The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-10-03
THE FINEST YEN.

On Tuesday morning next the flag that
floats on the breezes from the top of the
tall pole in the centre of the Fair
grounds will be viewed by the eyes of
large concourse of people who will gather
to witness the sixth annual exhibition of
the Cecil County Agricultural Society.
On Tuesday next will be revealed to the
eyes of thousands of visitors the crafty
ing agricultural exploits of the industri-
GUS sons of Cecil. The members of the
Cecil County Agricultural Fair Society
may we'll feel proud Of their efforts of
the past, and have every reason for
large amount of self-gratifcation from
the endeavors they have made to stamp
upon the brow of the coming exhibition
Zone of the Finest
There is not fair ground in the State
that can now quite equal in every feature
these grounds at Elkton. To stand upon
the Grand Stand and glance out over the
domain embraced within the neatly kept
fences of the society one will be apt to
view scene teeming with richness ard
perfection. Every equipment for the ac-
commodation of the hosts of articles and
individuals that visit such place has
been supplied, and on. Tuesday next will
begin one of the completest celebrations
of the industries end products of a
Southern State and county seen for a
long while. The soil of old Cecil has un-
dergone an entire reformation since the
advent of the Fair in 1879. Before that
time there was little land of the old rich
and wholesome order left. Its substance
had vanished before the tillage of SO
many years and its productive vitality
was fast leaking away. But the idea of
an annual agricultural exhibitions at Elk
ton, where their grains and fruits aud
vegetables would be displayed before the
critical eyes of thousands for their ad-
miration or condemnation, inspired the
farmers with new ambitions, filled them
with higher desires, and they instantly
began to feed their lands with the life
blood of fertilization. The rewards of
their labors may be seen on all sides on
Tuesday next in the long aisles of the
Exhibition buildings.
We are glad they have SO worthily
prolited by the lesson the Agricultural
Society has attempted to teach them.
1t is a lesson within lesson, showing
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sessng entire sovereignty in the affairs of
the people. 1t is spirit creative of thrift,
enterprise, and the mate desire to excel;
and these are qualities that once instilled
IN the natures of men, produce inest,ma-
BILE results. Let us hope that they have
become so deeply impressed upon the
numerous sons of old Cecil that they will
continue indefinitely to bring the vener-
able county out of her years of leanness
into period of richness and fertility as
wide and beautiful as when Lord Balti-
more landed in the deserted City of St.
Mary's. Despite the oldness of the cos
tune, despite the scorn of those who
| find greater attraction in the bustling
city avenues, the county fair is an insti-
tuition fully as illustrious to day as when
they first took place in the old English
towns. They are the means of bringing
together each year the jovial, warm
souled tillers of broad acres and reappears
of rich harvests; they are fraternity of
fellowship and social tranquility, and it
is gratifying indeed to know that the
exhibition of the Cecil County Agrcul-
tural Society opening on Tuesday next is
fully deserving of so much complimentary
| criticism,