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THE CULTIVATOR. 
sent, he knew no one so well qualified to do this faithfully as 
Col. Stone of New-York. He took the liberty to call on him to 
perform that duty. 
^ T ? NE > after repeated calls, finally rose, saying, Why, 
Mr. President! [Laughter.] Why, sir, I was never so badly 
treated in my life. [Laughter.] If the gentleman had had the 
the humanity to call on me to render a speech in the Mohawk, 
or some ot the learned languages along shore, where I was 
picked up, I might have succeeded. Sir, this broad Dutch is 
not my vernacular, and I don’t know how to respond to the call 
made on me. I would most cheerfully, if I knew how. Be¬ 
sides, sir, I am overwhelmed by the circumstances in which I 
find myself—the trepidations, and palpitations, and pretty 
much everything else, which have blurred my tongue, as you 
perceive. [Laughter.] When Boaz. who was a benevolent old 
gentleman—though he married a young wife [Laughter]—when 
he sent that pretty girl of his a gleaning in the field, he told the 
reapers not to go close, that she might have something to pick 
up. You have not treated me with the liberality with which 
he, Jew that he was, treated the stranger. You have plunder¬ 
ed Earth, Ocean and Heaven, and Catskill besides [Laughter] 
oi all their sweets, and scattered them about in such profusion 
that you have left nothing for a man to say. As to the tariff', 
the veteran on my right (Gen. Tallmadge) has told us all he 
knew, and how much more I’ll not undertake to say. [Laugh¬ 
ter.] Then we have our most potent, grave and reverend seign- 
or lrom Her Majesty’s dominions—[Mr. Ferguson], He spoke 
eloquently on different subjects, and elicited so much applause 
that a man eould’t raise a cheer in gleaning after him. 1 re¬ 
spond to all he said; and am just as much rejoiced that little 
Queen Victoria and Brother Jonathan have kissed and made 
up as he is. [Cheers.] And I am glad he has come here to 
tell us how they leel, on the Canada side of the pond, on the 
subject. I would have said something about Virginia, but the 
magnanimity and open heartedness which Virginia has dis¬ 
played here, through one of her sons, has disarmed me there 
I am very sorry for one thing. I have changed my politics since 
I came here. Sell I thought it the best thing I could do. It is 
said that when Socrates undertook to discourse on the plea¬ 
sures of married life, he did it so eloquently and forcibly, at 
the same time with such delicacy and tenderness, that he sent 
all his scholars home—the married men to fold their wives to 
their bosoms, and the unmarried to kiss their sweethearts 
Now the gentleman from Albany, who represents this county 
in congress so much to his own honor and its advantage, has 
discoursed so eloquently of the pleasures of rural life, that I 
went for it. I was reared in that kind of life, but was caught 
some time ago. But I feel anxious about the one hundred acres 
and the cottage. 1 have got the other accompaniments. [Laugh¬ 
ter.] But how to get the one hundred acres? Sir, to make a 
long story short, I begin to feel very much like an agrarian, and 
I propose a division of property. And [pointing to Mr. Wads¬ 
worth] I should like to cut in for a slice of the Genesee flats 
[Laughter.] [Mr. Wads worth.—You shall have the hundred 
acres.] Gentlemen will take notice that the bargain is made 
Now sir, to speak seriously, we have heard a great deal said 
on the education of farmers and the mistakes made on the sub¬ 
ject. I don’t think the farmers of this country down trodden, 
nor very ignorant men. Nor do I think we occupy our proper 
rank. The great error on the subject among young farmers 
themselves, who are ambitious to do something they are not 
fitted for, and which is in fact descending, is a propensity to 
rush to the city—to take even inferior situations in the shops_ 
thinking that if they can dress themselves in a little finer cloth, 
wear linen shirts instead of cotton, measure off ribbons and 
talk flippantly to the demoiselles that do the shopping that 
they can rise in society. There can be no greater mistake - and 
my advice to young farmers, who can take fifty acres and a 
wife, and take care of both, is to cling to the wife and the acres 
[Cries of “ good,” “ good,” “ sound.”] 
