' LIST-OrPREMIUM
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AWAAbEN AT 7I . IE
SIISQ,IMOINA, C01:4114.
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hehtlilit Flinstioso, Septiaso.lh.
DIVISION 1. STA I,LIONs AND , 'MARES.
For best Stallion - to - F. H.llisMr.
2d " . Sam'!
• 3d Chas..lforae.
l3est Stallion that has not • -
atootitio the county .. .prior .
to-this year to . Dr. It limier...,
Bast brood mare and colt - Wm. 11. Jones.
2d : . - - 4 ‘ " - Elijah - Brown:"
`3d " ••• " 11, C.-Conklin.
Coma:rm.= A.-Suover,
Jas. McMillan.
DIVISION 11. SING LE - lIATCIIED lIORSES dr COLTS.
Best single-Gelding to .C. D. Lathrop.
2d i t" . - -;]henry Searle.
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3d ' " ' " _ L. E.:Chamberlin.
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Best pair of matched horses; Hyde Crocker. , ,
2d "- « " Win. T. Austin.
Dent pair 3. Year old colts M.J. Harrington.
" " 2 a /` -" C. J. Hollister.
" " is " ...
G. N. Kent.
Best pair mules . - Sayre Brothers.
2d " " _ lleury• Searle:
COSI24I_TTEE B. .13; Emory; • Ataiis.
.11405;Issuic . Keckhow.
DIV/SIOS UL DEVUN CATTLE
13est tipll. . • to:. Hairy
" ' • Chr. Swaining.
Best yearling bull -Ni Dubois. •
2d: " - " H. Su3ith. -
Best under 1. year . N. Dubois. ;
2d " 1 " Aubrey Smith,
Bit heifer 2 years old N. Dubois.
2d " 2 " " Harry Smith. -
Commirrar. : Thos. Nicholson, S. W. Breed
Geo. Walker. (- • •
DIVISION IV. DETLIAkf CATTLE.
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BOst brill to ••• 11. Drinker. .
2d ' Wm. Jessup.
Best Yarling bull • Wm.. Jessup.
2d" . " . S. W. Breed.
Best Cow'/' • C. Carmalt.
2d Wm.: Jessup: -
Best 2 year old heifer Wm: Jessup
- 241. " " •" E. G. Babcock..
Beat btill calf Jesup.
discretionag'premium OS. W. Breed..
-for a beautiful heifer calf.- . •
Cosistrrrao : Harry Smith, David Wake
lee, Orin Prichard...
_ DIVISION r. GRADE STOCK.-
Best 4' yearling to - tri Gregory. •
2d 4 " 0. M. Tingley.
- 2d 4 - - J. Harrington: '
Best 5 calves Eri Gregory.
2d 5 " - Dan. Tewksbury.
3d 5 -" • James. Waldie.
_The Committee congratulate...the Society
upon the great bnproreinent in Stock in the
last few rears and most earnestly commend
- the subject to the attention of the members—
three things are necessary • .
i. Good pure blooded
.animals from
which to breed,
2. Good feeding for the first rear. ,
L. tlood a}teation and care always.
Wm. Jessup.
John Morris. ,
Michael gain, Jr.
The 'majority of the Committee insisted a
gainst.the protest' of Judge Jessup in award
irig the list premium to him for the .best
orade dow, as by the rules of the Societi
14'8 i t A l k i r D
era - - e akar YyrWAWA4. 6 I I .I-t
&re the report was. adopted without the a- ,
ward to Judge Jessup.
WORT OF THE CONIHITTEE. ON GRADE AND
1`; XXIV E STOCK
The Committee bas found great difficulty
in deciding between_glades of Devous and
grades of Durham& The points of xcellence
•in the two classes of
.stock bong -so diverse
and recommend that in future grade. Herons
and Durhams be kept separate - iincl referred
-to dillerenthomuiittees, and nativii t stock to
a still •different-committee from eiiher.
• They also found a difficulty in examining
the stock Properly from the crowded state
of the pens and believe that an enlargement
of the ae,comOdations for cattle before amitber
yearisiindispensible tolhe" proper exhibition
of the stock.. The ; ;htbitions are becoming
-so large that more- roan] seems to - be neces
sary is order to a proper, and fair exhibition
of stock and nther.-article.s. The committee
observed many grade cattle entered as
thorough breed and they believe that here
after-all stock unaccompanied by a pedigree
should be rejected as thorough breed. -
' They also recommend -that the Secretary
of the Society open and keep' a fraud Book
for the county. - .
The committe' recommend tile following
premiums:
Fok gr4de bull' 1 prem. to Daniel Tewksbury.
The•ssommittee decline to award a second
cows.
Best Durbam, - premion? to Wm...Yesstip.
2 , 11 beat, premium to C. M. Tingley.
3d best, premium to.. B. C. Conklin.
ittb hot, premium to C.M. Tingley.
••. • '
premium.
DATO TEARS OLD HEIFERS. •
Best Parham, premium to P.JaCkson.
2i best,..Premiina. to F. H. Itollister.
3d best; premium••to: Reuben -
The Committee recommend an honorary
premium of sl' to V. Dubois; Egg, for his 2
years old pevon graded Leifer.
-DIVISION VI. WORKING OXEN.
Yhat premium awarded to Henry Drinker
2d " " • 4 M. Perrigo.
.3d- • “,
4 0
TREE' YEARS OLb STEERS.
First preliiium awarded to Harvey Sttith,
2d " " G. AV. Lewis.
at " " " 0. M. Hall.
TWO TZARS OLD STEEDS.
Firtit premium 'awarded_ to C. J. nolister.
2d - , " " David . Baker.
- " James Kenvou.
ComrarrrEst...: W-altar Allen, Perrin Wells,
Jobs Haftiagtom
VIL su-rs - E.
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Sidfirlit.Boar, Ist premium to A. Dubois.
For Boat, 2d premiura_ to H. Conklin;
Bost loto(10 pigs premium to M.J. Harrington.
2d beiit do. premium to Win. T. Austin.
