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VOL. i. JUL 20, is rmuinxD rvxar TinraaEAT, nc FATETTEVTLLE, N. Y. P. A. DIBLINfl, Proprietor. omofc: BEARD BLOCK, OVBE OAOB AND LINKS' STORE. $1.50 per annum, invariably i n Advance. TXBUS OF ABVBETIfiINO: IT , 8 w. 8m. 6 to. 1 y. 1 square. 76 j 1 60 | 8 00 | 4 50 7 76 2 squares. 1 00 | 2 26 j 4 60 | 6 60 12 00 1-4 ool... 2 26 | 8 60 | 6 00 | 9 00 16 00 1-2 ool. . 8 76 | 6 00 | 11 26 | 18 60 30 00 I col 6 0 0 I 9 00 | 17 25 | 80 00 56 00 ty Twelve lines or less of brevier matter make a square. Legal advertisements inserted at the EStes proscribed by law. fJ3JT Business Cards, in Card Column, not exceeding five lines, {4 per year ty Business Notices will be inserted in the Reading Columns at the rate of Twenty-five Conta for the first line, and Five Cents {or every subsequent line, each insertion. . f Yearly Advertisers have the privilege of changing quarterly. There sriU^e^no/ae- viation from advertised rites, unless a special contraot is made. Advertisements not accompanied with directions will be inserted until forbid and charged accordingly. BUSINESS CARDS. REVENUE HOUSE, f. By J. C. Cross. Corner of Genesee and North Mill St. Also, Gaoctsr Bronx, corner of Genesee and Mill streets, FATETTEVTLLE, N. Y. L. C. GARDNER. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, Notary Pnblio and Insurance Agent, at Fay- etteviUa. N. Y. FAYETTE SEMINARY^ ooaxiK or oExxszs AMD MAHUUS STEXITS, FAYETTEVILLE, N. Y. MISS C. L. BANGS, PBIMOIFIL. For particulars please apply to the Principal. F. H. ALLEN, Shaving Saloon, BEARD HOTEL, jy5 ly FiitrrsvrLLi, N Y. LIVERY^ BY J. L. MATHEWS 4 SON. First door west of Snell, Smith & Co.'s store, acrofs the bridge. Fayetteville, July 10, 1866. jyHTry— GAGE & LINES, Wholesals and retail dealers in DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, BOOTS AND SHOES, Ready-Made Clothing, Jkc, Sec. JOSEPHUS CROSS, [Successor to J. Mead,] DEALS! CI AKEniOAN AND ITALIAN MARBLE, Mannfacturer of MOSTOXEMTS, TOVBSTOHXS, TABU TOPS, BCIIJVHOS'W'ORK , <fcc All work ezeouted in the best possible man ner. t ft J. & D. H. DECKER, MANUFAOTURKRS AND DEALERS in all kinds of Cabinet Furniture, Picture Frames, and Coffins. 'Wiarerooms in Brick Block, corner of Genesee and Mill streets, opposite Beard Hotel. jy ° yl HAS. TR1MM & CO.'S .StLPERIOR BOOK A-PRINT PAPER, MANLIUS, N. Y. 1ST Orders solicited. j6tf POETRY. The Amerlean Autumn. Thou comest not in sober guise. In mellow cloak of russet clad— Tblne are n o melancholy skies. No hueless flowers, pale and sad; But like an Emperor, triumphing, With gorgeous robes of Syrian dyes, Full flash of fragrant blossoming, And glowing purple canopies. How oall ye this the season's fall, That seems the pleaaantest of the year! Riober and brighter than all ' The pomp that Spring and Summer weal-— Red falls th e western light of day On rook and stream and winding shore , Soft woody banks and granite gray, With amber clouds are curtained o'er, The wide, clear waters sleeping lie Beneath tho Evening's wings of gold. And on theic glassy breast the sky And bank* their mingled hue unfold. Far in the tangled woods the ground Is strewn with fallen leavos that Ha Like crimson carpets all around Beneath aorimson oanopy, The sloping sua, with arrows bright, Pierces the forest's waving maze; The universe seem? wrapt in light, A floating robe of rosy hozo. O, Autumn I thou art hero a king— And round thy throne tho smiling hours A thousand fragrant tributes bring Of golden fruits and blushing flowera ADDRESS Delivered before tho ItTanllu* and Pom- pey Acrlculturnl and Itlcchantcnl So ciety, on Friday, 8opt. 28, 1866, by Dr. Geo. B. Lorlng, of Salem, Hal*. Mr President and Gentlemen of the Society •— I have accopted tho invitation to address yonr sooioty on this anniversary with more than usual pleasure. We aro living in an ago of almost superhuman ondoavor Never before has the mind of man been so roused to action, in all the strange and ovontful history of bis efforts to elevate himself to tho blgbast stand ard of material prosperity, and ol moral and mtellectural cultivation. Everywhere; by fearless devotion to every great work, lu the workshop. In the studio, on the land and on tbo sea, b y steam and wind and the olectrio currents, in tho sunny and silent corn-fields, and on the wild and stormy battte-fiold, man is engaged in subduing all poworful natural forces to his own purpose, an a in enlarging all the faculties which God has given him for tho divino ser vice which bo is destined to perform on earth. I rejoioe that this restless and vigorous ac tivity has reached that great occupation which is your admiration, your study, your liveli hood. The vast ocean moves and heaves and tosses with its daop .sonorous— cadences, tho mingling of the myriad voices striving to be hoard, and from out the mighty bosom tho wave rolls on and on until its ripple dies peaoo- I &illy here at our feet. This quiet spot, with pus beautiful repose, has not escapod the influ ence of the storm and struggle raging without and beyond. Each remote extremity feels its pulsation ; and there is not a farm nor a work shop which is not roused from its lethargy of deepest seclusion by this striving spirit of en quiry, and b y this renewed, and wide spread, aud resistless,and feverish desire to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and eviL -I?jli«ii«t«d, n« if. worn wjf-h, exploring other fields, impatient, as it were, of the indepeoi est march which agrioulturo has hitherto pur sued along the path of experiment and prac tice alone, the daring and defiant mind of man has turned to exploring the hidden processes of nature, and has resolved to advance into that closed and mysterious volume, wherein Is written that great law of life which maketh tbo grass to grow for cattle and herb for tho ser vioe of roan. Liobig and Voclcker, not satis fied with the confidence and faith and trust with which the farmer relies upon the great laboratory of earth and sky for tbo prepara tion of bis fertilizers, the germination of his seed, and the development of his barvests, would explore the secret vital forces of the soil and record its oapacity and necessity with the clearness of written law. Not con tent to leave the production of animals for speci fic purposes, where Bakowell and Colling left it, the profound Agossiz neglects for a moment bis task of unfolding the mysteries of the dark and gloomy glacial period, and of opening leaf by leaf the history of animal and vegetable life as written on the stratified formation of the earth, and turns with sudden and renewed zeal to exploring the great laws of reproduc tion, and the causes whioh adapt to every vary* ing want of man, the birds of the air an d the beasts of the field. And inspired by this same desire for knowledge, for that practical wis dom, without which the farmer fails ia Jus oo- oupation, we have met here to discharge the' dnty which belongs to an agricultural society —not as a mere holiday pastime, but a s the important and valuable service of those who would study and teach the art of agriculture. This, gentlemen, is the business of an Agri cultural Society. The annual exhibition is aud should be no t only a gathering of theohoioest of our flocks and herds an a products, bu t a jubilee for our agricultural people. Bat there is a higher servioe still to perform. In the hands of these associations rests thus far all 'the experimental science of farming—-that soienoo^whicb, without exercising undue our- iosity with regard to the laws of nature, ob-- serves an d collects all the facta whioh may. guide us in such an observance of those laws as will socuro our prosperity and sucoess in farming. And this is the soience which wo most \a science founded upon the accumulation need, of facts and the accumulation of experiments.' For, as the Duke of Argylo said at tho last meeting of tho Highland Agricultural Society in Scotland, \we can neyor hove agricultural science unless we know the facts with whioh we have to deal. * * * So long as we want a system of agricultural statistics, wo are defi cient in one of the very bases upon whioh an agricultural science can be foundod.\ ^ Of the value of this land of scionoo to the farmor tho most enterprising of bur profession have long been aware. Agricultural societies havo constituted the most useful agricultural sohools for tho last contury Tboy havo ap pealed to tho practical agriculturist in the most direct and foroiblo manner, and thoy have furnished opportunities for observation to tho old as well as the young. When woll endowed they havo diffused knowledge, both by pub licalions and by exhibitions, and in tbiB way have they enablod tho land boldor who is obliged to confine himself to his businoss to ob tain his information, and to apply it t o his daily practice. Thoy constitute the best of schools, thoso in which all aro teachers and all aro learners. And thoy may be made the great depositories of theories confirmed by ex periment, of foots obtained by observation, and of rules of practice laid down by successful in dustry, from which every farmor may draw his knowlodgo, and which will bo as far super ior to an organized sohool as their sphere is larger, and more diverse, and thair teachers more numerous, and more devoted to tho busi ness of farming as an honest and honerablo means of snbsistonco. In claiming for an agricultural society su periority over an agricultural collego as a means of collecting and diffusing agricultural knowlodgo, I do not Intend to undervalue the latter Tbo foundation of all knowlodgo of agrioulture is the accumulation of fixod faots, suggested perhaps by accident, discovered perhaps by scicnco , hut however obtained, proved or oonfirmud by tho practical farmor on his land. Now to tho records of an agri cultural society may oomotbo tests of every theory advanced, from a largo territory, from a variety of soils, and from a considerable number of different modes of farming. A tho- ory which boars ttbis