Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-11-12
SECOND DAY.

"-Th visitors, and "A most cred able
rxIihtrlOn ifs the various halls il tie
Fuir rounds, the weather was 81 ex-
Crl n~iy bad yes erday, that ut few
w"u",'d tEa'r way III that rection.
Il" f.lu poured down in t,rr nts dur
ing the t"reuo"n; aud those who
hash b., II boil enough t. 90 to the
*ai- could ouly a4use Tia. mselve-'
bv taking refuge In the various build
iog5 and iOokaning up at the skies,
whtcI were all gloom aud clouds.
About noon, however, the clouds clear
e,l ,.way and the welcune rays of the
sun shown cut. Frightening the G oomy
aspect considerably. The ue3ther
cnurIuU, i All the Afternoon TO De SO in
Il II. LII that tie regular programme,
which Consisted mostly Of races, was
:-I.,rsed with. \ number of visitors,
however, were on tbe grounds during
the afternoon, and the various halls
way sighted Il is little singular
that among sucu q small number Of
per5"l's rs wee congregated on the
grounds, the lglit-inoered gentry
deu1ninarel pick pocke Is should have
souBut f5r IN opportunity to ply their
avoc@t.oo. Yet too daring cases Of
this ~p cies Of ROBBERY were perpetra-
ted. : geutlemhn-a stranger-had
MS vest pocket neatly, and 1t seems
exprditiou~ly cut through one side
an,lTelirv> d of thirty six dollars. There
VS. 10 cllw u the perpetrators OF
the rubbe1ies. Visitors to the
grounds should be on thor guard IN
ogder to be proof against the depreda,
tons Of pick~pockets.
\ stroll through the various halls il
the main build ng yesterday was al
t,-ts resting proceeding. The eutries
have increased, though no doubt the
inc,emencY OF tbe weather prevented
IT, Sc being much more augmented
than tLey " re.
FLORAL HALL
presents an attractive appearance
as W. hayebad oc aston t.
remark heretofore. The array o1
needle work, clothing, C ochet, paint
ing, drawings aud fancy articles ( EN-
ally is sufficient TO repay the obserVa.
ton which they invite; besides the
articles mentioned by Us in yesterday
issue, We noted the following in this
department snlaii cottage; al photo
graph case and Photographic temple
made with n pen knife by
Mr.. W, e. Thomas Ct s. c., SCRAP
pillow and sofa cushions by youre
lady. aged Is; 2 ottJmans by Mrs. N
ii. W&rTcck aged II years /; 2 fancy
tinted sets made of card board by
Mss Mary K. French aged ~ years
a model OF tbs steamship Raieig}
mad. hv her old commander, Capt. j
s Oliver: skijlfui inyention re
volvirg rat trap by Master W. r
Granger Of Wayne County. & beauti
FIJI picture representing the "Oie
Oa,l1-n Bucket" worked on perforated
card board by Miss Graflin !; haLd
scmely worked cross, and many beau
fiful panciI drawings are also Interet
by this young iady ; Il large ard Va
RED array OF PICKLES, brtter, bread
rolls &c, 10y T = Granger CT Wnyn
County q cross worked IN c;rd board
3 tasty gust made ;5y 4 ledy II year
of age number Of quilts are III thi
department., o>e which is esp ciali,
tloiiceai'c l. n handsomely designe'
silk quit by Mrs. G. G. Thomas o
fl:is city etar quit; ship made h.
James f. RELY (eGed 10 With
,an knife: q fin" array OF infant
clothing. secqnes and shirts in worstt
and ta:ting: , ~kiIlfu'ly exec nted spec
imAns of p-nm .naI,ip by Mrs. Kat
& --uuiar al elegantly worked ri
a.u -t9n' c0~or +la work of Mrs. $
\ -So:c' 81 , at 2, rdsr cornty hal
: w-rs croc'-et sa.Iue and needle
v4cek hanoi ONE case Of wool flow
| ers, WOOL lamp mats and sacqnes
small he 4 room set mad Of the TIN q
fruit cans by the children @
Mr.. J. ~. willard beautiful feath
ers flowers made by Miss ou
! Walters an attractive piece of skillfr
work; two elegant paintings on glass, b
Master 3. F. MuCullen, aged II, {
T;,s here; q display of handsome shaw.
from the dry goods establishment {
NJ NJ. Ka'z; watch case beaded au
embroidered, by Mrs. e. A. Hardwicl
ladies' toilette sets and worked matt
two skilIfu!ly made small bed roo
sets of furniture, made with pc
knife, one by G W. DAVIS, and one
Joseph Bowden; a beautiful SNOW
white shirsing hanging basket. by Mi
Maggie King; copy of paper pul
lished In Boston. AT wears old. entare