The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-10-07
The Eair.

! description of the Fair from anoth-
er source, We shall cOnfnc ourselves
70 the less pleasing task Of pointing
out wha. appears to US, some OF its
short cOmings, in the hope that by
another year they may be remedied.
First, there is more room needed in
the Hall; the present building is not
large enough to properly EXHIBIT tin
and wooden wares, stoves and churns,
grain and big pumpkins, pianos and
sewing machines, along with the ar
ticles Of use and beauty brought there
BY the ladies. In consequence ofthis
want of room many handsome pieces
of work appeared at a disadvantage,
or were no: seen at all, being covered
over with some other article.
And here We may mention, that in
our opinion, as well as in that of 9th
er's, the proper mode ofdisplay would
be to place the competing articles Of
the same denomination together, in
stead of scattering them over the
walls; as, in the first place, it would
bring them all under the eyes of the
awarding committees at the same
time, afording them a better oppor-
tunity Of arriving at their decisions,
and saving much time and labor in
hunting them out; and, in the second
place, giving the spectators a better
idea of the various objects on exhibit
ton. We would also suggest that
more efectual means be adopted to
keep the fingers of the too curious of
the pretty things that have no doubt
cost the exhibitor many hours Of
tedious labor; not even the owners
should be allowed to handle the arti-
cles on c~'.ibition without the con-
sent Of the Superintendent Of the
Hall.
We do not doubt that the want Of
room will be remcdied by the Direc-
tors whenever the public spirit ofthe
county will furnish them with the
means to do so; and We trust that our
suggestions on the other points will
be taken into consideration by them
next year.
The show of native stock on We'd
nesdav did not come up to our ex-
pectations. Mason county can, and
must do better. The cattle men Of
the county have q reputation to
maintain for the quality of their
stock; and as it is at our Fairs that
strangers expect to see the kind Of
bulls and COWS we have, and form
their opinions of our stock from them,
every stock raiser should feel bound
to bring something of his best. From
such competition and comparison
of stock, would spring spirit of i'm
proyement that would add to the al,
ready good reputation of Mason coun,
ty cattle, and would bring buyers
from every quarter to secure them
Under the head Of work oxen, and
fat cattle, we ought to have had
larger and better show. We are sat
isfed that there are many yokcs Of
oxen in the county worthy Of being
shown, if the owners would only take
the trouble of bringing them to the
grounds; and that the the time and
labor Of fattening a fine bullock isnot
lost, even if he should not get a blue
ribbon. We have again allowed on.
ncighbors over the river to carry of
all the blue ribbons for hogs, and that
almost without competition on gu!
part. The hog and hominy interest
in Mason County is 4 large one
Are our farmers so well satisfied with
their present stock as to desire nc
improvement, or have they nothing
to compete with Ohio? 1t was the
same with the poultry; the ribbons
went futtering over the water. We
must have chickens, and VIC ought &c
have the best.
We should have more trotting
horses in our county; with the cx'
ccption Of 4 handsome colt that prom
:Ses to be OF great value to us, we
saw but little in that line. When
$4,000 can be realized in Kentucky
for a trotting horse, why do not some
of our breeders try to do something
in that line, instead of raising tht
mixed up stock We see every day or
our roads, that are neither trotters
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