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AND GARDENER ^'5 JOURNAL. 



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I w iiinny tboughiIc.-?6 young nion linve spent ibcir 



m n tavern or grogshop, which ought to 



11 devoted to prolilablo rcmling I How many 



-vim never speat twenty dollars for books for 



lies, would gladly have given tbouaanda to 



I ft oon or daughter, who had ignorantly and 



bLlesely fallen into temptation I 



jekly newspapers eait be had from one to three 



1 8 per year, being from two to five cents per 



Each [»aper cowt the printer, before it is priitt- 



oui one cent. He, therefore, obtains from one 



r cents for hie editorial duties, and for printing, 



iuting; composition, &c. This ia extremely 



V It is the price paid for advertisementa which 



I keep newspapers alive. 



us tlie renders of newspapers get the cheapest of 

 1J ssible reading. 



teeuth Auuiial Fair of the American 

 lustitnte. 



is great Anniversary E.xhibition of the choice 

 cte of Agriculture, Manufacturea, and the Arts, 

 pen to visitors at Niblo's Garden, in the city of 

 York, on Monday, the ,5th of October, 1840. 

 es for competition, in order to be entitled to all 

 rivileges of (he Fair, inuet be delivered on the 

 >us Friday or Saturday. 



Address on " Home production^ and partint' 

 that of Silk," will be delivered at the Reposito- 

 ,he American Institute, on Wednesday evening, 

 h of October, at 8 o'clock. 



Friday, the 9th of October, nt 3 o'clock, P. M. 

 oughing E.xhibition, for testing such ploughs as 

 been entered for competition at the Fair, will 

 lence in some suitable field near the city, which 

 .ereafter be noticed in the public prints. It will 

 iducted by a committee, selected from the Board 

 nagers and the Board of Agriculture. 

 Wednesday the 14th of October, at 12 o'clock, 

 he Exhibition of pure blood Cattle and choice 

 ig Live Stock will be made within or near the 

 in. As they will be selected by the Judges for 

 urpose, they must be entered on the hooka of the 

 )y 1'2 o'clock on Tuesday, the 13th of October 

 ; last year, inconvenience was experienced from 

 attle, &c. being placed at a distance from the 

 il exhibition ; to remedy which arrangements 

 ie made for receiving them in the neighborhood 

 Garden, where they will be taken care of at a 

 •ate per diem charge for each head, previously 

 i and defined by the committee, so as to prevent 

 itions on strangers. They will be subjected to 

 ler charge. 



Thursday evening, October 15ih, at 7S o'clock, 

 nniversary Address will be deliveied in some 

 ua bnildingin the city, and will be sttcceeded by 

 nnal Supper the same evening. 

 Friday evening, the 16th of October, the 13th 

 Pill close, with the public annunciation of the 

 urns awarded, and an Address by the President 

 Institute. 



Saturday, the 17th of October, the earliest hour, 

 s exhibited will be delivered, on the exhibiter 

 iting to the attendant the receipt or check given 

 by thejClerk of the Fair. And the owners of 

 sare earnestly requested to remove them in the 

 ! of the day. 



re than twelve years have elapsed since a few 

 eers in behalf of the cause of industry first 

 tit the American Institute into existence. For 

 I years after its organization, it was dependent 

 rail voluntary contributions from individuals. 

 }5, seven years after its first organization, by the 

 tary services of its members, and by great eco- 

 , it had accumulated a small fund. It was then 

 nined to establish a Repository, for the dady 

 lion of Machines, Models, &c., with a Library, 

 ebenefit of Mechanics, Artists, Inventors, &c. ; 

 1 extensive room was leased, and an officer was 

 Ited with a salary to superintend the same. In 

 e years which have succeeded, the Institute has 

 ■)n triumphantly. 



ughing and Cattle Exhibitions have been since 

 luced, and steam power for moving machinery 

 " Fairs upon a large and costly scale. The pre- 

 8 of gold and silver medals, under the awards, 

 I, before 1835, had been in a measure made up 

 icited contributions in small sums, have since 

 paid for solely from the funds of the Institute, 

 ) a greater amount in a single year than oil that 

 een bestowed by the Institute in the seven pre- 

 rig years. And our annual Fairs have gone on 

 ising in variety and splendor, unsurpassed by 

 ilher Fairs ever held within the limits of our 

 ry. At the same time, taking into view the in- 



crease of ourLibrajy, macliinerj', models, furniture 

 and fixtures, the value ol'oiir as=cls has not diminish- 

 ed, while the number of paying members have multi- 

 plied ibur-fold. 



