The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-08
The sta.o Fair.

were lair, end he fair was lair. AT an
early hour tho streets we're alive with
people, on foot and in vehicles of every
description, wondipg their way to the
fair grounds. At the hour appointed
for opening the gates, "a throng had ga
| ther.d outside, ready to enter and enjoy
the sights within. The members OF the
Executive Committee of tho State Agri.
cultural Society, with their associates.
had labored diligently to have every
thing in proper condition Tor the recep-
tiou Of visitors; and mauy articles which
had arrived too late the previous even
ing were properly labelled and arranged
for exhibition. Tho onlivening siinius
of the Colu mbia Brass Bind, under their
efficient leader, Prof. LyBrand, awoke
the ncighboring echoes aud notified the
assembled multitude that the days en-
tertninmcnt had commenced
Throughout the morning aud .he early
hours OF the afternoon. visitors con-
tinued to arrive. and all we're soon in
tenily occupied in examining the articles
on exhibition. TO attempt anything
like detailed description Of all the wi.
rious matters of interest which greet the
eye on every hand. would be neither ,le-
siiable nor profitable, especially as every
person within possible access OF the CITY
| will be certain to examine them minutely
themselves. Suffice it to sny, that al,
will be we'll repaid for the time thus
spent
af knr t..H. 4
false prophets predict utter ruin to our
dear old Palmetto State We must dis
sent from their false prophecies and
still continue to believe that SHE has
within herself everything requisite fur
her own prosperity and future abound
lug wealth. With u climate the most
genial, aud Il soil the most productive,
upon which can be grown everything
that can minister to the wants Of hor
people. nothing eau retnrd her progress,
except utter humiliation. Though she
be down trodden, robbed, traducud,
pinned to tue ground with the bayonet,
and made to bleed ut every pore, she
''still lives" and, by Gods ussistuuce,
will continue to live long after her enc
| mics are dend and forgotten.
We want no better illustration of this
fact than view Of the products, both
mechanical and agricultural. OF our peo-
pie, displayed now at the fair, rs all will
acknowledge who visit it, g.
Upon entering the door of the expo
sition building. the first that attracts the
| eye is the superior display OF vegetables,
grown in tho State. Ruta baga tnrnips
and pumpkins ol mammoth proportions.
beets, beans, peas, uplan rice. oats.
wheat, corn, rye. potatoes, nny ono Of
which will make meal for good sized
family; i'll fact, everything TINT can be
raised in field or garden, is thero to be
found. Que lady, Mrs. S NJ. Cannon,
| Of RIchlund, displays thirty different
kinds Of vegeta oles. picked in her own
garden, and Mr.. J. Fisher, of Columbia.
twenty eight kinds. Can better things
than this be done in any other portion
of our land ? We doubt it. Here, also,
can be found mangoes, peppers, herbs
of all kinds, castor-bcans, melons, and II
vast amount Of other matters of inter.
est to oil.
Fine specimens of smoking tobacco,
neatly put up and ready for use. are exhi-
bited from North Carolina. We feel
inclined to puff it. even though it was
not rnised in the Palmetto State.
In the mechanical department, upon
tne Hnme uOor, we observe urSt q line
display OF printing and binding from
the well-known house of Walker, Evans
& Cogswell, who excel in every depart.
ment Of their business. We were pleased
to see Col B. F. Evans. who is the prac-
tical man of the firm. and under whose
experimenting eye everything is done.
and we'll done. They exhibit five bank
books, Of the largest size, ruled mud
printed with the greatest care, and bound
in full Russia. with panclled sides, in the
most sorviceable manuer. No amount
of wear eau ever pull them to pieces,
aud they far excel in style and durabili-
ty any similar work which comes from
the North. This house also publishes
the RurM Cnrolin,dn, d book which
should be found in every household in
tile State.
Holmes & Calder, OF Charleston. OK.
hibit specimens of their white lnad,
zinc and colors. And here we would
ask what has become Of nll the Charles.
ton exhibitors of former years? Where
are the Adyers. the Grnveleys. the Ea-
sona, the fertilizer men Where is
friond Robson with his prizes We
miss them all this year. We presume
that the fact may be attributable to the
presence of tho epidemic in Charles
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