test* may beuomo a law at onco for tho farming community, and until it has borne sucli a test it is theory still, no matter what its origin may have boen, whether college or farmyard. While, thore- foro, ao agricultural sohool can ho no more than a collection of intelligent gontlemen, do- voted to science as a guide to agrioulture, and engaged in cultivating a single farm according to the bost known principles, it must depend upon a wide spread community of farmors^foT the last grand procoss of proving and diffusing its theories. And when we remember that agriculture is not an exaot ecienco, and cannot bo until the skies and seasons are subdued, by man, and that tho faots ^discovered in tho field by tho diligent oultivator are often of more praotical value than thoso laid down by the student in hi* closet, we shall not be sur prised at the superior success which societies have thus far mot with aB compared with sohools in the work of advancing agricultural education, t say have thtu far met with, bo- cause I think there is valuable work yet t o bo done by tho schools, which i t would bo well for our States to romembor in founding their agricultural collages. Why, gentlemen, all the lltoraturo of agri culture goes to confirm this view. The books to btolrtmrf«rm«rturn84n©»t .eag6rly -for-kn^ . t <• . . . . bofori ledgo aro thoso which contain just those facts to which I have referred as a part of the treasury of an agricultural society Arthur Young, traversing all England for tho mater ials out of which to write his admirable vol umes , Jetbro Tull, toiling with Ins own hands in order to extract from the soil itsolfthe doctrines of horsoboeing and drill hus bandry with which to onrich his na tive island, Mr Culley devoted to the improvement of cattle as tho best colloge in which to learn how to discuss their brooding and feeding, Fitzhcrbert, who although chief justice of common pleas, was, as bo tolls us, \an txperyenced farmer of moro ihan forty yeares,' and wrote tho \ Booke of Uusbandrie f and so tho admirable writers of modern days all write from the great stand-point of expe rience. What richer fountain of agricultural knowledge can bo found than the transactions of the Royal and Highland Societies I Where can a better lesson be read than is contained in those modest volumes issued annually b y our local societies, and containing tho re corded experience of the successful farmer of the neighborhood i Wo turn to this with confi dence and hope, and we turn from it with new light and courage for the pursuit of our calling. Levi Bartlott, writing from Warner, N. B., Dr. Holmes, making his weekly record in a quiet town in Maine, furnish that kind of knowledge which, gathered from the experi ence of every surrounding farmer. Is made use ful to all farmers. What treatise on sheep- busbacdry might be written by sitting at the fireside or roaming over the pastures of Ver mont farmers^ana taking notes of their expe riences and labors iu the business which they have brought to suoh perfection. What funds of information upon the cultivation of crops, the management of orchards, the use of manures, the conduct of the dairy, lie ooncealed in the farm-houses along these valleys and hill-sides. The practical teach-ir, aud the truly scientific explorer know this. And the great naturalist ofJUnerioa.JecognLzes its truth, when with constant and unwearied toil h e gathered a long- array of facts from the breeders and exhibitors of tho remarkable collection of animals at a New England exhibition and storod thorn away as valuable material for bis leotures and in vestigations daring the coming winter. - Agss six, learning of Lang how t o bteodjjrfrsqs, and of Lathrop how t o brood oattlo and of Ham mond how t o hroed sheep, was the greatest tributo of soionoo to praotlco that has yet been soen; aliko significant of the wisdom and hu- mility'oftho great tavan, and of the sound sense and sucoess of the intelligent farmers. I beheld in this that raro combination of \ practioo and sclenoo\ which should bo tho desire and motto of every farmer and every farmer's association, and is the foundation of tho farmer's best knowledge. Let the exam ple thus sot bo followed always and every whore. Lot our solantifio teaohers learn to respoot tho praetioal knowlodgo of the farmer, ana let the farmer lay asido his jealousy of the learning ot the schools. To this just and proper combination of mental foroos, how Would the earth nnfold hor secrets, how would tho fields rojoice under well direoted cultiva tion, how would the whole animal economy of the farm bo developed and improved, how would tho wholo businoss of agrioulture be brought into subjection to systematic laws, and what was before dark be illumined by the highest light vouobsafed to man by the great Creator aud Preserver of all. And not this alone. How would the farmor loarn to regpoot his oalling, and to loot that the work entrusted to his oare is worthy of tho most profound thought and tho most onroful investigation. I can