Beet yearling sow premiu CO tO John Guilin '
ColutErrzt E.. G. Babcock,. H. Crocker,
Charles Miller. - .
DIVISION VIM SHEEN
ThiCommittee on sheep beg leave. to re.
pint that the exbibition-ia fine „wool Om )
ins. very small in qiantity and" poev
quality; being 6ut.one lot exhibited, which
-was E. G. Goodrich, to whom we .give the
Etnit. preminni fot best fine wool - back. Best
3 fine. wool ewes, E. G. Goodrich., There
,was.* very good exhihitiOn. of .cea* . and•
;xiiddle wool sheep, for which we award : , the
14 premium for ,best. coarse wool i bikek.o
Daniel Stuart; ~2i241 haat, . 31 lItonAUlder:
Beia.coarsa wiiolawes, IL C. Couklip; ; 2nd
best i llarry Smith. Best:coarse wool lambs,
Hugh Dugan. Belt middle W 991 [nicks fittt
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premium,Ci. M. Hall; 2nd best, iluglt Dugan,
Best 3 middle wool ewes, Abel Patrick ;_2nd
1)41, Daniel StuaKt.' • -
- ' Mott,
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r. Milbourn 04mq. • om - 4,
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bPaSION ArerTER NAND ClIriSS.
:truiie-Butler. ' -
No. 21 Thomas 'Johnson
36 27 Jet. Meacham.
idaisearßerling.
18. Reuben Wells.
S'elitemVer tutlet.
Best fall butter to . Ko. 2 Wm. Melhuisb:
2ml best to • "9&10 W: Jessup.
3d best to,_ s 1 . ? W.m, -Graham.
4lhbest:
Best firkin to
'2nd best to
-3d best t 0 •
4th best to
. . .
Amount of butter made from ten cowsfrom'
the ilat of May to the 30th of September.l4
feriqns; (11 . 20 litS,)And ode hundred pounds
,of Oheese, by Virnhey Allen. •,.-, '
The • ciarimitteci on - Vegetables,"Trnit, ite . .,
liegleave to" report that they' award pm:li
utus'as follows : ... .. .
Ist T:r; on fill apples UO-, John Wood.
2nd " , • . - James Shaw.
Ist pr. on winter apples to W. Z. Brown.
2nd '" 'JatiesStiaw.:
~.
Best peal - _ Thos.Ston e.
Best 'Quinces . E. Billiard.
Blifilorray , ' ,-, ..J, W. liffany.
trid•• "do. Anson Tiffany.
Bist-niapie sugar , S. A. Newton.
2nd .. -do. o. . L. 82 - Gurnsey.
Best vinegar'-lid '• M. Mott. ,
2nd ' do:
'i MillmnprOakley
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Greateit an ci' best • vaiiet y
- vegeta tes W. 11. leasup.
A4iserednaiy Premium was Voted toJud fro
Burrows for thegreatest and best variety of.
apples and the largest squash. • Thos. Maw
hiney exhibited_ a .fine lot of vegetal:iv from
Mr. Henry Drinker's garden, but not quite so
extensive as Wm. H. Jessup.
Comm- z: Martin Newman, Jon Taylor,
Griffis. •
'DIVISION XI. CABINET WARE, &C. ,
The committee award for the, best display
of cabinet work the '
ist premium to , • W.Smith & Co.
2nd to Lorenzo Beach.
Carriages
Ist premium to.
(Specimen entered by Rufus Smith canno
he found.)
• • Horse Sloes..
• 1..
Ist; premium .to Hawley
.& Lathrop.
'tommirrns 1:G. Z. Dinaock,W: F. Lathrop,
D.D.'. Binds.. . . .
The committee on farm implements re
spectfully report, That beaying no former
period has been marked- by the application
of mechanical induitry to the pursuits of
agriculture so 'distilled) , ss the present, they
have been deeply impressed with the responsi
attached, to theiruppointment=as well
as with the duties that such inventions fin
pose upon agriculturist It has always been
remarked that the latter do not has not at
any tin heretofore kept pace with the oaiscr
brandies of human industry, and especially
with the improvements in machinery design
ed to assist them in their owe pursuits. Your
committee therefore feellt their duty to make
a few:suggestions as to the duties that such
inventions upon these whole 'business is in
tended to be benefited by them I It must.we
think, be manifau,h,a mow
or .° .13 co
o-asly requires from Farmers an increased.
effort to put Vaeir meadow lands in order, 'to,
make them smooth for the' cutters, and to
remove stumps and atones, and other obitaeleA
as well as to increase-the burthens of grass,if
they'wish themselves of the advant
ages that the machines furnish thSin ; in
lo Vais ' they should have all 'their
sareadows in such a state of fertility as to-re
tain Bite grasses ablest any number of years;
becairie no prudent man would want to buy
a mowing machine if he has to break up Lis
- meadow every fevi years, eopee"ally if that
land is naturally rough and stony;after plovt
ing he should keep out weeds; because that
is not only-an apology fer frequently-reseed
ing, bet ?makes basking up a physical if not
amoral necessity. -
Remarks , like these apply to alrhost every.
new and useful improvement; a farmer is
really inexecusable and unworthy tt
of-the name,
if be d i nes not pufveriie his soil . haer will
a .neWIY invented iron beamor other perfect
plow, than with the clumsy, unwieldy, old
fashioned strait pole and shovel lie has the
means of . raisingrnore and better ',crops when
over he is familiar wish proper , machinery
for doing it, and he is neither performing his
duty to himself, his family, or to. , society, if
be dues not do it. We hope therefore that
farmers will . see in all these improvements,
that theymnst improve bath! thesoil and the
mind if they wish to keep progiess with-the
rest of the community, and surely they have
by the aid of theta machines 'many mote
opportunities for mental culture • than they
have ever Lad before—rand theiricountrymen
are of course lookiird to them fdr higher at
tainments morally • and intelleetually than
has been witnessed at any forme; period.
These remarks might be, indefinitely ex
tended,but your committee-feel that for those
who are disposed to profit by them,•they
havasaid enough, for others it 'Would e use
lea.
