Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-30

For the journal.
'Eftl Annual Fair of the Roanoke
and Tar River Agricultural Assoc
citation.
WELDON, n. c., Oct. 2G5h 1874.
Dear Journal:
Your many friends in this section
AVE been somewhat disappointed by
ailing to find any account in your col
INNS of the Fifth Annual Fair of the
lbove Association, held near this place
for your silence. Many
causes, which I need not detail, pre-
vented me from sending you daily
bulletin, but L will endeaver, by this
resume, to make amends for my re-
nissness.
Notwithstanding many forebodings
numbers in attendance, and the sum-
total of receipts, was decided success,
and may now be regarded as establish
ed on sound financial basis.
THE WEATHER
was SO propitious that parasols were
necessity, and fans, without which,
Irritation III public is al a discount,
entirely acknowledgment the shade of
an umbrella was not amiss at midday.
During the whole week, the clear blue
of the sky was scarcely obscured by a
passing cloud, and the balmy, healgh-
giving atmosphere reminded one of
the accounts of Southern Italy, to be
eQuailed no where else in the world
10 Of il IN m
winter season, or IL a North Carolina
October after the first frost. But /
will dwell no longer on this theme, lest
the writer OF your ''Indian Summer
articles, may regard mo- as trespassinG
on his province.
THE EXHIBITION
was highly creditable. and equ,.i 10
that of any other Fair OF the Society,
but much beneath what ii should have
been, and what it Is destined to be-
come. The display Of horses was SUI
perior. of cattle satisfactory, and OF
hogs inferior. The PRODUCES of the
field and garden were excellent as tlI
as they went, but the small quantity
on hand gave whence OF :, ueplOrable
lack of Interest il the nrigahorLOuG
farmers Tbs may be attributed to
the fact that the premium list for field
and garden crops was pnt !ub'isha "a
ill the Spring. an error which, / hope,
viii be remedied III future. lie agri-
cultural Implement 4, p4ltm tt, and
the carriage, buggy and WAGON work
were p.oAouuced good. Fiat public
spirited CIT z~u and dlstiuG uisned agri-
cuIturan-t, James Norwood, Esq, OF
Hil!sboro, had on exhibition q
number Of his fine stock OF sheep,
and dt serves the th INKS ot the Socief1
therefor.
FLORAL HAIL,
always the main centre OF attraction.
vas superior to any preceding ezhibi-
ton. The display OF homemade fab
RIGS was good, ana that IF embroidery
and fancy work much admired. \
be- autifll sample of ho,ne-raised skein
silk, of various colors, furnished. by :,
lady OF Granville, merits special no.
t;ce, as proving what we are cana
BILE Of producing in tbs respect
Several oil paintings and c-ayon draw
ings attracted much attention anon G
the latter, Il horses head, life size, by
Miss b, of Raleigh, only in her four
teenth year, was deservedly praised
but between this and lie size lacy S
lead and lust, by school girl in ner
eleventh year, the honors were nearly
equally divided. Nor can I omit to
mention a shell cross, contributed by
a lady of Halifax, but the gift of Mrs.
A. L. DeRosset, of your city, whose
work it is. It was made at Beaufort
during the past Summer, to vile away
leisure hour, from shells collected on
the beach, arranged with exquisite
taste and skill. 1t was admired by all
who saw it, and pronounced by con-
noisseurs to be genuine work of art
THE LADIES
were out in full force, and had the ex-
hibition at Floral Hall been a failure,
the array of grace and beauty present
would have redeemed it a thousand
fold. The absence of some who are
as among our fascinating
bellies, was, in a great degree, atoned
for, by the presence others who had
not before honored US with their at
tendance. I could not but be astound-
ed by the fact that Of the lovely bevy,
heretofore the subject of the fierce
contest among certain chivalrous
knights as to whom the prize of beau
ty should be awarded, one, only, had
become wife. Assuredly, their hearts
must be CT adamant. for I know
that prancing steeds, costly equipages,
and fine looks, have besiegei
them in vain. Still they go forth con
quering and to conquer, and have ey-
tended their influence even to the Cape
Fear and its neighbor Waccamaw.-
But SUB rosa is the motto, and [ will
not tell tales out of school. Still Just
here I cannot help referring to
charming little lady, new acquain-
lance of mine, from far-famed Tar
river, who seems to have completely
one of my young friends.
[ could not but quote to him,
lish classic:
tsWhy SO wan nd pale fond lover"
Why wan and pale"
II when looking well can't move her,
win locking i'll prevail"
The married ladies, also, shown Ont
and the widows were s.,-
irresistible. The widowers,
too, were abundant, and marked bv all
that innate modesty, and unassuming
for which the class are SO
Justly famous.
THE RACES
Turing the week entirely made up for
The failure in this respect, of former
years. A better race is rarely ever
Witnessed on any track than that of
between Cad Brooks and
Silly Bowlegs. The first heat was de-
,lared "dead" between Cad and
Brooks, but Bowlegs took the other
,wo, proving that he is a horse Of
yocd bottom, as we'll as speed. I
hought his name horrid until [ heard
t SO melliauously pronounced by
7oung lady. that the consonants melt
ID into each other, and the last sylla-
Die sounded really musical. I have
been a6miring it ever since. The
rotting race, wherein the Northern
mare Susie Kurtz made the mile in
.:34ff, has never been equalled in tAe
State. On Thursday, Mary Lorg
walked the course without competi.
or, but made half mile in So