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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Grove, Esq., the introducer of Electoral Saxon Sheep into 
our country. Stretched across the Agricultural arch are 
beautiful festoons of wheat, rye, broom corn, oats, &c. 
&c., partially shading beautifully executed paintings of 
fhe improved breeds of cattle, while the following motto 
suspended from the festoons, showed what pleasing re¬ 
sults may be expected from attention to improving our 
Agriculture: 
e( Those nations which have been most distinguished 
for their love of husbandry, whether of the garden or the 
farm, have been the most prosperous.” 
There were also specimens of rice, hemp, madder, 
cotton, &c.; products of the east, west, north and south. 
In the same arch are to be seen drawings of the plow 
used in Egypt, a clumsy wooden instrument, drawn by 
an ass and a mule, in juxtaposition with the plow of 
our country, combining the latest improvements and 
drawn by oxen, clearly showing the truth of the motto : 
“The improved plow and its accompaniments—the 
only true sources of wealth and evidences ofcivilization. ” 
The Cornucopia was not forgotten, being placed on the 
column between the arches dedicated to Agriculture and 
Horticulture; on the side next the Agricultural arch, were 
ears of corn, highly ornamented with vegetables; and on 
the opposite side, various fruits and flowers, near a di¬ 
minutive but highly decorated plow, teeming with the 
rich products of the earth, as a token of the bountiful har¬ 
vest vouchsafed to us by the Giver of all good. It seem¬ 
ed to say to the beholder, “ Be grateful for Divine good¬ 
ness,” and for all the calm delights of rural life. Near 
by was the motto:—“ The Farmer who converts “ the 
sword into a plowshare believes with John Quincy Ad¬ 
ams, that “ Universal and permanent Peace belongs to 
the laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.” 
In a conspicuous place of this same central arch was 
displayed to view the motto:—“We love nature, fields, 
flocks, the grain gathering, the hay making, the flowers, 
and all that blooms and grows.” 
This was surmounted by a beautiful engraving, in its 
figure and scenery most appropriately accordant with the 
sentiments of the motto, and as it were embodying them 
to the sight, and also surrounded by the richest and rar¬ 
est products of our soil. 
On the base of this arch was a collection of books ap¬ 
propriate to the farmer and gardener. Among these 
books were some recent volumes of the Cultivator and 
other works, the lart works of the gifted mind of Willis 
Gaylord, Esq., whose writings have conferred lasting 
benefits upon the farmer. The motto is in keeping:— 
“ The rich fruits of the husbandman's toil are to be¬ 
come yet richer and more abundant! 
“ The New York State Agricultural Society are prepa¬ 
ring for this result by their recent efforts to introduce 
agricultural and horticultural works into the common 
schools and district libraries throughout the Union.” 
We now pass to the Horticultural arch—a most fitting 
ornament to grace Flora’s Hall. Tastefully stretched 
across this portion of the temple were festoons of 
silk cocoons, flowers, fruits, &c. Its right column was 
wreathed and encased with gorgeous displays of Dahlias 
and the body of the arch decked with ornamental and 
classic figures, vases, &c., which could not be looked 
upon without enkindling the desire of adding to our li¬ 
terary attainments a knowledge of botany, a study hither¬ 
to too much neglected—the whole forming an array that 
could not fail to strike every beholder with admiration 
of the useful and beautiful. In the midst of the flowers 
was the following eharming and appropriate motto:— 
“ Not useless are ye, flowers, tho’ made for pleasure 
Blooming o’er fields and wood by day and night, 
From every source your presence bids me treasure 
Harmless delight.’ 
surrounded by an engraving representing a beautiful fe¬ 
male, herself adorned as to her head and form with clus¬ 
ters and wreaths of native and exotic flowers. 
On the left of the column was appropriately placed the 
motto:— 
“ When the insoired writer sets forth the ground upon 
which the title of King Solomon to pre-eminent wisdom 
was founded, he placed the knowledge of plants foremost 
and most conspicuous among natural objects.” 
