell arranged - collection of dit g several tine Dalin:el: . • Jessup, a tower, firmed of ever greens„ snow-betries, and ash-het ries ? fully interwove n and . surmounted {rya splen did specimen of—, iMrs...(;eorge Seianton, two shelves of flow er! --a• ;Treat i7lrietr. !Mrs. tbrce shelves: of flow . ert, inchnling a line assortment of verbenas, with hot house A magnifiant s'pe(!mfen,,, , of Campanula, in full bloom, from iii-s. G. VAt•ntley; A speeiMett of giant Cactus brottglit by . Mr. Jura . Warner, name •of exhibitoi.nOt given. • Wrn..J. Mulford, a cornieopia fornie,l .of ut0. , ‘. t.;: ,, , and poising fu . rl4 in great in Olasion a variety or floweri , ; creditable even to her to-te. She a 1,4. exhibited several vases aild lioquetA„ • , - I,eautiful wreath of Autumn leaves,. tin ted by Mr. Jack Frost, and plated by .Miss t;:iseid A fituinti - lenves eolofell by die time inaf4erartt . st 41.“1:arrunge41 L . The tir4 C rtifivate f6rl l lotvert. 13 Chaytiviti S;►y Ftr.t Ccrtil to !tliw., 11„j;i ileylert: • TunitELL. ors. Wm. J. NIL - ism - tn. 't irs. W,11; L.- _ ) POULTRY. . Th e t.:osmiittlul. urn Pottliri• respeetfnilv re .. report, that they dace exattritted the i)et-i-• m en ,. prt;tott . oCi fur exhibition and award th e lit..minms.oth i red by the Soeiety4l4 foilows: First premium to benio - L. Past a for best lot of tihicketts. lia.t . er Po: (af Tlll * by tv) biLvir were. LI amiE Ibr tite Fjx~•nnen~ ice 4,1 print • "citure4"niit. t inn xi% Sc..pp4l I:reni4lin It) S. A. !topes-int Cinslien thir,l pretriimit to Master 11. C: J ewl The No. - of of Buttetutui avec.° ..pack : age.centerel tite• Garner ninl 4ir the latier. The .tispitty 'Of, Butter (iyhieh Inut.. now beiitotoe the stuple product of the couuty).wn,"-fur : t•uperior to any, heroofote troide, by the Society, With „ . .ioluntstiiy 9usl'ity - i , :littd also very: Inui?..lr superior to ti e xhib; tun ttuttlelaethO'SlitiO burg. The Committee mate the report ~: The gnaiikirand avilonn.good :-4itsque4anna Tharsban ;41,Corning, Octobtr 25, 1855. him, of Scotch workovideh - s attracted - great attention- and admiration: - A collar V); Miss Dunmore and one by Vary D. Biddle.. .A pair of new style cloth • - and satin slippers, — which: showed skill' and •, neatness in fastening, by Mrs. Chandler. To her and Mrs. Sayre the 'Committee return thanks for_ their full and creditable contribu, tionsti3 the Vairevincingeviucin -taste in design and , skill in execution. Mrs. Sayre's oval frames of leather work, and baskets of (Mir work,; mats and cushion* merit honorable mention from the...Sue' iety. To Mrs. Chandler, as usual, tint Committee feel . great indebtedness. Miss Sotaltworth exhibited leather casket box of very taste ful Woc kinanship. Two Ottomans, by Miss S. perfect speeitnetts.of their stilt. ,All - Mis.s Wakely, .a very surees4lll pimtiz.betritther. %One by Miss... Loomis, of el egant Design, bat deficient in rich color:. Two in Oil', from original 41e4 , ..ns he Ann L. Frar,wlio•liai dont• to the S,n.ietv stud the community 14 .leirititnent which is little willivan.-41 in ?Northern spurt . 'ltalia et!, zilirate A chair id•worste,l-tv,.rk fiM-he,), Nlr. L.F. Fitch, flit:: cabinet work meritori- Hits It, Smith Lt.-. 1,,r.11,:ttn. . . M. Mey exhildfed tell ehttir'eover:4 of wor , te,l work, 4 pieces Worsted work, and other specimens vat iety to , the diTiny. exhibited tt intpi!r flower basket I vt . giVa U. Ile:ans add.: now lustre to Itis aante alietely so eminent ;mmHg us, he IN•antitti it.tgaerei)typoi. llaating has earned a com mendation of :111 lovOrs Of the bOautiful in art.„ I' the exliq)ition ut twa exqui,ite ba,kets fop,r rases. an 1114vers ineht, MN. Wnj., r•att•'for Worsted Needle •work :dso exhihiced. tine i‘petiitnent; keys, :MI! two wild Geese,(enp tn.ling;.and now quite tante) .j..'