Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-10-15
fEAsli STATE. FAIR.
GRiHD OPENING.
Great GtsPiry Tor Nachi Fine
stock Earln, aad Garden Pro
ducts. House EurD.sninz Ar
tieies, I-<,dses 81 n .dI.zOrk.

opened hy All address by His Exec
ieucy, Gov. Brcgrlen. delivered from
the Grand 5rand.
TIE d sp'av of machinery, farm i'm
plementt ding veh'cies, farm, or
chard and garden products, horse
cattle, sheep. hogs, poultry, hous'
Furnishing articles; lad:e.' han,ilwor K
&c &C., exceeds that of any previous
..hbitinn, snd reflects great credi
On tho mao~S 9n:eut.
Col. Chom.s NJ. Holt, Pfesid mt
~as present snprriDtending the re
c"'p' and arrangement OF the articles
and by his practical suggestions
avoiding all corfus ons winch is com
~ on on such Occastnns.
Major John c. Winder Secretary
Was constantly al his post. Ptomi
ueut among his assist sHts, hatd al
work, We found II j. L. i Wiley, the
p"putar Treasurer. aud e. A. Voger,
Z a Of s>a!em, Ole Of the most enter
prIsing cItizet.9 IL the State.
TLe mod4rate fail If rain on Mon
lay night laid the dust and ieft the
track IN excl ent condition, aud we
therefore took { II good tins to be
made toy thu uunl"r0us farfamei
race horses ehicb have been entered
tur the races.
1t may b. remarked in passing ths t
the machinery ia place and at work in
the hal set apart therefor, is co, coded
by all to be the largest and be t exhi-
bitlOn ever Witnessed i'll Carolina.
Il would alone repay a weeks careful
inspect" n
Fioral Hill is rapidly filling up. In
-pite of the frosts of asst Spring the
hue spp;es of mauy varieties, from
Gutlford. are hero, with grapes aud
other fruit, wines, braudies, cOrdiala,
&c W. @. otronaoh has filed his
star ds handsomely with ine gro
cer!os, auu tempting caudies, fruits,
aud great variety of articles for the
table.
In this hall We also tiud a very ex-
teualv+ .ariety IF plapts, grown by
Capt. G Z. Derson. OF Kelvyn Nurse
nv, PIttobo:o. Besides several hut
ured greenhouse plants. he exhibits
over eighty varieties OF dlstluct ever
green's, d iar9e uumb Der of which being
too large for convenient display in the
tai, are pi.uted III trenches on the
fruut. lie also has tnlrty-two varle-
lies Of ornamental shade and lawn
trees, grown i'll, and adapted to North
Carolina. He has also collection OF
ttirty riet!es of raTs exotic ferns
among them are the silver and golden
ferns of various sorts.
Prof. FAircti,d has a beautiful COL
lection of DahlIhs very neatly arranged.
We lave referred to bis contribution
N the drpaTt Glent Of vegetables IN an
other place.
AItog. ther w tn the fine opening
,,rOaprcts. and he beautiful WsatH%r.
~e n47 cJrgGatuIah,. cur Trends, Col
Holt. b. lard working pro-Itent, and
the gent! men Of ste Executive Com
mlttee. nppn the brilliant opening #
lie Ftir ii 1873.
AGRICULTURAL HALL.
This .,.: holds a III pay OF til"
tiue-t gar IN vvgrta les nui SPEC
mems uf i III crop, tsi4G We h " ever
seen Among these, on t!!e monte SIDE.
4nv b.. found let"e. Il tt,!r:y 'nd iofty
.arle fraS of yeg-tan i = from Pot FAIR
;.,it,, = MAJ Aet garden.
IiIt oup-i ;lCsnden5 of t.le Insane
4~yiun eJ4tri1.t,a oG'le"dII Fpe-.
n,os jruD. ~, garden u pa llau u
iJu; alL@Hg sh.--,,> ar bundles, q are
.'Ic:g. Iut;-.ue, "eiEula2 ov.r live
a. jiytia yacu, it,. cahrag. 5, egg plants,
ur -ips, sc, If v,ry superior cilnrac-
,r. HE mammoth squash from or
Yth comes .:e6t, with vary large aud
lrud 70mA collection Of v"get:tt les
rom the garden Of Ms. MoIdecai
Among the fl. il crops. Is the tiucst
pecinan Of WtIte rye ever exhibited.
.ccordlng to good judges. It is from
he county Of Chat ,an. The corn
,anuoU be eX3"lled, particularly The
jeau!iful white bread corn. Mr..
oetIie, Of Stokes county, exhibits a
nan moth corn containing ! ,0OJ TO -
100 grams On the ear. the result If
wenfy five years selection of seIJ.
lie claims to raise 125 husnels to the
.cre, of this corn. Also the Mexican
ed oata, by L. A. Granger, Of Wayne,
nd many other fine things. including
peas and beans of all kinds, potatoes.
wheat, turnjps, &c. A box of $50 cot,
on bolls, 8 locks 10 the boil, and 40
polls to the pound.
The centre OF the hal is occupied by
/ ine display OF Sewing Machines.
In the centre, the Singer Machines
ire arranged, and next She 4 ,iuington
sewing Machines, typo :gr,t"r ana fire
rms. next c5m4s the Il .Wc Machines,
md finally The L at display of the
Wheeler & wilson Company.
THE RACES.
In the first race. single dash Of
quarter OF a ntile, purse S25, the en-
RES were Madge, inside; Id May,
second; Charles Moore, third. Judges:
VI. @. WAddell, o. II. Dockery and L.
Il. Satrertt,wa.t Ida May won the
ace. 1t is due to Charlie Moore, at
horse, to say that, in max ing
he first curve the saddle turne 1, aud
Ms rider, A'eck, was swung with it
entirely over his side, but he regalned
lis position ana came iii close behind
ne others.
In the second race, mile dash, purse
$50: 50 to lst horse, SO to "a, and
S5 to 3d--same judges. Four entries:
zoe Nannip, riders weight l13a pounds;
Mary Long, 113! pounds ; Flora Ill
pounds Charlie Moore Ill pounds.
Mary Loug CINE ont ahead, Win
ming the heat and race. Time 1:55l.
Flora, second; Joe Mamie, 3D..
AN AMUSING Scene. Raleigh
Ne1CS Of the 18th says: - eeterday
while Gen. Clincnan was speaking N
reference to the effort being made in
the Convention to repudiate the spe-
cial tax bonds. the speaker paid a
tribute" to Jake Scott, Esq,
the delegate from Jones, for the brill
iaut manner with which he (ScotD pre-
sided over few faithful at Metropoli-
tan Hall Saturday uight-or r-ther
the manner in which he didn't preside,
as the meeting did not organize-which
meeting had been called to instruct
the Convention TO repudiate these
bonds. The Gem raj wished the State
10 buiId Jake p monument that would