Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-10
To Port Roval Fair.

OF Miffiintown. At the time it wa,
named, people delighted to call theil
boy babies o. H. Perry, or Perry, s,
and SO, just as the family name nigh
follow. for the name awakened re
collections of victory over the nava
forces of the Royal house of Grea
Britain on Lake Erie. The nam,
tells one of the annihilation of /;
British war feet ON the lake JUS
mentioned. The name of the love-
of the Republic who called the tow
Perrysville, or caused it to be S,
named. is unknown to us, but th.
choice of name for the village tell.
how he stood on the question at issue
IN the war of 1912.
The town is no longer called Per
rysville; it is now known BY the
name of Port Royal. OF course the
good people there are not to be taker
to account for changing It from 6
purely Democratic or Republican
name to one as purely aristocratic
but when they dropped or abandoned
Perrysville for Port Royal, it was a
step from a Republican name to that
of af.stccracy. There is nothing
Democratic or Republican about a
name that has Royal to it, and yet,
there are both Democrats and Re
publicans in Port Royal, but not one
Royalist.
The contradiction as found be
tween the people and their names is
no more singular than the formation
of the ridge and plain, at the point
of which the town is located, and
on which Juniata Agricultural Fair
is annually carried on.
LICKING CREEK,
as it comes out of Black Log and
Shade mountains, should have CON
timed straight on by the farms of
Doty aid Heikes to the
river. However, in the workings of
Nature with the creek, no such course
was prescribed, and, instead of
in the river where stated,
the creek, at the distance of about a
mile or a mile and a half from the
river, turns, and runs southwark on
A parallel line with the Juniata, for a
distance of four miles, where it unites
with Tuscarora creek at McCulloch's S
Mills, and thence as united stream
the two creeks bear off eastward till
they enter the waters of the river
close by the south side of Port Royal
When streams in their rippling
course, meander so singularly, there
can be no marvel in the change of the
name of town from the republican
name of Perrysville to the aristo-
cratic name of Port Royal.
THE TOWN SITE
made by the action of the stream,
and other forces of nature, is a splen-
did one, and in after years Port Royal
may become a large town What
time has In store for her no man can
tell; futurity covers it all.
THE FAIR GROUND
IS located at the town, ON the south
side, between the creek and the vii
age, on the same plain that rises so
extensively, and at such an easy grade
from the river and creeks, that it re
Iuires an experienced eye to see that
,he plain that rises into an elevated
ridge northwest of the town, was
made by the same action that brought
Licking creek in a round about-way
70 the river. The Society own the
ground, and have it paid for. 1t con-
5aiiis about four acres, and is the re-
suit of two purchases. The original
cost OF the ground was about five
hundred dollars. Traces of the
rack are yet to be seen in the piece
Of the first purchase. Many of the
older citizens are warmly attached to
.he Society; it was their first fair
owe, and they love it still with all the
lrdor of youthful love, and no supe-
nor attractions, such as are present
ID by the natural beauty of locality,
md surroundings of Riverside Park,
nave lessened their attention, devo-
ion, and love,
THE PEOPLE
who manage Port Royal fairs are not
If the class of blind devotees spoken
IF in the Good Book, and there men
Toned as being so obtuse as to de
,lare that no good can come out of
Nazareth. They are clever, thrifty,
md rank among the best people in
he county.
Many believed that the great rain
hat prevailed on Thursday had washed
,ut all desire on the part of the people
% attend, but when Friday morning
,ame, bright and braciug, the old love
sindled up anew, and turned out a
crowd of 1900 to 1000 people.
1t was dinner time for the multitude
high noon when We entered the en-
closure On Friday, and the people with
,ictuals aud fruit for sale we've Justify
the countents Of their coun-
.ers aud larders, while on the green
hat extends from the gate to the track
many family groups were quietly taking
Inner; others sat in carriages and par
.ook of lunch.
The crowd seemed to be more at ease
han is usually the case at fairs. There
vas less listless wandering, less of
general surge, as if every one stood on
he "tip-toe of great expectation" A
lumber of Miffiin people were present,
md occasionally one would make the
.ound of
THE TRACK,
which is a quarter of mile in circuit.
Washington North and George Hender-
ION, DR.. Lucian Banks and Mr. Mayer,
net on the track aud Immediately en-
gagged IN an impromptu race. Around,
md around they went, urging their
,ofses, under whip and exclamation, as
much as if a thousand dollars had been
,taked on the issue; but somehow or