The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-09-25
THE COUNTY FAIR.
THIRD DAY,

Yesterday largely made good the
Shortcomings Of Monday ard Tuesday
A great quantity Of fruits AID veg
tables were brought in, the display OF
which is now beautiful as one could
wish to look upon. Huge potatoes,
mammoth pumpkins, monster cAbbages
and turnip'. beautiful peaches, apples,
pears, teas, beans, corn. onions. straw
berries, carrots, &c. such a. Eastern
people never have the pleasure Of sec
ing, line one side of the Hall in am pie
profusion In this department the ex>
hibition Is now up to previous years.
On the other side Of the room is q COL
lection Of cakes. pie. and bread, from
ladies hereabout, nice enough to move .
professional baker t. envy aud suicide.
This collection certainly beats previous
years. ard we cannot imagine that
room il left for improvement in the fu-
ture. We only regret ia this connec
ton the hon-pos.ession OF the ladies
nanes.
An ornamental anil rather peculiar
exhibit is that Of Mr. l. S Mcclure, the
popular insurance agent, Who has COW
cred over large fraction Of one wall
with the "sn,ngies" or tin signs o: the
two or three score (more or les,) fire.
! marine and life insurance Companies ie
represents.
Another pecu!i,r exhibit i, ia 4 Of
a.
shows the models. of vessels built here
by him to the number Of dozen or
more.
Mr. Oliver p Anderson has specimens
Of bis work with the pen on exhibition.
which are very fine. and which enti,le
him to Q front rank among even pro-
fessional artists
Ia the way Of difficult. delicate and
truly meritOrious wood ork. nothing is
superior. if equal. to the brackets ex-
hibited by Geo W Boardman They
were whitfield entirely. and are nothing
less than marvels in their way They
are a mass Of fruits. flowers, leaves and
other figures A visit 20 the Fair
would 10 incomplete without sesing
these brackets.
The most attractive portion .f the
Fair TO tho ladies is the fancy work de-
part,nent. which. we arc pleased to say.
is very creditsblc. thanks to the ladies,
and 10 more varied than ut any previous
exhibition of the Society. The display
Of hand sewing and embroidery is good.
and there seems to he considerable com
petition in this line One lady has a
beautiful lot. among which is an EN-.
broidered handkerchief worthy Of e.
pecial mention A. each OF the tnu
corners there arc figures worked " it'll
fine thread, all of which are plain ard
distinct One Of these represents an
Indian si,ti < down. bow III hand,
wa,ch.n. - cock figh. near by; another
littlu boy in the &c, of catching "A
humming bird from plant or shrut,
from the blossom Of which the bird is
cxtrat ting sweets; the third represents
. mother pointing out little animals in
the woods to her young daughter: while
in the fourth and last corner figures
and animals a:c made To assume posi-
tions that form tho letters V V, which
are the initials Of the lady who executed
tins handsome work. In tho same de-
psrtment there are some fine specimens
Of machine as we'll as hand sewing;
also nice collection OF tides. toilet sets.
crochet work, lsces. embroidery. dc.
The picture formed Of skeleton leaves
is very tasty.
In the plant depar tmcat. which is not
no large rs it should be. there are som.
rare specimens of house plants. few of
which are very choice. Among them is
q we'll arranged collection Of f,reign
plants, shrubs, mosses. &c
In the patchwork department. which
ia very we'll represented. there is quite
Il variety Of work. such as quilts. knit
ting. crocheting. log cabin work. besides
various othor articles too numerous to
mention.
There is no competition in the mill
merry department. bu. Mrs. Burroughs
exhibits . collection of handsome hats
and bonnets.
The display Of cut flowers has never
been equaled on the Sound. aud must
be seen to be appreciated. The immor
telles and dry grasses are also quite
pretty.
Tho department mos, attractive to the
juveniles is that which coutains the rare
samples Of cookery, pastry, &c. amcng
which is bread. cakes. pies. doughnuts.
jsliies. preserves, butter. pickles. &c.
Besides Mr. Myers fine horses. there
were in the pens on Cherry street. Yes
terday. some good horned animals ex-
hihitsd nv Mr. N II MaIInrks FROM, his
farm on White river. consisting Of two
cows with fine calves. ard a short
horned bull two years old. Mr. + Han
ford exhibited very fine yearling calf
also.
Tho poultry department is slim; one
coop Of Poland and ono of white Brah-
ma chickens constituting the whole
The ATTENDANCE in tho evening wa,
quite large. The exercises consisted in
vocal and instrumental music by local
talent, and music by the band. About
half past nine O'Clock. Gen. o. o How
ard and Gen. Morrow. with their la
dies, snt. red the Pavilion. Their pres
ence was soon announced. and after q
lively patriotic DIR by the band. aud
three hearty cheers for the guests, Gen
Howard was introduced, and thank Ell
the audience for the kind reception hi s
party had received. He then intro
duced Gen. Morrow. who is fluent. and
at times. eloquent speaker. He spoke
in the highest terms Of the Sound coun-
try. and said thai it was now conceded
by the whole world that n city would.