.ets of attraction and nilmira: m i d ridd e d trinelt to tin: inter itry ilepotrtmetit. None of tlies.e -*:CZlititte.l premium:un-: the re-' • each lot. offeri.4.l. •4 , %lost, for six One *2. fso 6 ;1. Shanghai .Chicken 4.: IVM. M. Posr, N. C. NYARNEIi quality &Butter presented-to them' for in spection, gem:eeyidenee of decided improve 'bent in' the • County, and your committee found much . difficulty in selecting from the number of good specimens, the best. They nwurd - The first premium to Mrii. Decker, $5 - " Second " " Rob't Moore, 3 " Third "' • " bums Snigger. 2 They also recommend discretionary Vre*- minins to t 6 followinct 'Mrs. D. Stewart, Mrs. 11. C. Conklin, Mtg. IL Bodine, Mrs, Me Mrs. J. 11. DID, each, two dollar:; Meacham, 0. C. Ely,t;eo. Walker, L. Harding:, Elwin Taylor, William Smith, E. R. Hawes, J. 'W. Curtis,: each, one dollar, Your Committee ale pleased with a report :14 'I lows 1. L. Pot—Dear Sir: would state (at yonetequest) that from thirty caws we hare made 49 firkins of butter up to the pre:ient time; Oct. 11, made by Mr 4, 11. 11,0ine, They would recommend Binterinitkers to furniAt citports of such charm:ter. hereafter contaiiiing infortnation mud) importance. You r Committee_ also'award - ilie titst pre niimn. on Chip-e. to Elwin A. Bennett, and the . second prentimn to C. J. Curtis,' and would ako.ttotict: the liecitnens of cheese -in a Jar offered U. L. Catlin, as soine:ltin Jos. D. DitiNamt, 'S. \V. 13itt.:En, I. L. Posr. hew and. like On nuition.of . C. Carinalt a dktiretionary was awarcl.,l -1.3,H1iat.; fur her extra6rdinary skill and sue LEATHER S: HARNESS The Npoidlivii to examine •an,l award pentium.; Mt Leather report that they have examined the satne and 'award prenti 7 ums as folloW, viz : For be.t lot of (tali akin,-Moss A; Bro., $2 44. btrtNAR Leather, " . • Some c:alf skins were exhibited by A. P. Keeler %%hielt do great credit to the tnattufac-, rarer and-for whieli - the . committee recom mend II PtPeial promitnri of un,. doltar. Mete wa.; al , o a lot oak tantkeil and patent Leather exhibited by A. A; E. Baldwin %%hi:eh doe, greatereilit io the matmlOqurets We regret to state th:it no sole leather vras• <gen! (1.. .loiix VotNG, • - jottx.tlmutar, - • --- S. 11. sArrre. The committee orillakness report that ILet awar•l For the be• - •,t *inzl e liaine.44,. C. C. ilolli4t e ie2 Obe exhibited by A. di Fl Baldwin was • very gutid. F.,r ;he Best 1)ouble Carriage Liarne,g, 4. & E. Bahkin, Tor best team Ilarness, - 2 There al,o s very good lut of • duttb!e Hartie,s exhibited by Weeks. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. The Judges on agricultnart implements Resoee Report.---.. . we have been exceedingly soiieitutts that Fanners may 'properly appreciate 'the import:ince of this part. of our Exhibition, every improvement calculated to relieve the hands from drudgery 'and their tninds- from anxiety—am) at the same One •e!e4..ate the standard by which the:r repee aLility i 4 meas ured in the eaminnuity.', The•cOmmittee are Steeply impressed with .the cont'ietion- that next to a judicious and properly. cultivated the posse .ion of well Constructed and elteaphibor saving maeliinery must and will to furnish'. their. Broiher ripetence and theirlamilies . nen ploughing and seeding reaping and mowing, - - fe.,yeing and drainiug are a ll done by maehinervitia greatly di mini -lied labor and expense, with threshing and feeding stock and pteparing'tha,soil .are done with machinery and horse power'. we may teas. naMy expect that !mad" worn.. las liardsdlip,!ata.is hider:vet" by exl. o .q ue gad stoe.iiiiiities blunted by unmitigated toil, gill be comparatively few. • Wi-t -not therekire with a single . eye .the illlprove mehr-of the t -, to the multi plied laniefits•it confers upon the agticulttarut rats, e 4 well tlium. mechanics mid artiNtn that your committee. hive perniritted the du ties enYoilied upon theM. hi all past tune the life of a .14itier has beet . ) :r life oflabor; - for the miremitted expenditure of power and money, IM has received but a limited tee'- taapen , e, and at tile &line . time his' been uni versally regarded, ifs the naderling anti die instruinent, by which ,the professional, the mercantile, and manufacturing chaps should Maintain their AcHileiny. ,While-th:nefite your comtnittee do -not helievethat . any . im provernent in mechanics will suspend the ne-, eessity of .active Untiring induStry,.and a rig. ilant superintendance, to take- advantage of every (linage - in:our coquettish climate, they • indulge a hope. That farmers shall not al ways.tre kept iu• a state , Of Servitude, bending their body to toil, or. lendittg their u . nisai and minds ,to it:unwed mal superfluous. breath. Why not. allow Anitable' conipeusa 'ion to thoxe whose. 