The gentleman who spoke with so many figures about the 
tariff (Gen. Tallmadge,) leaving his cyphering, indulged in a 
little metaphor. He alluded to that great work known as the 
Arabian Night’s Entertainment, and spoke of Aladdin’s Lamp 
Now Aladdin’s lamp is in the pocket of a gentleman sitting at 
one of these tables. There never was such a change as that 
performed in Albany, and by the gentleman sitting there [point¬ 
ing to Alex. Walsh, Esq.] This induces me to say that in all 
the speeches made to-day, in all the sentiments off'eied and 
drank, we have entirely overlooked one very important part of 
the exhibition. I mean, sir, the beautiful 'horticultural dis¬ 
play; and my design is to call up, at the proper time, the re¬ 
presentative of King Solomon. Solomon, gentlemen, was a 
horticulturist. [Laughter.] He wrote a book that has been 
lost. [Laughter.] Bin he discussed there everything that the 
earili produces, from the C.-dar of Lebanon to the Hyssop that 
springs on the wall. That shows that he was a laborious 
writer. He was well acquainted with flowers. There is no 
more beautiful employment than the cultivation of them. Our 
first parents have been called agriculturists ; but this is alto¬ 
gether a mistake. They were horticulturists. Tam not certain 
but the Garden of Eden was Lansingburgh. But there were 
not so many rivers running through it We have had a display 
there of flowers, arranged with a taste that might have made 
Adam and Eve very comfortable, if they had had such a view 
as Lansingburgh presented, there! Gentlemen, allow me to 
tell you that the original language of man was by flowers. All 
Adam’s courtship was carried on by flowers, before they got to 
the hieroglyphics. [Laughter.] Then came the deaf and dumb 
signs, and at last the miserable art of printing [Laughter] 
which seems to have been made for a change only. No matter 
for that. I think our friend from Lansingburgh [Mr. Walsh] is 
entitled to great credit for that part of the exhibition. We 
came very near forgetting it; and but for the allusion to Alad¬ 
din’s Lamp, I should not have adverted to it. Sir, when I saw 
such a rich display of fruit on his table—when I saw such 
clusters of grapes, apples and pears, (judging from their out¬ 
ward appearance, understand) and such plums, than which 
Albany ean produce no better—(lam glad she can produce 
something good besides public men)—and when I saw that in a 
twinkling all disappeared, and in place of it such an array as 
this before me—I could not but think of the potent charm—the 
mighty spell of Aladdin’s Lamp. Col. Stone concluded with 
this beautiful sentiment -.— 
“ Flowers .—The alphabet of angels, by which they write, on 
hills and fields, mysterious truths.” [Great Cheering.] 
Mr Walsh of Lansingburgh replied briefly to Col. Stone. 
He began by alluding to the intimate relation subsisting be¬ 
tween agriculture and horticulture. The latter is the art by 
which nature is taught to improve her own products; or per¬ 
haps more correctly, it is the art by which man learns to “ de¬ 
velop more fully the beauties of Divine Providence,” and par¬ 
take with greater relish of the fruits of his own labor. The 
garden is indeed a Paradise to those who have some knowledge 
of its manifold treasures, and taste and sensibility to appreci¬ 
ate its numerous delights. It is cause for felicitation that a 
taste lor gardening is evidently increasing among our agricul¬ 
tural population. They are thus creating around themselves 
an atmosphere of greater purity and joy, and while, as horti¬ 
culturists imitating our great progenitors, they are truly shar¬ 
ing in their delights. Every farm house iti the country should 
have its Eden of fruits and flowers; promoting intellectual ele¬ 
vation, refinement of taste and feeling, a safe guard against 
corrupting pleasures, and a source of substantial comfort to 
the agriculturist; cheering him in his toils, urging him to 
more effective exertions for the cultivation and improvement 
of the soil, aud thus adding to the sum of individual prosperity 
and national capital. Agriculture and horticulture are twin 
sisters, allied in feeling and interests, and alike contributing 
to strew the pathway of life with blossoms of bliss. 
This has been a proud day for our State Society ; but while 
we rejoice in its advancing prosperity, let us not forget our 
County Associations, with the prosperity of which our inte- 
rcsts are so vitally connected. The Annual Fairs of many 
oi these associations are about to follow in the train of our 
state festival; and let us in our several spheres extend to 
them our free and generous countenance and support. Mr. 