The committee have examined Peck
Butlers "But,ter Workers," and !think it an
improvement upon Dickey's patent,furnisbing
a more convenient and more effectual mode
of cleaning it; and as it can LT! adapted' lo
either large or small idatieis at l a moderate
,expense, they can safety recorrnnend it to
public patronage. They Rivard - him the
.prernium -of 562.
They have been much pleased in the exam
inatiAn of Addsion Brush's newly invented
dog-Power for churning—combininm they,
belie,yeonorapoweriwith less friction, at less
expense than any machine. that has yet come
under their observation. The ease with which
,it can be constructed or .repaired, and the
pow' indefinitely increased,is a recommend . -
atioetkaecannot be extended to the endless'
chain or roller—its simplicity is truly a re- ,
mark . able: feature - and
_rt dairy man h as only
to acquire dinary abilitystOnse a saw—
to make a mortice, andatenon, and he has
.one of these machines within himself: , They
award hirathe premium'offs.2., !
The committee regrets that mother prem
ium for churning power bas bee.n authorizai
by tbe,g - ocietY; the•business of the county be
ing so intimately associated With Enittar rnak
big. They would gladly have awarded a
premium to C. M. Vail..tor a very ingenious
and, valuable invention of the, same-kind,
rather less ! simple, and more omits , than.that;
af-Addison*Brush„blit one WhiCh they, have
no hesitation recommending - JO those who
are not disposed to take the cheapest - and
most :simple power t ey
can o btam—wu
sn
:we coastdi r edru gery , romw re
..a
tanners-Wife is_relleved,hym es e,a c hh me , 3o 4,
of skill and
. geniUs i thei cannot avoid ffieling
grateful . : for ,every; iltirt that .. aay be guide
tor ;nob. a desirable, Malt- •
In eoatieetioi with this r busineii ri; f' hatter
.
making the Judges have to regret that only
one lot of bitttirr !!!bins were exhibited, and
" B: Stroud.
DIV " 1M.017,_3. YEOETAM.EB, *O.
IZEMIMIEM
while the committee are of opinion that they
have seen as mood firkins as there was at
otherlexhibitictos ' the 'feel themselves fully
1
jiistified-in awding to C. M. Viil, the
a;
-pretnintri of thVee 'dol Is for his firkins and
churn ati an irtangeme I, for further improve
ment ltheseilecessit y and important im
iplettust s for the'dairX. • •
There has been a great variety' of plows
exhibited, and although none of them are re
markable fort any particular advantage over
the i ron,beam and roler, your committee ra
joice that they hive been exhibited ; '"perfec
tion in this iroplemeti may peihips never be
attained, be cause uo acne can define thalimits
to whit liMechanital oigerMity. is restricted ;
and while yOur committee have not bad the
advantage-of a-fdynaineter•to try the power
necessary to apply to 'pact), they cannot avoid
meritioning:"Buihnell'a . ioulterA as a re:
ruarkableiiiiprdvenktit annually' making in
_these all-important itriplements—ease of draft
and perfect pulverization are being gradially
attained, turd your coplitiittee feel that mann - -
facturers_ought now to turn their attention
to thin relief of the pli)wroan as -well as his .
team, which-they- think, can be, uttainea II
increasing the length! of the handles, every
one that we•have iaacitined being defiicent
in this particular. • I
The committee bre no, authority, to a
ward premiums Tor rollers, sbut they urgently"
call thir, attention of farmers to these im
portant. adjuncts
. tiii. their profession, and
particularly to the one exhibited by Cowell.
Only one corn shelter was exhibited, and
your committee are not aware of its being
anything better than those in general use.
Gales Patenkilay i Cutter, exhibited by H.
L. Blowers is in , the Opinion of the committee
superior to any article hi therto exhibited in
this cdrithy - r its ektrilne simplicity—its easy
application to the tekting of fodder so enti re
ly.-2different•as hay,l cornstalks, and straw,
renders it owe of the }host tiseflil and econom•
ical machines that! can be 'used for such.
purposes. They award him the premium of
(02.
'Caleb Carmalt. r
• Cow.
Abel Cassidy.
I
mu. seeps.
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We the Judges appointed • to make reports
on grain, award premiums for the
Best -1. bushel flax seed lb Avery Bolls.
Best corn in ears to I H. C. Conklin.
Best r bwihel timothy seed W. Watson,
Best-bushel Rye to R. D. Harris.
Best white winter Wheat. John Blowers.
Coirmirrza : H. S. Searle, Reuben Wells,
James Sterling. j =
There was a very Ifine display of corn and
thaSamples s exhibited were of ‘ery superior
quality, atithas good as were ever exhibited
en the State. ,
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E z 11. Rogers
DIVIStO'S XIV. IF&111E11 AND ITS Min:-
rAOTITRES.
The committee 'leather and its manu
factures respectfully; report that they have
examined the sample exhibited and award the
premiums as follOwil:'
BeSt 3 sides of Varness
teacher toe S.F. Keeler. 4.. Son.
Best lot of upper leather do.' do. do.
Best carriage harness Cr: F. Fordam. '
Best farm harness. do do.
Bost of fine; bon6 Keeler&Stoddard.
Best pair of coas re Boots — ao.
There were some very tine, 'calf skins
exhibited byS.F. Keeler & Son,tout no prem
iao.was ()Allred by the society.
CommifrEE :C. Borah, G. B. Eldred,
:e. S. Curtis.
C 2 • 1 ..... 7 .. , -.V• .. J.)O4.4k,LSTIC IiANT:PACTORt.
nu , ‘ 4„ .. ‘ •,......... -- i ; . .-- .......tmsoutures
report as r tZirOw, s': r • •
Best flacpel t 6 - i E. L. Palmer.
2nd Best - i Miss Lydia Butt
Best fulle4 cloth to ; Mrs.J.llarrington
Best woolen carpet to - Miss Loomis.
2nd best Avery Bolles.
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Best rag carpet to
.2nd best .
Best 1 dozen pair of woolen -.-
sbeks to - Mrs. Isaac Butts.