The Americon InsUtute ie a magnificent standing 

 evidence of the efii(^ncy of the spirit of association, 

 which in this age ie accomplishing such mighty results. 

 Itsinlluenccs, (unremitted lor thirteen years.) through 

 its annual Fairs, annual Addresses and Premiums, 

 have reached every part ol our country. By creating 

 extended competition, the latent powers of invention 

 have been brought into action for and near, and dis- 

 heartened and prostrate genius has been raised up in 

 the midst of universal embarrossnieiu with renewed 

 strength. Old and dormant institutions have, by its 

 example, been roused and invigorated, and the crea- 

 tion of new ones has been induced, that had not been 

 thought of before, which now bold their periodical 

 celebrations upon the precise plan first adapted by 

 this Institute. 



What measure can circumscribe the extended utili- 

 ty of that email meeting, v\bere the idea of this Insti- 

 tute was first accidentally nami d ? But its prosperity 

 and continuance have rested, and will continue to 

 rest, on public favor. Ite guardians are the friends of 

 industry, and as it is a JVutional Institution by the 

 terms of ita charter, the aid of its friends in every 

 state may be relied upon with unerring certainty. — 

 The coming celebration will afl'ord an opportunity for 

 their friendly manifestations. 



Much of the attention of the Managers will be de- 

 voted to Agriculture. They will be aided by the 

 Board of Agriculture, composed chiefly of practical 

 farmers. The Plough, the great instrument of hu- 

 mon sustenance and civilization, will claim their first 

 regard ; and such as may be sent to the coming Fair 

 for competition, will be tested by actual experiment. 

 The competition already excited, has brought inven- 

 tion and skill to bear upon this instrument, and it is 

 believed Ploughs made for the purpose, essentially 

 improved, will be exhibited at the Thirteenth Fair. 

 The displays of the select productions of the Garden 

 and the Field promise to be more abundaitt than ever. 



Not the least interesting portion of the last E.xhi- 

 bition w'ere the noble high blood animals, the Cattle, 

 &c. from this and other states. It is hoped that those 

 public spirited gentlemen who took such a deep inter- 

 est last year, will appear again with increased zeal, 

 and that others will follow their example. 



Improved Agricultural Machines and Implements of 

 all kinds are desirable objeeta of exhibition. The oe- 

 caaion will afilird the best opportunity for their display, 

 and for our fanners to learn the multiplied improve- 

 ments in Agricultural Labor-saving Machines, which 

 have not until recently received from them the atten- 

 tion their value demands. It is believed that the Me- 

 chanic Arts are competent, if properly applied for this 

 purpose, to dispense with a large proportion of the 

 heavy labor and drudgery heretofore deemed indis- 

 pensable to fanning operations. The Steam Machine- 

 ry will be so adapted, as to propel the lighter and more 

 delicate machines, and also of sufficient power to move 

 those more massive and ponderous. 



No farmer whose convenience will by any njeans 

 admit, should forego this opportunity. 



The progress in the culture ond manufacture of 

 Silk the last year, and the preparations moking for 

 the coming Fair, promise a rich treat to those who 

 feel an interest in this new branch of industry ; and 

 the experience of this year, we think, will demon- 

 strate that the Mulberry possesses on intrinsic, aa well 

 as a speculative value. 



Exhibiters of Silk will do a service by accompany- 

 ing their contributions with accurate details of their 

 experiments. 



Tbe large and growing importationsof Silk frabrics 

 have done much to produce the general embarrass- 

 ments which have prevailed, and which can be readi- 

 ly remedeid by increased home production. It is our 

 policy to follow the example of Great Britain, by limi- 

 ting as much as possible the importation of such ar- 

 ticles as can conveniently be produced within the 

 country. A Gold Modal will be awarded for the Silk 

 Reel, adjudged the best. 



The accommodations of the Garden, in consequence 

 of the improvements made since the last year, will be 

 more complete than ever ; not only for the display of 

 assortments of the best qunliliea of staple goods from 

 our larger factories and workshops, but likewise for 

 the more delicate workmanship of the artificer, in all 

 the varieties of wood and metals, and the numberless 

 other substances that every year brings into use. 

