Smyrna times., 1866-10-31
Agricultural Fairs .

-, HeF CT: 1he second attemnt
20 " holu our Agricultural Fair at Dover, came
OH yesterday, and the result provcd tbat !,
put an attempt. The Fair was poorly natron.
Hed, the attendance slim, and the disnIar IN
an departments meagre in the extreme 10 VIII
II Should nave been; for it is evident from the
le" samples that were on exhibition, that th4ro
"t'y"t nave been credltable display in all do
partmehtS / he season has been favorable E,r
nearly everything except wheat grass has bnon
abundant, consequently there might have heen
a me display OF stock, either of native or for.
:. elgn breed and OF Vegetables there might have
been the best exhibition ever given in tbe
coulty' Dut 70 the shame Of our farmers be if
SAID that the few and small tables that wo bo,.o
were not half filled In the ArricmItnral r. t.,
plement department there was but a sin@Io ar
tlcle on exhibition, and it is not to he wonder
Gu that such should be the case, while we offer
a premium OF hive to eight dollars for a horse
tnat can carry himself and owner IN tho ovb;
bltitlon, and less than that amount for roo,,a.
and mower, or horse power and tbresher wbiob
may cost the exhibition more than that 70 ,,nt
~ there. In specimens Of Mechanical siili
!nere was but single exhibition, but that on,
IS E, OBSERVING special notice | allude tn Mr.
:" III CDhey OF your place, who had on cxhibi-
c. eoi ui3 pay OF horSe-shoes Of his own mann.
tacture that does him great credit as nan%"u ,n%"
iGG G IN that llne These shoes evnce that Nir
ohiey not only knows now to use bamn,a.
put now to form a shoe on scientific nr;no;,i,' |
GuiInehtiy adapted to the work thew are intnn' |
ueu 10 perform, from the delicate shoe of tho
racer TI 10 the heavy shoe of the draupbt borco
we notice particularly his mode of mat;no -
terferlng shoes, which shows that he fnII,9 mn ~
uerstandS az the principles Of forming shoes for
Ihat purpose The whole were highly fn;sbad /
CIV Sa "eIe aIfVgether the most creditable horse
'"Tes tlat nave ever seen on exhibition
1n Tue !adleS department there were a faw
Iicultaole articles on exhibition consisting
u mainly IN flowers and fancy work. with como -
the more substantial articles ofdomest;c man, VI
1aeture. But the display was not in nnmhars
what 1t should have been. '''''''O''S
Inc display OF stock was equally meacro
u Hough there were few fine specimens ofhotL
.nc p9rlhe ana equine race, yet the MANY omn.
" StaIiS snow that there was not the same
spirit manifested in the department that there
were lew years ago. Altogether the fair NAV
oe cameo failure. Why is this? Has not the
n"ln lJ -. oIJetC OF the exhibition been neglected
@ nuu 5ile Wh9ie thing degenerated into horse
race We believe that fast horses had No.
20 DO IN perverting aud DESTROYING the usofi nG
ness OF the exhibition than anything else IT,
VINO Drlng fast horses as general rnle br;no
loChlhg else, and while it NAV be true tbat tbn5
"uSc SSj many TO go to the fair that otherwise j
'ouII not CO. 1t IS equally true that they do.
dJt from the main object Of the exhibition IL
4'emouR'i there are no great prizes TO race for G
= 9u[ eAhlDltlon as there is at the New C.ctIo Il
ilu other fairs, yet there is excitement onourL
nout II 10 draw the largest half Of the snecfa m
I. is ""d{ from that portion of the exhibition tt
iaC 10 De most attractive to the arricnI. tt
i ,'e hn New castle County, we are told that G.
70 o,,b;h;ISe "oISe Inan our own. 1t is said that
nf al
9unty were no better, if as good as tboso ~ on
eht ana 1t is not surprising that it sbonld be III
: wneh nothing but fast horse can get gi
eninm worth contending for. In LOOKING ha
cl Cnelr long list OF premiums, we see moth. st
Z ABOVE ten dollars, until we come To fat thu
'TSe, then the premium runs up from 500 IN
90 and for fast horses alone, nearly SIo00 mi
le the man that tolls over a reaper or tbresh SUI
Ior years is awarded the pitiful sum of five it
LLaioi Li hot nuen more than it would cost him 20
,li haul his machine from the depot. nun fff
We think the time has come to make obo The
10 hothlng else, IN name call it horse. Tn
invite farmers to exhibit their stocI, hill
mechanics their implements bnt 4 anu VIII
tural Fair. "tIG ~ ., 2i Agrl- ~, ~,
Spring Mills, Oct. 81, 1866. l. D. T. ""vu
H. LITTLE EI CREEK LANDING Oct. 29tb ,ee wor vU,
nostoJ taJ'ioR ~ "A few days ago there wa: did
posted IN our village stating that t6nt was ta
tc a DE oed grand Mass Meeting Of the Dne Dtnere deb
ndrsd I FoeFGg FFoiGfvntve ,eF men Of Little Creek
ended Tho e sne Inysell Conservative. VIII
lions of negroes o%Ier nL seemed to have four the
them out at fS@ Chewing them up and spit ques
Ie even told tbo,', -" .l inen; natl,
we're poing - 'iiaC the great Union mar. som,
them To orr,, u%ne laws II elected, to com. bled
ignoran,a ~, negro Wenches. How does and
al hv a., 20 d DoI' n ~ Wright as he 1Uos tiOnC
teII JI0n M lies down sensible peope9 nc can .oao "A,
n negro and wos ,.ioI ni " get bred OF so many
"Our Ros,, ao ,,. elau When he cOnclu- for 81
pected To hoo. wa. was tne next speaker, and sold
ulled tbo o a" near some good advice" but broke
he nnIIeI .ne same string that the "Col. did, ~