No. 4. 



Horticultural and Jlgricultural Exhibition. 



121 



Cattle Slio\v & Morticultiiral H^xliibitioni) 

 JVew Castle County, Del. 



The Cattle Sliow of the Agricultural Socie- 

 ty of New Castle County, held in this city on 

 Wednesday, September 25, as usual, attract- 

 ed a large concourse of strangers, from dif- 

 ferent parts of tills county, and the adjacent 

 counties o^ Pennsylvania ; and the cattle, 

 sheep, hogs, &c. exhibited, did great credit 

 to the agriculturists of the county. A great 

 number of pens had previously been erected 

 for tiie accommodation of stock, and they 

 were nearly all tilled on the morning of the 

 exhibition with a variety of very fine cattle, 

 &c., some of which were brought a distance 

 of nearly twenty miles. The agriculturists 

 of this county and state for some years past, 

 have been much engaged in improving their 

 stock, and for this purpose several valuable 

 Eurojxjan breeds have been purchased at very 

 high prices, and introduced into the state ; 

 and the advantages that have already arisen 

 and will continue to arise to the farmers and 

 agriculturists, is now being more and mere 

 developed at every succeeding exhibition of 

 the society. Some of the young cattle of 

 foreign blood exhihited on this occasion, we 

 do not imagine would lose by a comparison 

 with aiiy other in the Union ; and in the 

 course of a {q^n years more, should as many 

 improvements be made, as in the last four or 

 five, we shall, no doubt, be able to boast of as 

 fine cattle as those of any other quarter of the 

 globe. We presume the society will in a 

 few days publish a detailed account of the 

 exliibition, particularizing the different kinds 

 of stock, by whom raised, the premiums 

 awarded, (fee, and we do not, therefore, deem 

 it necessary to give a full description at pre- 

 sent, further than to say that the most san- 

 guine anticipations of the members of the 

 society, as well as all others who witnessed 

 it, were fully realized. 



The Horticultural Exhibition in the City 

 Hall, on the same day, was also very numer- 

 ously attended by our citizens, and a large 

 number of strangers, some of whom came a 

 considerable distance to witness it ; and for 

 t'lio beauty of arrangement, and brilliancy of 

 design, exceeded any thing of the kind ever 

 produced in this city beibre. The richest 

 and most delicious products of natur<^, such as 

 melons, peaches, pears, apples, grapes, and, 

 in fact, all descriptions of " fruit empurpled 

 ieep," and vegetables, — were spread around 

 in great profusion, and in the most delectable 



t'5tyle. The gorgeous display of flowers of 

 3very hue, and of most delightful fragrance, 

 interspersed with evergreens, and formed into 

 A'reaths, harps, chandeliers, and other fanci- 

 Til figures, lined the ceiling, walls, pillars, 

 windows, &c., of the large room jn which 

 .hey were exhibited, giving to the whole 



scene a most brilliant and imposing eft'ect; 

 and resembling a magnificent banquet, pre- 

 pared by lavish Nature's well directed hand. 

 Many productions of art, and a great variety 

 of silks, both raw and manufactured, were 

 likewise exhibited. One of Brooks' Spin- 

 ning Machines was kept in operation nearly 

 the whole time, wluch attracted considerable 

 attention ; and must have convinced all that 

 the silk business is destined at no very dis- 

 tant day, to become one of our principal 

 branches of industry, and which is to add 

 greatly to our already numerous sources of 

 wealth. A large number of ladies were in 

 attendance, and they appeared to enjoy the 

 scene with no small degree of pleasure and 

 delight. 



About tJiree o'clock in the afternoon, the 

 Agricultural Society, consisting of near one 

 hundred members and invited guests, sat 

 down to a most delicious dinner, prepared by 

 Mr. Brooke T. Turner, of the Bayard Hotel, 

 which was served up in the Council Chamber 

 of the City Hall. The table was furnished 

 with the choicest description of meats, vege- 

 tables, pies, tarts, &c., prepared in the best 

 style, and with the greatest abundance, which 

 did the worthy host no small degree of credit, 

 and showed that he was every way qualified 

 to cater on such an occasion, and satisfy the 

 most fastidious taste — at least so we should 

 judge from the manner in which the com- 

 pany seemed to relish everything with which 

 the table was lined. Alter the cloth was 

 removed, several very appropriate addresses 

 were delivered by the members, in which 

 they stated their views and experience upon 

 subjects of interest to the society, and several 

 excellent toasts were drank — and after thus 

 enjoying themselves for an hour or two, the 

 company retired, well pleased with the festi- 

 vities of the day, and we doubt not, with a 

 determination to renew their exertions in 

 their noble and praiseworthy pursuits. — Wil' 

 mingion {Del.) Gazette. 



CJiester and Delaware County Agriciil" 

 txtral ExU{I>itloii« 



An unusual degree of interest was excited 

 in our borough the past week, by the Exhibi- 

 tion and Cattle Show of the Chester and Dela- 

 ware County Agricultural Society, held on 

 the premises of J. P. McClellan. This is but 

 the second one since the formation of the so- 

 ciety, and if the future ones are destined to 

 exceed the recent one as much as this did the 

 preceding, we may safely predict, that Ches- 

 ter county will soon rival the most favored 

 sections of our country, in the number and 

 quality of her improved breeds of cattle, sheep 

 and hogs, as she now surpasses most in her 

 fertile soil and luxuriant pasture. We count- 

 ed no less than ten imported animals of the 



