Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-05-04
'..sris z,ailp auberassr.
..,rnSEsDay, May 9.

he s0t1 uisimo, the annu.
;ds ss..,;sr. instituted by George
SEP 0as Dixie COSTS, esq. was held
ssas'on ar,ing;oa. About forty gen.
btissal :. uelghboriOg county were
30 Of !, :, ga, cause Of infinite gFa'ihea-
s.ss y -. oa,rio.ic and praise worthy
p'ss a,' 80 pumerously sad respect.
AbIl''n Nd aDd already exhibiting such
r'' 'sidspss Of the osia'y ro0'smplas-
!. sor,hy foonder.
by - sn;aons Of The present. year were,
DC pre- ..s wear Old saar:laaab, aud for
nc - .r,eimen Of ten yards OF home
cotton elosb. !.
=, esntlsmso, OF the best es'a'es 70
IS ). q the coonsry. major LsWreuee1
! Il WOODLAND, John Tay'os' esq:
:, uni : Airy, Hayward Foo.e, esq. OF
s ~ and William Alexander. esq. OF
fl !. ',,ao,,pded as breeders of that iowa
; r y ,,s;nsl the sheep; and each by bis
81 ,,,sodaDce, and esideos anxlesy
% =. palm, as the sane time that.
a,.bed the most laudaEte example,
Ia he strongest imaginable Prosf OF
',l,,c,.ges ofssimulis like the present,
..,r into action the exersious Of the
4 M and Of the rejecting part OF socl.
=, sd,y.lope the latent resources ct the
|.'r, for the great beosRs Ct the com,
LIN o. large.
4. tour lambs shewn by those highly
Lr,,,bl. gendemeO farmers, were ant
|. ooconmon indeed 10 Virginia ADD
Esvl,od, sDd would do credit TO any
Inv. !. we'll for s,ze sn6 form, as for
[seiehr and quality of the aeeee. The
|,o,, selected from their own oamber,
[udees Of The day, Thomss Diggss,
4 Of Warburton, general John Msson
Eipsosssu islaod. William Lee, esq.
ESuesody farm, and Jonathan Swifs,
\ If Alexandria: coInnel Depealc was
kssn,.d Judge of the weights. They
Eassd 10 John rayloe. esqoirs, for his
|nb IS combining most OF the desirable
|pEies, the prize Cup.
|an. Dennison, Mrs. Ball. and Miss
Hy Fields, all Of Fsiriax cuaery, V~gi.
| produced each piece of couos cloth
|h,ir ewo hone manaiac.ore, and de.
Efalspecimens Of the ingenuity, indus
|nd good housewifery OF our country
y we're, all having been spun and WOW.
10 their respective houses, amidst the
iinary ,avocations of the family. The
bat judges placed the goldeo apple 10
.hir hands of Miss Fields.
Csosral Mason exhibited a verycapital
.intn of domestic faxen manufacture,
tahQ some very foe spun cotoo. which
g much satisfaction sod gained great
laase. Dr.. Dick, Mr.. Peter, and sc.
n o'hsr gentlemen, exhiblsed specimens
WOOL,
ieide the pleasure derived from The
lps'l'lou just describeG, the visisors
. highly gra.i6ed by the exhibition Of
'Cusns's own stock, and a, Witnessing
success OF his experiments in crossing
improving the different breeds of
p, collected with much care aud ju6g.
by him. The Mount Vernon Per,
stock, the Smiths island, the Airing
eOg wooled, the Merioo, aud several
1--WE crosses, were successfully shewn
sianlued with much appreciation.
'ne at.eroooa the. company parsook
ae hospitality of the proprietor, 10 a
abundant aud rlegans dinner served
NE Lawn, under spacious Marquee.
q dinner MIR. Gusts addressed the
pa0y, aod congratulated them on the
aol promising state of the institution /;
'tp'aloed the motives by which he had
induced to sci i, on foot-he depicted
sOOclse aod very perspicaous manner
'usaniages which would certainly arise
'0ssr'Og manufactures of al kinds;
: 'als part of the country particularly,
s0souragirg the raising of wool, and
liking of homespsn elo,h--he took
aslve aud easremsly Interesting