The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-19
MONONGALIA FAIR.
Closing Scenes and Observations
MoRGANrowN, Oct. Il, 1875,

Closing scenes ana ODheFNhtlOus'
MoRGANTowN, Oct, IA, 1875.
Editor IntellIgenCer:
The Morganlown and Tom Protzman's
Cross Roads, Pa, bands interspeFsed the
proceedings on the Fair Grounds with
excellent music, and we think we may
safely add, that these were not The only
horns, the Pcnnsylvanians and West
Virginians played together during the fair;
yet an intoxicated person on the grounds
was rdra arts not provided for in the
programme and seldom seem. These
bands are under the tuition Of Prof. VIM.
H, stoy, Of Waynesburg, Pa, and have
made great progress in music, in the short
time he has been teaching them. The
venerable and gentlemanly Prof, Stoy,
has been we'll known to the people OF
MOrgantOwn, for nearly forty years; for
the last six years, he has been teaching
brass and string music all over West
Virginia, and is most highly respected
wherever he is known. During the fair
the members OF the Morgantown band
presented Capt. StOy with a correct and
splendid portrait Of himself, drawn at
shaier's gallery, in India Ink, by Sieg-
fried, a promising young artist Of Nor
gantOwn.
GOOD ORDER.
The assistant Marsha5 and police wed
with each other in untiring and success.
full efforts to keep good order and prevent
accidents on and around the Fair
Grounds; but one small incident occurring
during the three days todisturb the cQua.
nimity Of any one. and that just outside
the enclosure, caused by a very molten
sive individual temporarily craaed with
benzine.
OFFICERS.
The officers Of the Society are elected
from our most entcrprising citizens, mer.
chants, bankers, and professional and
business men generally. They are Major
VIM. c. McGrew, President; Judge Man.
lift Hayes, Vice President; VIM. Wagner,
cashier First National Bank Treasurer;
L. Grove Chadwick, Recording Secretary;
VIM. W. Dering, Corresponding Secretary;
Dr.. Melville L. Casselberry, Marshal in
Chief, and eleven Directors.
THE PRESS.
While the attendance generally was so
large but few newspaper men were here,
Major Cooper, Of the Under, and Messrs.
Powell & Fleming, Of the Iirginidn, (the
two Fairmont papers) were the only rep.
resentatives Of the press in attendance,
besides Alessrs. Morgan & Hoffman, Of
the Post, TOUR home paper. II the So.
ciety had only offered premium for the
two best looking editors, partners in
business, we are sure that Powell Il
Fleming would have been awarded the
premium, though Morgan 4 Hoffman,
especially Hoffman, imagine they are
stunning" in their personal "make up"
As to Major Cooper, your correspondent
would contest with him for the prize for
geniality and brindle whiskers. But lay
Ing fun aside, the officers Of the Society
assure us that hereafter such liberal ar.
rangements will be made as to induce n
larger attendance Of the worthy and use
full knights Of the quill.
HOSPITALITY UNBoUNDED.
Our hotels were full to Overlooking and
one could not imagine where 80 many
people could he entertained in 80 small n
city a. Morgantown, but our citizens put
out their atch.strings, threw open their
doors, and each and every stranger and
visitor found home and the best enter
tainment for both man and beast.
THE FAIR A SUCCESS.
Upon the whole your correspondent
feels safe In saying that this annual meet.
Ing Of the Society was brilliant success,
that whatever went amiss were sins Of
omission and not Of commission, and that
The officers intended and tried to the ex.
tent Of their ability and experience to do
every thing for the best.
THE FUTURE.
We ask every one to remember that
this Society Is In It's infancy, and, there.
fore, perfection should not DO expected
in all the details OF the three days. And
your correspondent will further add that
he Ia authorized to say that the officers
and directors Of the MOnOngahela Valley
Agricultural and Mechanical Society
pledge themselves TO make every amend
In the future prOportionate TO the wants
and desires OF the Fair.going people, so
that hereafter It's annual meetings will
far sufpasS anything that has been done
In the past, and make the visitors and
patrons feel that ii is II good thing for
them, al least once year, to come to
Morgantown. $50 mote II bew Nous
TerroNS. DATUM.