'attention has been Judi-1 dintinish the require() of labor, they will ,soon ; give 'ample `rote-his • mind; and thus tt; edneated men Itt've -.hitherto I.4llecittal; moral , gild-pout try. Nany-ivlio have ptirsuite Whnonly . , j ' trr ignorance; the' eotiNcl Fa I tue m it II v., • ). k .11 . . ' I F tatielrett time to ill !lie empire IL held over the uni, ,ieal• welfare "of Ms coil Hirer # . 4lputhised!it h Tegarclihem fii:eMPloymel 11;4 to ignoble sect inglorious. for stupid and uncultivated, will.find fared iota a properaapport for 'ma will B. A. 13LjTERVIELD R. SEAM.; S. BARD, : C. NV: BARD. For the - Best lot, of tutter• firkins and tubs to E. Tewksbury, ' For the Best portable Ci 41er press to S: Bushnell for Iliekoks patent. ~... The Committee believe that J. Ethridge and Num Osborn are entitled 'k'it discretion. ary ''prenifirm f o r articles not . :specified in the. premium lisOhey: having etch offered a he-• Dire for - whicli a premitun has been obtained. j. '',.. CALEB CiRSIALT. W.Li,, JESSUP. • . • ' demi .1 AREE , FGTON. : Your Committee on fruit .vege ables' and honer would respectfully report -: Good fruit is held in high estimatio \ \, \ft,„ its all, and May justly be regarded as a !amt..' ry for. culinary uses and the regalia of the so cial circle,; nevertheless,.its • full value is. not appreciated; _if it were—if the zeal for prop agating it-were egnaf to the pleasnre 'of en j•.ying it,, our old . and unsightly - orchar6 , would either he renovated by grafting ou re mired as ilii encrnbranee, and new ones be 'planted in their stead: .-- ; '. . The. process of grafting itriong 'us, and the utility. of good fruit, -were, riot, .twenty five years ago, as well. unders.tood as they RCM are. Hence, if thU pioneent of. our county were-culpably rends, in this particular, we have been and are !1-till much . mo . re' so. Th . !: choice speebnena exhibited this day should excite us all to s)steinatio fruit-growing. The time' was when apples were - prineipal ly used for eider-making, and - when every fainter-would, if lie could, fill his cellar . with "hard cider;'-and for that purpose any va riety:would do,-as alfar greater - zest ar . as evin civ,e for,the- intoxicating Juice than for. the fruit. There need then be.no wonder that', taste for excellent freit was ,gpnerally deprar . ed, and profitable Cultivation restrained.—. But thew" pam me '—may thy sew theniselyes with dignity, whom. they feel have Ugh :tints and noble purposes ; and who combine the sterner virtues with allthe cour tisles and amenities of life. It is >a truth prli; ven by a long and bitter experience itt every cliMate'And `upon every coil, " that those who think will govern those who toil" undet these. views two of your committe as soon `as their arcp•aintment was announced - attended the State Fair at Harrisburg; - where, they 'bad a favorable opportunity of examiping mowing and : reqping machines, Horse power, cilraiti. Mills Churns, Wind mills fanning im s proved hay forks corn planters., corn shellors, horse rakes, plows and various . other articles 'of farining apparatus, requiting only an exer cise of the ordi nary faculties of • mind, and common ititelligence, that every farmer pos sesses to bring, into use. They regret to find (what. however is common in all cases) a dis position- on the part of machinists -and factures to ask exhorbitant profits for nia„hin 7 . ery : —fOr mowing and reaping machines that ought t, lw made for'oo or ii7p . they rate 100 orsl 2 so,threShing machines,Straw Cutters a n d cor n .shellers are unreasonably high but we think . this:an evil that will gradually eorrect cummittee therefore earnestly,- reeommend the adoption: of the' scriptural advice" to try all these things and, to hold fast to those which arc good,' Your Committee have examined the vari ous : articles of machinery placed •on the gTottnils - fOr premium . s, and: hare •concluded t.V award ate premium for the best plow to . Pasehalf Morris & co., for their Prouty plow, N o 5 1 . 