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of Flushing, 120 varieties of apples, and 55 of 
pears; Mr. J. J. Thomas of Macedon, a large col¬ 
lection of apples; James G. King, Esq. of High- 
wood, a great variety of the choicest kind of pears; 
Mr. Donaldson of Blithewood, superb clusters of 
three different kinds of grapes; Mr. Pell of Pel¬ 
ham, 67 varieties of apples, clusters of grapes, and 
other fruits. In addition to these, quite a number 
of gentlemen exhibited choice collections, but we 
could not learn their names, or the varieties shown. 
Vegetables and Seeds .—The exhibition of these 
was quite equal to the fruits, but we have not 
space to dwell upon them. Among other things, 
we noticed a Patagonian gourd 5 ft. 8 in. long; 
squash weighing 126, 152, and 201 lbs.; cabbages 
of 30 lbs. weight; corn-stalks 17 feet high ; grains 
and seeds, 35 varieties of wheat from Gen. Har¬ 
mon; very fine wheat flour, and various other 
things too numerous to mention. At the right of 
this hail was stationed an enormous car from Hyde 
Park, under the care of Messrs. Fuller and Allen, 
drawn by 10 superb yoke of cattle, and loaded 
with fruits and vegetables of great variety, and 
beautifully decorated with cornstalk pillars and 
festoons of evergreens and flowers. This was 
a superb affair, got up with great taste, and 
worthy to grace a conqueror at a Roman tri¬ 
umph. It attracted more attention than anything 
else upon the ground. A charming group of la¬ 
dies were within the car all day, doing the honors 
thereof with equal grace and hospitality. We 
had half a mind several times in passing, to so¬ 
licit the privilege of mounting to its festooned 
bower; but fearing we might not soon be equally 
able to leave it again, at least through any will 
of ours, we think we did wisely to forbear. 
Domestic Fabrics. —The Manufacturers’ hall 
was scarcely less crowded than that of the Floral, 
for there was tastefully displayed all that the skill 
and elegance of fair fingers can so ingeniously 
shape and array. As we looked forth upon this 
handiwork, we were no less delighted than amazed. 
Only think, gentle reader, of a splendid Mosaic 
chair; of a quilt containing 2,676 pieces, another 
3,202, another 4,400, and still another 6,834! We 
wish we had them for bedspreads, indeed we do. 
Imagine a thousand other curious things that a 
lady’s fancy only can design, and her cunning 
fingers execute, and one will then have but an in¬ 
definite idea of what was displayed here. We no¬ 
ticed a good exhibition of cocoons and silk. The 
manufacturers in different parts of the country 
made a superb show, 95 entries in all, some of 
which were most magnificent. Messrs. Samuel 
Lawrence and Go. of Lowell, showed from their 
Middlesex factory, 62 pieces of all sorts of wool¬ 
len goods. 
Dairy Products .—Here we were again greatly 
disappointed at the small number of entries, though 
they seemed very good of their kind. Of cheese, 
one may any day see twenty times as good an 
exhibition at the Erie, and several other county 
shows in the State. We hope our dairymen will 
make a better turn out another year, for such a 
meager exhibition gives strangers a poor idea of 
tneir valuable products. 
Maple Sugar. —The domestic manufucture of 
this has greatly improved within a few years. 
We noticed some beautifully crystallized, and other 
specimens equal to the best crushed loaf sugar. 
The Plowing Match .—Thursday, the 19th, this 
event came off, and a poor affair it was at best, 
compared with what we have seen at various 
county shows in New England. One quarter of 
an acre was the task, and 75 minutes allowed 
to perform it. Nine pairs of oxen and two pairs 
of horses only were entered. The oxen took the 
first prize. 
The Address. —At 3 o’clock, P. M., about 5,000 
persons obtained seats in and about the great tent, 
to listen to the address by George Bancroft, Esq. 
of Massachusetts. It was a finished, elegant 
production, read with a clear distinct tone, but 
abounded too much with generalities to suit our 
taste. He made a trifling mistake in saying that 
Mr. Van Rensselaer, the late patroon, was the 
first importer of Durhams, about the year 1824. 
Mr. Heaton of Westchester county, imported them 
as early as 1796; and these were followed by a 
few others, at short intervals, and quite a number 
of them in Massachusetts, New York, and Ken¬ 
tucky, from 1817 to 1822. 
As there were still thousands on the show 
ground who could not get near enough to hear 
Mr. Bancroft, in answer to loud calls from the 
people, Capt. Joy mounted a stand outside of the 
great tent, and held forth to them for half an hour 
or so, in a comic address, which elicited continued 
roars of laughter. 
Immediately after Mr. Bancroft finished his ad¬ 
dress, the chairmen of the respective committees 
read their reports, and announced the various pre¬ 
miums, which consumed the remainder of the 
time till dark; when the assembly was dispersed, 
and the gates of the show-ground closed. Thus 
ended another of those farmers’ jubilees, which 
are doing so much for the improvement of the 
agriculture of the country, and the ennoblement 
of the husbandman. 
Amount of Money received. —The amount of 
receipts at Poughkeepsie for memberships to the 
Society, and tickets of admission to the show- 
ground, principally at one shilling each, was about 
$3,700. In addition to this, the citizens of the 
village and its neighborhood defrayed the expenses 
of erecting the edifices and fencing the ground, 
costing about $1,700, making a total of about 
$5,400 received. 
Number of Visiters .—These were computed 
during the three days of the show, at not less than 
25,000 or 30,000, and the number would have 
been greatly increased were it not for the dust 
and excessive heat. We have no recollection of 
ever meeting with weather so oppressively hot 
in this latitude, in the month of September. The 
sun shone clear during the whole time, and with 
a fiery fierceness truly tropical. Add to this, the 
weather had been quite dry for a month pre¬ 
viously, and such clouds of dust as every vehicle 
raised along the roads, was almost enough to blind 
one. Still the country made a good turn out, and 
right glad were we to find the number of ladies 
present nearly if not quite equal to that of men. 
It did one’s heart good to look upon the buxom 
