Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-09-28
ALEXANDRIA FAIR.

Tie third annual fair CT the A'exltdrIa
and Fsirlex Agricultural aod IndusIIla! Asp
oiatioo is 10 tho full lido Of src;c5s, 5aViog
been optn,d at 10 o'clock this moruiag.
The western cad CT King si!ect hRs wa:D tor
ten Days an unusual asoec! Of busiuess, which
day by aay has g.own livelier until at neon to-
day the section Of The town at the intersec-
ton Of King street, with West aud Payne
streets. has gut 90 gaia aspect.
The street carefully swep. by Superintendent
Cliford's forces. has bcen sprnkled by the rain
80 as cot to need the STR OF sprinkler.
All.s: night the oarrc,ous fair building vas
veritabIe temple of industry. There Was lsrgc
company, but none were idle, ard before morn
Ing the exposition Of 1880 took form ard shape
10 aay that has been tho delight of many
eyes to dsy, but will DO much improved.
THE MAIN SALOON.
Tho cepscious hail presents Two aislcs Tor
promenade, each fanked with bsz,ars Of vGrlcd
designs, az BELTS the varieties of tu:ineGs which
there display themselves. All ere Eandeomc;
many show great taste, and some are really ar
| tstio in their combinations Of s9melrcal de
| signs, framed out Of the articles OF their daily
traffic. Flowers scent tho air with their per-
fume and vegetables notable 10 s:z, with cereals
ard lucious fruits, add variety to the dial lay.
At the west eud an artistic display ofgreat local
| Interest has been gathered. There is nothing
magnificent, but the hands that hLvo douc the
| wcrk are those We often grasp, and Tho SELL
| which is The skill ct our ucishbcrs, and some
| of the leotstive efforts If young people give 10
dc,tiops of promising future.
Catering the eastern door tho extensive es'
| sortment of groceries. &c., which q. VIM.
Ramsay offers for examination first meets the
eve. From mustard seed to hugo cheese The
fney arranged display extends, pleasant to the
eye aud tempting to the appetite.
! Next on the central row, Which divides tat
| rorth from The south aisle ard fronts on both
is the space occupied By the Germen L:uadry
eosp, in which all the vsiletits OF washing
tl,thps 6nd full exhibition.
! The Tlvo Bccr-bottIes in pyramids, kfg:
10 clusters, handsome barrels arG srigot5 ths!
invited the thi.sy to try "a glass of lager, give
exposition 10 an Industry 10 which Alezandrla
has had the Iced from tho early days when
Gamb,iDus Wales began TO brew beer 10 AL
exacdris, over hundred years ago.
+. j. Miller & 60. display china wara
| delicate, beautiful sad artistic glass that seems
to have clugbt The sheen and transparency OF
mpid water.
E;chbarg & Go ard tasty as becomes ead
INK dry goods house. They haVo creed q
bazaar out of textile fabrics and filed il with
samples of their stuck. Noticeable among tho
mauy 'Wrinklss" OF tho fair is display OF
wrinkled napkins, which WAS ioSepiou.ly
| Lk ,sS1 -, oNf 4
| kins on ooo sidc and red on the other, thus ii
va'lipg tho iettelioe OF the sisa painter.
Music that hath chains TO sootho saY-
ags"-man toto buying piaro Gads home
and as much company "a it c'D supply with
chsirs at EanAukco's bazaar, where pianos aad
E,tey organs make The fair room canoHrt hall.
Waterman make, foo parade Of clothing,
| and shows tho latest iashiocs. US well IS great
| taste 10 the arrangement OF that portion OF tho
exposition which has been at apart for his dis
| play.
Tho crackers. cakes and "speoa'i,iaa' Of
| Geo. +. Hill & %. arc neatly offered to ths
il spection of tho visitors Tho first bake hoiis,
was built 10 Alexsutrisio 1852, ard tho names
| of Andrew and Robert Jameson have been
c,rried on their crackers to Rome and to Bofa-
bsy, and 90 their ship broad has mado tho cir
cuit of tho world The new finn gro rs enter
| prisng IS the old one.
Mr.. j. Milton Bucbaoan ia famous ct tho
| fair. he represents thoTc Washington linn.
whose diaplay here s msdo with suoh skill aud
| taste as to show that the 'Fsmous' knc" how
| to nut thu RICH; man 10 the light p!sc, Whet;
they dspuiised Mr.. BGc5sta1 to represent
| their Interests il Ahxludria.
L. il wonderful how the rough, heavy iron
trade OF oldcu days has caught the artistic spil:
of ago sDd seens to have lost all ia Gl'tns:ctul
| features, and grown TO be thing ct beauty as
we'll as of usefulness A s:ore was otcJ al
ugly iron bcx to make fi'o ia. But TO lock
| now ut Thomas Hogs display st the tar one
might say that stoves arc artistic Developments
of Dir s!c metal made ioto suoh shapes OF beauty
and grac that the cosl within them is happy ut
being cremated 10 tcmbs 81 Goel; wrought.
I'VE take DO note of time" says The rolt
Young. Evidently zoe at SKY days YES
uoknown to him, but when h. says no give it
| Thea q too1u, is wise in mae he kGeT that
| Adam meant man, and BIO expressed 10 I'D
| vaocs bis approval of Robert Adam silver snd
| gold btzaar. which adjoins Hoy's iron at the
| top Representing One Ct tho larges. Row 10 nae,
aid tho lower layers showing clocks Of ell SIZES
| down 10 vertablo toy clocks, handsome watches.
Ruiu ap0 eilNC!t aou InohiGS SpeSo
| brilliant.
VIM. L PAdget,'s tuDelb csscs show hcw
deity the fnPers of womsh's skill can weave
into things of beauty that arc j)y forsvir-
that is, as long ns they ere fashionable. Somc
of bis ladies' hats were combinations Of superb
elegance Of material and symetlIcal beauty Ct
design tha. would havs do5o honor to any show
case in Paris Padgett STOOD properly a5t 90
the border Ct the art region. Beside lis stand,
Oh the oolth sids OF tho c:nre range. Wers
I. P.f, who made many "a ox hide serve the
confederacy. Captain Steusrt says of PATS
Treatise on the gaderstundiog" that be
treated the understandings Of ito Seventeenth
Regiment thus: Psff would take an * hide,
put fellows bsrs f.o. 10 it, aJur:sa biz shoe
kuifs rouad for secoad &; serve the other foot
the same way; cut IF sone ,horgs Of hide,
throws his aims sbou,, and whistle Ter three
miautee, and sly. "Thets's your shoes. and
they were o luxury to msry soldiers feet. A
comparison Of these impIomptu m5osasiEs with
the elegant boos ADD shoes, home made work,
turned out from PATS establishment hero as
nresectrd at tho lair uoud shoH Oh what