Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-08-05
+" Farmer Again.

Mr.. EDITOR Never was seen cleare
proof, that there are two sides to a question
than in your unanswerable reply to Far
mer's" communication. Says he, 18th,
awarding $500, for engine playing is entire
ly foreign from the object of the Society. -
Why not, with equal prqpriety, say tn,
same of horse-racing, drawing and blowing
What advantagei is to recur to the Society il
knowing whose oxen can haul the heaviest
stone or plow the deepest furrow, unless t.
please a gaping crowd ~ What matter i.
it whose horse can excel in speed, but to
"pander to morbid excitement? 1t might,
and probably would, be of no "vast lmpor-
lance" as to whom might swim in the scrub
race, )" if the Society's corn was to DO mea-
sured in Farmers half bushel" From his
standpoint no "new interest may be awak-
cned' in knowing through which ''pipe and
nozzle is squirtcd the longest or tallest stream
of water" but from that occupied by the
Trustces-who have danced to the tame of
"Where We get the money" and furnished
the music in paying the fiddler''-has been
seen in these engine "developmcnts,' a
"healthy Interest," To convince, that
Farmer is reasoning from false premises.
we pass in review the short history of the
society, even at the risk of repeating what
you. Mr.. Editor have already SO ably and
truthfully said. While the Society was in
embryo, the grave question to be answered
was, Where is the money coming from to
put its pulse in motion? Money must be
had to purchase, or lease. fence and fit up a
Fair Ground. Money was wanted to pur-
chase or hire a Hall
Money must be raised to pay the premi-
ums, for which $50 must actually be paid
out to entite the Society to the bounty from
tie State. 1t was money wanted, "to make
the mare 60"
Day after day. was the Executive Commit
tee in session, to devise and contrive.at every
sitting still 80 find some of the "hundrcd
hands ofBraireus' unsuppied. Suffice it to
say, either through the good management
Of the Trusteos-having the fostering care
of the Society, OF the "benefccnt'' smiles of
the sods-all in good time the cash was forth
coming-a liberal share of which from those
specimens of mechanism, not having the
most remote connection with our ,r;culsur-
al interests.
Farmer was not alone in feeling pride and
satisfaction at the result Of the Fair ne-
ther were the Trustees alone in the conyic-
ton that ere another Show, Ground must be
pure based, fence erected. Race cOurse built,
even shoald it cost thousand and half
70 accomplish which, up comes the query Of
money like "l.hrriel's Spear" because from
the first the officers Of the Society had deter
mined to make it selt-supporting without
recourse to assessments, being we'll assured
that Farmer would be as ready TO center his
earnest protest against taxation as aoe
against 'such arrangements. A visit from
the Society's Collector might open his eyes
to what he is now ''whslly unable to see, y
that those muscular resources" what runs
wild de machine form needfM link between
squirting water and growing calves.
Aside from reasons already limited at,
there is not only propricty, but it is duty
to encourage improvements IN this depart
ment of manufacturing" for which no man
of "cand0r' will accuse of "misappropria-
ting our funds
OF these ..cheap pictures Farmer" is
decrying what is held in much estimation By
most every body else. The fling at appoint
ing committee man outside the county is
unworthy Of Farmer for herein the Trus-
tees have shown their magnanimity and good
sense. But that of ''favoring special locali-
ties" deserves more than passing notice
While the Trustees after having paid their
own ''admission dollar" were spending days
and dollars to nurse the Society into visor-
Gus lite-the Engine companies of Ellsworth
exhibited their interest in promoting our az
rlcultural resources by voluntarily raising
the sum of Slo0, giving directly to the So
ciety, and in competing for the premium
were at a further cost of Sl75, the net avails
went to swell up our receipts.
The refreshments furnished during the
Fair, the supper provided for the engine folks
and their guests, the Tigers, " were the sra-
tuitous offering from the Ladiesof EHsporiA
And more, to fit up the Grounds for the
coming Fair, the good citizens of that ..fa-
yored locality" Ellsworth have already sub
scribed S5o0-one lady giving S2j. every
lawyer, with perhaps single exception put
ting down his V, Are not such gatherings
calculated to inspire and strengthen"
On what basis does GARNER" predicate
his assumption that the Trustees were actu-
ated by no higher motive in Offering "engine
premiums but to please gaping crowd, y
or for the ''beneiit of Ellsworth" or to
''pander to morbid excitement" With equal
fairness might we suppose hm to be mere
iaultfnder, leaving no margin for the suppo-
sition that he might be an honest map.
As to the premiums on stock, the Society
have offered higher premiums than any 9th
er Society in the State.
The Trustees would be glad for every dol
lar offered to multiply it by ten-but they
have yet to learn that the farmers and me.
chanics Of Hancock county can only be