conaoivo of the intolloatual and moral and sooial elevation which would follow, and the material prosperity whioh would attend upon suoh elevation. For to us, of all people, froe-hulders, endowed with all the sacrodnoss of domestio and civil rights, possessod of our own lands, dependent each for himsolt, on our own intel ligence, is the opportunity given for this de velopment and general diffusion of knowledge. Without this combination, deprived of the aocumulution of faots of whioh I havo opokon. soiunoo in ugnoulture booomes powerless: with it, it becomos a most important ally to tho farmer, in fact It is reduced to one modo of praotlco itself, and thus booomes of the high- eat valuo, and moots with its higuost suooess. Fur it is easy to soe why practioo is so power ful it) providing tho best of agricultural know ledge, and why it has thus far outstrippnd aaienco in the advantages it has bestowed It is becauso tho roal foundations of agriculture cannot bo explored by any human power In whatever the farmer doos he is oblige.1 to reoog- nizean lofluenoe whioh tho hand of man cannot reach, whioh uo investigation oan fathom, no> human powor guide. Agriculture obeys the the laws of nature, and can do no moro than uso the natural foroos with ingenuity and skill. Soionco endeavors to explain them, and to as- oortain if possible the natural laws upon which tho farmer depends. In doing this it ad vances Into that great ronton where lie tho vital foroos which aro abut agaiost all human intrusion. Aud on this account It is very apt to be overthrown by agricultural facta Lio big goes on from ono theory of fertilization to another and tbo crowing crops of the neigh- bariog farmers pronounco them all to bo falsa Science may attend upon agriculture as a stim ulus to tho best exortion, as a guldo ia tho use of fertilizers, as an aid ia the selection of soils. But it Is the pationt, and prudent, and experienced farmer after all who knows whst land ho noeds, has unbounded confidence in lhat groat receptacle to whioh he consigns his manure, and to tho vivifying power of that and who gathers his orop boforo his scientific neighbor lias half finished an analysis of his soils. It is the judicious obsorvor of cattle and tho wise and observant judge of their necessi ties and capacities, who, regardless of the the ory of the physiologist, sooures animals adapt ed to his own looality, and perpetuate* and improves them by confining himself to bis own herds for means of inorcase. It is important to bear this iu mind in our estimate of what the community requires in the way of agncultural education. We may so misdirect our-attempts to enlighten the peo ple on this matter as t o lead thorn away from tho farm instead of encouraging their hearts and strengthening their hands for the business of agrioulture. We may become so confused and shaken in our trust in the laws of nature by our investigations as to lose' that love of all her works, which Lies at the foundation of good farming. But if by stesdy progress In the accumulation of facts whioh are indisputa ble, and by patient devotion to the work of drawing sound deductions from thoso facts, th e wonderful attractions of nature are revealed, and hor unerring fidelity Is confirmed, the stu dent of agriculture may go forth from the ool- lege t o his occupation, bound not by necessity to the drudgery of his farm, but devoted wtth all his powers to the business of agriculture as an ennobling, useful and profitable art, - In saying tbis I endeavor to estimate science aright. We all know the value of soientifio men. We all know that they have revealed to us those great laws, a knowledge of whioh has elevated us above the. groveling regions of superstition and ignorance and terror, into the high heaven of Christian admiration and rev- erenes. They have taught ns how t o purify oor cities, how to retain our health, and bow to regainTt, what we are,in the scale of being, and to what a marvelous system of grand and subtle forces, in the animal and vegetable and', mineral kingdom we belong^ We lino W how much thoy have done to enlighten and civilize mankind. Bu t when they enter with us upon tbe~ field of agricultural Investigation, we ask them to panes with ns before that unexplored' region where lio tho strange foroos which w« and they admire, obey and leave with the great God who made them Come, now, O praotical farmer, with me, and seo what you nave done for the develop, ment of your oalling, guided by the light of experience alone. You havo discovered that remarkable systoni of drainage b y which the hard and unyielding bed of day becomes, through tho agenoy of a simple circulatory tube, as obedient to the hand of the cultivator as the warmest and most fertile loams. You bavo brought out of wild and useless classes of f ilants the nutritious grains and luxuriant rujts whioh nourish and delight. You havo seized and tamed the species of animals adapt ed to your wants, and havo produoed every variety ot breod whlon diversity of soil