SEPT 46 
Societies, 
NEW ENGLAND FAIR. 
The Twentieth Annual Exhibition of the 
New England Agricultural Society, in con¬ 
nection with the New Hampshire State Agri¬ 
cultural Society', was held in Manchester, N. 
H., September 3—7, 1883. 
In selecting Manchester as a place for holding 
the meeting of the New England Ag’l Society, 
the officers undoubtedly made a wise selection, 
but the Committee of Arrangements in their 
selection of a site made an unmistakable error. 
Exhibitors never suffered such inconveniences 
as had to be borne here. The grounds in early 
Spring were yet a barren woodland, covered 
with sickly Pines and small Underbrush. At 
a late day these grounds were purchased and 
laid out for the New England Agricultural 
Society. The soil is sandy and light, and 
after grubbing out the roots and trees and 
burning off the rubbish, it presented rather 
an uninviting appearance for the meeting of 
this Society. To say that everything and 
everybody were completely enveloped in dust, 
ashes and the black remains of the burnt 
earth, would be drawing it very mildly. The 
only really desirable spot on the' grounds for 
the agricultural implement display was, as is 
usual with this Society, routed out to snake- 
charmers, fakirs, auctioneers, museums, and, 
in short, any and all schemes that the unscru¬ 
pulous could invent to catch the unwary and 
unsuspecting. For the past four years the 
writer has urgently advised this Society to 
close its doors against these despicable tramps 
and to depend upon the patronage of the 
better class of the New England people for 
their .'support, rather than to cater to the 
wishes of these disreputable people; but the 
craving for the “ almighty,*dollar ” renders 
them deaf to all promptings in favor of good 
management, and thus the old ruts are trod¬ 
den still deeper year after year. 
The weather, save a fierce wind for the first 
three days, was all that could be desired, and 
the attendance was equal if not superior to 
that in former years. The display in the ag¬ 
ricultural implement line was good. It em¬ 
braced a fair representation of the New Eng¬ 
land manufacturing interests, together with 
several entries from other States. The live 
stock departments were not as full as in for¬ 
mer years. Many of the breeders of live stock 
seriously object to bringing their stock to this 
Fair, for reasons which need not be stated 
here. Owing to the fact that some exhibitors 
did not properly register their live stock ex¬ 
hibits, it was difficult to find owners in all 
classes. 
Cattle. —The HoJsteins were prominent, 
being exhibited by Frank F. Wood, Groton, 
and W. A. Russell. North Andover, Mass! 
This breed is fast gaining in numbers in New 
England. Bela J. Stone, Westborougb, Mass., 
exhibited Ayrshires; J. C. Ray, Manchester, 
N. H., Short-horns; Henry W. Keyes, New¬ 
bury, Vt., Holsteins and Jerseys; James Law¬ 
rence, Groton; Mass., Guernseys: Mrs. Eliza 
Sutton, Center Harbor, N. H., Short-horns; 
O. A. Kelley, Worcester, Mass , D. G. Rob¬ 
erts, Goffstown, N. H., and John A. Bancroft, 
Worcester, Mass., all exhibited Swiss; Warren 
F. Daniel Franklin, N. B., Jerseys; Isaac 
Woodbury, Salem, N. H., Devons; J. P. Mat¬ 
tock, Portland, Me., Jerseys. 
The Jersey bull Greatorex, owned by Geo. 
Blanchard & Co., took the first premium. He 
also took a first premium with five of his get 
The Holstein bull Prince Opperdoes. owned by 
F. F. Woods, received firsl premium in the 
two-year-old class. Sligo, owned by W. A. 
Russel, with his get received first'premium in 
the 5-year old’elass. The Ayrshire 1 >ull Beanty 
Douglas, owned by B. J. Stone, and five of 
his get. carried off the first premium iu their 
class. The first premium on Short-horns was 
given to Mrs. Eliza Hutton, on herd. John 
C. Ray’s Short-horn bull received the first pre¬ 
mium and also the sweepstakes. 
In the Swiss class, John A. Bancroft carried 
off the herd premium. His herd was headed 
by the bull David G. Tell, five years old. The 
herd premium on Devons was won by D. H. 