‘ - >r do best t Mrs.J. llarri ttgton
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Best 2 pair o f woolen mit- • ,
tens to M ra.S. Peekbaio
2nd best - I ; Mrs. L. Marsh.
Colna rr E: Mrs ;T. B. Coon, Mrs. R. S.
Birchard, Mri. G. E.!Latubert.,
The ladies appointed to award premiums
on quilts,
ornamental work, kn., give the Ist
premium for patch 4,ork quilt to Mrs. E. Bul
lard, and the second I to Miss Francis Harris.
Also for the hest • quilt ot siny kind n prem
ium to Mrs. Oliver Troivbridge. (White
knit spread.) I , - ,
As there was no Winter bonnet o ffered,the
C immittee propose - tO give in place thereof, a
premium to Mrs. J.; McCreary for the best
Rug. (Needle work). For the best muslin
embroidery a premiim to Betsey Oakley. •
A splendid variety, of needle work deman is
admiration and praise, though not authorized
to award premiums. i Among , witich,we found
a c lamp mat, and pair . of slippers by Miss
Orange. Chair seat! and, pillow cover, by
Mrs. S. Lathrop. Omit. seats, by-Xiss Ellen
Searle: Chair seat and • ZIA elegant pair
slippers, by Eudora Keeler. A beautiful knit
,cloak ity Miss Joe Searle. 'A boquet of paper
11 - owera, and a mat, Ilty Ellen Vadakin.
Also several beautiful paintings on glass,
Sc., &a. • - ,
We would recommend a. discretionary
premium one neatlit knit shawl, by alittle
girl 13 years old. ,: .
A leather work Nine deserves commenda
tion- for its beauty.;Made by Miss 11. Cle
mons.
We would respectfully recommend to the
committee an arrangement: for prizes to be
awarded on articles;of this kind in time to
come.
A discretionary premium , was voted to
Emma Miss Emmald win for a beautiful knit shawl.
Also a discretionary premium to Miss
Richardson for somei very fine stuffed birds.
•- • Mis. A. L. Post; cox.
Mrs. E. -William's: f
The Committee on poultry report tbsit on
examination of the specimens presented, they
award the following premiums:
For the best &turkeys to Harris.
2nd best,.
, Mathew Baldwin.
Best .6 fowls,orer 1 year old-,
Ileama hens to ' Harry Smith.
Best 6 spring' 9hiOkens, • '
Shanghais to . 1 , Wm. A. Taylor. '
Best 1 dueks to ; . Wm. Melhuish.
2nd best Mathew Baldwin.
`Mr. Baldwin also eXhibited a dozen fowls of
mixed breeds, all of i which were ye' v fine.
Also half a dozen very pretty . Banton) chic
kens. _
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A beautifat pair . Ofithe last - named.svbere
shown - by Mr. Ferguson. • •
H. C. Jessup exhibited. 'l4Srhanghails of
noble size, and lieno Keeler also exhibited
half a Oogn deserving commendation.,
Cos.: L W.Chapman, Myron - Bald win,
L. B. Hinds. _
WORT ON PLOWING.
1
, ' Tfuipjowing match took place at Dimock
corner/ k en .the farm of /fawn
Thursday the 2s& day. of Sept.--...gleyention
teams.were.entered. The day, was reieeo r .
ably fine end' s very-larke crowd yon3,li,at
tendanCe, and on theiwholiiit was decidedly
one of the finest matehet ever heldin the
Dr% %I lON
Anson Tiffany.
Blakesley
DIVISION xvi. i t FANCY ARTICLES
DrvisloS #it. POULTRY.
county. , The ground was very dry, and
some portions rather stony, but the work vas
well dose by all the competitors. So 'skill
eaell'-plovrgian peffeint, his tselc.
tbatilt i,vita difficult - for the .fudges to deoide
to who'mthei pieferenoisbojad be givep;',but]
as we were bound to 'decide; we awaitr.
premiirais as follows :
Ist premium to
Team,own pair;brown !(or.
Bans. -Time 1 hour_ 52 m.
2od,premium,to. Job!' Short,
Team s bay and grey. time, •
I'bour.37 m. . -
3d-premium to• C. J. :Hollister.
Team, iion - reys., Time, 1:
hour 39 m. -
4th premium to Wm. J. Austin.
Team, light; sorrels. - Time,
1 hour 93 rn.
Gilt premium to • Matb.liarrington.
Team, bay and thestnbt. Time 1 hour
38 rn.
Alltieplowing averaged 6 inches, or over
in .depth. ,The plows used 'were the iron
beam, with wheel and coulter, except the
Gatlin plow, and two Peekskill plows. All
tbe plowmen performed the work within the
time agreed upon 7 -two hours. Previous to
the 'commencement of the mateh the plow
men were prbvided by our friend . E. B. Gates
with an excellent dinner; and we can assure
him that his hospitality will gong be
gratefully, remembered by those who partook
thereof. OUr friend Tingley, on whose land
the mach took placer als deserves ninth
praise forhis generous centilbutions to the
comfort and actomodation' of the men and
teams. ,
A'bet"Cassidy.
Jacob Wallace. r Cost.
Hyde Crooker.
Discretionary premiums of .$' to each
plowman not awarded by Society.
M. L. CATLIN, Sec' y
. liontroie - ; Oct.
,: 9 3, 1858. .
egllqntrost - gitinoint
A. J. GERRITSON, Editor.
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Thursday, October 14, MS.
TO ALL INTERESTED,
T"E.
subscription accounts of the late firm of
BlcCom.unt & Grammies have 'been placed
in the hands of Mr_ Wm ; 1,. BEEne,- 1 -he alone be
ing authorized to collect and give receipts for the
same: He designs canvassing the county. and it
is desirable that all indebted should settle
promptly, thereby saving furthbr trouble and ex•
pense toalt-parties. . J. B. McCOLLUM,
A. J. G,ERRITSON.
yontrose, September-21st, 1858.
ta' Dr. Wm. L. Rinhardson, forineily of
Brooklyn, has located in Montrose, and offers
h:s professinal services to the public. See
his card in advertising column.
