The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-12-16
From tie Greenuillc Enterpriss.
The Anderson Fair.

The Anderson Fair.
Messrs. Editors-As none of your edi-
torial staff were present on tho occasion
of the Fair of the Anderson Farmers
Association, to give your readers an ac-
count of the same, we thought it might
be of some interest to your many readers,
to have q short letter-descriptive of
what "looker-on in Venice" saw and
heard on that occasion, which occurred on
Thursday and Friday, 25th and Goth ult.
In company with several Greenville
friends, we left home on Friday morning,
and reached Anderson at 9 o'clock, with
out any incident of interest. AS soon as
we left the,ear at Anderson, stranger
could see that something unusual was on
hand. All the streets leading to the pub
lie square were thronged with men, wo-
men and children, in holiday attire, wend-
ing their way in carriages, buggies, wag-
ons, on horseback and on fo6t, toward the
square. We directed our steps toward
the same point, and passed an enclosed
wood lot filed with horses, mules, cattle,
sheep and hogs, IN goodly numbers, and
an interested crowd comparing the merits
of the different variety of animals. and
speeulating as to which ones would bear
off the premiums offered by the Society.
Meeting some friends and aequaintances
at the gate, we passed in, and had poin-
ted out to Us the different varieties, with
their peculiar points of excellence. We
noticed some grade Ayshires Of B. F.
y -Crayton. and short horns or Durhams OF
p. Nance, and Devons Of Robert Adger,
which, to. onr eye were models of beauty,
and, in fact superior to those OF the same
class exhibited at our State Fair in Co
lumbia. The Ayrshire and Durhams, we
believe, are regarded as superior for dairy
purposes, and the Devons for beef and
work cattle. In the hog line, the Ches-
ter Whites were the principal variety. on
exhibition. Only one Essex. The Ches-
tiers were fine and compared most favor
ably with those ut the State Fair.
After spending an hour in. this lot, we
proceeded to the Court Square, which
was alive with the good people of Ander-
son in attendance upon the Fair. 1t ap-
pearcd to us that every eiti1en Of the
County was present with his good wife
and children and really, We did not think
that Anderson boasted so many fine look
ing men !: and as for the handsome mat
hons and pretty maidens, they appeared
innnmerable.
Our friend B. F. Crayton, soon spied Us,
looking as if we were lost in that sea of
human faces, and kindly proffered his
services in showing US round, which we
gladly accepted. We ascended the Court
House steps, entered the door, and what
%, beasssfnI sight met the eye. The whole
room sparllfed, and was decorated with
the handiworks of lovely woman. Quilts,
connterpins, blankets, mats, sacques, and
all the otherlittle etceteras, which go to
make up an infants wardrobe, were ex-
,Aibited in great profusion. Your CORES
pondent is at loss to describe said articles
las he being an old bachelor is not pre-
sumed to know their names, DC. There
were several sketches in oil, crayon and
pencil, very worthy of attention, and we
noticed pencils sketch by Miss Lelie
Morse; of your City, which we thought
very fine. The jellics, jams preserves, ct
id onne genus, were tantaGaing to the eye,
and we doubt not would have been ex-
eeedingly grateful to the palate. One
side of the room Was appropriated to the
samples of the cereals, flour and cotton.
Here we felt at home. The competition
here was great. We noticed among the
articles on exhibition, sack of -four; one
half-bushcl of white wheat, and sample
OF ginned cotton, entered by ]. P. Moore,
ESQ, Of yoar. City. We arc informed
that Mr.. Moore bore off the premium on
wheat and ginned cotton. The samples OF
wheat, corn. barley and oats, were very
fne-also the ginned cotton and flour.
The ears Of corn were huge-the samples
OF wheat splendid-same Of the oats and
barley, while the stalss of cotton were
magnificent, and the Ent In proport5on.
Here we found the efficient Secretary of
the Society, James A. Hoyt, Esq, as busy
as bee, entering and marking the vari-
Gus articles on exhibition, with pleasant
word for every one. He is the right man
in the right place. The room was dense
ly crowded, while every one appeared to
be in the best of humor, and enjoying
themselves finely. After looking around
TO our satisfaction, we descended to the
Court Yard, and inspected the different
varieties Of poultry in coops arranged
around one side of the building; also
large number of agricultural implements.
We here notice little machine, which
remindea Us of tho. cldrfashioDed tread
mill thrasher, and was wondering what
use it could be put to, when we Observed
o gentleman approaching leading dog,
which mounted upon the machine, and
away it went round, with great rapidity.
It was dog churn. We have rather
slight fancy for butter and butter milk,
and also like dog in his proper place,
but to our notion, his proper place is "far,
far away from churn, while cream is
being. converted into butter and butter