The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-09-15
[REPoRTED FoR THE REPUBLIc.l
Exhibition OF the Montgomery County
AKric ultural Society.

| aA5 uiu nOt recollect having ever before seen so
many persons congregated in that section of Mary
land Not only ladies and gentlemen of the neigh
borhood, but those belonging to Washington,
Georgetown, and Virginia, were among the mul-
titude. Farmers, with their wives and daughters
were every where conspicuous. We noticed the
presence of the Hon. Z. Whittlesey, Hon. J. G
Chapman, Hon. Thomas r. Bowie, Hon. Alexander
Magruder, judge of the court of appeals; Hon
George c. Washington, Hon. George Peter, Hon
w. l.. Gather, Joseph II. Bradley, esq.,, +. p.
Blair, esq, Colonel Anthony Kmmel, Henry Add.
son, esq, mayor of Georgetown; John s. Skinner
esq, editor of The Plough Loom and 44noii; Samuel
Sands, publisher of the Maryland american Farmer
and G. w. Wilson, editor of the Marlboro Gazette
Last, though not least, among the distinguished
visiters, was Smith, the celebrated strop man
who, in,f front of the hotel, mounted rostrum
delivered continuous speech of seven hours dura-
tion in praise of only his strop, but his razors
and soap. During the ten minutes we remained in
the delighted crowd around him. fifty persons, al
least, supplied themselves with a complete shaving
apparatus:
On entering the enclosure set apart for the exhi-
bion, we learned that at former meeting the fol-
lowing named gentlemen were appointed Judges
upon the stock and articles to be exhibited viz
| Committee Of arrangements Messrs. John Brew
! er, Joseph Bailey, and William N. Austin
Committee on Farms. Robert p Dunlop, James
| M. Dawson, DIR. Washington Waters, Robert Y.
Brent, and William Price.
Committee on CrOps.--James Brown Nathan Wa
ters, Hazel b. Cashell, d. b. Shoemaker, and
| Thomas Connolly
| Committee Horses.-Peter c. Washington,
Robert Sellman, Nathan s. White, Francis C.
Chopper, and William w. Owen.
Committee on Oren.-Dr. Stephen Bailey, James
Purdum, Josiah w. Jones, George E. Brooke, and
William o. Sellman.
| Committee Bulls, Coics, and Hei}ers.--James
N. Alhutt, DR.. w. p. Palmer, VIM. G.. Robertson,
Charles H. Murphy, and Walter N. Talbot.
! Committee ON Hogs.-Dr. Turner Wootten. Rufus
King, Henry Stabler, j. A. b. Leonard and Rich
ard t. Bentley.
| Committee ON Sheep.-Thomas Fawcett, Dr. S. N.
G. White, John T. Desellum, and Joshua Dorsey.
Committee ON Butter.-Dr. Palmer, g. Watkins,
DR.. Perry, O. M. Linthicum, Joseph IL. Bradley,
! and Geo. w. Dawson.
| Committee on Hams.-Major George Peter, Col.
G. c. Washington, Samuel c. Viers, and J. H.
Bradley.
Committee on Ploughing.- w. Watkins, Wal
ter Magruder, Middleton King, Horatio Trunnell,
| and Richard Kirk.
Committee on F,uits.-Dr VIM. b. Magruder,
Joshua Pearce, VIM. Huddleston, Richard Crom-
well, and DR.. R. B. Dawson.
! Committee on Floip1s.--Rev. c. H. Nourse, John
| +. Callan, +. p. Blair, Thomas Worthington, and
]. Nj. Kilgore
| Committee on Domestic and Household Goods
| VIM. Braddock, Dr. C.. A. Harding, Lewis Shots
Stephen Leydane, and L. w C,.ndler.
Committee on Domestic Mantfactures.-Th Thomas
C. Miller, S. C. viers, Thomas o. Smith, A. H. So
| per, and Jenkins Thomas.
Committee on Household Mdnutactures.-Dr. N c.
White, Samuel Blunt, Henry Bradley, Theodore
| Mosher, and VIM. c. Vadenar.
Committee Agricultural Implements. -Edward
Stabler, VIM Brown, VIM. Il. Davidson, +. s.
| Nicholas, and Jetson Grander.