JIM" Our readers will doubtless notice that
the communication in regard to the cornet
VW AZ intended for our paper last week•. We
have received other letterlon the subject, but
the publication of one is sufficient.
IVEr. - We understand that the Normal
School is to continue another term, after the
will be a short .vacation' we are not informed.
So far as we_can learn the present progress
is generally satisfactory to all concerned.
The Election.
Owing to the unfavorable weather we get
brit few returns of the election on Tuesday.
At this writing, (Wednesday morning) we
have received no news by telegraph sufficient
to indicate the result of the State election. In
Luzerne county Geo. W. Scranton, opp., is
reported ahead some3ooo,and is thought to be
elected.
In this county . we have reports as follows :
Average Republican majorities—Montrose
133 ; Ilarford, 46 ; Dimoek, 68 ; Oakland,
19; Susq'a Depot gives s an average majority
for Democratic and independent candidates
of 9. Patrick and Parkhurst have run about
up to the Democratic vote generally. Oppo
sition majority in the county probably about
the same as last year.
News of the Week.
TIIE Atlantic 011.)le is still doing nothing:
and likely to so continue.
Tim Opposition took the paupers from the
Philndelphia'Almstouse and had them as
sensed to be ready to vote at the recent eke
tion.—A - trick just mean enough for the
Kansas party to play.
Tit Crystal Palace was burned down on .
Wednesday of last week. ,The loss is es
timated at from '5600,000 to $1,600,000.
The fire is supposed to be the work of-au in
condary.
Gmartrr Smmr, the Abolition Temperance
and Woman's Rights candidate for GoveiMor
of New York, gave out_ that he would meet
the public for the purpose of answering ques
tions• at the Cooper Institute in N. Y. City
one might last week. From his responses it
appears that he advocates closing all liquor
shops; favors naturaliza6on ; a registry law
for cities; female and neva suffrage; home-
stead law; denies that Mbe nets - of the "Re.
publican" party have done anything towards
favOring the chancel of a free State in Kan
sas; advocates the passage of a personal lit.
erty bill, saying that "in order to save the
leastßlack baby from the kidnapper,(meaning
the action of the fugitive•slave law,) he was
willing to see rivers of human blood shed."
The evening was passed off-with lota of fun,
generally. We give one question and his
response—
•
0. Will not the running of Gerrit Switl .
as an independent candidate for Governor
conduce to the election of A. J. Parker?
Ggpmr—The running of Gerrit Smith, in
.my opinion, Will conduce ti) the election of
Gerrit Smith ! ELoud beers and laughter.]
BY the arrival of the Black Warrior from
fia4na, we learn that a large magkzine filled
with powder, shells and rockets, exploded
there on the, night of 'the 20th ult., , by which
twenty-eight yersons were 'killed ',outright,
- and one hundred 'and five were wounded,
While many more were supposed to be under
the ruins . , Ninety new sugar houses were to.
tally destreyed.-, The gas 'Works were render
'ad
t erfectiy useless, and,the city Was left in
Lintz DeLAwAnn held hor,Stato eleation
on thoZtli." - ghinethi Denborate n majority
. • •
of about
-Tbe..Grand Jury of Broome Counti , have
refusetkto Indict Oliver Howard for the hoteli
er.), of.his two boys in July last, the evichiniie
showin'g him :0, be. hm°. 'He - f inis been
- sent:to tho Asylum at Utica.
nairry,wirat person a died 'of yellow fever
n New Orleans on theith inst. and sixty on
he oth.
F. Jr. nollister
Or "It is a well known - fact that the active
Buchan - so men of this county, (or those most
in sectoring his election) are thoroughly
disgusted with his course, and have openly ex
pressed their determination not to.. vote the
Atato Ticketinor do anything towards its sue
cesa,,. ,The probability is that the vote in Brad
ford will be light.%,-Bradford Reporter.
The conclusion arrived at in the above is
doubtless correct, but the reason given is en
tirely groundless, Many democrats of Brad
ford, and perhaps of other counties will refuse
to su pport the State ticket, but not from hos
tility to Mr. Buchanan. It is Goy.
Parker that many of these who labored to
place him in power are dissatisfied with. They
believe that t he is. false and traitorous to his
old friends, and that his ambition 'is now
drawitig him into the embrace of his old foes.
They know that his Attorney General, Knox,
is an open enemy to:the Democratic "party,
and they fear that Porter is unsafe; hence
their refusal to support him as they Other
wise would. Packer appointed Porter to fill
the vacant Judgeship until election, and
Derriocrats feel that if ho is, to turnout to be
of the Knox stripe, they will care little about
his defeat. We trust that Knox is the only.
traitor in the camp, and would be pleased .to
'see our Governok fill his place with a man
who will not smite the hand that feeds him.
If ho does not do this, we confess thitt there
is reason to suppose that Packer's sympathies
are not where we believed them to be when
we advocated his election over the dema
gogue Wilmot. _
The above was in type for last week, but
was crowded out. , We publish it this week
in order to correct the error intended to be
conveyed by the Reporter. -
A correspondent of the Pennsylvanian who
bad listened to one of Senator Bigler's able
speeches, wiites of it as follows, from Elk
county
"He (Bigler), presented some new fact.,
developed by the eleCtion on the English bill
in Kansas, which I third: every Democrat
ought:to possess.' HO showed by the official
vote on the English bill that the plea of the
opposition, on the ground cif the nineteen dis-
franchised counties, was a sheer deception
and a base subterfuge. - It was said- the Cons
vention bad no authority because the people of
nineteen counties had beendisfranchised,fifteen
of them, as Gov. Walker had said; " by no
fault of their own ;." and these fifteen coun
ties polled on the English bill but 166 votes,
and in ten of the dqranehised not a single
vote was given, and in the other five but 166 !
