The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-05-29
Our County Fair.

Our County Fair.
It In gratifying to observe an increased in
terest In our county agricultural society.
The annual fairs, besides affording the people
Of the county q pleasant recreation after the
moro srduous lahors Of the year, have done
much towards making known abroad the re-
= sources and capabilities Of our county. They
have also afforded stimulus to the improve
can now show as fine herds of cattle and as
good sheep and hogs as can be seen In any
county In the State. The improvement Is
particularly noticeable In horses. Through
the enterprise of a number of public-spirited
gentlemen, quickened, as we believe, by the
annual exhibitions on the fair grounds, we
have now in our county many horses
whose pedigree Is the very best, and the num-
Der of good young horses scattered through
the county has never been equalled before.
These are not all confined to the trotting
class, but embrace heavy draft and carriage
horses of approved breeds.
There appears to be no reason why Har-
ford county should not take leading place
in the breeding of fine horses. We have as
good and nutritious grass as can be found
anywhere, our county is well watered, our
climate not excessively severe-we have
every natural advantage, indeed, to enable
us to compete with the most celebrated re-
gions of Kentucky and Virginia. Every
year thousands of dollars are sent out of the
county for farm and driving horses. This
ought not to be. We should not only raise
all the horses of every kind needed for home
use, but also raise them in sufficient numbers
to attract buyers from other States. When
we can show large number of good young
horses buyers will seek them as they do our
fat cattle, and better prices can be obtained
for horses than they can now be sold for.
Almost any farmer can raise q colt or two
every year, at profit. Fortunately we have
now the means of breeding horses that will
command high prices, and the facilities will
be increased.
Our county fair affords the best way to
show to the world that Hartford has good
horses, and for this reason as well as for the
incentive it gives to improvement in agricul-
ture it would be great loss to the county if
our annual fairs should be discontinued.
The directors are willing to do all they can
to make the next fair successful, not only as
Illustrating what we have here of superior
merit, in the way of stock and agricultural
productions, but likewise in making the ex-
hibition financial success, in order that the
society may be relieved of debt. They need,
however, the assistance of every public-spirit-
ed citizen. Every stakeholder, especially,
should realize the importance of lending his
aid. The fair grounds and buildings are their
property and if the fair is made to prosper as
itmight be made, the day may come when the
debt will be paid and dividends declared.
The suggestion Of the wilma Farmers
Club that special premiums be offered for
stock of different kinds and other articles, as
means of re-awakening an interest in the
fair, is meeting with favor. The Deer Creek
Farmers Club, in response thereto, has
agreed to offer premium Of from 800 to
$50 or more, for Hartford county colts. At
the meeting Of the club, last Saturday, $51
was subscribed for this purpose, and the hon.
orary members of the club, 1t is believed, will
make up the remainder. The public spirit
and enterprise of this club deserve common
dalton.
We would suggest that the farmers of each
district In the county offer special premiums
ofsay $25 for the best display of agricultural
products from their respective districts.
Many farmers might be willing to compete
with their brother farmers in their own dis
trict, who would not engage in contest with
the entire county. This would make an at
tractive feature at the fair, increase the at
tendance and also the receipts.
If one or two active men in each district
would begin the movement we have no doubt
it would be successful.
A movement has also been commenced to
raise special premium for the most attract
i've display of canned goods. There are sew
eral hundred Gamers in the county. If each
would contribute 81 towards this object a
handsome sum would be realized-one worth
taking little trouble to win: Contributions
for this purpose, if sent to the editor of this
paper, will be duly acknowledged. If the
project fails the money will be returned.
Rev. ]. A. Walter, pastor of st. Patrick's
Church, Washington, has written paper
concerning the case of Mrs Mary E. Surratt.
who was hanged for completely in the muir
der of President Lincoln Mra Surratt was
member of Father Walters church In his
paper he says that he had waited twenty-five
years to allow the public mind to quiet down.
Mrs. Surratt, after her arrest, sent for Father
Walter. He obtained pass to the prison
from Col. Hardie, who asked him not to say
at the prison that he believed Mrs. Surratt to
be innocent. The priest went to the White
House to ask President johnson to grant a
reprieve of ten days but the President refus-
ed to see him. Father Walter says that If the
reprieve had been granted the innocence OF
the woman could have been proved.
"A colony of 462 Danes are about to set
tie on 100 acres of land In Prince Georges
county, Md. Each farmer will take about
fifty acres, to be devoted in part to dairy
farming and the cultivation of grasses and &C.