Davis. J. P. Kimball won the Hereford pre¬ 
mium with his herd, at the head of which was 
his .bull Major. Andrew C. Wheelwright, got 
the herd premium on Guernseys. The second 
premium went to James Lawrence. 
Swine.— There were but few exhibitors in 
this class. Geo. A. Harriman, Hookset, N.H., 
Chester Whites; Jno. C. Ray, Manchester 
N. H., Yorkshires and Suffolks; C. P. Mat. 
tock, Portland, Me., Berkshires; James Law* 
rence, Groton, Mass.,Yorkshires;'!). A. Kelley 
Worcester, Mass., Poland Chinas; G. W. God’ 
dard, Greenville, N. H., Chestera, Berkshires 
and Small Yorkshires. 
Sheep,— Mrs. Eliza Sutton, Center Harbor, 
N. H., exhibited Cotswolds; C. A. Brackett, 
Gorham, Me., Oxford Downs; J. D. Wheat, 
Putney, Vt., South Downs; Geo. W. Flagg, 
Braintree, Vt.,Cotswolds; C. P. Mattock, Port¬ 
land, Me., Cotswolds; James Lawrence, Gro¬ 
ton, Mass,, Shropshire; Wm. Neal, Meridith 
Village, N. II., South Downs, and R. G. Hill, 
Elmore, Vt., Cotswolds. 
Poultry.—A. C. Hawkins, Lancaster 
Mass., showed Plymouth Rocks and Wyan- 
dottes; Geo. W. Goddard, Greenville, Mass., 
Lierht Brahmas. 
Oak Lane Poultry Yards, Belcher town, 
Mass.—Black Spanish, Dominique. Light and 
Dark Brahmas, Brown Leghorns, Black, 
and Silver-spangled Hamburgs, White Pol¬ 
ish, Bantams, Pekin Ducks, Bronze Turkeys 
and Toulouse Geese; C, P. Mattock, Portland, 
Me., had a good display of Bronze Turkeys. 
Light Brahmas, Fan Tail Pigeons and Pekin 
Ducks. 
Agricultural Implements.— In this de¬ 
partment Nash & Bro., Millington, N. J., ex¬ 
hibited the Acme Harrow; the Reynolds Plow 
Co., Brocton, Mass., sulky aud gang plows, 
cultivators and pulverizers; A. W. Maeomber, 
Boston, Mass., Champion Rake; B. & J. W. 
Belcher, Chicopee Falls. Mass., Mudgett hay 
tedder and Belcher corn sheller; Higganura 
M’f’g. Corporation, Higganura, Ct., Monitor 
self-dump hay rake, Corbin wheel harrow. 
Clark’s lever hay-cutters, Clark’s root, cutter, 
Farmers’ Favorite cider mill, New York seed 
drill, and a full line of plows, rollers, cultiva¬ 
tors, etc.; Whittemore Bros,, Boston, Moss., 
showed the Casadav sulky plow. New Cham¬ 
pion horse rake, Whipple harrow, Whipple 
spring-tooth cultivator, swivel plows, potato 
diggers, ’pumps, etc.; Warrior Mower Co., 
Little Falls, N. Y., had mowers, reapers, and 
the Randall harrows ; C. II. Smith & Co., 
showed a number of agricultural specialties; 
Belcher & Taylor Ag’l. Tool Co., Chicopee 
Falls, Mass., fodder cutters and the S. R. Nye 
hay rakes; R. A. Leonard, Fitchburg, Mass., 
mowing machines; G. B. Olin & Co., Perry, 
N. Y., Perry spring-tooth sulky harrow with 
broad-east seeder combined, and the Perry 
spring tooth floating harrow' aud cultivators; 
the Syracuse Chilled Plow Co., Syracuse, N. 
