Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1906-08-10
The Fair pirsCtorate's Address.
To the members Of the Montgomery County
Agricultural Society, its friends and the
uublic generally.

To the members Of the Montgomery County
Agricultural Society, its friends and the
public generally.
The Board of Management Of the Mont
gomery County Agricultural Society, to
whom have been entrusted the grave and
responsible, trust of its cares, government
and progress, stimulated and encouraged at
the almost phenomenal development and
success it has achieved, ask permission to
invite your attention to the approaching
exhibition which opens on the 21st OF August
and continues for four days, and impress
upon your consideration the absolute ina.
portance Of your presence az well as your
active cooperation.
If the success which has attended our ex.
hibitions In past years has been such as to
arouse the pride OF our own people and send
new life and vigorous energy through the
various channels Of agricultural pursuits;
II 1t has been the instrument that has created
new thought and thus brought about more
vigorous. enlarged and remuneratlve meth.
DDS Of reform in the tightening Of the bur.
den of labor and in the easy and simplified
cultivation of the soil If the animated and
enlarged display of exhibits coming from
our every branch of home.life and work
shop have elected enthusiastic admiration
If year after year the attendance, always
mellowed with the atmosphere OF social re.
finement and intelligent dignity, have ap-
peared extravagsnt In the pleasure they
have experienced In these great harvest
home gatherings as well as In viewing the
spirited and cultivated exhibition Of riv-
airy from every walk of agricultural life In
the county; yet In all of these several chan
nels and others that could be mentioned the
management indulge the idea with conscious
pride that their coming exhibition will be q
"record breaker" In every compartment OF
every department of the same, they would
have 1t q golden immemorial TO that splendid
old Agricultural Knighthood who were the
pioneers and torch bearers of this enterprise
men who were not only the guiders and
teachers of the age In which they lived but
that In death they became the living exem-
pars for the Intelligent, progressive, digni.
fed and growing manhood and womanhood
of proud and honored Old Montgomery.
Let all unite In making our coming Fair
not only an ornamental but practical evil
dence of the intelligence, industry, wealth
and energy of the people OF Montgomery ;
collect the richest products OF our fields, barn
Yards and diaries, where, as Aurora greets
the morning star and as the day dies out Of
the sky, is ever softened and frightened
with the untutored melody OF the dairy
maids, gather the richest and sweetest flow
ers which adofn and gladden. every home.
stead, and let each and all be beautiful and
significant tribute to the memory OF those
men of determined will, large foresight and
modest worth who laid deep and strong the
foundation ofan institutionswhich has grown
to be the pride of the county and sacred
trust to be transmitted to future genera
ations. as.
BY order Of the Board Of Director:
t',.. JAMES T. BoGLEY,
Secretary.