Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-10-21
Ess.sss . THE NEEDS OF
AMERICAN AGRICULTURE.
AN ADDRBSS

seAAkkiCAN-- AGhlGOLIonsI a :
AN ADDRESS
Ia : AT THE =, = rvs,n
- rsssf,e ceunty Agricalturaa Fair,
CONNERsvILLE, INDIANA.
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ssiisr shs ysepsfssiea ~ On Agfieuitur'
ASd,ees. by,ons ehoss ssery-dsy life u ns
49, q / prsctiesi flrme, The nost di'
z,Ss.;ne sssk eseF undeftakeH by. man
"a t.ust Be begun ene prosecuted to CON
s6lssisn.i in fullvisv Of she tact that fhos
~ me- to h Won. If possible, TO listen :
ti6r1Asje = 6ous pm fit, sse ieeexibt !
z&SssSa ssd grounded in. teo .prinsrya con
{icticts; frst. that they have iisle erneth
NJ Is lfsfn, On he snhject; and seceBdiy
- ss6su & they esslt - tseeh:, + can
slh6s seseh them. BE Is tware that be wa
invited to speak, rpt tecsuse be wss sup
po.ed esps6le q inysftihg sny useful IN
Eformssios--shst, n fhst had been the cbFrt
q very aiifsrent sort Of person woald hss'
bteen sSpIied to-but becaose he is eithe'
J. plispt lawyereknsv 20 Possess git
faculty Of taking. on any subject whethei
heknows any ything or nothing about It, ii
axsy 20 please . crowd; or sise he lhss
somehow acquired q .notofiefy that viii
hel, eres,e an interest and Q buzz through.
sss ths sdiaeeut eoantfy, and thus draw
,dinea into shs Seeiey's nos usually over
buriened treasury. He is in hct. soms
sfasey zebra or mustang which The enter.
spfiss Of fhs nanaeers he's hired to inerease,
&c II may be the attractions an3 profit OF
,ssfhe skow. Il have been . good many times
invited 70 tpeak At these gatherings; but I
cannot recol,ect that one of these invite
tions urred as areason why ! shouli sc-
-ee1t that could probably say something
that the Society ar It's patrons might profit
sbsy hear and considef. =. =. - - s--s s.
No speaker Il an Agricultural Fair thinks
Of being offended or mortified because,
aftsr he has been holding forth fifteen or
twenty minutes, nsjority Of the young
people who FIRST crowded the area in front
of him, finding their position constrained
and uncomfortable, and that he is merely
asking piain, homely common sense about
soils, csups,esiiivation and fertilizers, con-
eiuje that1utsAer listening will not pay,
sS3 ouie<Is s sid< off to locations in which
they1nsy es tie freedom Of the gtounds
end he ae}lEsis of each others society
Is il any wosder. thea, that the great ma
iority pt epeskers ut these fairs find il ad-
visabIe 70 deaf out wares carefully adapted
to the popular demsnd-to- glorify the
American Farmer as the wisest, greatest,
happiest Of earthly beings, and his rural
home ss the fdcus Of all celestial virtue
and mundsne bliss-or to mount the high
soaring American eagle and to incite him
L, expand his Outrageous wings until one
of them shall overshsdow Cape Horn, and
the other int. rcept the sunlight that else
@srsd CLEAN oh the icy bosom of Hudson's
Bsy-siad,ng up at length with tribute
tes,euf fair country wotnen," !" and especially
10 hose whose bright eyes now dazzle and
ifssstix .Siia, a. the most lovely. enchant-
Ing, angelic creatures, whose clustering
rinelets fsbfeese eter autteged upon, on
whose sesspAis f.ees sun eysr shonei
lacE tsste for that style. Of oratory-
psssstls sesauss lack utility to excel in
IL III ever am moved by its utterance
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i-ms,s Am fsese sfe. 10 NV mind, indi.
cations Of !. desire for improvemeht. which
;mpl;es q consciousness Of present irnper.
fsc,;o, or de6eiencv II know that with
m.ny the State or County Fair is mere
.,..t,c,e or boI;d,v. bnf Il tusist thai. n
.r;ovm.nt vere i,s sole end. then n circus
wouid ne ou;,e A. eaec,ive. and got up a,
f,r les. ernense He whom an Avricul,u.
=, FL, nv No, ,e,cb car amend his time
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pr, xbs,hsr am or mo-, qualified to in.
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