In the remaining four—Allen, .Anderson,
Coffee and Franklin, when the officers of the
law to make the registry were driven out:of
the county by Jim Lane and his band, 1445
votes were cast. The registry extended to
the votes in the Territory on the Ist of
ISfarch, 1857, eighteen months before the
vote ou the English bill, and the population
has been steadily increasing ever since. This
positive truth, and shows that at the time of
the registry fifteen out of the nineteen counties
contained no inhabitants at all, and those
counties from which Lane drove the officers
gould,not have contained 500 votes. Noth
ing done more, excites popular pr s ejudice
against the policy of the Administration than
this base fabrication. Will the opposition
Press be honest enough to. publish the.truth
Will'Col. Forney du the readers of his paper,
this act of justice I
Gov. Bigler showed up another humbug.
that was, that whilst the Black Republicans
in this part of tire cowl y were charging that
the Democrats had attempted to make a
slave State out of a population of 35,000 in
Kansas, the Leavenworth Herald, the Law
retro Journal, and other kindred prints in
Kansas, were proving to a demonstration that
the - present population cannot be less than
80,000, and some say 90,000.
The California Election-'-Col. For
ney in the Vocative.
The political intelligence froin California,
by the last arrival, must have been peculiarly
gratifying Co Chevalier Forney,of the "Press."
With tt self complacency truly refreshing, be
'had taken the politics and the fortunes of the
GOldeu f3tftle ender his -especial charge and
nursing. With his "Cal 'forma edition,"-coat
with every departure of , U steamer, filled with
abuse of Mr. Buchanan and his administra
tion, he-`was going to revolutionize and de-.
bauch-the Democracy, and hand them over
as supple slaves to their Black Republican.
enemies there, just as he has attempted to. do
here in the old 'Keystone. California was to
be carried in his breeches pocket, just 'is
Major Noah used to boast of carrying little
Delairare. B'oderick,tbe Great—Broderick,
the Hero—Broderick, who strikes from his
shoulder—Broderick, the right-band man of
Douglas in his rescusaney—and M'Kibben,
who stood out so bravely against the majori-
ty of his Democratic colleagues in Congressi
stlongwith John Hickman, - each emulous to
excel in "fighting the President'—these were
his peculiar pets—these were the courageous:
and honest_men who were to help him along
in the glorious work of placing the:Democra
cy`of California in an attitude of hostility to;
the President's' policy , sa that he might- be_
rebuked, and that the effect ,of such rebuke
might 'tell with powerful force on public.
opinion, just on' tbereve of ari important elec
tion in the home State of Mr. Buchanan.
Rut, mark the sequel.. The election has
taken place in California, and the news falls
like a wet blanket upon the shoulders of the
redoubtable -Colonel. Not only bas • "the
President been sustained in that gallant little
Commonwealth,.but•by an increased Demo
majority has the schemes of the dis
organizers been crushed, and the' traitors,
Broderick. and McKibben, been condemned
and doomed, as with a startling,thunder-peat.
So will it always be, when an enliglitend
and deliberate public opinion comes to render
its verdict upon the acts of its representatives,
and - to measure out its rewards and punish
ments upon - the deserving, or the guilty.
Where is Broderick now Y Where is McKib.
ben now ? 'And ,where will Forney be after
the Penosylvania,electiOn I Nine cheers for
the gallant and incorruptible . Democracy of
tlae,Golden State of the Pacific. , W 6 greet
you tit full fellowship. •
Alas, poor ; ,Prodexick Ile_ sbad been
apotheosized—miarded a niche in the temple
or Fame—by Col, Forney,..,S'ic . transit .o/o . ria
MONPAT !—Pennsylvaniam.
;/ - TnE BEST Agn' GlnurEsT vstiaty . -of
Pentinsaushipluit exhibited at the Pennsylva
'Ma State Nit, at Pittsbirg,ind it'New .
Us, - Pa., was' front the` 'Row CITY CoLdnak of
this' city. Tbii Institution is noi the largest
.Ih . the' country,and Offers stiperior facilitiessthi
-acquiring 'practical business educatien.--
Pittpbury Pail;, True Preis,
Those Disfranchised Counties.
* *.
E=MW!====
For the Montrose,Democrat
The Comet. .
. ,
115t00411.7, N. Y., October 2J. 1858.
EDITOR, pit; DII4IOC RA T : —.Dear Sir :-The '
CmszT appears to 'he, in these day's of wO- -
'Asia; the observed of all observers. Wig in
ifitatrious visitor; and may well
clans from the -.surious or scientific. n
'quirer residing _on Jerre firms, the most
searching investigation.- -
-
It has been already announced by astron
omers that,there are at the present time three
'of - theie eCcentrio 'visitors in the northern
heavens rapidly approaching our solar system ;
but the one now, anti for some weeks past,
seen! by the naked eye, is the only one of
the three visible to us without the aid of the
telescope. - ,
In your issue .on the 30th September you
solicit In explanation of this matter from
some of your friend*. response thereto I
affirm that the comet now teen ID the wes
tern sky after Bonet, is identical with that
seen in the east just 'before daylight.
Donati's comet, as it is `called; haring an
ascension differing but little from 'that ofthe
sun, and st declination north Of Some forty
degrees, it therefore: seen, but an Hour or
two at evening; and about the same length
r •
' of time in The morning. - - -
-Moritiose' has a north latitude of about
forty-two degrees, hence the circle of the
perpetual apparition 'for that,place Will - have
a diameter of eighty-four degrees on either
aide Of the north pole of the heavens ; the
comet nor being within that circle, and
rapidly traveling south in - its passage round
the sun, and at the same time rising higher
in the heavens, sinks below the-horizon at.
about eight: o'clock in the evening, Wand rises
again abouffour in the mowing.
Had it' a declination of fifty degrees it
would come within the circle' of perpetual
apparition •, that is, like the stars•withia the
distance of forty-two (legless from the polar'
star, it would not set at all, but 'Would be
visible dur!og the entire night,=dipping
_down nearly , to the horizon at midnight as
do those Stars that are no .rnore than forty
two degrees front the pole, and then rising to
some eighty-four degrees above -the horizon
by day ; but,_ like the stars, It would be in
visible during the 'lay, owing to its obscure
tion'by the light of tlte sun.
