Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-11-09

.3gr:c1!;yrGi soe'sig. The annoa,
FAIR OF this Society, for the counties Of
Loudoun, Fauquier, Prince William. &
Fairfax, in Virginia, took place at Mid.
dlebuIg, on TUESDAY the I7,h al. The
Society met at an early hour on the day
named and, having comeso order. the
President (Cuihbert Pqp els ESQ J deli.
vered very neat and eloouen, address.
a vote of thanks was thereupon unani-
uouSl' passed by the Society, with a
request that the Chair would furnish a
copy 81 its address for publication. AT.
ter the transaction of some other bust.
ness. the Society adjourned
Not having been present ourselves,
we have relied upon the most correct
sources for Information. And il is I'M
derstood that the exhibition, if not the
most splendid, was highly creditable tn
the members OF the institution, as we'll
as to the district embraced within is VI
mits. After an examination Of the va.
rious articles submitted for inspe ctioh,
and awarding the premiums. the Socie-
~ sat down to an elegant dinner
Less6arg Gen. Of LID.
Amongst other competitors, the fol.
lowing gentlemen received The premi-
ums for the articles affixed to their
names:
John Wright, for the best acre of
corn Us bushels1
The same, for the best crop of hay,
(5492 los. from an acre.
Joseph Lewis, for the best full bloodJ
ed Stallion.
Horace Luckett, for the best full
blooded brood mare and colt.
Benjamin Rust, for the best stallion.
draft stock
) e. Humphrey, for the best draft
stock brood mare and colt.
George Love, for the best bull.
>. q. Rosel, for the best mich cow.
b. Powell, 70, the best yoke of oxen.
Thomas Maund for the best mer;no
ram.
b. Osborn, for the best nerino eve.
Snyder Bailey, for the best crossed
merino ram.
aJaifhfM Public OHcu.-Beniam;a
Swan, Esq. of Woodstock, has receive
ed twen,y-six successive elections. a.
Treasurer OF the State of Vermont
The first was by the Legislature, no
choice having been made BY the People,
the subsequent ones by the People, with
out opposition, even amid the violent
political divisions which have distracted
that state. Mr. Swan has also been
Clerk of the Supreme and County
Courts, within his County, for twenty
nine years. - Com. .4du.
we can name another remarkable
instance OF the reward fiate gritty. alike
honorable to the constituents and the a.
gent-that OF the veneTa able John Has.
rood, OF North Carolina. He has fill
ed the responsible office of Treasurer Of
that state by successive annual elections.
by the Legislature. for al least thirty
J ears--if not much longer. Our coun-
try furnishes perhaps no example in
which fidelity has been so signaly re-
warded with unwaverlng confidence;
and not one. it may be added. in which
fidelity has been more remarkably uni
led with worth and goodness Editors
Not. hteH]
An Extraordinary Female Mar.
garet Caiu'hels has been employed
annually 10y Richard Breeks ESQ and
ais ancestors, at w rcty. in Wesimore.
and, as reaper, from the year Of the
Rebellion. l745, until the present sea.
'on OF 1926 without one single inter-
mission: and such has been her athletic
bowers. that she would exceed in reap.
ng (nearly the whole Of the periodl
he performance of any male iaboter
u the country. She is now bordering
IN so years of age, yet blessed with
III her intellectual as well as physical
covers; and is seen regularly every
week, travelling on foot, back wards
md forwards, to Applehy market,
distance OF ten miles, for The purpose
If vending quantity OF wicker bask.
IT'S and chairs (Which she straps to
,er hack } the product of her Industry
through the past week A gentleman.
low IN London, who has known her
rom her infancy, saw her very lately
immersed 10 the waist in small stream
eading to the river Eden, enioyinc
he sport of fishing for trout, and actn
liiy partooS 81 part of the fish the old