The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-09-25
ATTEND THE FAIR.

That the holding of an annual fair
where the products of the farm and OF
the home may be placed in friendly
competition will be productive of good
results, no one can question. These
benefits may not lie immediate, nor
may they be apparent at first sight.
1t is an important consideration
alone that the fair affords an opportu-
nifty for people to assemble in social
intercourse, were friend can greet
friend, and relative from distant points
can meet each other. Innocent diver
sions are healthful and beneficial.
Country people who have few oppor-
tunities for pleasure will soon learn to
anticipate the coming of "Fair week"
as an occasion of joy and recreation.
The children will be delighted and in
structed by seeing the exhibitions of
domestic animals and of household and
fancy articles, to say nothing of the
good that may come from emulation
awakened by the Offering of prizes for
excellence in certain departments Of
school work. Parents, as we'll as the
children, need stimulus sometimes,
and farmer A may be encouraged to
improve his cattle or his poultry by
seeing that farmer B can make credi-
table exhibits while he cannot. In
this way improved cattle, sheep, hogs
and poultry will, in course of time,
supplant those of inferior quslity, and
consequent good will accrue to agri-
cultural interests here.
In afording object lessons to both
old and young agricultural fairs have
proven to be very beneficial. South
ern Maryland has long needed such an
institution as we now have. Other
rural communities, less favored, have
been holding fairs for many years, and
the popularity Of these annual gather
ings is constantly increasing. If our
people show proper appreciation of
the efforts that have been put forth by
the promoters of the Fair, our county
seat is destined to be the Mecca for
thousands, as each recurring year shall
bring around "Fair week."
As to the immediate benefits of the
undertaking, apart from the money
that will be left with the hotel keep
ers. merchants and others, we may
mention the fact that large sum of
money was expended in fitting up and
improving the grounds. This money
has come principally from stockhold-
ers in the cities and in neighboring
counties, and from the receipts of the
preceding Fairs, but our county me-
ehanics and laborers have realized
most of the benefits of the expenditure.
The Fair has already advertised our
town, county and section, as no other
enterprise in recent years has done.
The thousands who may visit us dur
ing the continuance of the Fair must
carry away with them pleasant recol
lections of the occasion. The beauti-
tul fair grounds will attract attention.
Our ancient town, with it's historic as
sociations will come in for share of
interest. The hospitality, culture and
refinement of our people ought to
make an impression. We will show
the world that Southern Maryland is
infused with spirit of improvement.
Let us prove ourselves, therefore,
worthy of the occasion; do all we can,
individually and collectively, for the
pleasure and comfort Of our visitors,
and although rich dividends on the
stock may not be realized, our county
and town will become better known
and more highly appreciated, and in
due time, the good effects of the Fair
will be strikingly apparent.