The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-10-27
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SATURDAY . !. :, !. .oCroBER. q, 1877.
The state Fair.

/. SATURDAY ). -, !. OCTOBER q, 1877.
The state Fair. a., ~,
The industrious reporters for the DIS
patch have kept is readers Informed OF the
progress Ok preparations Tor the Fair, which
Is SO near at hand. This noble institution %
one Of the great stimulaats to public energy
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the moss
important d all, as It Is IN the line o. pro-
duction. 81 the necessaries Of l'fe-.n' .ns
:, line. OF production Of wealth, and IN" TUE.
:, line Of. human employment which most ~ OF
all encourages virtue, fosters ING ene's!'
maintains the health, and secures ene n"pR::i
=; ness Of man. 7@'"d 5.S 81. 49, =
The yesrly display That is made at the
meetings Of The noble State Society IN tne
rosuIts q, husbandry and the improvements
~, agricultural implements and auxtliary
art ten the, progress OF the State in INDUSTRY
and pnblic consistency; aud force. 1.-The past
annual exhibitions have afforded satisiac-
sion, and it is,hoped from the signs tha'
have preceded that Just about to take pace
that, it will excel any that have occurred
5, since the war. Such has been the disturo-
ance produced by the war, but more espe-
cially, by the social revolution that has fallen
upon us, that Virginia agriculture has been
~ sreatly depressed. AS time has gone on the
State has slowly risen above the waves OF
adversely, and now, under the cheering and
reyiyinc influences Of a humane and Just
: administration Of the Federal Government,
energy has received new impulse and hope
new life. These have unquestionably swelled
the results OF happy economy, While the
!, <.enial seasons of a kind Providence have
.iareely increased the achievements OF the
year. 90. ,4.an ~
We therefore look for the most happy an
.. nuslal meeting of the people OF Virginia at
their State Fair that has occurred since the
war. A feature OF the annual meeting Will
=, he. the presence Of that President OF the
ii TJnfted States through whose fast admins
traitor the prosecutions OF the. South south. that
were generated by the, rancoEs Of war are
a brought to amend and sweet peace once
more established in the land. President
!: HAYES, who withdrew;the troops from the
's S6nth and restored the social authority Of
the southern States, will be present, In COM
pfiahccea, with the earnest Invitation OF the
city and the people OF Virginia, to shake
hands with the farmers and the citizens
- That win afford public qualification OF q
very elevated and happy nature. 'Assuredlyc
=, O meet that Executive administrator Of ma
=. tioual affairs whose policy has reversed the
condition of the land from one Of oppres-.
sion, distress, and apprehension to one OF
peace, security, aud confidence, must be an
occasion OF public delight; and that it,
should occur at this time, when the people.
are gathered together to behold the Signs OF.
prorress-ia- those energies. which are the
source Of oil wealth and comfort the event
must be peculiarly felicitous to ALTO the
noble guest and TO those who VIII be pleased
to honor him.. = - ,''' ~ ~. - 49,, =.
:, It must be to LIS who have been detained
= so long in the wilderness OF political dis
turbance, sectional discord, and apprehen-
sion. delightful to meet again under selr;, au-
spices that are at once cheering and in
spiring-inspiriss not only d hope "an!dd
feeling, but OF practical energynsnd sue
ocessinr enterprise. It $ indeed Al occasion
Tor general felicitation.l Itnisang occasion
for .rienpewingg our pledges. Social and pub-;t
Tic; for Improving. and Frightening QUIZ
mutual relations, TO one pqther;;7-sspdd iosI
trimming and teeplehishihg, our lafps 3ii|
public devotion. We feel that the noble as
semblage OF people called together by the
annual agricultural meeting wfll, after it IS
over. return home, with renewed hope and
new strength, resolved, to, devote; every en-.
ergy and every Influence; "a, promote tie
peace md prosperity, the dignEsand in
deneeC Ioii our 70 Mother. Common, nj
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