The ground selected for the exhibition is owned
| by Mr.. s. T. Stonestreet. On entering the enclo-
sure, the first object which claimed admiration was
| the orators stand, roughly constructed of wood
but beautifully decorated with dahlias, princes
feathers roses, and other choice flowers and ever
! greens. These united in festoons and boquets
and tastefuy arranged by Mrs Bowie, Mrs. RAN
| dali Smith, and Mrs. Dr. Wootten. flag, pre-
scented by the ladies of the district of Rockville in
1910, waved from corner of the rostrum.
1 few feet in front of this the Ladies' Pavil-
| ion. On entering, the fragrance Of boiled hams
refreshing after the dusty and fatiguing ride.
Five six of these displayed, If to tempt
| the appetite, and to invite an attack with the
knife, which lay adjacent. Further on, were two
loaves of sweet looking bread, white, probably
| as the hands of the lady who prepared the dough
AS accompaniment to this, variety Of
fresh butter, ornamented with roses, and sailed
| butter, and honey in the comb. Peaches, grapes
apples, lemons and other fruits the most beautiful
| and luscious of Pomona's kingdom, were displayed
| 10 make the mouth water, and to-rin premium
On adjoining tables silk purses, beautifully
Pe-.~d o~'h shoes, don,eato manufactured cotton
gloves, stockings, (the last made with the needles
and as compact as the woven,) with many other
fancy and useful articles.
There were exhibited five or six quilts, the fabr
cation of which would have been credit TO any
lady, however skilful One, made of pieces of silk
the pattern large stars composed of diamonds, with
a variety Of colors, rich in the extreme, and
| such the poor never sleeps under IL H.
| however, more for ornament than Tor Another
quilt, the work Of young lady fourteen years OF
age, inferior to that only in the quality Of the
materials third, blue ground, and lght-hued
diamond form, was much and Justly admired. A
fourth, with large red flowers with green stems
was in the opinion Of several aged ladies' pretty
for wear, as the first mentioned The names Of the
contributors were not appended. Mr.. Seymour, o
| Georgetown, bad on exhibition number Of supe-
rior hats and caps; Mr.. G. G. Rosenthal a variety
Of horn combs, manufactured in the county; Messrs
Ramsburg and Ebert, of Georgetown ladies' riding
gauntlets, and buckskin gloves. There were thres
kinds OF counterpanes and cotton netting and udes
domestic carpeting, hannels, cottons, and other
| useful articles.
In a tent adjoining the pavilion were lot Of cab
bages lime and string beans, tomatoes and several
other kinds Of vegetables and fruits.
| The display on small scale, and not ~
large a. was anticipated. However, IL was credit.
able 10 all concerned.
In the backg ground of the enclosure were arranged
the live stock. First, the horses:
4 Colts, from four months old and upwards, re-
rnarksbly large for their age, owned by the follow
ing gentlemen, viz: w. W. Owens, Judson Gran
der, Phileman Griffith, Samuel Csshell, Horati'
Trunnell, Walter Msgruder, Roger Brooke, ir., l.
Allnutt, Major Peters, Joseph Nicholson, anc
others Brood mares, with colts at their feet. Sew
eral fine stations were likewise exhibited. One o
them slipped his moose, and occssioncd much alarm
by his gslloping, but he arrested in his
recr Other horses were on the ground, but they
did not come under the regulation for the pre-
mums.
There were in the pens cows, bulls, steers, &c.
of the Devon and Durham fu-breeds, with gooc
specimens Of the common and mixed stock, owned
in part by Messrs. s. IT. Stonestreet, Robert p
Dunlap, Bowie Davis, Robert Dix, Judson Gran
der, Roger Brooke, jr., Horatio Trunnell, and Maj
A. NJ Barnes. Two fine oxen, the property Of Mr.
Ellicott, and two others, that Of Joshua Pcsrce
The first named, il IL said, received the premium
last year, and, a consequence, are excluded this
from competition. Mr.. Stephen Bailey dspla yeC
thirty bead Of cattle, and calves, nearly all
the full Devon breed.
A small lot Of sheep, Of the Coatswool and Bake
wei breed, and Chester hogs 1.-THE latter belonging
10 the Rev. Mr.. worthington,) and lot Of tb'
same family. (the property Of DR.. Turner snc
shoats, five months and half DID, OF the Berkshire
breed, Zone Of which weighed hundred and sew
cnty eight pounds,) completed the range Of stock
The names Of all the owners could not be conve
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