Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-11-15


The Fair Grounds wore lively and
snirited appearance yesterday. The new
entries were very numerous and there was
= very good attendance throughout the
Inv. The Grounds eally filled up with
visitors, among whom Were large num-
her of ladies, the main feature that had
been wanting on the opening day. The fore
noon was spent very pleasantly in saunter-
mo through the Grounds and Halls, in
specting the many beautiful articles on ex-
hibition, and i'll viewing a very interesting
scrub race, and at = o'clock grand match
took place between Moore's mare, Fannie
Bear and Smiths mare, Henry Clay, mile
heats best in ,. This was won by Fam
ME on the tN 20 first heats in Sill and 3:lG.
As the races closed tie mOnster balloon
was announced as ready, and the daring
,rronaut, lad of about ID years, prepared
for the ascent. AT given signal the STAYS
we're cut loose and the balloon arose very
gracefully into the air, with the boy OH the
irapeze bar. There was n yegv LIGHT
wind from the southeast, aud the BAL
loon drifted with it, when, having attained
an altitude of some 800 or 1000 feet, it
fell gradually, alghting i'll field about
half mile from the spot on which it rose.
This ascension was beautiful sight, and
will be repeated again to-day.
In two of the departments, Agricultural
and Household, this Far certainly exceeds
any Of its predecessors. The competition
among the farmers is especially large and
meritorious. There are on file fully ffy
certificates for the largest yield in the vari-
Gus crops and the rivalry is very spirited.
The samples of field crops are more nu-
merous than ever before, and we are
especially glad to see dozen or more bales
of ndiire hdy, Of the very best quality
In the department devoted to the fairer
sex the exhibition is very superior. Floral
Hall is beautiful in its array of elegant
needle work, embroidery, flowers, pre-
serves, cakes, bread, and i'll every thing
pertaining to ladies' work.
We notice briefly, rs follows, some Of
the most prominent articles on exhibition:
Farmer X Wainwright, Grave cotton
PLANTER, convertible pillow, and variety Of
other pIows; Edgecombo Agricultural
Works, cotton chopper, Edgecombc pIow;
DaWso Teel Il uenning, fine display Of
plows, ftrtilizing harrow; Mitchell u Co,
variety of plOws; Peter e Smith, cotton
planter, sulky pillow; Geo Il French, Yam
kee horse hoe, Il great curiosity, by the
way, and the first ever brought into the
state; cotton picker, which attracted much
attention; w f. Tanner ~ Co.'S 10 horse
portable engine; Dawson, TCel u fleming,
and DeROsSet " Co, cotton gins; j Wei
Ter, pea nut cleaner; Hart " Bailey, Brooks
revolving cotton and hay press; T. i South
CIand, game fowls, native ducks, Brahma
chickens; John Daniel, Brahma fowls; Il e.
Lewis, game chickens, Poland geese; III f
Scott, game fowls; j e. Arlington, pink top
knot fowls, stone fence hen and red horse
stag, game, etc; & w McClammy, BAN
yard fowls, Brahma hen and chickens, Mss
Lou Mcmillan, fine display O. poultry,
60.
W Schenck, white, bronze. and IIol-
LAID turkeys, muscOvcy ducks, &c;
W McClammy, Eslu boar and SOW; III +
Scott, Chester bOar,S OW and pigs; j Il Thig-
pen, native pigs, Poland China boar ana
SOW; w A FaisOn, grade COW, Devon
bulls, hc.ier and cow, Brahma bull; } K
Thi9pcn, fat OK; Jerry Faison, goats; NJ
FaisOn, Durham and Devon heiferS, bulls
and cows; NOrthrOp * Cumming, Attorney
COW, Miss Adelia Smith, heiter; DR. j f.
Wnants, year old bull, native bred; DR.
ID w Mcmillan, lady's saddle mare, brood
mare and colt; Geo Il French, saddle mare
Ca magnificent animaD mare mules, brood
mare; NJ Nance, trOtting aud pacing mare
Fanny; Willard Bros, harness horse,
y raised; + w Kerchner, Normandy
draf, mare, Ca powerful one,) buggy horse;
DR. w ID Mcmillan, stallion + wears
Old; G. Il French, corn, miilct, peanuts,
potatoes pea vine hay; Jas Norwood,
Virginia white wheat, rye, oats, grass
seed, native and other hays &c;
IL T Clark, white peas; 4 w McCIammy,
large white turnips, new peanuts, corn,
&c; ii Armstrong, very large pumpkin;
d W Ketchum, NJ Leviner and " G jack
son, fine white Iosir; Willard Bros and ii
IL Robinson, brick; VIM Alderman native
grass hay; JAS L Thigpen, bread corn, white
Tl-S- mot of -,
Rosset Il Co, double anchor bagglng, cot
ton ties Dawson, Ieel II Henning, very
handsome display Of wood work, hard
ware, &c; Wilder Il Morton and Willard
Bros, spirit barrels; A Oldham, flour, meal
and pearl hOminy; Jas Norwood and Mrs
John Bodde, dried fruit; Webb & ROul-
hac, smoking tobacco; n Greenwald Il Co,
tire largest and best display of liquors,
wines, &c; Green x Flanner and W Cowan
Green, fine exhibition Of drugs, fancy toilet
60 tbs, &c; Arthur & Hill, from Cumberland,
stalk of cotton & feet high and having up
wards of 800 bolls; Parker u Taylor
fine display Of lamps and household wares;
W Brown II Sons, large glass case filled
with jewclry, watches, silver ware, &c
making the best display of the kind that
We have ever seen at a Fair; 1l0tliin "
Rich, beautiful dressing gown; MunSOn *
Co, suits gents clothing; + Heinsberger,
occupying nearly one entire l. of the floor,
large and elegant display of Knabe'5 pi-
amos, cabinet organs, chrOmOS, books, &c,
and sheet music from London, Paris, Der
in and Vienna; Howe sewing machines; ba-
byS dress made by Jams IL Brown; Mrs NJ G
Utley, domestic wines, in great variety; ID
Smith, walnut desks, Brussels carpet; f
Schultz, beautiful satin cushion
tete q tete party set; Jennings Bros, Japan
csc paper ware; & T Johnson, Wheeler
Wilson sewing machines; J s TOpham
Co, very attractive display of harness
and horse trappings, Of all kinds; a
Eichberg, leather, calf-skins, &c
NJ L Guyton, variety of native woods; >
Stevenson, 4 splendid display Of pickles,
preserves, grapes, cheese, etc.
In Floral Hail. a department sacred to
The ladies, the display was truly beauti-
ful one. In the centre arose magnificent
Webb, while the walls and tables
around were filled with the handiwOrb
OF the ladies. In this department
We noticed few Of the mos
attractive articles, as follows: Miss Kate
Bur and the young ladies Of Misses Bur
James school, the pupils # the Academy
OF the Incarnation, Miss Nj w James, Mis-
Jennie Meares, Miss L ID McIlhenny, Mr.
Nj Robinson, Miss NJ Rankin, and others
OIL paintings, pencil sketches, water cOlOrs
nc; Mrs J I Virgins, of Wilson, 175 differ
ent articles Of needlewolk; Mrs y ID Moore
CT Wilson, large variety Of embroidere
articles; Mrs Roger Moore and Mrs E I
Purnell, beautifully embroidered oper
coaks; Mrs g & Kennedy, beautiful pc
and ink work; Newbern Juvenile SEWN
Society, 4 large display of cmbrOidcrie:
Knit work, &c; Mrs G. NJ Wesson and Mis-
Ia + Clark, embroidery and an almost il
Vulnerable quantity Of worked articles, to