W. concluded with the following sentiment:— . 
The New-York State Agricultural Society.— 1 ‘ She retires from 
the field lor the season,” allowing her younger sisters of the 
state to occupy her place, and commending them most cordi¬ 
ally to the public interest and favor. 
Gen. Visum, of Rensselaer, was called up, and said that he 
was not disposed, after hearing so many eloquent addresses 
and beautiful sentiments, to obtrude anything upon the compa¬ 
ny in his humble, farmer-like way. For he claimed to be a 
practical farmer. He had passed his life, with but rare excep¬ 
tions, on a farm. He had witnessed with lively interest, the 
attempts that had been made to elevate and improve agricul¬ 
ture and agriculturists. He rejoiced now to see the auspicious 
results of the efforts commenced some few years since. We 
had here representatives from almost every state in the Union. 
Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New-Jersey, Pennsylva¬ 
nia, the Old Dominion (God bless her!) Young Michigan and 
others that he knew not of, and last but not least, our friends 
of the Canadas, had honored us with their countenance and 
encouragement on this occasion. He thanked them lor their 
valuable co-operation with us in the more responsible and ar¬ 
duous duties of the field: and in doing so, he knewhe but echo¬ 
ed the general sentiment of the company. [Cheers.] He would 
not detain them at that late hour with any extended train of 
remark. But lie could not forbear adverting to some things 
that happened ten or fifteen years ago, in contrast with the 
scene that now presented itself. At that time six persons only 
could be got together here in reference to this subject of agri¬ 
culture. Year after year, (said Gen. V.) we met in this hall 
and tn yonder capitol with a view to some steps to get up a 
spirit of emulation among farmers, and thus to give an im¬ 
pulse to the cause of agriculture. These efforts, at that time, 
met with very little encouragement. But though our number 
was small, our hearts were stout and willing; and those feeble 
efforts, seconded by at most some twenty individuals, had been 
crowned with at least partial success. It was gratifying to see 
how changed the scene now—how public opinion oil this sub¬ 
ject has been revolutionized. 
Prest. of the U. S. Ag-. Society, and other invited guests, 
several of which it was our intention to have published, 
but we are compelled for want of room to omit them. 
THE FUNDS OF THE SOCIETY. 
In concluding- our history of the Fair, it seems proper 
that we should give some facts in relation to the funds of 
the Society, and to explain the reasons why it was deem¬ 
ed necessary by the Board of Managers to charge the 
small sum of 12£ cents for admittance to the show-yard. 
On making the arrangements for the Fair, it was ascer¬ 
tained that the expenses in erecting the buildings, pro¬ 
curing tents, building- pens, police, guards, &c., would 
amount to about one thousand dollars. How this sum 
was to he raised, was the question. The Society had 
not the funds to meet it; and further, it was thought un¬ 
wise to burthen its treasury with such a responsibility, 
as it was believed that the moment the Society got in¬ 
volved in debt, its usefulness, if not its existence, would 
cease. It was at first proposed to raise the sum neeessa- 
sary by subscription; but this was deemed inexpedient, 
inasmuch as it was found necessary to raise by subscrip¬ 
tion about $600 for the Society, to enable it to draw its 
quota from the state treasury and to pay its premiums. 
It was then proposed to adopt the plan pursued by the 
foreign Ag. Societies, by the American Institute, and 
many other societies—that of charging an admittance fee, 
to all but members of the Society. This fee was put so 
low, (12 1-2 cents,) that it was thought no person would 
have a right to complain; and, though some little com¬ 
plaint was made, the plan was found, upon the whole, to 
work admirably, as by it, not only the expenses of the 
Fair were paid, but the managers, having the sole con¬ 
trol of the yard, were enabled to preserve a degree of 
order and quietness which could not otherwise have been 
attained. 
The receipts for admission, were,. $1,296-10 
From which deduct bad bills,. 19-00 
Gen. Viele here took occasion to pay a passing tribute to the 
memory ot the lamented Jesse Buel, whom he characterized as 
the ptoneeer in this cause, and who to unwearied exertions to 
elevate the condition of the husbandman, added a spirit of ex¬ 
panded benevolence and philanthrophy, which entitled him to 
the distinction of having been in every sense of the word, a 
beneiactor to the human race. 
