Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-12-12
FEE CLINTHN FAIR.
4 Decided SItcccss-E Fine stock
Large Attendance ON Each Day
Judge 7Icarcs' Address, &C., sc.

MAJ. ENaELHARD. Why did yoJ
not come to the Sampson Fair? Ioul
friends looked for you and confidently
expected your attendance. The fan
was a decided success in the eyllibi
ton, the attendance, and in Decuniary
results. Fine cattle. horses, mann
moth hogs, OK team with twelve yoke
OF oxen, decorated wago::, lag mount
cd over two porkers, which would
have reminded Won OF Porkopolis OF
some other place that can boast OF
mammoth hogs. The Floral Hall ,.as
other sweet meats as usual, owing tC
the scarcity Of fruit this season. But
there was one thing we could boast of
and | wish You could have attended
the hops al night and felt the force Of
what | am about to state, VIZ: That
the Fair Of 1873 exceeded all past fairs
in the display of beauty and grace.
This l. sayID. Il sood deal, nevertheless
it Is true to the letter, and If you don't
believe it ask some OF tho Younger
men from Wilmington who were pres
ent and sec II they don't sustain me IL
oil / say.
The location mas lovely AMI ali
moved on tremendously. [ never
saw Il crowd so willing to take as
pleasure any and every thing that
happened The older oucs eujoyed
the presence Of their guests, and the
guests seemed pleased with their en-
tertaiuers, the beaux with the girls
and tho girls with their beaux, and
when things get into that fix how
can it be otherwise than pleasant ?
But a little more seriously, we had
Il great treat in the address OF Hon.
Q. {. Meares, of your city. He spoke
many wholesome truths, IL language
SO distinct that it fell with force upon
tho ear aud through tho car it reached
the heart Of his every nearer. His al
fusion to the affections i'll after life
coming back &c the paternnl roof tree,
his illusions TO the STIRRING and mourn
full events Of tic past ten years, made
every heart thrill as his manly tones
reached their ears.
This letter will not permit and / am
not reporter enough to follow him
through his learned, forcible, deep
and able argument upon the financial
troubles, the inancers, the serious
monied troubles of the farmer, the
remedy. and the wholesome advice
which was contained in every word
and sentiment of his speech.
Enough to say it was perfect sue
cess and made him feel nearer to us
than he had felt before.
His compl -neut to the ladies was SO
couched in fitting terms as not to bring
even blush of conscious pride to
their checks The Judge Ia. t.;.,G.
that art and as the compliments fell SO
gently, just as the mist of the morning,
yet in the light of the sun, as appar-
ent as the reflection on the crystal
dew drop to the beholder's eye. We
all regret that he declines permitting
his address to be published.
/ know not when this will reach you,
as the lovely mail arrangement from
Clinton to Warsaw is such that we
cannot get daily mail save when the
present contractor agrees to bid for
the same and he will not do so unless
the citizens pay him by the hundreds
in addition TO what he gets from the
Government. Other bids 1--we hacn
sent on, but the Department, by some
hocus-pocus, will not consider bids
from any one else except from one
John T. Logan, the present contractor.
Meanwhile we suffer, and the pres
ent running of the mail is as suits the
mail driver.
Yours, X,
Clinton, n. c., Dec, 1873.