The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-09-12
FAIRMoNT.
Third Day Of the Fair-.The Tourna.
ment..Siippery Pastimes, &c. ~,

Third Day Of the Faif.sIhe Ioufna.
ment..slippery Pastimes, DC. e7s
(prom Our Special correspcndent)
Last evening even Wheeling reporters
we're forced into an. unusual show Of
warmth Tor each other by the GOODNESS OF
this mountain atmosphere; but morning
dlspeiled tho idea that summer had de-
parted from this city Of many hills. The
natural attractions here are not striking,
but the country is oil q sunny, gracious
sort, threaded with green, quiet roads,
shady through very neglect. The woods
are rich in variety, though Of slender
growth.
But this is o great day at the Fair
Grounds. Everybody goes TO see tho
GRAND TOURNAMENT.
We notice particularly the large number
Of ladies present. To say the least Of
these ladies, they are very dressy. They
vie with one another in pilipg up their
heads with pyramids Of alien hair. Such
enormous paniers as these young women
sport could never have been revealed to,
the most reckless dressmaker in her wild
es. alter dinner dreams. But then they
are pretty, .., ~, = =
We append the result Of the tournament;
the list Of Knights you already have:
David Ridgelly crowned Miss Eliza oAl.
len, of Fairmont, Queen Of Love and
Beauty; John Hamilton crowned Miss
Eliza Hayden, Of Fairmont, First Maid OF
Honor; VIM. A. Radcliff crowned Miss
Morgan, Of Reevesville, Second Maid oil
honor; VIM. Meredith crowned Miss
Belle Allen, OF Pennington, Third Maid
Of Honor. The knights made hand.
some display, and excited universal I'D
miration; and theladies crowned were as
lovely as West Virginia's mountains only
can produce.
b, GREASY FUN. ,4r,' !
But the iun Of the day was yen &c, come.
The first in order was climbing a:slippery
pole, for a prize Of SO, which was won by
Charles Black. Mr.. BLACK was also the
winner of the sack race, Zone sack owe
bis head, another over his feet,) Tor prize
Oh %. David Fel.y (colored) caught the
creased pig and %. peanut Scott" was
on the ground, but owing to rush in the
confectionery line, did not enter any Of
these lists, 4
THE NUMBER PRESENT J.
this afternoon Is estimated at not less than
3O0O-nearly twice as many as last year.
There wasno racing yesterday or to-day.
The following Is the programme for 10.
morrow: MISUNDERSTANDING. purse Of Is;
PAGERS and hackers, $55; PAGERS and rack
ers, $45. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, pre-
miums $500; and fastest aud slowest mule
races. '"a +.
THE INTELLIGENoER. ri
"My iather takes the lNTELLIaENcRR,"
said q young lady in our hearing, land he
loves 1t next TO his Bible"
n don't read much, }" said another, but
when you've only ten minutes to spend
on q paper you'll get more information
from the ISTELLIaRScER IN that time
than from any other paper" think
their correspondents decidedly the best"
and the lady glanced at our rapid scrib.
bling. "They put so much labor on their
letters" ..,
Felicia Listeners never hear any good
Of themselves-its always Of the editor.
MUSIC ON THE MousTA1Ns. s,i
Fairmont has brass band which can
not be excclled in the State. And as we
write string band in the parlor oil the
Mountain City House discources enchant.
ing strains,
tls r. M.-Much obliged to Messrs. F.
A. Winter, Of Wheeling, and N. Protz.
man, Of Morgantown, for a midnight visit
with instrumen,s
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
We are under special obligations 10 DR..
Berkebile, Messrs. Thos. Hough, VIM.
Steel, ]. B. fancy, and Others for favors.
HAL.
Wednesday, September 10h.