 Tliese, when arranged in the great saloon, present a 

 spectacle which excites the admiration of those famil- 

 iar with the most costly and gorgeous displays of Lon- 



don or Paris ; and on which the Amerioon potriot 

 gozes with glowing exultation. But it is in the aport- 

 ment devoted to machinery for labor-saving purposes, 

 where the strong original characteristics of American 

 genius arc most ttrikingly exemplified, and where 

 even the foreigner reluctantly acknowledges the supe- 

 riority of our youthful country. 



The Americon Institute hae, from its commence- 

 ment, alwnyebeen the lavoi lie Institution of the ladies, 

 and the Managers hope it may so continue. Much of 

 the celebrity of the annual Fairs, particularly in the 

 ornamental pans, has arisen through tlu-ir favor, and 

 the attractions their industry and delicate labor have 

 produced. Indeed, on most occasions, the view of 

 their contributions olone would have more than com- 

 pensated the visiters. The most desirable places will 

 be allotted for their accommodation. 



The Mnnogeis, perhaps, may be expected to notice 

 the publications mude, pending the late election, 

 against the ofiicers ond members of the Institute, by 

 certain members calling themselves Krformcrs. But 

 in doing ibis they think no more is necessary than to 

 stale, that a proper anxiety has been felt by the ofiicers 

 and a mojority of the members of the Institute, to 

 cause a thorough investigation into the truth or falsity 

 of these imputations, and that for this purpose two 

 committees have been appointed, and their reports 

 hove entirely e.xhoneroted the Institute, its ofiieera 

 and mcinbera, from the charges so often reiterated, 

 but never proved. It is rernarkoble, that though the 

 misapplication of the moneys of the Institute was 

 charged and repeated in the public papers against its 

 Ofiieera and Managers, the accusers did not even at- 

 tempt, before either committee, to show that a dollar 

 had ever been applied to except the legitimate objects of 

 the Institute. And in all the charges that related to 

 the faithful awarding of the premiums to meritorious 

 competitors, for 12 years, it was unequivocally proved 

 that each successive Board of Managers, had conduct- 

 ed with the most scrupulous regard to justice, and 

 under the continually pervading sentiment, that on 

 this depends, more than upon any other consideration, 

 the honor, dignity ond usefulness of the Americon In- 

 stitute. 



But as the action of the Institute within its own 

 walls might not satisfy the whole public that ita affairs 

 had been conducted so entirely without fault os they 

 have been, it has been deemed advisable to resort to the 

 public tribunal of the country, for that perfect vindica- 

 tion to which the public, and contributors for our Fairs 

 especially, are entitled. 



For this purpose a resolution was adopted at the 

 last stated meeting, by a vote of nearly three to one, 

 directing legol proceedings to be commenced ogoinat 

 certain members, which is the best evidence of tho 

 confidence of the Institute in its own integrity. 



The Managers will coneUtde in the words of the 

 circular of the Twelfth Annual Foir, which they 

 deem not less appropriate this year, than they were 

 lost. 



" If within the short space oUowed for receiving, 

 entering, arranging, ond delivering articles, amidst 

 the throngs of the exhibitors ond visitors, some errors 

 should occur, or some omissions happen, which pio- 

 voke the vociferations of disappointed expectations ond 

 passions, or which inconsiderate wantonness may dis- 

 tort ond mogn ty — still, we trust, a reflecting and lib- 

 eral public will not expect the Managers to be diverted 

 from their arduous, engrossing and important duties 

 to indite contradictions and replies. Twelve years of 

 faithful, disinterested deiotirn to a cause which lies 

 near the heart of every genuine Ameiiean, have placed 

 the American Institute in a position from which it 

 cannet be expected to descend to repel attacks which 

 have always proved harmless in effect, whatever may 

 have been their design." 



Editors of papers friendly to the cause of national 'n- 

 dustry, are requested to give this Circular one orniore 

 gratuitious insertions. 



The Repository is open for the daily reception and 

 e.xhibition of Machines, Models, Specimens, &c. of 

 limited dimensions, at the spacious room known here- 

 tofore as the Sessions Room, in the Park, (rear of ihe 

 City Hall,) free of charge, both for contributors and 

 visitors. "Those most meritorious will be conveyed 

 to the Fair, at the close of which they will be return- 

 ed by the JVIanagers. Subscriptions are received at 

 the Repository for the new series of the Journal of 

 the American Institute, ot $2 per onnum. Persona 

 disposed to patronize this publication, will please for- 

 ward their names and places of abode. The first num- 

 ber will issue aa soon as the list of subscribers will 

 worront. 



Repository of the American Institute, 

 NeiD York, July 1840 



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