The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-11-04

pIovrd i'll the culinary art for this ucc;l
>ion and the loukcr>-on wondered at tn
case an, pIaridity of the Youthful cook,
1t wis novel and interesting sight t
all, and wr may we'll imagine that TN
young gentlemen around were ,i.hin.
t"r 4 divinity like one of the contestant
10 preside with such ron>,lmmatr >kil
over their dc>tinir>. Bul the dinner
were finally cooked. and the >avory li>hc
OF biscuit, corn bread, coffee. rice. iric,
chicken and broilcd hccf-Strak wcr,
placed upon the table, and each yoln,
lady arranged the victual> 10 her owl
taste and inclination. An invitation Wal
then extended to partakc of the meal
and the fnllnwin" officers Of the AS>ora
tion, with their invited quests. were As
scmhlcd around the table. viz: +. +
Crayton, Esq. President; Maj. W. "
Humphreys, Col. j. W. Norris aud Mr.
ID. ]. SlIrrarcl, Directors: JAS 4. Host
Secretary and Treasurer; Mr.. Il FranE
Sloan of Oconcc, Maj. Il. a. Griffin, q
Abhcvillc, Maj. +. NJ. Ruckcr, Of F.lbrrl
Co, G;l., and Mr. Il. T.. Sadlcr. of Hart
Co. Ga, Advisory Directors. The invi.
ted @ur>t> were Hon. !. y. Reed. ul
Charleston; Mr.. Allen. Of Grccnvillc
Col. j. W. Livingston. Of Oconcc. Rev.
\. Rice, of Anderson Maj George Sca-
born, o.! Pcndlcton, and COL +. T.. liar
ri>on. of .tndcrsonvillc.
The tempting dishes were tested and
tasted hy the gentlemen whose duty IT,
quircd them 10 make the award. and then
the onslaught began indi>crimiuatcly,
wherein disappeared the light. haky bis
cults. the Juicy hcct->tcak>. the fried
chicken and the other ct crtcraS with
astonishing celebrity and much >ati>tac-
tion tn the inner man. II w;lS Il difficult
question To decide upon the respective
merits of the different dishes. where Ill
the youn" ladies had acquitted them
selves with such credit. not one of them
making 4 failure. Later in the day. the
officers of the Association met To make
he award Of splendid rookin@-<tovr.
and il WAS determined to assign the same
to Miss Mamie Partlow. of Anderson, rs
the best cock. But the officers were not
of the decided merit cvinccd
by the other Young ladies. and ii WIS re-
solved tu present each "i' them with hand.
-"n" premiums ;l> tokens of their az
knowlcd gcd superiority in this line. Be
fore the regular premiums We're delivered
on Friday afternoon. therefore. the four
v"un" ladies were invited /" come forward
and receive The award of the committee.
in who's" behalf Mr.. +. +. Cravton an
nounccd their decision in favor of Miss
I'artI"w. anl congratulate the v"ln@ lady
upon her success. He then turned to
Misses Eiccklrv. MctuIl"ugl and Hem
lin-, and presented each of them with 4
Ike basket and Il silver la'llr. which a.
ION WIZ vocitcrou>ly chccrcl hy the
.r"w'l. which recognized the Justice an
'r"pricly Of donating these souvenirs To-
he y"nn= lali">.
The cntir. contest wa~ conducted with
'cc"min- ni"dcsty and lili'cncr. and it
would hc truly difficult; 10 trnl another
raturc pleasing and entertaining.
now 10 the majority Of our rr"-
lie VT are confident that none sill 'rcry
he utility and beauty OF such contests
in"ng III" !aircr creation. whcn c"nducl-
Il property and in such @rnvr"ll> spirit.
rl.">IN'i SCENES nF THE FAIE.
The number ofp"plr in altrn,lanccon
'rilav WAS between fifteen hundred and
"" thousand. The speech of Gov.
'hamlrrlHin WIS IN attractive feature If
ne day, anil WAS listened tu most a,,rn-
vclv. Tie exhibition Of stock and
in" The ribbons Interested the greater
prli"n Of The crowd. who were anxious
yet Il peep at the ;,v"ril, animals, -
The music furnished by L.
rr@ Silver Corsajdga
c'-i@; s laal Spartan
q Band WAS another
iirr. and added "rcatlvt" tn"
w. ~, Of the Fair. These gentlemen
not only fine musicians, but their
,uluc, wa. such a> ,o make Il NEST
,vorahr impression upon every one,
nd Sparlanhur. may b. congratulated
Ipon harin@ such ana1mrallc "r5A''l]"-
ION in it. midst.
The distribution Of premiums took
,lar. on FRIDAY afternoon. which closed
lie rc.r;lar programme of tn" f"nT' anu
he vast ,hronr hc-am 10 'li>prr>r, salts
led with III" brilliant success which ut
ended H." entire proceedings.
\ Tournament came oil in the after
noon. i, Which there were nine knights
ron,,-riny. The ridin" WAL very @"'d,
and :hv prizr~ wcr" AWARDED at follow.
Fir, prizc. ~cntlcman'> saddle Mr. t.
r ,rkcr: second prize, given FT the
l',ir Association. Mr.. John +. Anderson;