Gen. V. concluded with the remark that we had heard much 
about the Fair, and about the husbandman; but nothing about 
the wives and daughters of husbandmen. He therefore gave— 
The New-York State Fair, and the Fair of New-York State 
[Cheers.] 
Gen. Viele, before taking his seat, said he would follow out 
the Virginia custom of nominating his successor; and he ac¬ 
cordingly called up the Rev. Henry Colman, formerly a citi¬ 
zen oi Massachusetts, now an adopted citizen of New-York 
Mr. Colman resjionded briefly to the call of the company, 'it 
was hardly fair, he said, to call on him to night. With the 
leave of the company he would give only a sentiment, which he 
trusted would find a warm response : 
The Great Sub-soil Plow, Universal Education —Designed to 
break up and elevate and enrich the lower strata; and, in so 
doing, render better and more productive all the formations 
[Cheers.] 
Mr. Ferguson here reminded the company that they had left 
one thing undone, and he would supply the omission bv oro- 
posmg— J r 
The Health of the Society’s President. [Drank with cheers.] 
The President (Mr. Wadsworth) to whose efforts much of the 
eclat and spirit of the scene may be attriDuied, made a brief 
and appropriate reply. 
Col. Stone remarked that the gentleman who called on a 
clergyman to make a speech and got only a sentiment, should 
have extended the call to the class rather than an individual- 
and he went into a eulogy on the clergy at some length, con¬ 
cluding with— 
The Clergy of the V. States— As a body, worthy of their sacred 
calling, and deserving of honor from every civilized man. 
Col. S., after this toast, availed himself of his right to call 
on the Rev. Mr. Choules of New-York, and 
Mr, Choules responded to the call in some brief remarks. 
Mr. Colman followed, in a powerftill appeal to the clergy on 
behalf of agriculture, and urging upon them the duty of them¬ 
selves setting an example of good husbandry as well for the 
moral effect of such a course, as for their own temporal in¬ 
terest. 
Mr. Baldwin said he would avail himself of this occasion to 
correct a mistake, into which he, or the printer, had fallen in 
reference to the name of the late lamented Judge Buel, of this 
city. At our last Annual Fair, in answer to a call on a similar 
occasion, I said, or was madeto say, (in grouping certain illus¬ 
trious names among the living and the dead, who had contribu¬ 
ted largely to the advancement of the cause of Agriculture ) 
lhat that of Judge Buel, held to some others in this state, a se¬ 
condary rank. Now, sir. I beg leave to remark, that such was 
not my sentiment or belief then, nor is it now—nor in my judg¬ 
ment was, or is it, the sentiment or belief of any intelligent man 
m America. In my humble opinion, sir, no man in this coun¬ 
try, has contributed so much to the advancement and elevation 
of our cause, as did Judge Buel. His name and memory are 
closely associated with the Agricultural history of this state and 
nation; and palsied be the hand that should attempt to pluck 
a single leaf from the dearly bought and fairly won chaplet that 
encircles his brow. Let no returning anniversary of this Soci¬ 
ety pass, without paying a just tribute to his memory. 1 beg 
leave, in conclusion, to give— 
The memory of the late Judge Buel of Albany —His successful 
labors in the cause of Agriculture, have placed his name high 
among the benefactors of mankind, and second to none in the 
state or nation. Let us revere his memory, and emulate his 
bright example. 
Mr. Nott, after a few remarks highly commendatory of the 
skill and integrity displayed by the mechanics of the city of 
Albany, in the various articles of excellent workmanship exhi¬ 
bited by them at the Fair, gave : 
Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts —Pillars of the social fa¬ 
bric -mutually essential to its stability and true greatness. 
[Cheers.] 
Mr. Baldwin, in conclusion, gave the following: 
The Earth— Our Mother Earth—From her 'we came; to her 
we shall all return. Let us in the mean time, as dutiful child¬ 
ren, honor our parent., study her nature, cultivate her good 
will, court her smiles and win her favor. 
Letters were read from the Hon. Daniel Webster, 
Hon. Henry Clay, Gen. Winfield Scott, Hon. John 
Davis, Gov. of Mass., Hon. A. P. Upshur, Sec’y of the 
Navy, Hon^LEVi Woodbury, Hon. James M. Garnett, 
J. Lennox, N. Hamburgh, $100 
$1,277-10 
Expenses of building, tents, pens, police, night 
guards, laborers, &c. &c. say,. 1,000-00 
Leaving a balance of. $277-10 
To be carried to the treasury of the Society. 
