The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-28
THE STATE AGRICULTURAL FAIR At
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1E - EAsroN, September %, 1864.
~ An IA hustle and confusion here. The prepara-
ticus which for some time p,st have been making
gor the great Annual Fair of the PennsylVania
RtAte Agricultural Society, are nearly completed,
and the results are shown IN the most complete
rspserneDts and accommodations for visitors
AZ veil as stock, which the Society has ever
effected The grounds selected for the exhibition
srethose of the Northampton County Agrich-
tural aud Mechanical Society. They mbrace
rome egh'etn acres, all substantially fenced, aud
admirably adspted 10 the purposes OF large eX-
bIbi,iop. Wi hin this enclosure arc the shedding,
penB, &C., for cattle, horses, SWINE, ana sAeepi
lnu ilese are sufficiently numerous to meet the
most extensive dClnapds OF exhibitors.
At the eastern end OF the enclosure Is tue man
exhibition hall, a large a0d very handsome two
soIy ftIuc ufe, snrmuuuled by lofty cupuio,
1ron, v hich fine yieS Vi the delightful scenery
- which kastOn Is surrounded Is Oh AIMED.
1y,ston stands at the junction OF the Bebigh aud
Delaware rivers, and, 70 far Is situation - COZ
cernod may be regarded as one a tna hlVs'
beautiful inland towns of the Sttte.
In ADDITION 10 this large building, there are
erected, at appropriate points, mammoh tents,
set apart for the exhibition OF fruits, no"ers'
plants, shrubs, vegetables, ORNAMENTAL oe5'sn',
nc The Fruit Department Will De unusr bhc
special superntendence OF the members OF tae
Fruit Growers Society of + lston, fennsylVahh
This TACT alone is a guarantee thds the display IN
this depurtment will be superior; and learn
from the members already in Attendance, thAt
their anticpauons in regard to Il VIII DC more
than realized. .s -.,.
bauuful appearance, which by to-m9rsoW WI
he Ertatly improved, as wagon load after Wagot
load Of tine plants aud flowers arrive hourly'
The Implement Department viii also DC wei
representa-. Prominent among the nOllceao'
features will be Fowlers celebrated Ste III
Plough, which has been operated sncce5sIull!
for some years past ia England. There are otne
novelties in the way OF implements and ma
ebinee, of which more hereafter.
Stock is arriving in large numbers, and tn
display promises 10 be excellent. There Will b
several tne heras of cattle, and some OF the oes
thtep and swine in the cDsutry.
Zoe track IS splendid one, and as the pr,
NUNS offered for the tastes. nags are very llo'
raj, here is no doubt but that the sports OF tu
ring will form marked anu very t assIacel', ~ vs.
ture of the FAIR. Some OF The best horses in OF
own State, as well as from New Jersey anu ne
York have already been entered, ana ths n't
competitors for the various prizes VIII pe q lOi
Already the principal hotels are we'll nile
Prices are moderate, and iare good. Hpeg
tfaius wi ! be run over the Nor Penusylya1la, l
hi h Vale, and Phi adelp phia and Irentonroad
r,dpeed rates Of iAre, and at frequent lhtefVh
and at such low rates that great m my per
have secured curriers' A. the commodiOus
elepaut hotels of Bethlehem and other tow
Along the road.
Nsny Philudelpbiirs are already here, and
hone 20 zee a great many more. Inc eeaIh J
Ceiigttul the RIDE d short and exceedingly pF
ea1t one and the fare for tne round up v,
moderate. Yours, truly