The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-11-07
THE RUnDEnarx1R.
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SECOND Day.
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Last night went up, with pencil ant
paper, to the Main-Street Methodist churc.
to attend meeting Of the Border Agricui
tural Society. / had hardly fixed mysel
snugly in corner when some one asked 4
l expected to make notes. eyes," said
You don't expect to publish anything f'
said he. 81 WILL" said I, "if the Dispatch
will take it," Just then my neighbor did
something, and looked as IL he expected q
response. did not respond, but sat still
Immediately afterward / saw my young
friend Colonel" j. j. Wilkinson moving
about with u nankeen belt, four inches wide
and bordered with red, worn over bis should.
der, after the fashion of an officer of the
day, and then became suspicious. 'sYou
will hardly be allowed to remain here,n said
my neighbor and just as DR.. Hutcheson,
with one of those same belts on, invited the
ladies 10 the front seats, arose, saw the i'm.
mense room full Of Changers. and slipped
out. The immense room was full, and there
were scores of ladies there. I wished | was
q Granger.
At least six thousand people were on the
grounds to-day. Although large SPA
vilion" had been erected in addition to the
accommodations heretofore provided, the &C
Communications were entirely inadequate.
There was q general squeeze, jam, push, and
|jostle, and it was often impossible to make
Roadway against the current OF people.
There was report in circulation yester-
day that there were no offerings of tobacco
because of general dissatisfaction with
the announcement that the premium samples
would be claimed for the Agricultural So
clety." There are twenty-five samples of
tobacco on exhibition. There are also thirty
other entries of agricultural products.
Entries of miscellaneous articles, IS sad.
dlery and harness, 80 carriages and wagons,
20; agricultural implements, 20; preserves,
condiments, and cooked food, 81; fancy
work andEdomeStic manufacture, 200 !; hogs
and sheep, pens each; coops of poultry,
81; COWS, calves, and bulls, SO fast horses,
%; thoroughbred horses for general use, 49.
The procession of Changers appeared upon
the ground about II O'Clock. 1t was headed
by band of musicians, was quarter Of
mile long, and was conducted by Marshals
HutcheSon, Wilkinson, Walters, Watson,
McGilI, and Williamson. In the procession
/ saw Mr.. Azariah Graves, master of the
Border Council; Major w. T. Sutherlin; Mr..
David Chalmers, of Halifax; General Will
liam Long, of Caswell, n. c.; Grand Master
White, of the Virginia Changers; numbers
of those whom I know to be the best farm.
ers in Pittsy lvania and the adjoining coun.
ties Of Virginia and North Carolina, and ten
carriages and buggies filed with ladies.
1t was expected that Governor Vance
would speak for the Changers to-day. Gov.
ernor Vance not being present, Grand Mas.
ter White, introduced by Master Azariah
Graves, appeared upon the stand, announced
that he had Grangerism on the brain, and
| would answer any call Of the Changers,
however unexpectedly made. Mr.. White
said that Grangerism had been pronounced
| in advance failure because the ladies of
! the South would deem it improper to iden-
tify themselves publicly with any association
of the kind. Three thousand ladies are to-
| day members of the Virginia Oranges. In
explaining the necessity for some such organ
! iZation Mr.. White declared that with a soil
one hundred per cent. better than that of
| the northern States, and cutivators of that
soil equal in intelligence and industry to any
people, Virginia is to-day in worse condi-
| ton pecuniarily than she was in 1865. To
restore Virginia to her previously prosperous
condition legislation is necessary (said Mr..
White) on the banking system of the coun-
| try and upon the system of taxation. As
| business is conducted at present, planter
| worth thousands can get no accommodation
| from those who have money to lend or, il
he does, he pays in direct interest and dis.
counting of drafts about twenty per cent.
and in the matter Of revenue Virginia pays
more taxes to the United States Govern.
| ment than the whole of New England. lie
hoped to affect the legislation of the country
| by union of the South with the Northwest
upon matters of common interest
MIR. White said that the Changers intended
| to make farm labor respectable-so respect
| able that the expression "only farmer"
| should never be heard. And they intended
| to accomplish this, in part, by looking after
the educational interests Of the farmers; 'ana
as part of this education of the farmer
that which would also guard him against
fraud and imposition, the Changers intended
to publish carefuly-prepared monthly state
ments of the prospects and yield of the Va
rious crops, and the condition Of the mar
kets.
1t was a matter of general regret that
while Mr.. White was speaking an organ.
grinder, sitting on the platform in front Of
him and amidst his audience, was grinding
to the extent Of his ability. If this abstract
of Mr.. Whites speech is not correct that or
gan-grinder is accountable for its incorrect
ness.
The Hook.and-Ladder Company, o.
Lynchburg, gave an interesting exhibition
of their manner of proceeding in case OF
| fire.
l noted items Of two races. In trot
| ting race a. S. Andrews entered C. b. Brad
| ley johnson; j. A. McCaull entered b. 6
Orange Blossom; J. w. Bradshaw g. G.
Gayo. Bradshaw won first, third, and fourth
heats of one mile each. Time, 2444. 2:i64
2:443. Best time was made by Orange Bios
som, 2413. In pacng-match b. m. Nellie
| from Norfolk, won two straight heats of one
mile. Time, 2:462, 2:3S3. ALPHA.