222 Clinton County Fair. [Oct., 



CLINTON COUNTY FAIR. 



"Was held at Keesville, on Tuesday, the 7th of October, and as 

 business called us into this section of the State at this time, we 

 gave an hour or two to the exhibition. It is at these gatherings 

 of the farmers, that the spirit and life of the profession manifests 

 itself. If the exhibition of stock, and the fruits of the earth is of 

 an high order, there can be no doubt of the existence of the right 

 spiritin the community. Seeking the exhibition then, as an in- 

 dex of the conditions of agriculture in Clinton county, we have 

 no hesitation in saying that it is entitled to a respectable rank 

 among the leading agricultural counties of the State. The great- 

 est deficiency in the exhibition, was in neat stock. The cows 

 and bulls were scarcely more than ordinary. The horses in their 

 several kinds were very good, though there were none which 

 could claim the first rank. The hogs were very good. 



The roots and fruits were as good as those of any fair we have 

 attended, excepting in some of the minor kinds, as plums, pears, 

 etc., though it was too late in the season to expect even a com- 

 mon exhibition of some species. Clinton county in part, is one 

 of the best agricultural counties in the State. The soil is well 

 adapted to grain, grass and pasturage, and though it has been re- 

 garded as deficient in many of the requisites of a good farming 

 county, still this view is not just. It can apply only to the west- 

 ern part, where the country is elevated some 1000 or 1200 feet 

 above lake Champlain. The towns adjacent to the lake are all 

 excellent farming towns, and the land is fertile, and capable of 

 beino- brought to vie in productiveness with the best lands in 

 the State. 



ANTIDOTE TO POISONS. 

 Animal charcoal (freshly prepared ivory black) is an antidote to 

 poisons, especially those belonging to the vegetable kingdom. 

 Thus strychnin and nux vomica, and other poisons of this class, 

 when taken mixed with charcoal are perfectly harmless, provided 

 the charcoal is administered in doses proportioned to the quantity 

 of the poison. Three or four grains of strychnin are neutralised 

 by 1| or 2 ounces of charcoal. Even the etTects of aisenic, are 

 greatly diminished by a speedy administration of charcoal. Cor- 

 rosive sublimate is more surely rendered inert by white of eggs. 

 Dogs, which have been poisoned by nux vomica, may possibly be 

 cured by charcoal, though it is quite important that it should be 

 administered early, and in large doses, not less than li or 2 ounce?. 

 In the absence of animal charcoal, administer freely fine fresh 

 charcoal from the fire place. 



