Middletown transcript., 1875-10-09
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The Second Annual Exhibition Of the Pen
insula Agricultural l. Pathological Associa
tion was held on their handsome fair ground
near Middletown this week, beginning OF
Wednesday and closing on Friday evening
The want of sufficient and proper accommo
dations which was SO seriously felt last yea
had been to great extent relieved, by th'
erection, during the past summer, of new
buildings of ample capacity, it was thought
TO display all the various articles that should
be brought to the fair. These additions and
Improvements have already been fully des
cribed in the TRANSCRIPT, and need no further
mention.
The Office of the Secretary was open all day
Tuesday for the reception of articles for the
different departments, and that functionary
and his assistants were kept busy as bees en-
tering, upon the associations books, the re-
cord Of entries and issuing tickets Of deposit.
Even at this early hour it soon became evident
that the display would be larger and finer
than that of last year. All day Tuesday and
Wednesday goods of every kind and for
every department poured in, and by Wednes-
day noon, the hour for closing the entry
books, it was found that the number of tick
cts issued to depositors surpassed that OF a
year ago by more than double, despite the
threatening appearance.of the. weather which
doubtless deferred many who would other
wise have put in an appearance. Beginning
with heavy mist, the weather was cloudy
and lowering on Wednesday, with every in
dicaticn of rain. From this, and because they
feared it might be so, many supposed that the
attendance was much smaller than on the first
day last year, but when the money taken at
the gates and the tickets sold came to be
counted up at night they were found to be
about one-third more than those Of last year,
proving the attendance superior to that of the
opening day year ago.
The first day was spent in receiving and
arranging articles and animals for exhibition.
The officers and members of committees were
kept busy from morning to night-called
hither and thither; now to point out the pro-
per place for an article or an animal now
to explain misunderstanding. Messengers
were flying from post tolpost, and carriages
were dashing in and out, 10 the grounds and
back to town again-all were busy-so that
strangers thought "every ybody in Middletown
was in hurry"
THE LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
So rapidly did the Ladies' Department fill
up that it soon became evident that the new
building which had been erected and which
was thought would be fully large enough to
hold all that would be brought to it, was
much too small. One lady alone put on ex-
hibition two hundred different articles. The
display in this department was simply
splendid. Elegant quilts, counterpanes, tides,
mats. chair covers, shawls, sontags; crochet
and needle work Of every description wax
flowers and fruits natural flowers, both cul-
tivated and wild preserved, canned and
picked fruits and vegetables in endless
variety cakes, biscuits, bread, splendid look
ing butter; pies, jellies, custards, ETC., etc.,
Ill the work Of fair hands, showing to splen- |
lid advantage the industry and skill Of the |
aides Of the Peninsula. The man who could |
pass through that building and witness the |
beauty there displayed and not feel his heart |
warm within him, and feel proud of the |
women of the Delaware and Maryland PENN
'ula would be ft for nothing but "treason,
strategy and spoils," and hardly that. And
here where it would be impossible TO mention |
Ill and almost unjust to make special note of |
my where all SO well merit it, we may be |
,ardoned for speaking of the handsome dis |
play of perfumes, chemicals and fancy articles |
Ind notions by Mr.. Clarence Anderson, the
druggist of Middletown. Beau
fully arranged and placed at the main en-
rance Of the building his miniature store was
centre of attraction, while the genial pro-
rietor generously dispensed the sweetest per
umes to- bis lady visitors from a little foun-
ain devoted to the purpose. All honor to
ur ladies i.s
'l' rHE VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT.
In the rear of the Ladies' Department
lands the building used by them last year.
a this were deposited large quantity Of
nit, vegetables and poultry that would be
ard to excel-and not easy to equal. The
isplay of products from the experimental
.rm of Delaware College agricultural De-
was quite large one and very
ne. Among other articles were five NAM
10th California squasbes, the lightest of
'hich weighed 65 pounds and the heaviest
90. These five, with two more, little smaller,
'ere all grown upon one zine. In addition to
hese were some splendid pears, grapes,
pples, and other fruits and host Of excel
mt vegetables which it is impossible in our
mited space to enumerate. There was also,
ON this farm, coop of magnificent bronze
gobblers and one hen. One Of
lie former, three years old, weighed IS lbs,
ad the other, one year cid, weighed 80 lbs.
lie largest Of the hens weighed II lbs. Be-
des these, were some Soutbdown sheep and
erkshire and Chester White pigs; also some
,tton and tobacco grown upon the farm.
hese things were all under charge of Prof.
D.. D. Porter. There were 81 varieties of
sgetables, Is Of grapes, of apples, of
ears, besides the live stock we have men
oned We have devoted SO much space to
lese goods to show to our readers what is
ling done at Newark, and what is being
Iught the sons Of Peninsula farmers at Della.
are College in the line of practical agricul-
ire.
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY.