Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1873-09-20
Remarks of Hon. G.. J. Faulkner.

The following brief sketch OF the re-
marks of Hon. G. J. Faulkner, in intro
ducing Judge Watts, the speaker, at
the Agricultural Fair Grounds, at Mar
tinsburg, last week, we clip from the
Martinsburg Mdependent:-
Mr. Faulkner, in substance, said:
Before l proceed to introduce the dis
tiuguished speaker who has so kindly
consented to address you, l will speak
to YOU briefly of the object of the Asso-
citation. But first, permit INC to return
to you, ladies and conference.-the hearty
thanks of the Association, and of myself
as its President, for the ample aid and
encouragement you have given us. We
know there are many deficiencies to be
seen. but these will be remedied in time
Our enterprise is only in its infancy, and
all defects will be removed There isl
know, a good deal of diversity of opin-
ion in regard to the selection of these
grounds for fair grounds, but l appeal
to YOU all, and to the ladies especially,
whose taste in these matters is worthy
of most attention, if the surroundings
do not evoke the love of the beautiful i'll
all for that which is great and grand in
scenic art. There is great deal OF Ia
Dor to be done to make the grounds as
beautiful as it is designed they shall be,
but even now the eye of the cultivated
and intelligent, as it takes in the beauti-
full picture spread out before it, lights
up with a glow Of pleasure. Look yon-
der there are the bright homes, the
tall spires, and the busy workshops OF
Martinsburg. Next, is the beautiful
cemetery, the city Of the dead, of which
we are SO justly proud. Look to the
west, and your eye rests on as fine an
agricultural valley as is to be found in
the world; again, Oh the east is the his
torical Blue Ridge, for century and a
quartz, the boundary of the civilization
of old Virginia. Away there in the
distance can be seen the mountains OF
Pennsylvania and Maryland, with whom
we are hereafter to be in the closest in
terchange of courtesy and commercial
relations.
Mr.. Faulkner urged the farmers, the
mechanics and professional men of
Berkeley, Morgan and Jefferson TO give
tho enterprise their warmcst support.
There is not room, he said, for fair in
each of these three counties. The work
has been commenced in Berkeley.
$4,000 has been expended here to
make this n central fair in the district.
lie urged upon farmers that they should
attend these county and State fairs as 1t
would make them wiser and better far
mers. But this is not only an agricul-
tural, but also mechanical association.
He said that the two were so closely
connected that one cannot exist without
the other. They should support and
aid each other Let me appeal then, he
said, TO my fellow citizens of this Sena-
torial District to do all that they can do
to make the future fairs great successes
and from the seed thus sown, a crop
advantageous and acknowledged gath
cred will bless our people everywhere.
Mr.. Faulkner then introduced Fred
erick Watts by most tlatterlng and
complimentary allusion to his vast
knowledge OF agriculture and to the all
and support he had given the Martins
burg and Potomac railroad.