Marshall County Democrat

The Agricultural Committee met at the Court-house on Saturday last, and arranged articles for exhibition, in Classes which will be published in due time.

There is a great portion of our Farming community who take no part in the advancement of Agriculture, and many, no doubt, who are not aware that such a thing exists as an Agricultural Society. This should not be the case. Each citizen should, alike, contribute his mite and influence for the advancement and perpetuity of so useful an institution. The Merchant, as well as the Farmer, shares the benefit derived from the cultivated products, consequent upon long years of practical experience and labor, and should contribute liberally,--at least one dollar--(the price of membership,) for the support of our Agricultural Society. Last year, there were a number of Business-men who refused to become members, some of whom did not visit the Fair ground, saying they believed it to be a useless expenditure of time and money for nothing, and had it not been that the most of those who took premiums donated them back, the pecuniary affairs of the Society, would have materially suffered.

Show us the man who is so poor that he can't afford to pay one dollar for the public good, and we will show you a man that scarcely ever reads a newspaper, or can be made to believe that the earth is not flat. and that the most approved form of eating