The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-11 00:00:00

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AtJCULI URAL SHOWS.

some weeks preceding Christmas agricultu•
re; exhieitious are the order of the day. They
sre held it, large towns tied in small in giant
isendon lied in busy Birmingham, as wall as in
.i tl. lacei whieti depend to a very considerable
xtent upen the farming interest for their sup-
per-. H:gti tiibute is thus paid by the town to
,lis imporea t intereet which the agricnitu. it
eI re,enis, Indeed, se far as I .outlen ia con-
eerf ed, this is h brilltr'S week in the metrepteis.
)h. aericeiturist is everywhers. The nietropo-
li•en lit cl. hitn not tidy in the big show et
Is!iegetri, hut be is in Er-a• force at the ineetitegs
of the Ferinere' (..Lun; the Smithfield Cinb, the
Itoyet Agriculture) Seciety, tteld all the kindred
ga:lietines whieth eharecterise this time of the
ye-or in the caidl el. Taking up his quarters in
the eunerks, thistle south, and west, ois lioneat,
rnbistiett Gen; the imeereonation of conten:-
lident and prOaperity-e-aud his substentiel form
are ettsiey recoguised by the regular dwellers hi
town. He seems to tub a s:lent story of the
value of the open air, away from the smoke and
fog of the great town ; he is a qeiet emboditneut
of the blessings of a residence " far from the
bus . haunts of men," removed from the excite-
ment which is inseparable from modern life in u
vast community.
Eighty-two years have passed away since the
first annual exhibition of the Smithfield Clue,
which is to-day a most flourishing organization,
and one the success of which is highly graiifying
to all who have taken uu interest in ha progres-..
Four score years is a long time, and one suM-
ciently long to put the most stable of our insti-
tutions to the test. This is en inquiring age,
*herein many an association has beencalled
upon to justify its existence. It sonsetimss hap-
pens that an orgunizatioa, which has enjeyed it
long da3, is unable to furnish any outward and
visible sign why it should be permitted ti go on,
and the decree got s forth to cut it down, and not
to let it cumber the ground. But in the case of
the Smithfield Club its survival Of the viciesi-
tudes of eighty years and mere leaves it stronger
than ever. More mouienteus events have been
crowded into the present century than into any
half dozzia of its predecessors. When this great
metropolitan ehow was first established, heavy
troubles had been thickening around Great
Britain. She had not long lost her American
colonies, Ireland was in rebellione'and the natien
was engaged in a great war with Bonaparte,
which was not brought to a close until half
generation later. For years the national Boum
were strained to the utmost, with foreign war
and internal commotion. Amid difficulties one
diticouragements the Smiti.field Club held its
,own. Its exilioition in Baker Street long held
up English agriculture to the foreigner as an
industry in which energy and enterprise were
adequately represented. Since its removal to
the vast hall in the High Street of Islington,
nearly twenty years ago, it has more thin sus-
tained its supremacy. Its money prizes alone
are £3,000 in value, exclusive of gold and silver
cups and other valued media of recognition. The
Queen and the Heir Apparent contribute to is
attractions, and help to swell the records of i's
.xcellenee. Its show is attended by enormou4
numbers both of Londoners and of visitors who
h Ave made long journeys iron' distant parts for
taAt purpose. The President of the club is
. always a nobleman with a great stake in the
'ended estates of the country, and in the ranks
of its members are the foremost men of science
who bring their great intellectual powers to
bear upon the question of the cultivation of the
soil, which has now more than over become a
scientific problem. _ _

At this time of day, and wieh a prolonged ex-
periense of the advantages of these competitions,
it would be superfluous to comment upon the
presence of benefits which are obvious to all
With an increasing population like that of th,
United Kingdom it is clear that the making th,
most of a restricted area of land is a matter of
the highest possible importance to the whole of
the people. Long ago it was declared that
whoever succeeded in making two blades of grass
grow where only one sprung up before, WWI a
benefactor to mankind. It is easy to see how
this principle, widely applied, con effect the
increasing value of an industry which is the
oldest in the history of the world. The initial
occupations in the sacred writings were the
keeping of sheep and the tillage of tbe ground.
The building of our cities, the construction of
gigantic docks, the intersecting of the country
with railways, and the sending forth of giant
steamers upon the ocean, were all long subse-
quent to the installation of the agriculturist aud
the shepherd in avocations whose value was all
apparent. And whatever may be the prosperity
of the town, the increase in its manufactures,
the growth of its shipping, the commensurate
success of the agriculturist mast accompany it,
or it cannot be of a permanent character.
The town must thrive hand in hand with tho im-
portant iudustury which lies outside it, which
ministers to its daily want?, and feeds its
growing population. If God made the country,
• aud man made the town, the interests of both
are identical, the turmoil of the one and the quiet
calm of the other teach the same lesson, that
the prosperity of both are co-ordinate and in-
separable.

TIMOAT TERITATION.—Soreneis and dryness, tickling
and irritatio t. Inducing cough and effecting the voice.
For thtse symptons use Epps's Glycerine Jnjuhem.
Glycerine, in these agreeable confections. being in
prnxnuit to the glands at the moment they are excited
by the act of ants • ing, hseg.ra..s actively healing Sold
only in boxes. 70. and Is. lid , lab flel "Jamas Epps
ant Co, Roelmopathie chemists, London. A letter re-
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kunst that, after an extended trial, I have found yeur
Glycerine Jujubei of considerable benefit (with or with.
out medial treatment) in almost all forms of throat
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can they do any harm.—Yours faithfal.y, G inn s
1.0. R C.P.F. , Senior Physician to the Haciei•
pal throat and Ear Infirmary.
The Rev. John Sheward, of Milton, Kent, wrote
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I dreaded the simplest nuties, and lost all energy and
pleasure irthe performance of them. The despondency
I endured became almost unbearable. Since taking
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Holloway's Ointment and Pills c. mbine both lenitive
and *anitive powers in a high degree—by the former term
is understood their ability to preserve health, by the
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who annually consume six milions of packets of Horni-
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List of Agents, in this locality ..—Clarks, Chemist 151,
High Street ; Baker, Chemist, I'l4, High Street ;
Hewitt, Market place; Morrie, 136, High Street.—
Brierley Hill, Rawlings, chemist, Kidderminster, Hewitt,
Bull Ring ; Halesowen, Adam, chemist ; Lye, Jones
chemist ; Wordsley. White, chemist; Kingswinford.
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That Complexion has always been held:to be the m
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Lr Lust of summer or the frosts of winter. To be ob
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