1 2.,—f0r the second Best to Cat 7 lin for an impiovement in attaching 'a "false Land side, and strengthening the castitnand a diploma to S. /1. D. Sayre, f dye. very band,, n n e display of plows exhibited by them, —Molts corn plow is also remarkable for. its simplicity. • No Harrows were exhibited. For the best corn stalk cutter to Paschall Morris & Co., being an improvement adapted to hand_or Itorse power, with - a feeding ap paratus by which the length, of the fodder, or. straw when cut is‘ regulated. S, 11. &U. Sayre have a very simple and cheap cutter adapteil to hand muting: For the 1)64 Cultivator they award the premium to. S. 11. & Li. Sayre for a great vit.. - ' riely exhibited by (hcm of - different, discrip . lions,—and they 'also recommend -that a dis . eretionary premimn of 62, be - .awarded to Isaac L. Bunnell for.one exhibited by hiin. . \o Corn Sheller being offered the Jud ges pi.opose, that this premium be awarded to F. NeWton for a iot of farming tools .inabu factured be him exhibiting much ingenuity. -For the best churn they award -the premi um to Bushnell. For another exhibited bv, E. Tewksbury, they recommend, a diploma an churtiing having noW become an important item in' the labor of our pOpulation. No Home take having been exhibited the Judges prepOse that this premium be awar ded to E. T. Tiffany for A Thresher; Seperator Cutting box and- horse Power exhibited. by him. Oxcart being exhibited, the Commit= tee recommend that this premium be award ed .to S. IL S D.. Sayre fora remarliablygood single horse power. 'hay rigging beitlg exhibited the Com mittee also recommend that the.preinium of- . fered for it be awarded to . R. Wells for. the fanning mills of Jas. 'Peters patent; man utietitiefl at Athens in Bradford COunty . .. For the bet Clieese Press, they award the premium to O. F.'iFargO no other being hibite(V • No fartnwagon being shown, the Judges tee.ommend that•a diploma he awarded To'J. C. Ilensoti fotL'a machine for uumnfacturing Stare?d, and that the premium for a fluin wag on be awarded to S W. 13reed for . iieteltimi's • mowino• -machine.' ; • ' again .return ; - and inayno toper henceforth disturb the peace and disgrace our Cettpty.— There is no department of the (anus-that bet.= ter- pays for Caltivitionnot .even. as. well— as it thrifty tearing orchard of Well selected varieties. Fruit is too much refused for fee& ing, because, as some alle g e , it will not fat , ten swine. Very true; but.it will givethrift before the time of fattening :arrives,- and is beneficialeven then, mixed with otherfoixl— worth then more than it is fur cider and to, per making. -- It is excellent for store swine, during Winter by: giving thtift and saring; grain. Ii is a great mistake, as experiment hazy proved, that the sour varieties have not equal nutriment -with the Sweet :-the. only diterentsi is the sleet do pot affect the teeth as the sour do. Your committee might, if they had time, say much on the utility of 'fruit raising and fittit feedifig; hence we have only to recora-. mend to. our brother fartuers - the importance of Systematic hortieultnre,' than which no la bor devoted better pays the husbandman. • *This season is not one of 'abundant fruit; . notwithstanding; the great variety exhibited, Unequalled at any previous fair, adinonishes . us of our great neglect hitherto, and calls up on us all to go 'and do likewise. • The fist premium of $2 we award to Mr. Abel Cassidy--the second of $l to Mr. L. M. Terrell. There were other specimens which deserve not only notice but commendation, especially one by lion. Wm...Jessup—another by Ur -bane litrrows, Esq.. .There were only two specimens of grapes offered ; one by E. 