The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-10-10
The Fair.

The Eighth Annual Fair of the Mon
roe County Agricultural Society came off
last week. In point of attendance it
was. we think, fully equal to those which
have preceded it; the numbers present
on each of the three last days being well
up int. thousands. The display inside of
the building was very fine indeed-supe-
rior to the display of other years. We
should like to particularise somewhat on
the beauty of this department, and on the
success of the efforts of those who contrl-
buted to make it the chief feature OF the
fair, but press upon our time prevented
our giving the attention necessary to ena
Bile us to do Justice to the occasion. j.
Fl. McCarty and Philip Miller & Sons
made very fine displays of furniture, &c,
as did C. d. Brodhead and r. f. & III.
D. Bush of dry goods & notions, n. Rus
ter of ready made clothing, hats, caps &
furs, FIorey & Bro. and VIM. Keiser OF
stoves & tinware, VIM. Hollinshead OF
periumery & fancy articles, the Ladies OF
the Presbyterian Church of choice, fancy
and useful articles on sale for the bene
fit of the church fund, and the Phoenix
Fire Company of the gifts to be disposed
Of in their grand enterprise, among the
lot a splendid buggy manufactured at
Mr.. Valentine Kautz's establishment for
the company-dccidedly the neatest affair
of the kind that has yet been exhibited
in the building. Many other things pre-,
sent might be named, but we had no time
to learn ownership, and can only say that
what was there of vegetables and fruits
made very fine display and reflected
credit upon those who cultivated them.
Outside Of the building, the flying cir
Gus, shows and huckster stands predom
mated largely, at many of the latter o
which not only the necessaries, but ever
the unnecessarily ardent, of life were lib
orally disposed of. The display in thi.
department was altogether too meager
and was only redeemed at all by the pre-
sence of modicum of agricultural ma
chinery of undoubted excellence 1t i.
to be regretted that in this department
each year but shows that the interest il
live stock is growing less and less, wher
it should be more and more. We do no
know where the fault lies, but we canno
help thinking, that if the premiums on tn,
jocke eying trots, which better shows tht
tricks Of the turf than the good points o
horse, were less, and those on servicea
bic horses, superior neat cattle, sheep anC
swine were greater, our future Fair:
would be an improvement on the past. -
No farmer desires to conc into town with
load of produce either at 2:20, or /;
2:40 pace, nor do they care about encour
agement in raising that kind of stock es
pecially when stufing and jockeying have
to be resorted too to secure it; but {;
horse who will walk his four or FIVE mile:
an hour, or even three, is Of value to him
and premium with that view could not
fail to excite interest and secure compe
tition
The display on the track was hardly ur
to former years, but it drew, and proved
as useful, great attraction, to those, and
their name was legion, who look upon q
horse-ra race as the greatest display yet in
vented. Each day had its contests, it.
victories and its defeats on the turf.
The Fair closed on Friday evening
without any serious accident occurring
that we heard Of There were one or twl
severe knock downs, growing out Of toe
frequent indulgence in the ardent, but
we presume, By this time, all is wei
again even with those who were punished
eSs The retnrns from the several elec