Y., sulky plow and a full line of walking aud 
swivel plows; Fred. Atwood, Winierport, Me., 
Osborne plow sulky ,ouc and two horse Meadow- 
King Mower, Gregg rake and Gregg chilled 
plow; J. S. Finlay, Middletown Springs, Vt., 
the A.W. Gray's Sons’ thrashers and horsepow¬ 
ers, circular saws, fodder cutters; Richardson 
M’f’g. Co., Worcester Mass., Bullard hay-ted¬ 
der, Buckeye mower, Adriauce reaper, Kemp’s 
manure spreader and flexible harrow: Wiard 
Plow Co., Batavia, N. Y„ two sulky pluws, 
and a full liue of walking plows; T. B. Ever¬ 
ett & Co., Boston, Mass., plows, seed drills, 
harrows, lawn mowers, cultivators, swivel 
plow’s, wiud milLs, pumps, com planters, etc.; 
D. S. Morgan & Co.. Brockport, N. Y., mow¬ 
ers and reapers; C. G. Allen & Co., Barre, 
Mass., Yankee hay-rakes; A. W. 'Coates 
Co., Alliance, O., hay-rakes; Walter A. Wood, 
M. A R. M, Co., Hoosick Falls, N. Y,, mow¬ 
ers and reapers—(owing to a delay in trans¬ 
portation the self-binding harvester did not 
arrive in time for exhibition); St. Albans 
Foundry and Machinery Co., Sc, Albans, Vt., 
thrashers, horse-powers, ensilage cutters, saw r . 
mills, track-lifts, etc. 
Dairy Implements.— In this line exhibits 
were made by the Vermont Farm Machine Co. 
Bellow's Falls, Vt.; W. E. Lincoln, Warren 
Mass.; Porter Blanchard’s Sons, Concord, N. 
H.; Chapin jfc Smith, Poultucy, Vt. 
Commercial Fertilizers were exhibited 
by Gliddfin & Curtis, Poston, Mass.; H. J. Ba¬ 
ker & Co., 215 Pearl Street, New York; L. B 
Darling, Pawtucket. R. I.; and the Common 
Sense Fertilizer Co., Boston, Mass. 
Road Machines ware shown by Pennock & 
Sons, Kenuett Square, Pu., and George W. 
Taft, Abington, Conu. 
C. D. Brooks, Addison, N. Y., exhibited 
Smith’s adjustable cattle stanchion. 
Sewing Machines.—D avis, Watertown, N. 
Y.; White, Cleveland, O.; New Home, New 
York City. 
1 HE I OMOLOGICAL DISPLAY W'fls fair, but 
owing to a covering of dust and dirt, it was 
hardly recognizable. The only comments 
heard were—“ Isn’t it a shame !’’ “ Had I a 
hoe or a good spade I would dig down and see 
what was on those plates,” It was a “shame, 
and it certainly required something more 
penetrating than human eyes to see what was 
exhibited or by w'hom it was exhibited. The 
“Agricultural” Bench show, however, 
had a fine covered buildiug—new, neat and 
tidy. Evidently in the eyes of the officers of 
this Society, dogs are of far more iuterest to 
farmers than all the new and valued products 
of the farm and garden. 
The Plowing Match came off on Thursday 
and was largely attended. The interest cen¬ 
tering in the trial of sulky plows. There were 
three entries in this class—the Osborn, Syra¬ 
cuse and Wiard. There is little doubt but that 
i a short time a sulky plow will become a ne¬ 
cessity to the average farmer. The work 
done in this trial proved their usefulness and 
fine working qualities, and made many friends 
and purchasers. The trial of walking plows 
embraced a large number of entries, and each 
class did good and satisfactory work. 
Had the grounds boon in a more pleasant con¬ 
dition the visitors would have felt quite satis¬ 
fied, and undoubtedly the Society would have 
received more entrance mono}'. No one, un¬ 
less obliged to do so, visited the grounds the 
second time, or remained longer than was ab¬ 
solutely necessary. By another year the So¬ 
ciety hopes to get the grounds turfed over suf¬ 
ficiently to prevent so much discomfort from 
the dust. g. B. b. 
N. E. FAIR NOTES. 
Hon. Geo. B. Loriug, U. S. Com. of Agri¬ 
culture, delivered an able address on Wednes¬ 
day. 
Gov, B. F. Butler aud his staff, together 
with other dignitaries, visited the grounds on 
Thursday. 
The Short-horns appear to be fast dropping 
out, the numbera decreasing every year at 
this fair. 
Merino sheep, for which New England has 
long been famous, were not found at this fair. 
Hon. Rufus Prince. President of the Maine 
Ag’l. Hoc. was in attendance, as also were 
several other officers of this society. b. 