The Society acknowledge the receipt of the following 
subscriptions in aid of its funds: 
Pruy n, Wilso n&Vosburgh 
Albany,. 10 
Joel Rathbone, Albany,•• 10 
J. L. Schoolcraft, Albany, 10 
Jas. Stevenson, Albany,• • 10 
L. G. Ten Eyck, Albany,- 10 
T. Van Vechten, Albany, •• 10 
C.Van Benthuysen,Albany 10 
B. R. Wood, Albany,. 10 
W. A. Wharton, Albany, - - 10 
J. N. Wilder, Albany,- ••• lo 
Webb & Douglass, Albany 10 
A. Ayranlt, Geneseo,. 5 
P. Cagger, Albany,. 5 
Eagle Tavern, Albany, • 5 
0. Foster, Albany,. a 
G. Lathrop, Albany,.5 
J. L. Rathbone, Albany, •• 5 
B. P. Staats, Albany,. 6 
Wm. Thorburn, Albany, •• 8 
J. S. Wadsworth,Geneseo, 
J. Townsend, Albany,• 
Jas. Wadsworth, Geneseo, 
J. McD. M’Intyre, Albany, 
J. B. Nott, Guilderland,• ■ 
W. P. Van Rensselaer, 
Greenbush,. 
Martin Van Buren, Kin- 
derhook,. 
Erastus Corning, Albany, 
A. Ayrault, col’d by him, 
W. H. Barker, Tivoli,•• -- 
W. E. Bleecker, Albany, 
V. P. Douw, Albany,. 
J. Edwards, Albany,. 
Gideon Hawley, Albany,- 
Friend Humphrey, Albany, 
Rufus H. King, Albany,•• 
J. &.A. M’Clure, Albany,- 
100 
60 
50 
25 
25 
25 
20 
15 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
Dto-IDork Qigriniilurai JTairs. 
We need not say that we are truly gratified at the evi¬ 
dent advance made by these societies in public favor the 
present year—the great increase of attractions in the 
number and variefy of objects presented—and the more 
successful management that has attended them; a result 
that was, indeed, to be expected from the experience 
gained. Our thanks are also due to our attentive friends 
who have forwarded us early notice of the doings of the 
several societies. We regret that we are not able to 
present a more ample report of each, but our limits, and 
the late period at which some of them have been receiv¬ 
ed, forbid. We wish it to be understood, however, that 
though postponed, they are not forgotten. 
RENSSELAER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR. 
The first Fair of the Rensselaer Agricultural Society 
was held at Lansingburgh, on the 4th and 5th of October; 
and received the attention from the public spirited farm¬ 
ers of that county, which such exhibitions uniformly ex¬ 
cite. The cattle, horses, sheep, and swine, exhibited, 
were quite fine; and few Fairs will be able to present a 
better display of fruits and flowers. The Short Horns of 
Messrs. Vail of Troy, Ball of Hoosiclc, Sampson and 
Coons of Brunswick, &c., attracted much notice. Mr. 
Comstock of Lansingburg, presented peaches Ilf inches 
in circumference, and weighing 10,} ounces. Lemons 
from Lansingburgh, beautiful quinces from the same 
place, and a rich collection of grapes from Lansingburgh, 
Greenbush, and Troy, were on the tables. A great va¬ 
riety of other fine fruits and vegetables were also pre¬ 
sented; and their arrangement was in general most ad¬ 
mirable. Some specimens of the green globe artichoke 
lately introduced into this country, and which promises 
to be quite an acquisition to our gardens, were exhibited 
by Mr. A.Walsh of Lansingburgh,to whose skill and taste 
much of the interest of the Fair in this department was 
owing. Saratoga, Albany, and Schenectady, contributed 
their quota of flowers; and altogether, a more splendid 
display of these rich and beautiful productions of nature, 
will with difficulty be made. We are firmly of the opin¬ 
ion that premiums for the best collections of flowers 
should be made by every county society in the stale. 
Exhibitions of this kind would do very much to extend 
a taste for their cultivation among all classes of society, 
and this we think a positive good. 
Silk, in the form of cocoons, reeled, and manufactured. 
