Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-11-23
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1873.
THE FAIR.

ton vas announced by ringing the bell ut
their Fair Building ON Wednesday morning
at 8 O'Clock a. m, The heavy clouds that
had gathered, and the steady rain that had
been falling on Tuesday, together with the
nnfavorable aspect of the weather during
the early TART ofthc night, had served to
throw a damper upon the ardor Of the
President and his associates in the manage
mens and tic sadly ~disappoint the hopes of
the friends of the enterprise. 4 slim
attendance, accumulated debts in unpaid
expenditures-indeed n certain failure
could almost be re ad from these unfavor.
able ansuries; but the bright sun shine Of
Wednesday morning lifted the veil and
hope revived. A clear, bright sky greeted
the early morning. and, by the time the
bell announced the opened doors, the tables
were all filled with articles and the capa-
cious building was put in order TO receive
and delight the visitor. The TINES WIS on
the grounds to note things as they were and
to give the reading public a just account Of
this great annual exhibition Of the mater
lal worth Of Orahgeburg County. a man
at the gate recognizing our Importance,
nodded the necessary ".All-right sir a. we
entered the inclo5ure. Directly in front
were two stands i'll process Of erection with
an anxious crowd of boys and darkies in
attendance. A bright figured wheel poised
upon an upright plank told the history
OF luck and chance-of fools and dupes-of
the gambler and his victim. The inhu-
eucc for evil Of these devilish Vaccinations
upon a community of young people can
scarcely be estimated, and the wonder is
why the authorities admitted them within
the grounds. A fee of ten dollars can scar
cely compensate for the evil done. jus,
beyond was a portable steam engine, like a
horse, harnessed for his work. To the
right of the main cnterance vas an array O
harrows, plows and coarser Implements
whose merits are well known to the farm
ing public.
We enter the main building and to the
right are gathered samples of every crop
cultivated in our fortunate County; corn,
cotton, oats, peas, wheat, sugar cane, sor-
ghum, potatoes, turnips, rice, pinder,, tobac-
co-all of the best quality and in endless
variety. We will not particularize lest
we do injustice to some good farmer. We
deem it, however, not out Of place here to
say, that the hugest things we ever saw in
the shape Of a potatoe was raised by D.. G..
Ulmer of st. Matthews. j. w. II. Dukes
exhibited a fine lot of flint corn. On the
left stood bales of cotton, and hav, bugries
and the smaller utensils and machinery
known i'll hu%sbandry. a. +. VI. Howard
OF Bamberg had on exhibition a thrasher Of
his own manufacture which combined sever
nj good qualities. David Jamison was in
charge ola set of hand cultivators intended
both for held and garden culture, which our
farmers must eventual Use ifthey wish to
compete with our advanced farmers Of the
North and West. Cunv rs n reliable hoe
laborer has played out and in cultivating
lender plants i'll the early stages some such
implements must be adopted. \ com bina-
ton stove by VIM. Willcock is the best of
the kind we ever saw. 1t is a complete
m achine to make this department. of ki,ch-
en- labor easy and agreeable. DR.. ". s.
BartQn's Universal Seed Sowcr deserves
more than 4 passing notice. His cx peri
cnce in inventions makes the Doctor the
Edison Of Orangebnrg. In this planter the
farmer finds every qualification necessary
for n perfect planter.
Turning away from crops and machinery,
We ascend the stairs to the second floor Of
the building, and, turning TO the left, we
strike the flowers which stand clothed in
all the verdure and bloom of early suing
and mid-pulnmcr. Further on is the plain
needle work of our ladies, old, middlc-aged
and young; quilts. silk, worsted and cotton
are suspended, on lines, in every variety.
Hanging against the wall is Il cunniugiv
wrought bed-sprcad composed of thousand
upon thousands of rags curious.
~ between warp and oof. which will
doubtless be honored with Il premium.
Next i'll order come the fancy needle work
wax work, feather work and numerous
fancy articles both and useful
made by the ladies ofour County. This
department il very full having more than
100 articles recorded, and speaks volumes
for the cunning IA well AZ artistic skill and
tastp ofOur ladies. Noticeable here are sew
cral excellent specimens Of fancy work by
ladies of more then sixt, years of aye with
out spcctacles.
Passing through the west end Of the
building and turning to the left, we come to
the hoilsc-wife's department. and what n
muster of bread, cakes, candies, pickles,
lro,' rycs, cltsnpS. snt"c.. butter, j~cliics