The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1860-11-01

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cannot, with anyI degree Dissatisfaction
TO myself full TO notice, notwithstand.
ing I know it has been the thome Of all
addresses ofthis kind. Ts t+t
! do not expect or intend to add any
thing now, but simply to remind you
of Its great practical utility--I mean
deep plo'oing '
This is the IN ire i'm np,rtaat since It
has become 80 common tor us to have
dry summers. The drought is best pro.
vided against, as is now fully dom on.
strated by deep plowing. This thing
has been so fully established by actual
experiment, and tho witnesses are so
numerous in our midst, that reasoning
or argument, or even scientific domon-
stration would be waste Of time and
words.
Bat suppose the season was q wct
one, with heavy rains--then the deep
plowing protects the land from work.
ing. 1t is sincerely to bc hoped that
every farmer in Franklin county will
adopt tho system of deep plowing. Had
this been generally done last Spring,
the crop of corn would have been alto
gether different from what II is now,
and times would bo much easier than
they are.
Owing to the severe drought the
Fairs elsewhere, as well as in our own
county lhavc been generally this Fall
of much less interest than heretofore.
In some of tho counties in Tennessee,
where they had been IN the habit Of
having good annual Fairs, it was deem
cd advisable not even to make the OK.
pertinent thisycar. This fact, together
with the dissatisfaction about the loca.
ton of our Fair Grounds, has done
much to lessen the interest Of our Fair
this year. In fact, these things 80 dis.
couragcd our Directors that for con.
siderable time, and until very latoly,
the propriety ofholding or having oul
annual Fair was with them seriously J
questioned. But under all tho circum
stances, we have reason to be gratifet
at the good show Of stock-not inferior
perhaps to that of any previous year.
And certainly neither the drought nor
the,quarrrel about tho fair ground has
in the slightest degree abated the in
dustry or jostlod the skill ofour female
friends, who seem to have como up
with more than the usual specimens of
their handiwork. This is but charac.
teristic of woman. Her latent ener.
gies are quickened by surrounding dif:
fculties, and her real worth is only full
ly developed in times of extreme dan.
ger or distress.
TO the officers and members of our
Society, it is matter Of pride that Sc
many OF our female friends have atten.
ded our meetings under such trying
disadvantages. Even in disagreeable
weather with very uncomfortable ar.
ran gcments, we have always found you
in large numbers, taking lively in
tcrest in our proceedings.
For these manifestations of interest
in our society, we return you our sincere
thanks, and assure you that our fine
horses and blooded cattle would lose
even to us many OF their charms II
their exhibitions wore not oountenan-
ced by your presence
In conclusion, ladies, it affords me a
great deal Of pleasure to be able to say
to you that certainly by the time Of our
next annual Fair, we will be able to
afford you not only a pleasant enter
tainment, but all the conveniences and
comforts that may be found upon any
Fair Ground in this country. We will
have an entirely new Fair Grouni. We
already have the money, or large
portion of it, raised. to improve the
grounds, which, together with the in.
tercst occasioned by our having the Di-
vision Fair next year, justiiics us in
believing that we shall be able at our
next Fair to do something that will
wake up an interest among all our peo-
plo that will terminate well for the ag.
ricultural, mechanical, and industrial
interests Of the country.
And now, ladies, except from us a
warm and cordial invitation on our
part, to attend our next Annual Fair.
We are the more encouraged to press
the invitation, because it would be
painful to have our lady friends call on
us when We lived in II cabin, but desert
us when we got into fine new house.
A SPLENDID FAILURE.--The Anti-Sla-
very Society of London has just pub
lished a report. 1t contains fact rath.
startling, both to philanthropists and
financiers. Since 1915, England has
expended more than flO,OOo,OOO in
surprcssing the slave trade, and at this
moment it is more flourishingthan ever.
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