Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-10-21
MASON COUNTY FAIR.

O,sELL CouxrY W.vs., Oct. 4ih 1873.
EDIroR ADvKKTIsrR:
Having had an opportunity Of Wis
i,ins the Mason County Fair, which
commenced on Tuestay last and
closed on Friday, ii may be that a
few item. concerning it,may be OF in
tcrest to vour readers.
The frst day was not marked by
ANYTHING of special interest, but was
devoted TO tie arranging of stock
and articles for exhibition. The
second dav was not - largely attend
ed as the two succeeding days, max
ing it apparent, We think that three
DAYS would have been amply sufficient
all purposes.
The third day opened most aps'l-
ciousiy, the weather vas delightful,
by sun up the people began to pour
in from every direction until the
crowd approximaled $500. who were
moving to and iro ike 50 many bees
in commotion examining stock and
articles Of various kinds on exhlbi
lion. Floral Hall was well filled
with the curious, and probably no
feature oi the fair attracted more at
,ention than this department. We
saw many specimens ot hns needle
work and painting~, whilst flowers,
butter, brral. je!iics, canned fruits
&c, were IL great abundance, ana
in tnis connection, we Will say the
ladies' deserve great credit for their
entcrprize in making these contrlbu-
tio~s. The display Of vegetables
and cereals VS. good and OF excel
lent quality. We also noticed many
articles Of nee anii.e, including
pianos, organs, furniture, tin-ware'
stoves, churns, aud ecesy body don't
L3lou ,c,at al. lLo-e vas a very
crcditable showing Of machinery and
farm implements.
Mason is fine grazing county and
can probably boast Of fiacr thorough
hired cattle taan any county in the
state rs atte.ted by tLenumb>r and
.tyle Of srocs exhibi ell.
1t > o'clcca Hon {. } Fau'knerw wa
introduced t. the crowd by The pre-
sideat nfth association and proceed
al 20 deliver m interesting address.
/ lie stated that the audience must
n,, eyn4ct ,f him - regular agr;cul
turaI aalrc.s a, he had been too
much rre@scd for time to prepare ON.
auI world therefore .yeak upon such
81 9j4c,. ~, might .uege>t Themselves.
/ He rave an acc ,uut ct hi. trip west
Of the Mississippi and plrt.cilarly Of
/ the Indian country. where he was
summoned as one Of i committee To-
investigate alleged frauds against the
Government. His description Of that
courtry il, resources and clpabiii-
lie. of supporting an immense popu-
lati1n was listened to with marked
attention. He compiimSated the
people of Mason for their enterprise
/ in breeding fuc stock aud progre.s in
agrico!urral proIuc ions, and paid q
tr,i,ule To- the herco- Of the battle Of
Point Pleasant. The address was
lli~;ented to with interest throughout
and made a tine impression. Many
had NOT had the pleasure OF seeing
Nr Faulkner before and consequent
/ II eni,yed hi. presence among them
ipd see trn.t his stay and visit was
as p'ca,ant 10 himself as we know i.
r,nst bac. he.o 70 fhe good people of
! Me-.
The fourth day the clouds were
Lave and l,verioG and presently the
raj, hpr.n 70 descend. 1t rained
raarlv All the preyious night aad cor
inning pre- ~ much through the day,
Ihuudreds we're deferred fr0m Coming.
-,.,I u,iu .'clock many were mon
the ground ana ny t"e!Fe VI '"e