The comet is not "lehird• thesnn in the
evening and ahead of it in t 1142 i morning," as
intimated.by r your Columbus Enquirer.
It must be remembered_ffiat the sun is now
t-aveling south of. the Equinoctial i -while the
comet is some :forty degrees north of that
lino ; and that,thesun illuininates the erratic.
wanderer from. nearly- a southern direction,
hence its train stretches off; towards the
north. •
I have shownthat if this comet were north
fifty degrees it would not-set at all in latitude
forty-two degrees, north on •the ear h; in
declination forty-five degrees,it would remain
below the horizon only two or three hours
at forty-two degrees—several hours;.and as
it morea'southward it will remain below the
horizon ten to twelvehours. •
On the 23d of September it was supposed
to be about 140,000;000 miles ft o'm the earth;
October 9th it will be only 52,000,000 milts
from us, when it will have 'attained its great
est splendor.
It will continue to increase rapidly in size
and brilliancy up to the 9th inst., at which
time it will be nearest to the earth; and its
splendor will then, be nearly three times as
great as on the 23d of September. The
nucleus' will'be near the bright star Atctnrus,
Oct. sth, and' nearest the earth', orbit. -‘,.. th
ZUI.II. irmy 'yours;, • - 15, CLARK.
Letter froni Gov. Denver.
From. the .New York: iiwirnalof Coin-_
merce, Oct. 9th
The New York "Tribune" havingpublished
an article on Iransas affairs, Sept. 20th,which
contained several — gross Misstatements us to
the action of, Gin'. Denver and President
Buchanan, the Governor addressed the fol
lowing courteous letter to, the editors of the
"Tribune, 4 correcting their errors, 1 at they
had not the fairness to print it. Cinder
these circumstances, the gentleman to whom
it was sent for transmission to the "Tribune,"
:has handed it to us, and we Cheerfully lay it
before our readers :
Lecompton, K. T., Sept. 30, 1858.
To the Editors of the New York Tribune.
Gentleman :—My attention has been called
to_ an article in reference to Kansas affairs,
published in your Daily on the 20th inst;
and Tri-weekly of the 21st.,
in which you
suggest thit I had probably been Compelled
by the . Administration to resign the post
have held here for some Months past, and on
that suspicion you proceed to make some
serious Charges against Mr. Buchanan and
his Administration, for all of which there- is
not.the slightest foundation. It, is true that
have - resigned the, office - for Govet nor of
Kansas, but 'it was an' not of my own free
- will. The (President desired me to remain,
but the condition of my private affairctiould
dot permit me to' do so longer. I c a June
last, I sent up my resignation to take effect
in August, but while it Washington in July,
at tile argent solicitations of many persons
interested in Kanias, and also at the request
of the President, I then withdrew it for the
lime being. - Those who are conversant with
the facts know that it has - been with extreme
reluctance thatl --- ' have remained here from
the first, and!that\ I have always declared my
intentions to resign the office for Governor, '
as soon as it could be done-with safety to the
public, interest: I have received the inei,t.
- .1
ample assurances or -the • cordialsapproVal of
my course in thi's Territory bv the President
and all the members of his Cabinet, and here'
Unitist be permitted to vay 'that in all my
conversation with the President about Kansas
affairs, he has always manifested the deepest'
concern.for the peace and happiness of the
country, and a determination that thepeople
of the Territory shOuld Wave a fair opportun
ity' at the bane box, to settle the questions
at issue before them in their:own way,, and
without any extikneoua influences: Such has
been the character of all his communications
to me, whether verbal or written, and while
- endeavoring te.carry them outio:gOixt • faith,
I have met with no opposition from the tiiii
derate men of the Territory, nor from- those
who have been olasstd as pio-slaverymen.
• The fraud. perpetrated at s the election in
- January- last, were committed by violent and
unscrupulous men of all parties, aqd the in
vestigation of them were partisan and partial.
- Such acts as theforging of, the return 'from
Delaware Cnissingwere- paraded before the
public with glint gusto,while the destruction
of the ballot box and ballots of_Sugar Monad,
by ,Copt.-: Montgomery, , was passed by in
silence. The enters 'in these tranaactioistr
ought to have been severely punished, but
- there wertno laws that would re.aeh Ahem,.
and the hvtl - -4gislative Assembly; which was
'all'Free State, made no sufficient laws to
meet suektasesin the future, but endeivered
to Taralyze the powers - of the Circuit Courts,
andands invest , tbe'Probate. Courts with powers
`they -- con - ld. , bot, eprcise. - ' You admit that•
things have , giple on here quietly undtr
Administration:-. - . This is not exactly : correct.
There. has beeri lome distinbances in- Doni.
Phan; Leevetiworth;-:'Linn N and i:l3ouibon
. counties; .and It''tivery case die disturbincis
haveheen produce 4 by personweallitig them
'selves Free State men. " is sDosiphan county
an effortwea made _toliiiiisinate the gentle
men whO;tvere - elected to.ilte Legislalure on
the first Monday in January last,ano although,
tirey..,,escaped with their lives, they were
\
plendered of their property, and their houses
baited., - No steps have been taken to punish
the_ perpetrators, and,yet all the county -
offlkere were Free State me'. The troubles -
inAeavAleforth .city" -= continued" nearly- all ,
winter, and if the 'Mayor and other city
officers did not encourage sthem,they 'certain
ly took no measures-to have them suppressed.
In Linn and Bourbon counties all was quiet
until Montgdmery aid his heed commended
plundering, and driving off the people who
differed,from them in political sentiments, in
the
,Courlse of which - they committed some
outrages is acti,one;of Which was to drive a
farmer awayfrOtri his home, on pain of _death,
and then to - take the ladies of his family,itrip
off all theii,clothing, and in that 'condition
compel them to walk backward and forwards
foi their am eaement. , I ":passed through the
counties, where these outrages were- perpe- ,
!rated, and for some 30' milts it pre.ented
such a scene of desolation ski never expected
to have seen, and never hope tollee again in
a country inhabited . by sAmericrn citizens.