On the other side of the Agiicultural arch, as has al¬ 
ready been mentioned, stood the structure in honor of 
Manufactures, entwining the products of human art with 
those of nature-—a conception alike happy and ingenious. 
The arch over the manufactures was neatly plated or cas¬ 
ed with variegated beautiful specimens of American 
prints, silks, &c. Many of the silks were very attractive 
—some of them spun on the common wheel and wove on 
the old hand loom. 
While looking upon the substantial cottons and fabrics 
of wool, the sources of comfort to the laboring man, and 
the various beautiful silk articles before us, we were led 
to anticipate that our silk youth will ere long attain to gi¬ 
ant manhood. In the midst of the silks was the motto: 
“ Silk, soon to become an important branch of Ameri¬ 
can industry and national wealth.” 
The former importers of the coarse cottons of India, 
the baftas, gurraws, &c., would scarcely have credited the 
tale of the astonishing change in the quality and price of 
the goods destined to take the place of*the coarse article, 
and that American cotton would be valued and sought for, 
even in India and other parts of the eastern continent— 
a ebange now witnessed by us, and so speedily brought 
about by the magic power of machinery and the ingenu¬ 
ity and perseverance of American workmen. The time 
was when oui Dutch ancestors thought that brick must 
be imported from Germany for building houses and pav¬ 
ing side "walks, our clay being, as they thought, an infe¬ 
rior article; but “ truth is the daughtef of time” that dis¬ 
sipates delusions. It is found that our clay will make 
good brick, and that our workmen with them can form 
magnificent structures; and so it is found that American 
cottons are quite equal, if not superior, to foreign fabrics 
in quality, while they are furnished at so moderate prices 
that the laborer who now earns his six shillings per diem 
can dress with greater neatness and comfort than many 
who in former days were reputed wealthy. 
The great variety and beauty of the American prints 
here exhibited could not fail to impress the beholder, 
most favorably in regard to American skill, and the for¬ 
mer importers just referred to, to whom the story of our 
cotton goods seemed as a dream, must, on looking at these 
prints, be almost ready to think themselves transported to 
some fairy land. The beautiful array of surgical instru¬ 
ments, penknives, &c. reminded us that we have now a 
Sheffield of our own, and need not run across the ocean 
for articles of hardware. 
In the judicious arrangement of his arches Mr. W. 
must have had fresh in mind the well known sentiment 
of Jefferson, who inculcated the propriety of placing the 
manufacturer by the side of the agriculturist. 
Leaving a description of the tout ememble to those 
whose longer stay gives them ampler means of doing it 
justice, we conclude our hasty notice of this portion of 
it by giving the appropriate motto: 
“ Few things are more cheering to the real friends of 
agriculture than the repoTts which are thronging in upon 
us from the different parts of our wide country—the suc¬ 
cess which has attended the numerous Agricultural Fairs, 
the enthusiasm which they exhibit in the great cause of 
Agriculture and domestic industry, must be considered as 
among the most favorable indications that the cause is 
progressive, and the course of the friends of improve¬ 
ment still onward. The county societies generally, and 
in particular the State Agricultural Society, have made 
evident advances in the public favor, and.consequently in 
their wide spread usefulness.” 
But without extending further this hasty notice of the 
Agricultural Temple and the delightful scenes of OUR 
Agricultural festival we close, availing ourselves of cer 
tain lines of Dean Swift altered to suit our purpose: 
The Poughkeepsie Fair 
W ill ne’er be forgot, 
By those who were there, 
Or those who were not. 
Lusus Naturje. —There was born on Wednesday last, 
in the cow-yard of his Grace the Duke of Cleveland, a 
calf with two distinct heads and necks, only two shoul¬ 
ders, and two hind legs, but two distinct tails. . It died 
immediately after being calved, and on opening it, it was 
founil to contain one pair of lungs, one heart, one liver, 
and the intestines of one beast only. 
