Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-12-12
SECOND DAY.

SECOND DAY.
a bright and a clear sky Yesterday
graced the second day OF the Filth An
nual Fair of the Association.
At an early hour there was good
attendance on the grounds and this
was kept up throughout the day. The
display in the varions departments was
q Very fine one, better, in many res
poets, than has yet been known there.
On tho Grounds, it is true, it was not
so good rs the previous years, but IN
the Hall building. excer:, indeed, IN
Floral Hall, we have never seen II
| surpassed.
The Grounds, as they appeared to
us, we defer to another issue, but III
the Hall we noticed q great variety OF
| beautiful efforts OF the ladies anu
others, principally rs follows:
! GROUND FLOOR.
| On the first floor of the Hall building,
which is, by the way, more than usual
| ly crowded with articles for exhibition,
| We find:
| 4. A. Mckethan & Sons, Tayette-
Vile, buggies and harness; r. E.
Jones u Co., Goldsboro', buggies;
J. c. Cobb, Shoe Heel, turpentine
tools; Walter Watson, Fayetteville,
turpentine tools; Geo. =. French,
New Hanover, a number OF articles,
yesterday, among 49, sea island
cotton, raised on upland from the orr
ginal sea island seed; black muck;
| ears of corn with five eolors; very
prolific corn, 42e bbls. to the acre,
! raised on land on which peas had been
previously grown; A. Robinson,
! Sampson, very fine cotton and corn;
Mathis & Co, home made hard
pressed brick; Mckoy & Boykin,
/ Sampson. native hay, potatoes and
su gar cane; W. Il. Skipper, spirit
barrels; J. J.. Barden Il Bros, made
! by d. Frinck, hand made spirit bar
rels; A. Oldham, pearl kominv and
flour: Dawson, Teel X Henning,
plows; T. H. Hayden, city, wagons:
JAS. I4ytch, cotton-seed planter; ). b.
Underwood. Fayetteville, cotton-ciiop-
WAY, worthy OF more than usual men,
ton: Navassa Gslano Co, Navassa
Guano: John McRae, homemade
brooms. for family and street nse.
SECOND FLOOR.
The display on this floor is much
superior to that of last year, almost
every moot and corner having some
thing to show. We note principally
! as fellows, in addition to the exhibit
tons spoken Of yesterday:
Dickson's cluster cotton, as a
success IL choice seeds and good
manure; J. J. Pierce, Nash county,
clusters of cotton; c. c. Dibble,
Singer Sewing Machines Wheeler Il
Wilson, through J. & J. Johnson,
Agents; improved spinning wheels, ex-
hibited by W. overly, of Fayetteville;
McRae s Turrentine, very handsome
display of gloves, embroidy, &c; Cape
Fear Building Association, wire safes,
balusters, &C., manufactured q. their
works at Abbottsburg, in Bladen coln-
ty.
FLORAL HALL.
In this Hall the ladies seemed de-
termined to maintain the high standard
attained by them last year. In every
thing the display is very creditable,
although not quite equal TO that of the
Fair of 1872. The Hall was very beau-
tifully decorated and the display CT
articles was really superb. We make
the following record Of articles On ex-
| hibition:
Miss A E Durham, of New Hanover,
beautiful display Of embroidery; Miss
Cornelia Murphy. 9 pieces of embroid-
cry; Miss Mary X Sprunt, chair, Ne;
Mckoy, Russian slipper, worked at
Moscow; Miss Mollie Manning, crochet
work; Miss Rosa Engelhard, crochet
! work; Miss c Hoskiss, embroidered
, handkerchief; Miss Susan King, Bla-
, den county, embroidered yokes: beau
| tiful thread mat by a child, IL years
| old; Mrs G G Wesb book mark;
| by child, IL years old, book mark !:
| applique mat by Mrs Mayo, - years
old; Mrs T Il Wright, embroidery,
something worthy OF special mention;
! Miss Ella Bethany. croquet tidy and
worked card basket Miss tattie K
Evans, Marion, S C, emb. yoke; Miss
Hattie Starr, Cumberland, silk en-
| broidery Mrs j \ Maffitt, infants
| dress; Miss Annie Hart, picture frames
made of pith, special mention; Mrs C
! d Myers, n beautiful display of knit
work; Mrs C. G Kennedy, a cross cut
in paper; Mrs 7 j Switzerland, worst
| ed work, embroidery, wines, &c; Mrs J
[ James, embroidered skirt and pill
/! low cases; Miss G w Taylor, lamp
! mat Miss Kate Davis, nubia
Mrs f S Ienncnt, knit work, &c: Miss
Fannie Johnson, crochet toilet SET, &c;
Mrs Il G Brock, tidy; Miss Jennie
Bulcken, crochet work; Mrs w Ii
Bason. tatting, embroidery, &c; Miss
B G. Linehan, Is years Old, WAX work,
&c: Mrs A NJ Lee. Clinton, afghan:
Miss Mary Reid, silk quilt; Miss Vic
Gore, crayon drawings; Miss Flora
X Mahn, pencil drawings: Mrs L II
/ Johnson, embroidered opera cloak and
paper flowers; Mrs Walsh and Mrs T
Switzerland, wax flowers, Miss
Annie p Kendall and Miss Sal
lie NJ French, feather flowers
Mrs ID A Culbreth, knit cotton socks:
Mrs I Pullen and Miss Ella Lamb, IA
years old, cotton socks; Mrs Culbreth,
wooden socks; Miss Emma r Myers.
Wadesboro, feather work; Miss Sallie
Cowan, II years old, a beautiful dis
play of mats, tides, sofa cushions,
afghan. NC: Mrs T H johnson and
Miss Ella D Bellamy, hand made
shirts; Mrs N E Russell, largo and
elegant display OF embroidery: Miss
Laura Goodwin, 8 years old, lamp
mats; Mrs A d Brown, knit lamp mats:
Mrs Brock, crochet work: Miss Jennie
Oberry,7 years old, embroidered table
covers; Mrs J \ Hinton, and Mrs F. Il
MCGOWAN, work flowers; Mrs S W
Maultsby, cushion covers: A Hanchev,
nanO-fnade VlOl1n; Miss CGli1e 3 Muir
phey, handmade towels, counter
panes, homemade homespun suit &c,
"a remarkable display; Mrs Conoly,
patchwork quilt; Miss Jeannie DAVIS,
home made soap; Mrs G n King, silk
quilt; Mrs r Peterson, so articles pre-
serves, iellies, pickles, butter, talfow.
&c;Mrs DIR Walker, worstedquilt, Miss
Vina Hunter, & years old quilt; Miss
r 3 Houston, embroidery. infants
sacque and skirt; Mrs G " Pueh. !
quilt; Hart & Bailey, Scuppernong
champaign.
The races were the most Important
feature yesterday. The trotting match !
came off at O'Clock. The following |
horses were entered for the purse !
of 800:
Buckskin,' owned by Mr.. Wynn,
Kofa foh Il l., III