The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-10-27
The Egis and Intelligencer
Rel AIR, Md, OCT. 81, 1889.
For the Rgis and Intsliigence'.
The Hartford County Fair.

Preparations that we Witnessed.
The apple sauce was on tho stove,
The pies were ready baked,
The chickens sang their dying notes,
While other fowls all Quaked.
Both man and wife were hard at work
Until the clock struck ten;
They said, Wen go, to-morrow morn,
And see our neighbors then
Preparing for the festive day
The lady sewed on lace,
The gentleman he BACKED his boots
Until he saw his face.
And when they reached the sought for place,
Quite charmed were theyto see
How wires were walked and clubs were swung,
But poles were slippery
But while we tell of many feats
Well done in word and deed,
'Twould never do to leave all out
About the Hartford steed.
The pretty steeds with lightning speed,
They raced around the track,
And many anxious persons watched
To see how they'd come back.
Two organs in the hall were placed,
Which called forth this remark,
The Estey brought the music out,
The Barker 1t did bark.
And to our wonder and amaze,
(And really tits no dream0
Garrett presided over all,
Held in such high esteem.
Wewere indeed gladdened by the cheerful voices
and happy faces we met while passing from ono
scene OF interest to another. Our interest was in
creased ten-fold as we beheld what the farmer,
the house keeper .he @ ana re
what we saw in the teachers department that
little hands are doing with accuracy skill and
taste the work that struck the spectator with sur
prise and admiration. For, besides the lines of
beauty in penmanship we saw that objects both
of art and nature had been beanti l aepieted
was ship with her sails all spread and graceful
ly riding the dashing waves which beat agsinst
We need not add, that clear conception of the
earth with its form, also its division of land and
water, had been acquired by those very. young in
wears their maps were sufficient proof; and we
know that the teachers under whose guidance
these children have prospered so wonderfully,
must have iaborcd earnestly.
We know, also, from observing the contrbu-
tions on the ground, that there are men of means
not out of place, right here, to say, that these
teachers ought to be as highly rewarded as those
of any county in the STATE, even as those of her
While we cannot speak too highly of the Har-
ford teachers, we will not neglect to say some
in other pursuits. To these we would say that
your handiwork afforded perfect feast for the
eye. Not only did the flowers appear to bloom
as an ornament for your dwellings, but birds APP
peared to be on the wing as If after the coveted
grub of the morning, and domestic animals were
as true to nature that one would imagine them
resting happily by cheerful hearthstSne. Now,
while we ask for greater reward for the teacher,
we would ask the same for you, but in different
way for il matters not how much you have been
treasured in the past, our wish is that in days to
come each hand that wrought those beautiful
specimens, may be held with more loving grasp.
HIT we do not mean to pass on and say nothing
of the gentlemen who aided in making the dis
play a success for it was they who laid the
foundation of it all for while the ladies made the
transparent jelies, preserves, &c, that would
tempt the most dainty epicure, we know that
fathers and brothers planted, cultivated and
only too glad. when the trees brought forth, to
place the rarest and best in the hands of their
wives and daughters. 10 them belongs great
deal of credit. In conclusion, we will say, that
in our humble Judgment it was grand success
and we were greatly pleased with our first visit
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