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; i ; i ! 1 It --i f m AT III 1111 - J : - 1 I . 1 . .. .. 1 I I I I It II illlllr 'I. II -' ! STifc- ;- - , . , '":1b, , .njiiiiiiMiv Miiiiiiiir rr i . IX" T " Agriculture U the great art, which every Government ought to protect, every proprietor of lands to practice, end every inquirer into nature to improvc.--JoKSBQX H:.; 4 1 vol. n. EALEIGH, JA1ITTAEY, 1857. NO. X. i "ft iNOETH-CAllOLINA ABATOR. By TIIOS. J. LEMAY, Editor & Proprietor. $2FTerms. Published on the first of every month ; At one dollar A YEAR, invariably in advance. v , Advertisements, not exceeding twelve lines ..for each and every insertion, one dollar containing more at the same rates. - ' ft If ' For the Arator. -t Union, Davie Co., K C. Nov. 28, 'oG. v I.Ir. Lemay: I fear you think I have forgotten the promise made in my last communication, respecting the opera tions of the Davie Comity Agricultural 'Society: My reason for delaying was, the Society failed to hold any regular meeting, on account or me nonattenu- ance of its members. The Constitution bf) the Society; required a majority of the members to constitute d a uorum to : :do,busiriess;' whichcAv6 ,failcd to get at f f ;cvery appointment: but .the friends of - . i 1113 IJ1 If iLIlIwLUlf 1 1 11 111 1 1 1 II. V INI I 1,1 It5 lllllll' ; anotto attempt, and try to improve by f I (perienco. V The: frienisl of the old So-. ; ;y : vcicty;(lucHnvas ;;cpnsiilered '. dead) as blcdat Farmiiigton the 13th Sept: . ; ahorganized a'hew oney called The ;;J : ;:n)ayj6 : County Agricultural and; Me y 'cliampl-Bociotyi'oiid located the same at Farmington. The following arc tho officers, viz. M. Fulford, president; W. II. Perry and M. Cuthrell, vice-presidents; J. F. Cuthrell, secretary; and G. "W. Johnson, treasurer. The Society, (notwithstanding tho , lateness of the season,) resolved to hold a Fair the last Thursday in Oct. - The curious of the county were inquiring if the Fair would be worth attending, considering tho" shortness of the time for preparation? The answer was re turned, Command sec. The members were wording men, ami went at it with that resolution arid determination that is praiseworthy in individuals or socie ties: A suitable place was selected and prepared; and wlien the morning came, the heavens appeared in all their beau ty and grandeur, which gave eviddncb of tho fiivor of tho Deity and the sue cess of the urldertakingl 'V. 'AsVeim r advanced in his rcourao, so tha large crowds of spectators advanced to to Fair grounds; , and as tho orowds passed round the enclosure and, viewed tho beautiful animals that wero exhibited, the inquiry; was, " Did you believe that ' there would have been .half so , many things exhibited, or that there were half such fine animals in Vaq county? Tho . . ' "J.. - ' 1 . '' :: t i j 1 .'V . 1 5 V? 1 1 o
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