Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-09-18

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the Show and Fair g1he question, then, sim
ply is, how can 4 Cattle Show and Far a
Observation-Disclosures a similar SEoN end nd Ear ar a
Petersburg or elsewhere To this We answer
without hesitation, that it cannot have that
effect unless that at Richmond behold so as
to conflict with that at Petersburg--and we
have as little hesitation in adding, that SO
far from ,injuring the Fair at Petersburg,
the Fair at Richmond must prove beneficial
to that at Petersburg, being held, as it will
be one week in advance of it,. That the
existence Of our Society cannot itselfinjure
the State Society, we suppose to be SO pal
pable g truth that it is only necessary to
state it to command universal assent.
But if any man doubts, let him fe1iiem-
Der the fact when that Society held its Fairs
at Richmond there were, and still are, at
least one dozen other Agricultural Societies
in the State, and then ask the question -
Were they the enemy? That they were
not its enemies we feel satisfied, that every
member of each one of them will answer
and accordingly most Of their members are
also members of the State Society, Is each
one Of us is, and some Of us life members.
| Is, then, the State Society the enemy OF
the provincial Societies As members of
the State Society, as men who would deal
Justly with it, we answer that question IN
the negatve-we say no for, however, it
/. may be that some of its members, partly
because they are vexed with it, and what is
worse, vexed with themselves, are enemies
to our Society. the State Society cannot be
the eriemy of the provincial Societies with
out proclaiming itself to be the most absurd
and suicidal monopoly in the world, which,
by the avowal of its hostility, would render
itself odious throughout Virginia, and if
not the enemy Of the provincial Societies
generally, why should it be our enemy
why select us as the special and exclusive
object of it's hostility? No man can give
reason for imputing such feelings to 1t,
and in its behalf we protest that they do
not exist. The State Society, on the con-
trary, holds, as it should, the relation Of
the parent Society to US its scattered chill
dren, who once year to pay 6lial toit,
and of this it has just given the most touch
ing evidence by throwing itself into the
arms of the Petersburg Society, when it
thought tie CothciI Of Eichmond was cold
to 1t Would it have done this if it regard
ed the Petersburg Society as its enemy?
| BY its act it has justified our opinion /; and
we may inquire if it was not improper in
Petersburg to have a Society, and hold a
Show and Fair, when the State Society
met and its Fair was held at Rich
mond, how can it be improper in Richmond
to have Society and hold a Fair, when
the State Society meets and holds its Fair
at Petersburg? The idea Of our Society
and Fair injuring the State Society and
| Fair is simply ludicrous.
But we do not stop with that exposure
we affirm that our Fairs must be beneficial
to that at Petersburg, and so aid, not injure
the State Society, because the greater num-
Der Of opportunities which are afforded to
the farmer, grazier and mechanic to exhibit
his stock within a reasonable compass, tho
better for him.. as he may thereby get sew
eral premiums; or if he fails at one place
he may succeed at another-and therefore
the occurrence Of the two Fsirs in two sue
cessive weeks, within one hours travel of
each other, will bring out more exhibitors
than one Fair would. t.s .4, -es W. N.
Again many Of tie exhibitors at Pc
tersburg must pass through Richmond, or
the Peterburg Fair must be small, compa-
ratively. Now, every exhibitor who would
come from any point North or Northwest or
Northeast Of Richmond, to Fair at Pc
|tersburg, will come more certainly # he
can find a Fair at Richmond on his way to
Petersburg; and it may he safely predicted
of every exhibitor who comes to Richmond
that he go over to tie Petersburg Fair sim
ply before he returns home. This will be
true Of our own Fair; but, can any man
doubt that, bringing, as the United States
Society will do, exhibitors and visitors from
every other State, and probably from every
part of the Union, who would rot come
otherwise, many, if not all of them, will
go to Petersburg who would not otherwise
see them.
La conclusion, we cordially and earnestly
invite you, and all other lovers of our great
mother Agriculture, to come up to our
meeting in October, and bring with you the
fatted calf and the choicest fruits of the
earth, and the most beautiful specimens from
the loom and the spindle and the machine
shop, with the noblest specimen of that
blood in your hcrses, which has made tho
Virginia horse renowned everywhere.
| Richm'ond and her neighbors throw wide
their hospitable doors, and bid you come.
We say come-the cause cries come-and
when weary of us, we will escort you to the
Halls and Fair Grounds Of our yet more
hospitable, charming and patriotic sister,
Petersburg, and there, too, aid the cause of
| Agriculture.
[ JAMES LYONS, President.
CHARLES DIMMocK, Secretary
Fl. G. CABELL. ]
j. L. DAVIS, .
G. BRUCE,
R. ARCHER,
j W. WARE,
J, A. SEDDEN, E.
HILL CARTER,
| W. B. STANARD, { 9
W. G. WICKHAM,
III. B. TOMLIN, =.
VIM. ALLEN, s.s 8
GEO NJ. SAVAGE, {:
JACOB A. BAYLOR,
NJ B. HILL, 3i
| Escape and Capture Preston s. Tur-
ley, sentenced to be hung on the 18th in
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