Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-09-23
THE FAIR.
A Magnificent Display Of Fruits
Flowers and Fancy Work.
The Races Never Excelled in
Eastern Ohio.

| The event Of the season for this locality, tn
st, Clairsville Fair" has been here and gone
For weeks preparations had been in progres
to provide, the large number Of visitors WHIT
yearly flock to our beautiful grounds, with thu
best exhibition in all the departments eve
placed before them by the Society. Instead o.
the interest of exhibitors waning, persons who
had anything to show seemed to think that II
was a good place TO come to, and were conse
quently on the grounds with their fixtures.
The spirit of rivalry seemed to take hold OF al
the people, so that it was soon apparent that
the display would be better than on any former
occasion. Although the opening days-Tues
day and Wednesday-werec chilly and disagree
able, yet the business of arranging the articles
to be exhibited went on, and the number OF
persons on the grounds was fully equal to those
present at corresponding time in previous
years. Thursday, which was to have been q
.'big day." opened out at dav break with q
gentle patter of the rain, which almost became
a torrent 10y noon and continued long into the
afternoon. This flooding was not auspici-
ous-it rendered it impossible to arrange all
the articles for exhibition and prevented abso-
lutely many articles from being presented that
would otherwise have added greatly to the
show. the Board of Managers, taking in the
situation at a glance. decided to continue the
Fair over Saturday, and to set the programme
forward one day, and posters were hastily
prepared announcing the fact.
Notwithstanding, that Friday morning was
anything but a pleasant one, and people at
home fingered long to see whether dull over
hanging clouds would discharge their aqueous
contents, yet by nine O'Clock the streets of St.
Clairsville were literally packed with vehicles,
vending their way to the grounds. 1t was
soon apparent that the people were to be de-
tered no longer by rain or stafm from witness
ing the fine displays of all kfS1ls of farm pro-
ducts, fruits, flowers, fancy work, machinery,
&c. BY noon over five thousand people were
upon the grounds, all more than ordinarily en-
Unused by the sights which met their gaze on
every hand.
THE FLORAL HALL,
which, by the way, is not an especially attrac-
tive structure, was arranged with more system
attic order than we have ever known it to be.
The display in the Floral department was one
of the finest collections of plants and flowers
ever brought together at our Fair. ]. & j. T.
Mellor, practical gardeners and floracultural-
lists, were the chief exhibitors. Misses Katie
and Belle Meyer, Mary Taggart, Mrs. w. A.
Worsten and others, were meritorious exhibi-
tors in this class The plants which were of
luxurious growth, and the display of cut
flowers and boquets and floral designs made
one feel in their presence as if he had been
transported to a tropical realm. In the space
allotted. we cannot do justice to the exhibit of
fancy work, curiosites, fruit, &c.
The quantity of fruit on exhibition was
surprise to every one. In fact, almost the
usual amount of room was taken up in its dis
play Mammoth ''Flemish Beauty pears,
weighing 143 ounces each, from orchard of j.
V. Stillwell, Colerain township; ten varieties
of pears, by Mrs. Roscoe, the Seckles being
especially noticeable; ten varieties of winter
apples, by A. r. McKelvy, and ten by NJ. A.
jackson, together with apples, ounces, plums,
grapes and peaches, by other exhibitors, made
a display of fruit truly refreshing to look upon.
The array of fancy work was larger and better
than ever before 1t was certainly handsome
Among the chief exhibitors were Mrs. John
Hague, Mrs L. p Hoffner; and others, whose
names we did not learn. In this Hall, among
the chief objects of attraction, were the quaint
and curious collection of Egyptian and Persian
curiosities cabinets of ancient and modern
coins collected and exhibited by DIR. David
r. Johnston. The fine display of photographs
exhibited by our home artist, Mr.. John Ferren,
attracted much attention and would do
credit to the best of city artists.
AGRICULTURAL HALL
The collection of agricultural implements on
the ground this season was more than ordinary
ly large, j. W. Lippincott & Co. exhibited
Browns patent draft wagon and Woods NOW
er Cover, Luke & Co. had Buckeye mowers
and reapers, farmers friends drill, red jacket
piow, corn shelters, cutting machines, &c.
The Bellaire Manufacturing Co., VIM. Cham
bers, agent, Geo. Poorman, exhibitor, had
''Smith's mower and reapers, &" Superior grain