The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-10-12
The Sixth Annual Fair.

transport can De taken as crlterian, the
Fair of the season. The exhibition, in
point of the number Of articles, did not
possibly come to those of former years;
but in the quality of specimens this Fair
exceeded them all, and showed most con-
clusively, the utility of exhibitions of the
kind, as means Of melting the ambition
and drawing out the skill Of those whose
interest aud duty it is to make land which
has produced one spear of grass double
on its production, Everything presented
fer public inspection was superior in its
kind; and the perfection exhibited should
be an incentive to our farmers to foster
the institution, as one calculated in a
great degree to assist in abolishing the
stigma which has hitherto rested upon
US, that ours is county of hoop-poles and
bark only, and not a county which has
earned for itself the praise that it is self
supporting and agriculturally iuicpend-
ent. The cereals and fruits exhibited
last week demonstrate conclusively that it
needs but well regulated skill in our far
mcrs to make Monroe County one of the
greatest producing localities in the Union.
In the Fair House, there were, VIC re,
gret to say it, too many vacant spots
Bat in the spaces filed, whether with the
evidences of Mechanical, Agricultural or
Housewife skill, no one had reason to
feel ashamed to have strangers to look
upon what Monroe County can produce,
if the right Kind of persuasive force be
employed. In the Mechanical and Man
ufacturing departments, we had fine
display of Stoves by the Florey's, of Furs,
Hats, Caps and manufactured Tobacco by
PAUL., of Clothing by Ruster, Of Wood
turning by Walrath, of Watches, Jewel
ry, Silverware and Musical instruments
by Brown & Keller, and Of Yankee No
tions and Woolcn Goods by an exhibitor
whose name we did not learn.
In housewifcry We had lucious rolls OF
butter and Dutch cheese, canned Fruits,
and other articles Of edible virtu sufficient
to make the SORROWS of the jotting Editor
poignant over the recollection of an emp
ty larder at home. In fancy matters we
had fnc display Of Millinery, of Paint
ings, of engravings, of pencil and mono
chromatic drawings, sign painting, wall
paper, and numberless little ct ccteras,
which if not really useful, serve an hon,
est purpose of tempering mans stern ma
ture down to bearable condition. In
Agriculture, Fruit culture and Garden
culture mammoth Pumpkins, Egg plants,
8quashes, Sweet and Irish potatoes, Cab
bages, Celery, Broccoli, Corn, Bects,
Pears, Apples, Peaches, &c, attested that
we have but to coax the soil of this our
"barner County" to induce it to yield
earth's fruits in abundance. In the de-
partment of curiosities we had lir Luke
Brodhead' superb collection of tale-tel
ing evidences Of the shifts to which the
red man was put in the stone period of
bis existence. The stone hatehet, and
hammers, and knives, and pestles and
hoes, and arrow heads, bore interesting
testimony Of the manner in which the
Indian pursued the chase, the war path,
and the more eunobling pursuits of Ag-
riculturc. A collection of Chinese curl
osities also attracted attention.
In the stables there was a very fair,
though not as large as it should be, dis
play of borse8-roadsters, trotters and
horses for all work The efforts of each
on the track showed that in these we had
the slow but sure coach Of the farmer,
the fine joggcraloDg Of the gentleman of
leisure, and the mag on which the fast
mar" and the "sport' most delights to
"go bis pile" The display Of cattle was
not what it should have been. What
there was was good but it was not the
best the county could afford, while in
numbers the display was really reproach
to the county. The same as to numbers
may be said Of the swing exhibited, but
in quality the exhibition was all that
could be desired. A boar, eleven months
old, and which would dress near on to
three hundred, and pair of shotes twelve
weeks old, of the Chester White breed
the property of Joseph Fenner, Esq, of
Hamilton township, attracted particular
attention. A couple of famous porkers.
whose ownership we did not learn, were
also we'll noted. The display Of Sheep
was quite large, and beautiful specimens
IF the several varieties most in vogue re-