The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-11-17
Tha S,ate Fair


cal Far, which was opened to the
public on Wednesday morning promises
to 10 by far the most interesting cxhbi
tion ever held in South Carolina, Every
tram brings visitors and articles foi ex-
mbilion. The hotels aud private places
of entertainment are being rapidly. filed
mp, and the streets present quite Il
crowded and lively appearances. j..
Colonel d. Wyatt aiken, the cner-
getic secretary Of the State Agricultural
and Mrcimpcas s%nirtv, arrived last
Saturday afternoon. and ioun'l awuiling
him large number Of letters from pnr-
ties who de$ircd to exhibit articles an /
stock. These letters were not nllogeth-
er from residents OF South Carolina, hnl
also from parties in Georgia, North Ca
rolina, Kentucky. Tennessee. Virginia
and Maryland. Colonel Aiken informs
me that the number Of articles and of
stock sent from o.her States, will nearly,
If not quite, equal the number sent from
South Carolina.
Among the exhibitors Is Methodist
clergyman OF South Carolina, who sends
fomr blooded horses. Another, is an
aged lady abont seveDty-Rve years of
age, native Of South Carolina. but At
present living in North Carolina. She
writes requesting that q',,A conmrr--
pane worked with her own harhs n,ay
be- entered. saying that wI,cn S',rr mans
troops entered her naive S:atr, plum
dering and burning AS they moved, she
was erg,ged upon III. quilt, and When
forced to fee, retained 1t, and in her
flight continued to work upon it, hoping
all the time that she might live 10 ex-
hibit it at an Agricultural Fair ~ her
own beloved State.
The speaker who will deliver the ad-
dress has not yet been announced. bnt
tits generally believed TIN, Dr.. Daniel
Lee, Of East Tennessee, will consent tn
do so Dr.. Lee enjoys The envabl-
reputation Of being more thoroughly
versea in agricultural affairs than any
other man in the South. 1t ia stated
that he was virtually tho founder Of the
Patent Office at Washington. For
many years he was secretary of the
United States Agricultural Society, anl
had charge Of the United States "Ex.
pertinent Farm" at Washing on AT
terward he was emnloyed1,y. the State
Of New York to deliver * slec,use- OH,
agriculture in each county Of the State.
Since then he haa edited the Southern
Cultivator, the Field and FIreside, and
later, has been professor of agriculture
at the University Of Georgia. II he
consents to deliver tho address the visi-
tors to the Fair may confidently expect
to he both interested and instructed.
D. y. Corbin and large number of
other Radical Office holders are here
During the Fair week" Mr. Mark
Read and Miss La Fold, late OF the
Metropolitan Theatrical Troupe. will
give number Of theatrical perlorman
ces.-COr. Charleston Ne'ys. ,a
ArRocioUs MURDER or A PRoMI-
NENr TExAN.-Thc Galveston Neps,
Of Oct. 81, saws:
We learn from gentleman who ar
rived last evening. that one Of the old
est citizens of Wharton county, Colonel
Wharton, was brntall, murdered and
afterwards dragged 10 a log heap and
burned mp, bv two negro men. two or
three days ago. We did not learn the
particulars, further than that the mur-.
DER had been consmmmated by one of
the negroes, when The other came MP
they consulted together, and determined
to dispose Of The body by burning it up.
The negroes are under arrest. -
At nm enthusiastic religions meeting
among the negroes in Blount county,
las. week, when tho mourncr's Lencl,
was crowded with prnitcnls groaning in
agony. one OF them. sable dsmsel OF
elephantine proportions, sprang to her
feet crying: "Glory, hnllelnjah! lord.
it dis Niger had de wings 'of j me
bug. she'd fly righ, to Heavenl" Her
enthusiasm was checked ct That juno
ture by a matter Of fact Sister, who rails.
cd her head and brought the. new corr.
vert'a thoughts hack from tie ideal to
the real, thn>ly: "Yon fool anigger.
what you mean7 If you had 1 JIne
bug wings don't you know a woodprck-
er'd gobhlc you mp fore you gos haIS u
mile ?'--Kno1vitie Wig. So ''fH
: moRE CURREsoy. - There is q strong
pressure upon The Secretary OF ,he
Treasury from the West and Son,h l.,
get him TO recommend to Congress an
additional supply of cs'rrrncy' nv thns,.
sections. Senator Norton; awho )nsa
arrived here 70 stay. will h,ssy himself
between shis nn6 lie merting Of Ton.
gress In drafting a Lil 10 isnest, Nh
wan,s' Of The W. 10, and tho South IN
this matters He will also c,llec, facts
and figures from which TO prove the
,n"cessity tor more currency in those
parts OF the countsy =. Data, shnSan. 4
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