The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1873-10-24
Cobb at the state Fair.

! Cobb county is in for it, Twenty cars load
ed with stock, grain, fine arts manufactures,
and her products generally, left Marietta last
Wednesday morning tor tAe State Fair, to com
pete for the $1,000 premium, offered to the
county making the best and finest display. in
point of variety and merit The General Sup
erintendent, N. G. Whitlock. and his energetic
co-aborers, at the head OF the departments,
have been unremitting in their efforts, working
day and night, and have spent their money
freely, in order that Cobb might have proper
and creditable display at this annual State
Fair. We do not fear thu result, The display
Cobb will make will be magnificent in every
particular. Our citizens throughout the cotin-
ty have done manfully. All the departments
will be handsomely represented, except Flora
culture, which is omitted owing to the lateness
| of the season, as Jack Frost is now upon u.s.,
and our rarest and choicest plants and flowers
have to be housed for the winter, to keep them
from being killed. Some ofthe tropical plants
such as Oranges, Lemons, Lines, Citron,
Banana, &C., are among the number which
| our citizens have devoted a good deal of time
! and spent money in cu!tivatng.
In the Fine Art Department. Prot. j. ).
Nichols has two hundred and sixty specimens
that for beauty, taste, elegance and excellence
| canuot be surpassed Home manufactures and
Industries are fnli--cassimeres, jeans. shifting,
| implements, wagons, buggies, harness, &c.'
are very fine. The stock is remarkably me
Over sixty horses, mares, colts and stations,
are along Then there are Berkshire and
Yorkshire hogs Several of these hogs will
weigh from 500 to 800 hundred pounds each.
Fine booded bulls COWS and calves. sheep,
turkeys, guneas. ducks, geese, chickens. are OF
line growth and good breed. There are hun
tlreds of specimens OF jees, preserves, pickles,
wines. breads. cakes, vegetables, bed quilts,
counterpanes. embroidery, needle work, Ne,
and quantity of other things too numerous TO
nention. Altogether Cobb will have two thou
sand articles on exhibition. There one
hundred aud twenty specimens of Cobb county
timber Besides the train of ears full, much
stock and articles will start to-day by land.
Cobb hever does anything by halves, but
goes the whole hog or none When her train
of animals, men, articles and wonders are I'M
loaded aud paraded the Macontes will think
that Cobb is herself again" When il is re-
| memoered that Marietta and Cobb county was
the camping and battle ground of two power
full armies, her fields laid waste, mills aud fac
| tories burned, and everything desolated, while
Bib and other counties contesting, were not
harmed or hurt, and left in the enjoyment of
homes and wealth, we think it is unfair for
Bib to be placed upon the roll aud no consid-
| Grafton given to these advantages, while Cobb
ia placed at such great disadvantage in trans
porting her articles one hundred and twenty
miles. But in emerging from the wreck Of war
she has recuperated wonderfully and her sys-
! tenn Of agriculture has been greatly improved.
And we point with pride at her exhibition at
the Fair which we think is worthy of admira-
ton and praise-and also the premium Go
view her fine display and you will be satisfied
that she is entitled to wear the honors which
she is so energetically striving to win.
A large number of our citizens will attend
the Fair.