13. Lyon--premium $2-- the other by J. Etheridge, premium $l. Your Judges propose a 'discretionary. pre-mium to M.K. Tingley of $l. for the beg: lot of quinces;. and to J. Tewksltury of 'sl for best lot of pears. The garden vegetables were a noble and rich display,:and give great credit to the soil of our county, when properly tilled. So, Much and so great a variety - has never hith erto, at our fairs, been exhibited. :The first premium of $2 Is awarded' to Hugh Mitchel, and the second of $1 to. Ed= win Baldwin. - Jeremiah Ethridge- offered the only—a choice specimen of honey—prernjum $2. ' .The above is most respectfully submitted. • . , S. A.,NEwtos, - D. TAYLOR, • IL P. Ronivs: THE REPORT ON PLOWING. • .The increasing interest manifested' in this . l3rnneli of agriculture is Very. gratifying and it hoped will be. continued. The day was fine—the swyrd to be broken stiff and the ground it heavy loam., In some parts stony, but affording a reasonable fair field for competition... At. our first ,plowing match five years sinee, only three teams were enter-' ed. This year the had ten, and a most spirit - ed match in which the work was creditable as Well to the PlOws, as to. the --learns, and Plow=men. Taken 'together it is believed the Plowing was much superjor to any 'before, petfortned in the-coanty,and might Well chal lenge competition with that,- at - any of the plowing matches in the country. ist. A. ,f. Hollister of, Di inoek,—a, pair of Brown Mares, and IrOn wheel ploW,manufae tured by MeSsrs. Mott of ,Montrose. Time one hour and 26 minutes. - 2d. _Henry J,,Kent; will) z pair of . fine Black - Mare's which took the first. premium last.year, and an' Iron wheel. - plow also, of Moms manufacture. Tenie, one hour and 42" minutes.. ~31 Martin - &Catlin" of Bridgewater, a pair of Black;. Poni,rrither small, but fine an.d smarti.a plow Otis own invention and form, east at the,Foundry of Messrs. Sayers in,Montrose: Time;One - hour and:34i.min uto. - 4th. MIL Harrington of Bridgewater, a pair of elegant Brown Mares, also an' Iron. Plow; made by kepis. Mott. Time, one hour and 21 minutes. ' • Norman Austin of Bridgewater, a [Air of dark Bay Illares, a . Blatebley plow with fixed cutter. .Time, olie hour and 25, minutes. . Oth. David Banker of Bridgewater pair of largoandlast - ,:liesnut - sorrel :liorseN mid Bhoolit4rplOw. _:-Tfrae, one : hour and S ininutes. . . . . .. . . 7th. Isaac SloKeeby of I3ridg,ewa!er,- a pale of Bai : hors" - BlatchleY 14611.1 Tilize, one hour and 7- minutes. • . , Nelson Unaley, of Bridgereater, ‘ a font Proi nod re . , and ti,gplendid plow-uian.. griuze, one hour 50. minutes.• • Wm, T. Austin, a cream and brown pair of horsw, a Blatcbley plow' with - wheel and Coulter.: Time, 0110 hour and 36 minutes. The Committee had great difficulty in amongdeciding the best, - Where is• g ood and meet: of it very good, there will of coarse be a diversity of opinion as to which Merits the . firet and whieh the second premium and the CwitnitteM, hare: found the tbesatiie difilent-, ty:tini . aa dan mita -iritiandelafialist Volume 12, liiitbit'43; , , ' tue matter, award the preiniums es - followbf The 1 rst premium to Nelson" Matelejr' - Second. Premium lgartin S. Catlin • :" Third " ••M. H. Harrington,' Fouith, " Amos G. Hollister, Fifth, " Geck Ilarviy„ Thelßepert of the difeient - Coim`mi ttgas were 4opted by the Society, and : te Preadi urns difected to be paid. - Pawnswho I 'uric not reived them, will obtain them - Gout* Treasti rof the Society, Mai Lathiip let* store in Montrose. - There were a large number of, atsicles= ` ex. hi bi tftc" which should-have been More. par:. ticular y mentioned by the Society, not bar ing been reported upon by - the Coinatiatiel,4, is itnpossible for the officers of tile Society to - allude to them in this. Report their rious duties preventing a crtical exiinination of any article exhibited. Among them bow ever we would mention . three very handsome - . yoke of Devon Steers exhibited IT Mr Hollis-'- _ter of Ditnockoi Durham Bull brought into the County this fall fronfthe