and alimato and market may require. The heavy Short horn makes haste to repay you for hU food by a rapid production of baef. The hardy aud pationt Ayrshire devotes ajll her faoulties to an abundant snppty ftr youp dairy. Th e olutnay draught horse learns readily the duty whioh you have imposed upon hta phlegmatio family. Tho racer and the roadster are ever alert In tho servioe to whioh you have espe cially assigned them. You have loarned the capacity of your lands, and understand what fertilizers they roquire, as well as yau, know the food whioh will bast nourish your domes tio animals. You have disoovered how t o sub- duo nature, and go forth to the first stop of tho' proooss with axe upon your shoulder, as oonfidont of tbo result of the oantoat as if the blooming fields wero already boforo yon. Out of your number came Ouvour, who. in tbo in tervals of bis publio life, was the most success ful farmer of Northern Holy ; and Mochi, whose practical operations ns recorded have beoume ono of tho text hooks of farming ; and Marshall, who learned to manago his own lands, and wha declared that \attendance an d ultention will mako any man a farmer,\ and John John son, who hus taught us nil bow t o raise wheat on drained lands, and Parraontlor, who was obligod to turn fanner betore ho aould over come popular prujudiou aud introduce the po tato into Fraooo. From among your number have coma tbo alaar-sightod nnJ unerring and qaick-witted workers, who have made Iruinod- luto application of every good suggestion, and have brought agrioulture to a high standard. To you belong cspocially that olass who, havi ng acquired their knowlodge, reproduce in Bomo useful form for tho practio >1 baneflt of mankind, that ata-«s whose minds are not so burthened with thoories, that when tho mo- aunt for action comes tboy loss sight of the vary objoot for whioh their theories woro con structed. I know yon will exaruso me if I present to your minds many valuable examples of thesuo- oess of tho praotioal farmer in the work of ad vancing his art. drawn from tho labor of my native county of Essex, in Massachusetts. It is tho patient and diligeut labor aud observa tion of our farmers there, whioh have produo ed that form of onion known as the Dan vera onion—the best in shape, and the most profit able to oultivato. There originated the Stone mason Cabbago—the firmest and heaviest of all, tho Marrow Squash, unequalled as yot; tho Hubbard Squash, the only rival of tho Marrow And it was a young oultivator of that oounty, Mr. Rogers, of Salem, who-, spite of all theories, and all alleged faots of suiootlf- io men, provod that the bost varieties of grapos oan bo produoed by -hybridization, and that the hybrids thus creatod can reproduce their pecios. The creation of a blue tulip has re cently arrested the attention of all horticulture ista in Eotope, and the flower is kept from public gaze, to be brought out as- a tffurnplTo'f^ kill a t tho Industrial Exhibition ia Paris, ia 1S07 Are tho onions and oahboges and grapes of Essox county—tho fruits of the labor of thoughtful and enterprising farmers—less wor thy of tho attention of all useful science and praotlco, than a blue tulip t Bulwer, in ono of his essays, tells an admira- bio story to illustrato the readiness with which some of you do, and all of yon should, apply tho knowledge whioh comes t o your minds when they are intent on your occupation. \ A certain nobleman, very proud of the ex tent and beauty of his pleasure grounds, oh&no ng ono day t o call on a small squire, whose garden might cover half an aore, was greatly struck with the brilliant colors of bis neigh bor's flowers. 'Ay, my lord, flowers are well enough,' said the squire, ' but permit mo t o show yo a my grapes Conducted into an old- fashioned little grcoo-house whioh served as a vinery, my lord gazed with mortification and eavy on grapes twioe as fine as his own. 'My friend,' said my lord,'you have a jewel of a gardener, let me see htm' Th e gardener was oailed—tbo single gardener—a simple looking young man under thirty. 'Acoapt m y oompli- menta on your flower-beds and your grapes,' said my lord, 'and tell mo, if you oan, wby your fjowors aro so much brighter than mine, aud your grapes so muoh finer. You have studied hortioulture profoundly.' 'Please your lordship said th e man, ' I have no t bad the advantage of muoh education: I beeu't no scholar, but as t o the flowers and the vines, the secret as t o training tbem, just come to me, yoa see, by chaaoe.' 'By chance) Ex plain.* ' Well, ray lord, three years ago mas ter sent me t o Lonnon on business of hla'n, and it oame on t o tain, apd I took shelter in the mews, yon see, and there were two gentlemen taking shelter too: and tbey were talking about, charcoal, • * and ono said it bad done a deal of goidlh inany oases of sickness, and especially in the first stage of Abe obolera, and- I took a note on my mind of that, because- we'd bad the oholena in our village the year; afore, and I guessed the lwo~\gantlemen -ware
