The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-11-02

poem, had scarcely an audience of dozen. OF
the seven or eight thousand people present, not
more than fifty or one hundred heard this dis.
course, and the most of these because they hap
pened to be near the stand when the orator took
his place. would improve this state of things
by making what seems to me another great i'm
provement 1t is this. In the first place, sens-
BILE men and women, 0f they can be found, J
should be selected In the various departments
to make the awards, and in this selection especial
regard should be had to their fitness for their
particular department A horse jockey should
not be asked to judge of landscape painting, nor
wheelwright to Judge of comforts, Tides and
bed quilts. Some may think this criticism I'M
called for, but to show that il is not wholly So
will relate what actually took place at this
fair, since its establishment. Some representa-
/ lions OF forest leaves in water-colors were eX-
hibted under glass, and as no notice was taken
of them, enquiry by the friends of the lady who
exhibited them brought TO light the fact that
the Judges in their wisdom had pronounced them
actual leaves, and hence worthy of no particular
mention. Similar paintings by the same lady
received q certificate of commentator at the
Centennial exhibition at Philadelphia last sum.
mer. Such facts are discouraging to exhibitors
VINO though they may not care for premiums
like to see at least some hopes of distant future
| appreciation in their own community Well
l would select farmers to Judge of farm pro-
| ducts; dairy women and good housewives to
judgeof bread and butter, and so on; and there
should be on each department some one compc-
tent to write hasty brief report. No pre-
| MUM cards should be attached to exhibits, TO
excite disputes, complaints and jealousies, and
bring crowd Of disappointed exhibitors upon
the managers, following and teasing them over
all the grounds; but it should be understood
that Immediately after the delivery of the ad-
! dress, the reports making known the names O f
successful exhibitors should be read This would
call al eager crowd, and give the orator an
audience, who for pastime and to quiet their
| lmpatlence, would hear an improving address,
which now the majority never hear, and those
who need it most never see afterwards in the
| papers.
| This attachment of premium cards to the
| goods is certainly great evil in many ways
In great many instances they seem to be mere
Illusions and the exhibitors after all, through
some informality or change of opinion, do not
find their names upon the books as receivers of
premiums. In the narrow circle of my expe-
| rience | have already noticed about fifteen in
| stances of this sort of disappointment since the
fair was established. How il happens those bet
ter acquainted with arrangements than myself
can perhaps explain; but all must see that this
| should be allowed to happen as seldom as posi-
| BILE. Let 1t be made known at the orators
| stand who are the successful exhibitors, and
falling there from the next issue of the county
| papers.
| Another matter about which hear consider
| able complaint, how well founded | do not
know, as | have not suffered in this way myself,
nor have any of my friends or acquaintences,
is, that goods are lost at the close of the exhl-
bition, taken by those to whom they do not be-.
long. Pve no remedy for this, but duplicate
cards and good police to receive the cards and
see that each gets his own. | hope this evil is
not general, as it would be very discouraging
comment on our rural community, and indicate
state of things far past the help of fairs or
like reformatory tendencies.
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