The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-09-29
Washington, Pa, County Fair.

Lead astray by the advertisement
and by our hopes ola days pleasure, we
on yesterday trusted ourself on the
raging Hempfeld railroad and went to
Little Washington" to attend the
Country Fair. That's what they called
it What we found was three now
ing machines, two patent churns, big
three apples, an ingyun and
a bad cold in the mechanical and floral
halls and half dozen splendid sheep, a
lot of the finest hogs we ever saw,
few good cattle and one good colt.
Excluding the Magic Oil Man, the prize
candy seller and the sweet cider ped
dlers, there was absolutely nothing else
on exhibition. We never saw fair
fare SO badly in the way OF display.
But the people! The fellers and gals !!
They were out by the millions. They
crowded the train going over, compel
ling the addition ola freight car, a gon-
dola and a wheelbarrow in order to get
them through. They infested the Fair
Grounds, the cake shops, where they
bought pies and things, the restaurants,
the hotels, everywhere. For the rain
poured in torrents the live-long day
and they had to get in out Of the wet,
as far as they were able, but we noticed
many a couple, love in their hearts and
gingerbread in their hands, wandering
through the rain like second editions OF
Noah's doves stopping every fifteen or
twenty minutes to obtain drink OF
cider, thus assuring themselves of a
first class Grecian bend before night.
Can some philosopher explain the al
finity of the love Of acountry boy and
girl and gingerbread cider? There
something in it beyond our Ken.
We were talking about the fair
Well, that's all the fair there was
plenty of rain, plenty of people, and
the worst show ever given. 1t was
good like getting money under false
pretenses, for the managers TO charge
quarter a ticket for such a miserable
display.
But we got the worth of our' money
anyhow. We got a tiptop dinner, AM
saw a first-class fight. We don't know
how the fight commenced or wha
about. 1t was now all peaceable, anc
before one could saw Jack Robinson,
knives were drawn and men were en-
gagged in dissecting each other mos
scientifically. One chap-they called
him Margery-was stabbed some fou
or five times in the breast, twice on thu
arm, and two or three times on thu
head. He was carted off to doctor
Then a man they called Jake VOL
had knife stuck into him two or thre,
times, and he went to the doctor
Then another whose name we did no
learn, had finger cut off, and wa
stabbed two or three places in the arm
and he went to the doctor. A woman
rolled up her sleeves and went into tn
row. She got a plumper in the ey'
and went to the kitchen. You bet tina
Washington's lively town. The,
have lots of fun there on Fair days
even though they be rainy.
We were much pleased with the city
They have many handsome building
and the private residences have an al
of elegance that speaks Of wealth anc
cultivated taste. The Town Hall
Smiths iron building and others W.
noticed would ornament cities of mucl
greater pretension.
We called on our friends of the Re
vieV and Examiner, and found then
with the latch string out, the same gen
ial, wholesouled fellows we have alway'
known them.
Getting on to the train again Con
ductor Brown took good care Of us anC
made us as comfortable as was in hi!
power,-for which he has our thanks
bringing us to Wheeling, hungry, cuss
ing and tired. And that's all we know
OF the Washington County Fair.
For Hats and Caps 60 to Forgey d