Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-09-22

Opening 81 she Fair % MiadIesown q
-The Firss Days DOiBRs-Rea'
tures of the Patr-Exhibitovs and
Exhibits-Fhe Racing.
special Correspondence Of the Republican.
MDDLErows, Sept 2l.-A clear sky
and bracing atmosphere made the
opening OF the fair OF the Peninsula
Agricultural and POmologtcal Associa-
tion here to-day most pleasant one.
Everything was satisfactory, and IL
ausured veil for successful exhibi-
tion. The attendance, as telegraphsd
to the RRPgBLcAS and pubiirhed In a
late edition yesterday, was as large as
usual OH the opening day. OF course
the gate.reoeipts wers not large, as NO
visitors came until the afternoon.
WILMINGTON HxHIBIToRs.
The exhibition 10 pot quite as large
as that Of last year, but still the display
i'll all departments Is very creditable.
Few Of the exhibits ara uninterssting.
Wilmington is not well represented,
aud II rejects discredit upon the bnsi-
ness men Of the largest city In the
State that the number is 90 limited.
John A. Wilson Of Front and Market
street exhibits agricultural machinery,
consisting Of Westonhouse steam
thrsshers, fodr Buckeye grain and
phosphate drills, fifty Syracuse
chilled plows, Silver & Denney's hay
and fodder cutters and Osborn reapers
and mowers, all making q fine display.
Warren Harper has large exhibit
in the same line, IL being composed Of
an Oneida agricultural steam engine,
Hagerstown grain drill, Studsbaker
wagon, "Boss" grain tan, |. X. l..
grain fan, Victor clover huller, &c.
NcLear & Heudall And Hudson &
Cahill exhibit carriages. The former
firm have two fine Brewster buggies,
two jump sea! rockaways, two doctor
phastons and two Elliptic spring bug
gies. The latter have jump scat and
buggy.
J. II. Primrose Of No. 725 Market
street has Wheeler l. Wilson sewing
machines. The machine he has on
exhibition Is the No. s, which is nov
very much In demand.
8. Spsakmau Of No. $40 Market street,
Wilmington agent for the Singer Mana
featuring company, displays number
Of his mach mes Of different styles.
h. Meyers, the Olothier, Occupies
space In the Ladies building with an
exaibit Of ready made clothing.
This comprises the Wilmington list,
with the exception Of the ladies exh!-
bits. /; may bs well to speak more
generally Of the different departments
and what they contain. A place OF
great interest is the
LADIES BUlLDISG.
This is in charge of Thomas Cox.
Leading exhibitors in addition to Prim.
rose, sp -Akman and Meyers are as fol-
10 ss: Y. A. North & Co., of No. 1905
Chestnut street, Philadelphia, organs
of the Wilcox & White Coupsuy; He OK
ers self raising -four; Rstey organs, by
II MoCrea of Chrlstiana; Paint and
brushes by the Girsrd White Lead and
Color Company; Cutlery DC. by W. H.
Johnson Of Middletown; Harrison Brs.
h Co.'S, ready mixed town and country
paints, this latter exhibit ID made by
II. r. Bennett of Dover and it attracts
great attention, consisting of a section
of house handsomely painted.
This being the ladies' department Of
course contains many exhibits from
them. Ths display 1t is thought iS not
quite go good as last year, bus
1t ia very attractive Miss Lorena
Il. Eliason exhibits fancy work. Miss
5allie l.. Cavendsr has picked and
spicsd fruits, and Miss Matte J. Cav
ender, fancy work and fruit. Miss
Nellie Oldham OF Chester, who last
year carried of mere than score OF
premiums, exhibits 6S specimens OF
preserved fruits, &c., and Mrs. O. L.
Hylan Of Chester has ISL different sx-
hibits Of fruits, fancy work, &c. Mrs.
Thomas Cochran Of Middletown exhib.
\ its 23O samples Of fruit and fancy
work, the whole making fine appear.
ancs. Other Mlddlctown exhibitors
hare are as follows: Mrs. James Cul'
bsrtson, Miss L. W. Bucke, Mrs. 4 b.
Rios, Miss Annie W. Moore, Miss Alics
liz. Cochran, Miss Sadie T. Mitchell,
Mrs. Alexander French, Miss NJ. b.
Dugsn, Miss Mary Droll, Fred Droll,
Miss M. E. Vandegrift, +. Sillian Rob
erts, Frank c. West, Lillian Naudatp,
Runics Roberts, Mrs. NJ. Fl. Price, Miss
Clara Blackiston, Miss Howell, Mrs
Hampton and others.
wilmington exhibitors are Mrs
Mary LuugreB, fancy work Mrs. Frank
s,idhau, fancy work, pickles, &c., Miss
Nellie bowman and Mrs. W. T. Tall
pieced calico quilt.
An interesting feature Is the stock
exhibit. II is not 80 large as last year
but the stock displayed Ia very dne.
The cattle are as follows: Edward
| Rnory, Centrsville, Nd, IA head thor
ough bred short horns VIM. De Shane,
| C .oil c,unty, ND, graded short horned
bull calf; Richard Price, Warwick, Md,
3 months old bull calf; II. Walker,
Middlstown, graded short horned year,
ling heifer WIN. R. Cochran, 10 head
short horns u. T. Budd, thorough
bred Guernsey COW f; Wn. Green Mid
dletown, four Alderney COWS james
Mitchell. Middlstown, four bulls ana
Two heifers, thoroughbred Alderneys
Joshua Clayton, thoroughbred graded
Aldsrney bull Mr.. Todd, Welch COW
Mr.. Emory, Queen Anne's Co., Md
short horn bull with pedigree Rich'
ard Price, four COWS, q hsifsr ana
buli oslf, graded Durhams Martin
IL. Walker, two Durham COWS and
bull Benjamin Green, Cecil co., MD.
4 high grade short horn COWS, one thor