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4 i "a. '1 -JMJMxxttini'xf III .- i ...iii ., . ji -.. -.. -. .. i ii ' rrcial'iLiJircrtofore the premiums baYcbeca ucf' ' Uude to'the Executive Committee' fbftbe Jrifrluab! ?. . - ecssa: ilj rrr.all.;- The, need be.so no longer - services of its Chairman and various mcml 1 r . .v The receipt: r.t.the ftc thi3ycar harcJbccn be- ThcVollowing oGcers were electedor the nsu? :1 . . .Vtwcea C7C0ands;b. , ingycar: ".'V'. V" VfC- " ' j ' OaThurfirr..nt 12 oUock, th mblage was JOEfAWILLIAMS, Isg., Pre ident.;;' ; '; J i briefly, addrcred I) r Messrs. E. L. Yinslowiand Jas.. ' " Ban!'?. We regret that our duti; z iluwhcrc clctain "... cd us from tho roahd until after thestfaddrcsics had. J 'beca (IcUfxrcd... V ;.v -, 4 4 " ..i 7 ' ' t v " :: . - ,On Friday -at 1" o'cloc' . Lhc list of Premiaui3 ras V .-. -read -by IlivWinslour, prefaced b oma appropriate ,vCo1;'A. S.-ifcXEiLt, ; V ") "v..v T V , r . Jo.na-Etin' Jlq.r. T' .h Vice Tf esidcntff. j :''; :: 'Joii.y.A. Williams, E:q.f- ( J : ; iv:. : - . ' ; remarks. ' -Vinson Hujgh3(tfLean, ,John McKcllar, JouaU.bmith; - , Atf.hn'T the intcresting.'incicub oVVhe ocrTasidn, Executive, Committee." . " - ? was a pfocc:sion of the hundred und odd ludents : Tho next, annual meeting, will Jake i place rflnnnff . ,;; - of ihc Fayctlcville Female HigK Schoolcorted ty the next Fair, the 'time of which will be fixed bj tho ; ; 0 from the School Duildinsr cuutc vummmce. niciuK ui . Muw- Independent Company, to the Fair Grounds, to which they had been Invited. . It was a beautiful sight, full of pleasant associations to friends of? our town May the' prosperity of tho two Institutions bo perpetual ! - SuouM.thcy ex - 1st as long a. the Independent Company Jias, andxe- tain so largo a share of , the public-regard, the pres ent generation, at least, will hav.e no reason to com plain. . . v ... v 4 s 0:i ;Thursday evening the' Agricultural Society, held itp annual mectingj-j-Col. A; S.;McXeiIIt first Vice President. In the Chair, rmd Mr. Joha-IH Mc. . Lean, Secretary. ., : ' ,v Hcports from. Committees -appointed at.thcJast. '. . . rueetiug were . received.-, Ouc, from ,Vrn. Jfclillan,, , . Esq., on tho culture of Corn on sand-hil) land, thci ' ' result being 48J- bu3!icls to the acre. Another from Joel n illiam?. Esq., on urasse3. - Mr. W.:had made v-." an average of 5032 lbs. of cured hay tothc acre! on four acres. Another from Col. McNeill on the Hcd Top. or Herd's gra5?. with which he has been cxper- imenting, not very succesffujly this year,but with v v the promise -'of abundant Asuccegs for the year to come. 'Another rcporf from John C. SmithEsq.j 6nr . . hi cxpefimouts in Oats, obtainlng a double yield V f.'oni hi3 application of manure; i v. ' -fi-,1 ' . Oihcr reports byIr. T. J.Uobinso'n,, and Mr. J P. McLean, oa their modes of cultivating Irish po-. ; tatocs, and their success, , good deal of discussion took. place on these and- otlicr matters between the v idore gentlemen and. Messrs.' E. L. Ajnstow; A. A. Mckelhau, JaV tanks, Joha AVaddilljolin JUUotfT " W. McL McKay, Jas. 0. Cook, E. J. Ilale.aud others. ItcsoluticRS wee? fidopted and ordered to be pub v" .lishcd, expressivo of the feelings or the Society, at .tho recent death of its President. Hkxity Elliot. Esq. Jlcsolutlon3;of thanks were also adopted tphqe who bid. contributed articles. for exhibition, aud es- ! peciallr tolhoao from other couatici. Joii.vP. McLisax. Sec'y. and Treasurer . Messrs. E. L". Wiftslo w, A. A . U'cKcthan j E.-TiVi , ' Dargc; J,rA; AVilliHms, AVm. McMillan, Jno. Vaddlll,- . r'f Z 7m. i;aae;ionn r. icieanrJCSsc varvcr, 4... .uwou- ty will beheld in the Town IJall on Wednesday even ing the 5th inzi.-FayUfvilU Obsnvcr9J)ec.'Zdk ; .'V - " ', From the Fayettevillc Observer. , ' . v FAIRS.. : Tna i extent to which these exhibitions of agricul- tural, mechanical, and domestic inTlustry arc curried; throughout tho country, is truly astonishing. The v Agricultural Fair' at Hoiton was tisitcd by two v hundred thotisand. persons, and tho receipts' for crv- , trance monej-, at 25 jcents each; were nearly $50,000 5 The Fair of the American Institute" iii ITcw York ' city, which is more, mcchanicarthau agricilturaK ha3 already been visited by upwards yf 100,000 r persons.. It is held ia the Crjstal Palace which js found to be sb admirably adapted to ths purpose, that an cflbrt is making q purchase it for tho Insti tute " The price "fi $25o,000. AVe'shail be glad to ' -find the buildipg preserved for someuscpurposev. for it. is rforth X isit of itself, as aa arQliitectural m . curtpsity. ." . ' , ' ' ' ; We hope 111 a V public --spirited individuals in all r parts of tl)is State wili.'take care io keep alive thft V interest in the annual State and Coapty Fairs. " . Thcyardas yet comparatively small exhibitions fcnd small. assemblages bf people but sq aj, first were those oi New York and Massachusetts.", An4 altho1 we may not liopoi-to rival their prcsentreatnesfj , there cannot'Be a doubt of the good efiectcd by even L Iwbat has already -been done" :the. best and wisest t anu mosi eioqueni mra in-me DiaicLsnoiuu oe caucu upon to deliver Addresses.: ana 'eVery inna or wo- . Hmah who lias anything good of its kind, ought tQ , snow u, nor so tnucu us a maiicr ai pnue as ioif uio cncourAecment of his. or her neighbors to produce V hko excellent things. Jn this way better modes and implements of 'tilfaga will bo difTused, tlie quantity "and qualit'v of cipps improved, better stock raised,! 4 I 3k "'"'! rjr.dpcUed cxpressioiprth'aakt andfgrat- comfjrt and elegance in household economy bepro- ? -A
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