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MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. II. Domestic JVotices. 



Annual Fair and Cattle SJwiv of the Neio York State Agricultural So- 

 ciety, at Poughkeepsie, Sept. 18th and 19th, 1844. — The next annual ex- 

 hibitions of this flourishing society will be held at Poughkeepsie, on the 

 18th and 19th of September next. Exhibitions of Flowers and Fruits 

 form part of the Horticultural Department, and collections are solicited 

 from cultivators throughout the country. We copy the following from 

 the circular of the association : — 



The Annual Exhibitions of the State Society, it is already well known 

 to the public, are steadily increasing in interest and importance. The 

 Fairs held within the last three years at Albany, Syracuse aud Rochester, 

 have proved every way satisfactory. The exhibition at Rochester, par- 

 ticularly, was attended by immense throngs from different sections of this 

 State, and by large representations from several other States, as well as 

 from the neighboring British Provinces. 



The next Fair, to be held at Poughkeepsie, will doubtless surpass any 

 of its predecessors, if we may judge from the interest excited and the ar- 

 rangements in progress. The facilities of reaching that place by water 

 communication, will greatly promote the convenience of persons who 

 have articles to exhibit, as well as of visitors generally. The numerous 

 excellent steamboats on the Hudson offer ready access and egress, which 

 will prevent inconvenience from over-crowded hotels — enablin? visitors to 

 spend a day at the Fair, and return homeward in the evening. Visitors 

 leaving New York or Albany in the morning boats, will be able to take 

 evening boats homeward, after spending eight or ten hours at the Fair : 

 so that, with the reasonable charges and excellent fare on the steamboats, 

 and the arrangements of the State Society in connection with the liberal 

 preparations of the citizens of Poughkeepsie, (including the facilities for 

 visiting West Point, Newburgh, and other places where good hotels may 

 be found,) the fullest confidence may be felt that the thousands who an- 

 nually visit the State Fairs will be satisfactorily accommodated this year, 

 whether they remain during the whole days of the Fair or spend merely 

 a few hours on their route up or down the Hudson. 



The example of former years enables the officers of the State Society 

 to remedy some inconveniences heretofore ex|)erienced ; and the efficient 

 police that will be maintained, with the improved mode of arranging the 

 grounds and buildings for the Fair and Cattle Show, must render the ex- 

 hibition more than usually satisfactory to families visiting the place in 

 carriages and otherwise. 



In addition to the multitude of premiums specifically offered, many dis- 

 cretionary premiums wall be awarded by the committee on non-enumerated 

 articles, so that persons who have articles of any kind proper for exhibi- 

 tion or competition on such an occasion, may feel assured that their arti- 

 cles will be properly considered in the Reports and Premiums. 



Premiums are also offered specifically for competition among animals of 

 various kinds from other States ; and the premiums for essays on Agri- 



