The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-12-21
81. For greatest yield sof cois.


80. For 81 leatest yiel 10 5ot Corn 81
peracresa pine .land,
80. For greatest yield OF I,s'ta-
toes per acre, swamps land. 3 90
40. For. greatest yield OF Pot,I. 'iss
toes per acre, (pine land,
Al. For greatest yield of " heat
per acre, 8j "a x. 3 sa ss
AZ. For greatest yield of r Rye1 B B
III per acre, ts S 81 M So
4s. For greatest great yield ] of & Oats Dat
Sa per acre, n. ~ y e 0O ~!
A.. For greatest yield 81 Isi6s
per acre--syts land,
45. Enr great g of s. 5isies
per acrc--bottom land
46. For best specimen s0fs seed
Corn in ears. not less than
II bushels, "a. s. s 90
Al. For best specimen of seed
Wheat, not less than one bush 90
4S. For hest s, ecimeno of seed
Rye, not less than one b,isheI 90 ;s
40. For best specimen of seed
Oats, not less tliun one bushel, 81 s0e
SO. For best specimen ofsseed 4
Rice, not less than one bushel, j 90 #
81. For the best specimens Of
Vegetables, 90 ss
SO. For tic best specimens of
| Fruit, Gii
53. For the best specimens of
Flowers, # 100 {
1st Committee on Trcntises That
may be offered to the Associati6il, sse
appoint II. d. G.een, DIR. Mayes, and
Capt. J. j. Nelson. IS.
2d. Committee on Stock, including
Horses and Mules. We Snppoint Col.
w. Nettlcs, G. W. Cooper, and II. rs -
IIerrintt. ssss
3D.. Committee on Cows, Sheep, andf y;
Swine, we appoint Col. f. sM. Mellctt;
John Muldrow, and l.. R..%.leHniligs.
| 4,h Committee on Poultry, pro:
ducts of Dairy, Kitchen, &c, We 5ap.
point Il. b. Cain, +. d. Prii,g!c, aill
John B. Moore. 55ss,3
5th. Committee on products of 7
Loom, Needle, and Implements OF j;
Ilusbandry, Capt. j. i. Witherspoon,a
j. w. ReInbcrt, and II. ID. Bradford. 81 n
9th. Committee on yields of Coril \
and Potatoes, roots, &C., w. Mills, j 4:
j. Knox, and II. Wells. }ss.i So
1th. Committee on yields Of Corn,
Rice, Wheat, Rye, Oats, and !othcrs5
small grains, john O.. Durant, j osel Ii 1
j. Bossard aud L. p. Loring. n. ~
9Th. Committee on specimens
small gIain exhibited, with sPcpifDsiis
of Fruit, Vegetables, and Flpwcrs, Dr. 4
Abbott, Turner Davis, and Samuel J.3
Bradford Il ;s;s ss
! Resoiced, That ali stock orSproduse
exhibited for premiums, sl,all bt they
property Of members Of this Associa-
tioli, and shall be the result of ihcira
own labor;au iit oilicr.words, tllat ;t
fine Colt, Hog Cow, &c, belonging to-
another individual, or brought; from ants
/ adjoining District, cannot be put OH.
exhibition for ~ prcmium.t ~
/ Resolred. That the, 10Th Article of thes
Constitution be SO amcndedslr alterrtl,,s ~
that The regular Annual Meeting I'd. &
this Association shall takc2placc on the
second "Wednesday after ithe3 t;artiii
Mouday III October, or on "Wednesday
during the first week of pur Fall TERM
of Court, instead Of on the; third We'd
ncsday in November, as it how stands.
Resoired, That tho proceedings OF. Z.
this m, eting be published in our Dis
trict papers.
DEATH OF ''lcuABoD GnAKf.s ~ e.-
Sc Mcrwin died in. Kinderhonk, N. y, w.
oi, the Stir iIrstt IN t; ~ ~ sle age Of
years. The kindcrhook8Se Sentinel
says s& fs
i lie passed much of his fine III the
| e \VnS
preceptnr in the family or ssheS latoS /
Judge Van Ness, ofthis town B1flass
were engaged in conecnial pursuits,
and their residences being only u short
distance apart, the author Of the
Sketch B,ok' frequently visited the
'Old School lloGse' n which sqaiiIe
Mcrwin' was impl5yed, and cullsc-
qucntly immortalizcd his name s ,y.S5
making him the hero of one Of his SilI 4
imitabIe talcs-'The Legend 5.of the
Sleepy Hollow Every ya;body wh,S
has read that inimitablef Legend s7-an.l
what lover of genuine ,hnmor, has not.
will remember that hapless wight,
lchabod Crane, and his terrible advent
ufe with tho sIIcadlcss Turscman.
Mr.. Merwin was the original of ,flat
character II
ESLGHTENING THE JAPANESE ilos
London Morning Chronicle st,stcsstbasj.
the Dutch, who, as is pretty gcnsEss1l
known, alone, of all European natiuns,
hold commercial intercourse with tho
Japanese, publish a journal in tho Ja-
pancse language, which is intended Ito
enlighten them as TO the progress ofthe
"outside barbariaIs." !" Recently, anum-
Der OF this paper came into the llands
of the editor, who makes the suhjoined
remarks upon its contents:
There are many things in these
singular publications with which we
might be disposed to quarrel. We
cannot recognise the claims of tho
great nation of Hollandcrs to rank as