Is it any wondet that'the people on whom
such outrages were perpetrated,should become
exasperated I,Scime 300 families were robbed '
of their property; driven from their tomes,
and compelled to fly "from the Territory.
About two-thirds of them from,Linn county,
where every officer. was and is a Fiee" ; State
man, after providing places of _security , for
their families, some of the men, inaddenel
and desperate with'the treatment they had re
ceived, returned to seek revenge, and per
'petritted the bloody and unjurtifiable • act of
' the Marais des Cygnes. This', was followed,
1 on the part of Montgomery, by setting fire to
to the,town OrFort Scott, 'in the middle 'of
the night, while the people were all•asleep;
and then pouring in volleys of rifle balls to
prevent the people. from - extinguishing the
flames.' Although no serious consequences
resulted from this act; though several persons
escaped very narrowly, yet in its inception, I
know ornothing worse in tI e whole history
of Kansas. If such an act had been comit
ted by a band of ' hostile Indians, it would
have sent a thrill of horror throughout the
whole country. Stich have been some of the
troubles in this Territory, and yet the perpe
trators are running at large without an effort
to arrest them, in counties where the. Free
State men bare all the local officers,
,uPhela
,by a portion*of those calling themselves Free
State men. Among the most seas, of them
have been tl•e hired repoiters of the Eastern
*newspaper pres'. If any further disturbances
occur in this Territory, these are the people '
who will be justly responsible for .it.• The
Pro Slavery party have abandoned the ,con
test. The Free State men have a majority in
every county in the territory, and they have
the sheriff and all other local officers in all
but two or three of the counties, and there is,
no county in whiCh the sheriff cannot Fe
serve peace if he desires to do so:
You make another complaint against the '
President, that he hns,twice postponed the
- seles,ofthe•pu.blic lands. If I .mistake not,
last Sprier , p you complained because the sales
were ordered for July. The first postpone
ment was made at the urgent .solicitation. of
the people in all parts of the Territory, and
so anxious were-they to have it done; that
t' e: sent on a committee of three to the
President on the subject, and tie nsult' of
their interview was published by you.i The
aicond • postponement was ,more n de.saary
&ban Outt nrst, rof - money has become\ more
scarce in the Territory, the rates of i terest
had gone up to 5 and 10 per cent. per onth,
and there . was a good deal of sickness
throughout the whole cottony. By adhering
to the second order for the stiles to-take place
in November, the settler woofd-be placed at
the mercy of the money lender, when to post,
_pone it the settler would have another year
within which to obtain the means to, secure
a home, wi - thcort- having to give away one:
half of his land forthe money with which to
enter- the other , half. No good government
would knowingly impose such- terms On_ her
citizens, and hence the s cond postporiement
of the land sales Of Ju y next, It lwes a
Ir:ea:sure demanded by thecofidition oflaffairs
here, and of which I have heard no one com
plain, except such as were determined to be
-dis,satisfiect with anything and eveyythiiig the
Administration might du, and a few money
lenders whose per centage has been 'greatly
reduced by it.
I' . By giving publicity' to this, You swill cor
rect some erroneous impressions conyyed in
t
the article alluded to, 'and oblige yo rs, re
spectfully. , I
(Signed) -,.,.; J. W.DEIT\I'ER.
.... . ,
Best Bnsiness Writing of 148.
.;.
During the past two weeks, at the Ohio
State Fair, at Sandusky, at 'Wheolin,g [Va., at
Greensburg, Whittington, Mercer ana Beaver,
Pa., all the first Writers of the West exhibited
their best specimens of Business and Orna
mental Penmanship. . J
The IRON CITY COLLEGE, which ha?
all the Premiums in Pittsburg, and In
and Western Cities, over-- alkompeti I
for best Pen and Ink Writing, agai
new laurels to her fame by est:it:Alien
hest sp7imeds of Penmanship.--gi
Evening' Chronicle, September 27th.
. Holloway's Pills and Ointm • nt.••••
rillainy at 'lVork.—As a precputton against be
ing; poisoned by vile counterfeita of ese re
nowned peeparations, see that on every leaf of
the books of directions enclosingjthe b es and
pots, the words " liolloway,-New Y rk and
London," are ithpressod in the form of. water
iti
mark, distinguishable when the paper is held, up
to the light. The aggregate of cure of indi
gesrion,. bowel conTlaint, fever and ' gue; re.
mitteat -fever , ertions, ulcers, co Onions,
rheumatism, etc., achieved by these pre '
rations
during 1857, exceeds by 100 per cent. th tof any
former year. Tim demand in this country hai
increased enormously (hiring the !same .erioi. •
CONCERT.
Turany'o 134stpunentai co
Azad -grand ,Exhibition
WItLPERFORM AT
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On „Thursday Evening, Octoler 21v
Eff" Plane rend carefullyiourennt4
oc 7 . '1 C. W. TIFFANY '
Eke jj maw Proot]
.I.unLjsmai EVERY muitADAY
ANDREW J. GERRITS IN. •
Terms.-01.5 0 per st - Inum if . pitidin ad
vance, $4 .00 if paid within the year '
dr . .4.50
if not.paid until the find of the year icr ' period
- of subscription . Advance payment anetted.
Triscontinuances optional with the ?ublislter
until all arrearagea are paid.
Rates ot Advertlalng. i , •
One.aquare, (Id lines,) 3 weeks. Or le g $l.OO
Each subsequent insertion, , ' , 1 .25 .
One square one year, e8.00,.tw0 sq'rs $lll-.00,
three, squarer, $16.00, four squares $24,00..
Dullness Cards of sirtjines tt .00 per year,
Job Work of- all kinds etectiOd neatly
acid promptly.. Blanks always - on baud. .
January tat, J 858.... - 1.
- All wanting tn•emigratn-to a mil
iood soil; and finoloarket; sei; adverti.
Ilammonton Lands.
ors, for
n addi
all in
tsburg;
't, 1858.
bills..
Prop.
cliattitt,
went of