Of % XUffll. 
HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, Sept. 8,1883. 
t Stage robberies are not a monopoly of the 
V ild W est. Some mouths ago a single man 
robbed a stage “away down East” in New 
Hampshire, aud last Tuesday a gang of 
“roughs” robbed ten ladies and gentlemen of 
money, watches and other valuables near Nau- 
tasket Beach, Mass., after horribly beating 
some of the unresisting male passengers, and 
roughly handling the females. No arrests.... 
Gen. Butler will run again as the Democratic 
candidate for Governor of Massachusetts. 
What puzzles the Republicans is to find a man 
who can outstrip him.Heavy immigra* 
tion is flowing into Kansas.Mobile, 
Pensacola Junction and Birmingham have 
abolished quarantine against Pensacola. It 
was established a few weeks ago on account 
of some cases of yellow fever at the Navy 
^ ai 'd. about live miles by water across the 
bay and seven miles by land from Pensacola. 
•.The amended liq or law of Arkansas 
includes cities of the first aud second class in 
its provisions. By a majority vote of the in¬ 
habitants the sale cf intoxicating drinks may 
lie prohibited within three miles of any church 
or school bouse. Women are allowed to vote 
on the question.The town of Lenox, 
Berkshire Hills,has Summer residents who rep¬ 
resent a fortune of not less than 6150,000,000... 
Sunday last the train which left Long Beach, 
Long Island, at 7:30 ran into the Far Rocka- 
way train at Springfield Station, where the 
Rockaway train had stopped to put off a 
drunken man who refused to pay his fare. 
Two or three persons were killed and several 
injured.Weduesday J. Proctor Knott 
was inaugurated Governor of Kentucky 
“with imposing ceremonies” at Frankfort, in 
presence of the “entire military force of the 
State, consisting of four com jinnies, ” Ex- 
Governor Blackburn exjdained why he did so 
much to empty the prisons by pardoning crim¬ 
inals by wholesale. The new Governor said he 
wouldn’t do even a retail business in that line. 
.. For refusing to publish an appeal for 
aid for the families of the Dublin assassins the 
Irishmen of Fall River, Mass,, have threat¬ 
ened to “boycott” the Boston Herald. 
The reports of the loss of life on the Banks of 
Newfoundland are increasing the aggregate 
of the drowned. All arriving vessels speak of 
Atlantic storms, hurricanes aud cyclones of 
unusual severity for this time of year. Many 
shipwrecks are reported.Five women 
were burned to death and three persons in¬ 
jured at a fire in Cincinnati, which totally de¬ 
stroyed a large warehouse and the establish- 
lishment of the Tiraes-Star last Monday. 
Boston is now “all alive” on account of the 
opening last Monday of a grand exhibition of 
Foreign Art and Industry.The pawn¬ 
ing of pension papers is still continued in 
spite of the law prohibiting it.The 
claims for rebate of taxes on tobacco, snuff and 
cigars will aggregate about 63,50(1,000. The 
total annual reduction in revenue on these ar¬ 
ticles, it is now computed, will be about *36,- 
000,000.Important discoveries of nickel 
ore have been made in Churchill County, Ne¬ 
vada. The specimens assayed yielded 30 per 
cent, pure nickel. ...The corner-stone of 
the Capitol of Dakota was laid at Bismarck 
with “impressive ceremonies” last Wednes¬ 
day. Governor Ordway, President Villard, 
of the Northern |Pacific Railroad,^General 
Grant, Ex-Secretaries Evarts and Schurz, and 
Secretary Teller, besides a host of lesser nota¬ 
bilities and a large concourse of the “sover¬ 
eign people” gave life and lustre to the occa¬ 
sion.The Labor Committee of the Sen¬ 
ate are still examining witnesses here in con¬ 
nection with, the late abortive telegraph 
strike. Jay Gould has been the most interest¬ 
ing one yet, and to hear him talk one eould 
readily believe the old adage—“the devil isn't 
as black as he is painted.” A good deal of 
agitation iu various quarters looking to the 
control of the teiegraph by the Government 
either by the purchase of the existing lines or 
the construction of new ones. Gould says the 
Western Union is worth $100,000,000. The 
telegraphers have obtained about half the con¬ 
cessions they struck for. Talk of forming 
new telegraph companies—one headed by 
Mackay, the California mauy-miliion-man, 
and another got up by the telegraphers. 
