Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1854-10-25
THE STATE FAIR.

The second Fair of the North Carolina Agricul-
tural Society, which commenced here on Tuesday
last is still in progress, and will be closed to-day,
Friday, by reading out the premiums, and by an
exhibition of the prize animals, &c. We have nc
hesitation in saying, the result of some observa-
ton, that the present exhibition is greatly supe-
rior in every respect to that of last year. The
entries of horses hogs, poultry, CATTLE vegetables,
machinery, and manufactured articles of all kinds,
largely exceed those of las: year; while as gen.
eral rule, the animals and articles exhibition
superior to most of those exhibited at the last Fair
We learn that there are more than a thousand en-
tries on the books, entry frequently including
several articles; and that number of manufactured
articles arrived too late to be placed the lists made
out to be examined and passed upon by the judges
for awarding premiums. Floral Hall, Farmers Hall,
and Mechanics Hail. have been we'll filled with the
specimens assigned them; and this though the first
named building has been doubled in size, and the
two last erected since last year.
We might go somewhat into detail with reference
to everything exhibition, but it would hardly be
just to do so. We should necessarily omit many
articles, if we-were to attempt to enumerate them;
and comparisons mi ght be instituted which would
be unjust to some of the exhibitors. We do not
feel disposed to discriminate even if we could do so
accurately and properly, where all have made such
laudabe efforts to excel. Hereafter when the list
of premiums shall have been completed, we may
AXE occasio to all ude more specifically to the
ried productions of nature and art so profusey ex-
hibitcd on the occasion.
On Wednesday and Thursday there were trials of
speed in trotting horses in harness; and Thurs
day the blowing match took place
On Thursday the Address was delivered pursuant
to appointment by the Hon. Kenneth Rayner of
Hertford. The speaker occupied some two hours in
its delivery, and during all that time he kept the
earnest attention of the immense assemblage 1t
was-as such Addresses generally are-of rather a
theoretical, discursive character; but it equal
in every respect composition and as specimen
of eloquence, to the expectations of the audience.
1t has been printed and the public will therefore
have an opportunity of reading it and judging of it
for themselves
On Thursday the assemblage at the Fair Grounds
could not have been less than ight thousand There
were probably two hundred wagons in the vicinity
Of the grounds and the stream of carriages and ve-
hcles of various sorts continuous from the City
to the point of attraction. The only obstruction to
the general comfort and enjoyment has been the
dust-but this, even if we had been favored with a
rain, would have been unavoidable from the number
of vehicles and persons
1t has indeed been proud time not only for the
farmers and mechanics, but for the State of North
Carolina. 1t was an exhibition not merely of what
the State is capable of now but the earnestness and
enthusiasm evinccd by all furnish the most crafty
ing pledge of still better achevements-of greater
success in the future.