The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-04

railroad spans her greatest breadth 1t is for thos,
| who are 10 come after Us to say her broad domain
can and shall produce the most abundant harvests
| No land that he had looked upon presented such
endless and beautiful variety OF hill and dale But
upon them, as everywhere, vandal man has laid
| a ruthless hand. The forests are DESTROYED and
| no tree is planted TO supply their place Here ID
| needed the gentle hand OF woman She alone can
light up the home with happiness and Joy. In the
very spring time Of the world
| "The garden was wild,
And man, the hermit, sighed
Till woman smiled
And so it is now. Where are the ancestral trees,
the shaded lawn, the sequestered grove, the beau
| eous flower, but where her guardian spirit or
| guiding hand has preserved or reared them? Where
is the happy firesde, the well kept house, the clean
| and wel-spread board, the hos pitable table, but
where she is found dispensing her blessings and diff
| fusing the amenities of ifes Where is the we'll
| ordered family where she is not? Where the we'll
| managed farm or plantation where she does not
l dwell? Ia youth she is our JOY and hope-n ripper
years our comfort, solace, and best stay. In oden
times she stirred the knight to feats OF arms and
| high emprse II was the age OF iron. In modern
times, let her shape and guide and stimulate by
her example and her province the gentler acts OF
peace. 1t Ia the age Of knowledge. Let her unite
| with man in such associations as these Let her
blend the delica which belongs to her with
| the harder energy Of man. Let her encourage his
industry, his zeal, his economy, his love of study
with her smile and her sympathy, and he will
cease to look for other homes or other climes or
other Of wealth, than those where familiar
| names. like household GODS command his love and
his respect.
Applause followed the conclusion of the address;
thanks voted to the orator OF the OCCASION and
copy of il requested for publication.
Next succeeded the distribution Of the pre-
miums.
| HORSES AND MULES.
| The committee consisted of Messrs John ii
Brooke, WIN. d. Bowie, and Fielder Bowie. They
reported that the display OF horses and mules,
this occasion, was large and of highly imposing
-ha-a JaI fall.
viz:
For the best stud horse, for all purposes-to H. l..
| Carlton, S..
Nextbest. for all purposes-to Allen Dodge, Amer
Best brood mare, for general purposes-to VIM.
| d. Bowie, S..
! Next best, for general purposes-to Benjamin P.
Mulkin, american Farmer.
| Best horse colt, of any blood, between one and
two years old, bred bya member Of the society-to
Clement Hill, So.
Beat horse colt, of any blood, between two and
| three years old, bred by member Of the society
to A. p. Hill, So.
Best flly, of any blood, between one and two
years old, bred by member Of the society-to Col.
Oden Bowie, So.
Best fIly, of any blood, between one and two
years old, bred by member of the society-to Col
Oden Bowie, So.
Best pair of matched horses to James Mullikn,
So.
Best pair of matched horses, bred by member
of the society-to,James Owens, So.
Best single harness horse-toF F. Bowie, 81.
| Best single harness horse, bred by member of
| the society-to X. Macgreggor, So.
Best saddle horse, or mare-to Il. Sasser, 50.
| Best saddle horse, or mare, bred by member of
the society-to R. AIaegreggor, So.
Best mule colt, bred by member of the society
| to Stephen Belt, 50.
| Best pair of mules-to R. Macgreggor, So.
THOROUGHBRED AND COMMON CATTLE.
| Committee on the first. named, Messrs. John G.
| Chapman, Geo. w. Duvall, and G.. w. Graham;
and on the second, Messrs p. E. Scott, Charles c.
Hill, and James Mullikin. They made the follow
| lowing awards:
| For the best Durham bull, over three years--to
| e. b. Calvert So
| Best Durham bull, between two and three years
| old-to John Bowley, SO.
Next best-to c. b. Calvert, american Farmer.
Best Durham COW, over three years-to w. r.
| Barker, S5.
Beat Durham bull calf, between four months and
| one year-to James Mulhkin, So.
Best Durham heller, between two and three
| years-to Clement Hill, So
Best Durham iseifer, between one and two years
| TO WIN. b. Hill, So
Best Durham heifer calf, between four months
and one year-to Z. b. Calvert, 81.
Best Dcvonshire bull, over three years old-to b.
Best Devonstire COW, three years old-to
| Oden Bowie, 30.
Best Devonshire bull, one and two years old-to
| J. J. Bowie, SO.
Beet Devonshire bull calf, between four months
and one year-to w. W. w. Bowie, So
| Best Deyonshire heifer, between two and three
years--to Oden Bowie, 50.
| Best Deyonshire heifer, between one and two
! years old-to w. w. W. Bowie, So.
| Best Deyonshire heifer, between four months and
one year old-to Oden Bowie, 81.
| Best COW, of any breed other than Devon and
| Durham-to w. ID. Bowie, SO.
Beat yoke Of working oxen-to the same, 81.
| Beet bull Of any other breed, one and two years
| old-to Oden Bowie, So.
Beet bull calf of any other breed between four
months and one year-to VIM. A. g unton, 50.
Best heiter of any other breed, between four
months and one year-to Clement Hill, 81
| Best heller Of any other breed, between one and
TWO years-to the same,
Best heifer of any other breed between two and
three years-to w. ID. Bowie, So
Best beef-to A. j. Clagett, So.
Beat pair of steers, between two and three years
old, unbroken-to w. ID. Bowie, 81.
Best Holstein COW, over three years old, to c. b
Calvert-S3.
Beet Alderney heifer, between one and two years
| 10 &. Is. Calyert-S2.
| Committee-Messrs II. Berry, or J. II. Waring
and Thomas T. Somervill. They awarded pre-
miums-
For the best Leicester buck-to George w. Hill
leary, 81.
Next bcst--to William D. Clagett, american
| Farnr.
Best southdown buck-to w. w. w Bowie, So
Best buck Of mixed blood-to r. s. Hill, 81.
| Beet eve, do.-to same, 81.
Beat pair of ambs-to n. S. Hill, 50.
Best lot Of live mutton--to Oden Bowie, 81.
| Best Leicester ewc-to same, So
Best Southdown ewe--to Ste. Belt, 81.
Premiums awarded 10 Oden Bowie for one
eve, Bskewell and Southdown; 10 X. &. Brooke fo
buck and eve, common stock, and 10 b. A
Brooke for slaughtered mutton.
HOGS.
| Commttec-Messrs. James Somervl, Allen p
Bowie, and Fielder Suit. They awarded pre-
miums.
For the best boar over one year-to oden Bowie
So
Best boar, under one ycar-to Henry L. Carlton
81
Best Of any breed, under one year-to b. S
Brooke 81.
Best litter Of pigs-to Ste. Belt 81.
Best barrow or spayed sow-to n. J.. Carlton, y /
hoRfcULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
| Commttcc-Messrs. Philemon Chew, Samuel II
Dorset, and Michael II. Carroll. they awarded
premium Of ) 10 TO Robert Sinclair for beet display
Of agricultural implements.
AoRIcULTURAL PRODUCTIONS.
| Committee-Messrs. George w Wilson, viii
liam d. Clagett, and Robert G. Brooke The
awarded premiums
For best acre of wheat--to Thomas L. Bowie (th
, yield was thirty bushels), SIS.
Best acre Of corn-to 5. IA. Dorsett (yield ten bar
, rels,) So.
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