The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-10-02

'1IE sAig--On Wednesday Of last wecs
~ sixth Annual Exhibition Of the som
sIsei County Agricultural Ssiliv opencd
on the Society grounds. a short diSlanc,
north u town. The day n3rmd cloud,
ana gloomy, and up % the hour nf nu0l
the number II entities. like The crowd 10
attendance, was very small. Daring ths
afternoon the e2h bits tane IN more freely.
and the grounds and buildings preseated
quite al animated appearance by psrtie.
mHvlDE about from place 20 place arrang
ing the ar icies ihry hal drought TO put ~
cn oNhibit.on. Fhursda, morning a cola,
drizzline ram sei ia. aud continued during
tue entire forenoon. ard had il not been
Tor the TACT chat His Exceliency the Coy
ernor OF orr Commonwealth had arrived
eB the noon train "Wednesday. and was Il
cei:ver an address On Tue grounds in the
afternoon, the Sixth Annual Exhibition
woaid have been a graBd failure financial
", as It was, comparatively speaking.
agricullufally and mechanically. Ab0u;
noon Thursday the sun CAME out 10 all lis
glory, Tie skies cleared. and the weather
was as delightful As heart could wish dar-
ing the balance Of the fair. The crowd in
attendance THURSDAY afternoon and Fri
day was very respectable, Tar surprising
that ct the two previous years. aud had
the weather been favorable 10 the m0rnin ,
the crowd would have been immensa
Hundreds Of people came to town and a.
Ter seeiag the Governor. returned home
without visiting the grounds. Thursday
AFTERNOON addresses We're delivered from
The speakers stand on The grounds by
Governor hsrtranfi. Hon. John ". KIRK
patrick. Rev. D. X. Lavan aud Rev. J. J.
Mcillyer. The addresses were all appro-
PIRATE to the occasion, and were listened
10 wild mafsei attention by from fifteen
hundred 10 " thousand people. The
tournament which took piace Friday NJ
t%ernOon. Was decidedly the most interest
ing feature Of the fair. Mr.. John Shafer,
IN employee OF the HERALD office. carried
Oi the prize, a handsome bride. having
taken seven rings out OF a possible ten.
The horse racing aud trials OF speed were
void % any interest. The horse. cattle,
and poultry departments were tolerably
well flied, but ieli far short OF former
years, and we're not near what they might
OF ought tc have been. In the produce
and fruit departments the exhibits were
very slim. There seemed 10 De a great
lack OF interest taken By our farmers ia
this their sixth annual exhibition. At the
close of the fair Friday evening, the Pres
ident Of the Society, Mr.. Val Hay, Esq,
in 8 stirring speech announced that fnan-
cialiy the fair had been s success. That
sufficient money had been taken in TO pay
every premium offered by the Society. to
pay al expenses incurred, ana 10 pay the
extension money on the debt of the Socie-
". In The course of his remarks Mr.. Hay
said that the impression some hoW had
gotten abroad ia the country that the pre-
miEms woald not he paid and that the
greater psrt OF the money received would
be aLsor ed in paying the salaries Of the
officers vi The Society, and that this had,
Ia q great measure, deferred many OF our
iarm,4s from attending and placing their
pToCIcts on exhibition. This charge he
rei,..ed as coWarGiy, base and slander0us;
no, one cent Of the money received was
paid to any OF the officers OF the Society
Tor the weeks OF time and labor they had
devoted to making The lair an entire sue
cess. The officers did everything in their
power 20 make the fair a complete sue
cess. They were kind, courteous. and
obliging 10 all, helping those who brought
exhibits to select the most convenient and
proper place for the display Of their
goods, and sparing no time and trouble in
fixing up the grounds, decorating the
buildings, and doing al in their powerto
make everything pass of pleasantly, prot
itaJly and agree4bly to all. The grounds
looked better, the trorting course was in
better condition, the buildings more neat
IN decorated. and the departments for the
display of exhibits more conveniently az
ranged than ever before. The officers are
entitled TO a great deal Of praise. and
should receive the hearty thanks Of all who.
are interested in The Somerset County Az
ricultural Society.