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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Nov. 



■hite men. Santa Fe trail is far south of us; 



.le California is considerably north. Very prob- 



.bly the buffalo on Soloman's fork were never 

 "anted by while men until this Spring. Should 



■ne of these countless herds take a fancy for a 

 man-hunt, our riflemen would find even the Ex- 

 press wagons no protection. 



VEKMONT STATE FAIR. 

 We have been disappointed in not receiving 

 from some ot our numerous and usually attentive 

 correspondents in Vermont, an interesting ac- 

 count of the late State Fair at Burlington. From 

 the reports which we have seen, we suppose it was 

 a good one, equal, and superior in some respects, 

 to any that has preceded it. On Tuesday, the 

 13th, the weather was exceedingly rough. The 

 correspondent of the Journal says : 



All night long the wind blew, increasing to a 

 gale, and this morning was one of the bluest that 

 can be imagined. Dark, angry clouds swept 

 over the sky, rising in dark masses from beyond 

 the Adirondack Mountains. The lake was lashed 

 to fury, and the waves dashed at times clear over 

 the breakwater which guards the harbor, dashing, 

 and foaming, and churning, till the entire reach 

 of Champlain was a white expanse. The streets 

 were lined with branches of trees, and on one of 

 the streets a tall Lonibardy poplar came down 

 with a crash, just clearing a house which, had it 

 been struck, would have been cut clear through 

 from ridgepole to basement. There was a great 

 fluttering of canvas among the show tents at the 

 Fair Ground, and the Ethiopian Opera Troop 

 had their theatre, stage, scenery, auditorium and 

 ail, tumbled into a promiscuous heap. 



There were Jive hundred and/orty-Jive horses, 

 entered — a larger number than was ever en- 

 tered at one Fair before. They were, Matched 

 horses, 58 pairs ; Woodbury Morgan stallions, 

 50 ; Woodbury Morgan mares, 16 ; Sherman 

 Morgan stallions, 68 ; Sherman Morgan mares 

 and fillies, 18 ; Bulrush Morgans, 30; foreign 

 horses, 24 ; Hambletonians and others, 60 ; 

 mares and geldings, 127. Very many of these 

 horses were of exquisite form and action, and are 

 not only a great credit to the Vermonters, but 

 ajso a source of great profit. 



The total number of Sheep presented was 352. 

 The entries were — Spanish Merino bucks, 22 ; 

 Spanish Merino ewes, 197 ; French Merino 

 lambs, 14 ; Long and Middle wool, 119. 



The entries of Cattle were — Durham, 39 ; 

 Ayrshire, 3 ; Devons, 21 ; mixed and native, 

 39 ; working oxen, 19 pairs ; steers, 21 pairs 

 milch cows, 4 ; Herefords, 8 ; fat cattle, 7. 



There were also about forty coops of Poultry, 

 and a small show of swine. 



At half-past 5, P. M., of the second day, Gov 

 Banks and Gen. Wool were received by Col 

 Needham and Gen. Clark, and escorted to the 

 American House, where speeches were made, 



and general hilarity prevailed. During the day, 

 the wind blew a hurricane, with occasional dashes 

 of rain and snow flakes. Mansfield Mountain 

 was white with snow, and the lake was churned 

 into soap suds. The air was filled with dust, but 

 notwithstanding all this-, there was a respectable 

 attendance in the afternoon. 



On Thursday, the third day, the sun rose clear, 

 but through a winter's atmosphere. East and 

 west, the mountain peaks were white with snow. 

 But the Vermonters are not arrested in their 

 movements by trifles, and soon poured in from 

 every quarter to see and be seen, to talk and to 

 hear, and to make their show one of profit and 

 pleasure. So they went through the usual rou- 

 tine with horses, cattle, music, (S:c., until the hour 

 arrived to listen to the Address by Gov. Banks, 

 when all repaired to the great stand, where Col. 

 Needham, chairman of the committee of recep- 

 tion, recently one of our own citizens, remarked 

 that the vast assembly present indicated how 

 great was the interest felt by the citizens of the 

 State in agriculture. There was a time when ag- 

 riculture was neglected, but science and art had 

 lent helping hands, and had raised it to a higher 

 dignity. He spoke briefly of the progress which 

 had been made, of the interest which had been 

 manifested, and introduced Gov. Banks, who 

 was received with hearty cheers. 



The Governor's topic was the origin and growth 

 of popular institutions, but we have space to 

 give only here and there a leading thought of 

 his excellent address. He said : 



The Industrial Exhibition should present, in 

 one form or another, the life of the people, and 

 the character of the age it represents — its pro- 

 ducts, its habits, its labor, its leisure. What is 

 not exhibited in products, should be witnessed 

 in the people themselves. But it is among the 

 wonders of life that the most manifest and in- 

 dispensable aids to human eflbrt in every age and 

 every land, should have been successfully resist- 

 ed for extended periods of time. The introduc- 

 tion of machinery, gas, pure water, railways, and 

 many of the common articles of food, have met 

 with such opposition. Products with capacity, 

 to endure every soil and climate, have, by such 

 prejudices, been restricted to special latitudes. 

 Even in New England, where young men are 

 leaving health and home for the newer country 

 of the West, and a little more land — even in 

 New England, one-half of the soil, and some- 

 times of the best capacity, is, out of custom and 

 usage, unimproved and useless. The surest meth- 

 od of breaking into such customs, that have held 

 men in poverty, is to bring them together, not 

 for a single object, but for every practicable pur- 

 pose and interest. * * » 



The multitudes here to-day are gathered from 

 every part of the State to witness the strength 

 of the State, the extent of its acquisitions, the 

 riches of its industry, the achievements of its 

 invention and discovery, working harmoniously 



