The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-09-14
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SEPTEMBER II, 1882.
r,a ra,r-An Important Matter.

"
General wIcxHAn has already proved to
Che satisfaction Of everybody that the State
Agricultural Society did wise thing when
a chose him to be its president. His
efforts to promote the interests OF that
Society have ever since been constantly
nut forth, and he has, we believe. succeed
I'd up 20 this time In effecting every object
which he has deemed II necessary to under
take as means to the grand end he has in
view.
The following letter calls upon the peo-
ple OF Virginia to increase largely the
number OF life-mcmbers OF the Society.
Those who are now members are invoked
IN see TO IL that their sons follow inthis re-
spect the example OF the fathers. This is
a year Of unprccedentedly fine crops, and
ought consequently to be one OF abound
ing prosperity. II is now, therefore, q
suitable time for such an appeal as General
WICKHAM's 10 he made.
The Fair is the grand gathering OF the
Virginia clans. II is time for the people
Of every section OF the State to meet at
their capital, and take counsel together.
II is time for the planter and the mer-
chant and the lawyer and the farmer and
the doctor and the mechanic and the cler-
gyman to remove their angularities by
coming I'm contact one with another. III Is
n time for the revival of old friendships
and the beginning OF new ones. Ii Is
time for rest and relaxation; for hospitality
and genial converse. Ii is a time for pa
triotism to swell the bosom. 1t is time
TO aid in making Virginia "now and for
ever one and indivisible "-the most homo
gencous state in the Union.
General WICKHAM desires to obtain lie
members Of the State Agricultural Society
in order that these pleasant annual gather
ings may be continued indefinitely in the
future and become year by year better and
more far-rcaching in their results. Will
his appeal fall upon deaf ears! we cannot
believe 1t will.
OFFICE OF THE VIRGINIA STATED
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY,
RICHMOND, VA, September 10, 1882. )
To the People Of Virginia:
To put the Virginia Agricultural Society
upon q solid basis, il is necessary that ii
should have some funds ahead to protect 1t
from casualties, and not be compelled to
rely solely on its gate-fees for its resources.
l have therefore determined to appeal to
you in behalf of the Society to largely in
crease its lfe-membersmp.
The material Interests OF all classes OF
people in Virginia are so intimately con-
nected with the agricultural prosperity of
the State that the success OF the Virginia
State Agricultural Society is matter OF
importance to them all; and as, in my
Judgment, the Society is calculated to inn
prove the agriculture Of the State, and to
advance the interests Of every business
connected Herewith, confidently ask you
TO sustain the Society in its efforts, and to
aid the management TO revive the interest
in the welfare Of the Society that in former
days so strongly marked tie conduct of the |
active men Of our state.
When | remember the enthusiasm that |
used TO pervade the meetings OF the Society |
in its earlier days. and the emulation that |
those meetings produced in the improve |
ment Of our land, our crops, and our stock |
OF all kinds, 1 cannot but hope that our |
people will again take hold of the Society, |
and that our old members will see that the |
succession OF membership is kept up in
their families.
Certificates OF life-mcmbership in the So
cety are obtained by the payment Of $50,
or if parties preferit by the payment of five |
annual instruments OF S. each.
Upon this subject address at Richmond |
either George w. Mayo, Esq, secretary, or
your obedient servant,
WILLIAMS c. WICKHAM, President.