Btate Fair at Elmira, by S. W„ Breed of BroOklyn; 101111! fine samples of Grain by Timothy Griffin and others,—and" four _loaves of bread made by. Miss Kate Searle, Miss-. Maria Meylert and Miss Dora Keeler. - - • • SAWL A tact - WipsA Moral A eelebrate'd artist, in one of his rainblea„ met with the must beautiful child he had ever seen. I, will paint the portrait of - this child, he said, "'and - keep it4lir my own :-for I may neve! look upon its like again ! ". Ile painted it, and whin trouble 'came, and evil passions moved his spirit to rebel, he gazed upon, :the likeniss of the boy; end passion fled, and ho sier thouOtte entranced his soul. Years pu led away, and at length within a prison's walla stretched upon thtfloor of stone, he sees a man, stained with blood, with glaring eyisk and haggard face, and with demoniac !sip cutting , himself and his fellow:beings as blaspheming blaspheming God, as be' lay waiting fir the hour of his execution. The artist tzansferree his likeniss also to canvas, and placed it:op positeposite to the child's. flow striking, - Ito*, 'complete the contrast!" The angel boy—the fiendish man". What must have.been thit feeling /Atha at. tist, when upon inquiry, he ascertained the% both the portraits he , Laid made were. Of the same individual! Thb beautiful,: innocent child, : had grown into the hideous, sinful man: A Bit of Advice. Have you enemies?, Go straight cni, an I don't mind them. . If they get in your way . walk round them regardless of their spite.— A `man who has no enemies is seldom good for - anything—he is made of that. materis: which is sQ easily worked that every one - has a hand in it: A sterling character-p•one wha thinks for himself and'speaks what he thinks. is always sure to have enemies: They are si necessary tci . hint as fresh air: they keep hint.. ? alive and active. A cerebrated choracteruse4. to remark: They are spark3.Which i lf..yow do not blow wilt go out Of. themselves.—:Let this be your feeling, white' endeavouring ta live down the scandal of those who are bitter against you. If you din) to dispute, poi de but. as they desire, and open the way for moil , abuse. Let the felloWs talk—there - will be the reaction, if ,you but: perform your dtity. - and hundreds wliajare alienated . frow. you, . will flock to you and acknowledze their-ar., Zir John X . Botts has found_ one g* - y feature in . the Maine Law. He sa t that ia. States where th e law has been en 4 ted, the - , oh:waiter of the liquor has been decidadly'4D!-.-; , ._,, A reverend.gentlemen . in New. ,York a finr, Sabbaths since, seeing a poor woman totter— ing up one of the aisles of his church, lug in v:da for some of his cougregatiiM to_ offer lier a seat, paused in hisiermoO, deem- ded from the pulpit, showed her into his pow. and quietly returned to blades]: again; Two boxes containing $25,000 each ingold were sent from the U. States assistant twi4. — :;- tiro at Dubuque,. lowa, to, the;assistant • urer in New York eith butwhen they arrived, the boxes were found to be filled '_with ` rifle . _ • bullets. It is supposed the boxes weteilithigeid. while on the way froth the: treastwfto - .the railroad depot at . Dubuque. Welis :it" are4heexpress agents who undertook' to con vey the money. It is a " splendid" . tobbety," by somebody. 'A CERTAIN UURR FOR . A RAITI'LE 5E,111131- - : BITE on SIIDERSTINO.---TRIIO the Peak: - g,ood vgg, put it in a tea-cup, and ativiajaa7", much salt-as will,make it thick enough not to run off; and spread a piaster and , apply the wound, and I wouldlusure i Toti -far f t 44; pence.- The suhicriber 'hag tried the remedy in a 'number of carca, andael . erknear:.„l it to fail in one. P. Prettytnap, Portland Orrgon. , • Boatman thoughta,- - hhe 'borrowed only retail thermal' , that cangelhal- he loatZl lir" . A tal them not;. is atts.tkistlee. ttAt hordes &bee and anjoya=t 66 . 11144. ib 4 t c!iniei gold.*ad, _'l4 s ir st,'!,tedpos - Ip3vetn, killls l ° if* No)go,: only ace - sr The Re!t co;reiiitt kudos. MIE!I =MEE . , , i la
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