Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-11-12
BATON JIG E.
SArrRDAy, November II, 1912.

VERY tHPoRTANT.-DurllB Tue present dH'
coming month, We have large payments t.
make, and we depend on the small sums dn'
liz TO be able to meet our obllgatlSns. we
therefore earnestly request all knowing them
relves to be indebted in any manner TO the
Gazette Office, TO make immediate payment
punctual attention to this notice, will greatly
oblige the EDITOR.
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICS AssoCtA-
J1oN.-Tn our last number a call was made by
The President Of this Association, for a meet
ing Of the Elective Committee, to make ar
rangements for the next Fair, winch takes
place on the 9th and 10Th Of ~janntry next
The Committee will undoubtedly meet, and
properly attend % its duties at the time APP
pointed: but previous to its meeting, we deem
i proper to sfer some remarks respecting the
last fair and it's results.
That fair was arranged and carried through
or rather carried through without any ar
rangement-by persons, to every one OF wfloin'
almost, the subject was entirely new. AS was
TO be anticipated, many embarrassmeSs, and
some errors, were the consequence; the most
singular Of which, fell on that important item,
the selection and distribution of premiums.
The PRICE, allowed for the cups in the first
Mace, Pc too small, and it was discovered
after they were positively fixed, that cups,
worth giving away even, could not be obtain
ed at any such rates. Application was made to
silver-s,niths in New Orleans, Louisville and
Cincinnati, from all of whom similar w
were received. Arrangements were ultimate
" entered into, with a house in New Orleans,
10 furnish plain, neat cups from New York,
at a small advance OIL the prices originally
prescribed by the Associatian-thorc making
this contract, naturally becoming responsible
for the advance stipulated.
Having been the agent it tbs matter, we
can assure all TO whom premiums are due,
that said premiums will be shortly on hand,
and that they will be faithfully delivered at
the next fair; and further, that from the ex-
p~erience had in this instance, it is by no means
probable a similar delay will again occur.
Having made these neccssary-exFIanations
(Which, by the by, ought not to have been so
long delayed, let US have a word on the re-
suits Of the Fair of 1911. Small as was that
beginning, we are now satisfied that the hap
piest effects have been produced by it-efects
surprising in magnitude eur warmest anticl-
pations and bsldest predictions, while urging
ell the people of the State the exPediency Of
uniting in an association Of this nature.
, This ~fact,is perhaps more evident 10 US,
than to persons whs have not the same re-
course to the newspapers Chose grand refec-
tors of every act and impulse of the peeple)
published in Louisiana. These show clearly
that a happy change has come ever the spirit
Of the public demonstrating a resolve 10
shake off slnmser and sloth and inactivity,
and to employ the head and the hand in works
Of primary interest to the State. Agriculture
and the arts are becoming subjects of general
and absorbing interest they are no longer
regarded simply as drudgeries, necessary to
subsistence, but men of wealth and science
are now seen lending themselves TO these OBJ
lects for pleasure, or under the conviction that
no occupation is mere honorable, or embraces
a richer fuHd Of pure intellectual enjoyment
Politicians, even-neisy, windy Politicians
are seen to halt in their chase for office and
it's e~molumcnts, and unite with their neighbors
and fellow citizens in pursuits where each
gan do a little, aud where every little adds
something to the wealth, honor and prosperity
Of the country. Editors who eighteen months
ago, had rarely in their lives either read or
an agricultural article, whose time
and talents were tritled away On themes of
utility, if not a certain injury to the
,edy polite, now contribute no mean portion
# their powerful influence to this one subject
.lonee. The Press, throughout the State, is
t work in awaklng a spirit of inquiry and re-
earch amsns the people, which spirit it nou-
ishes and supports by bringing TO its aid the
experience and knowledge of older and more
dvanced communities: and the beauty Of all
his if, thatin it there is ne ezcitemneD', no
violence Of nomentary impulse, or mania, t
phich leaves the object to perish az soon as i
e novelty has fled. Nc; the spirit of which
&c speak is distinguished for all these high
tributes, which lead nations to grandeur and ,
Tory reflection, frmness and unAinching ar .
or and we feel unlimited confidence ia the
pinion that Louisiana will yet owe 10 it, im-
royemen,s, institutions and blessings of
7hich the pioneers in this cause have no ade- l
uate conception. !
AS one evidence of these representations l
e select from a late number of the Onachita '
%ourier, the following proposition by the edi-
to fern an Agricultural Association in
lat parish. The Cencordia Intellisencer, b
70, proposes the same thing To the intelligent L
Ihabitants of that fair region. q
AGRICULTURAL socIETY.-Wc were re-
TESTED some week or two age by a friend to Il
e cause, to call the attention of our planters
the propriety of forming themselves into
Agricultural Association at Msnroe. Said q
iseciation to be composed of such citizens of .
and the adjoining parishes as might .
ell an interest in the matter. 1t was sugges- RI
d that the society when formed be auxiliary p
the State Society. The utility of such an
is SO sbvious at the present day
every intelligent misd. that it can hardly nj
deemed necessary TO use many words in Ell
commencing it. 1t is a we'll established #
It that where such societies are most nu- =,
erous and active, agriculture is mere yield t"
z and productive. In some countries that sc
We taken the lead in such improvements