Two hundred and fifty colored people left Vir¬ 
ginia yesterday week for Iowa, where they 
expect to secure homes. Othei-s will follow 
them. ever before has there been such 
au influx of foreign notabilities as this season. 
Uncle Rufus Hatch lias :i lot under his charge 
who are visiting his hotels aud wild scenery in 
in the National Yellowstone Park, at his ex¬ 
pense. He grumbles a little at the bills some 
of them charge to his account,. Henry Villard, 
President of the Northern Pacific Railroad, is 
gratuitously treating another batch to a visit 
over his road to be present at the driving of 
the “golden nail” in the rail which completes 
the connection on that line between the At¬ 
lantic aud Pacific on September 15. Both 
parties are treated right royally at the towns 
they visit en route, Monday last St. Paul, 
Minn., spent $50,000 in entertaining Villard 
and party. Both Hatch aud Villardare speci¬ 
mens of shrewd “American entei-prise” in 
having got all these “big bugs” ^together to 
advertise their enterprises. Hatch wants visi¬ 
tors to his show; Villard, traffic for his rail¬ 
road and purchasers for its laud grants. A 
great mauy othe7 notabilities, nobles and com¬ 
moners are visiting the country for pleasure 
or instructions, or both.-. 
The English-Irish authorities seem to have 
concocted a cunning plan to ship Irish paupers 
to this country through Canada, as the busi¬ 
ness is blocked out at our ports, while the poor 
people can lie readily sent across the long-ex¬ 
tended border. Some of them have been sent 
back from Buffalo. Irish-English tax-payers 
appear very unscrupulous about shifting their 
own burdens on American shoulders. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, Sept 8, 1883, 
A party that made a visit last week to tin 
New York Agricultural Experiment Station 
a mile aud a half from Geneva, found elevei 
hundred varieties of seed growing—of corn 
140, and of the tomato, 60 There is an ex 
jicriment to ascertain the quantity of watei 
absorbed on three plots of land—one being 
sward, one naked soil uncultivated, and one 
cultivated. The farm, which lias 125 acres ol 
rather still’ day soil, cost the State $35,000 ir 
1882. Dr. Sturtevant, the Director, savs thal 
the station has already become profitable_ 
-A splenic fever has attacked the cattle ir 
Lancaster County, Pa. A number of cases 
have been fatal. The disease is apparently 
increasing...A sunflower weighing five 
and a quarter pounds lias been grown on the 
Rittenhouso estate in Germantown, Pa. It if 
30 inches in circumference Great desf,ruc¬ 
tion of hay, pastures, fences and timber by 
sujtposcd- to-be incendiary fires just uorth oi 
San Antonio, I ex as...The crops on Long 
Island are suffering greatly from the long- 
continued drought. The nights are cdel and 
little dew falls. Deports from all parts of the 
Island show that the potato rot prevails to an 
alarming extent-,. 
Rust, drought, and other causes have great¬ 
ly damaged the cotton crops in parts of Mis¬ 
sissippi, Alabama, Arkansas ami Tennessee. 
The drought of the past two months has done 
much damage to the crops throughout the 
southern portion of \ irginia. In some sec¬ 
tions not more than half a crop of corn, cotton 
orteihacco can be made.When the milk 
war in Orange County, N. Y., closed last 
Spring a schedule of prices for the year was 
made, and the price for September was fixed 
at 3’it cents. The Milk Exchange of New 
York having lately sent out circulars stating 
the market price for September to be three 
cents, the Farmers’ Milk Company Inst Mon¬ 
day held a meeting at Goshen and unanimous¬ 
ly reaffirmed the price to be cents. They 
also called a mass convention of delegates 
from the mi Ik-producing counties to be held 
at Goshen ou yesterday, at which it was 
agreed that unless the dealers pay the price 
formerly agreed upon the shipments will be 
discontinued, a definite'* answer to lie returned 
on September 14.A cablegram 
Tuesday says : “The recent storms have 
almost totally destioyed the giaiu und othe 
