The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-09-30
HE FLORAL HALL

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THE FLORAL HALL
Is the center Of attraction, although the business
men Of the city were little tardy in fitting up
their booths yet everything to-day presents a
neat appearance, all Of the stands being occupi.
ed The interior Of the hall has been painted
and remOdelled, the center being divided into
four Triangular booths thus facilitating the pas.
sage Of visitors and giving better opportunity
for the display Of goods. The four central stands
are occupied by s. Gunzberg, with display of
clothing and gents furnishing goods; William
| VOlkman, with case Of fac tobacco and cigars;
a neat display of hardware by sherrick & Miller
an exhibit Of hot house plans and flowers;
case Of boots and shoes from the store OF L. v.
| BoCkius, and splendid exhibit Of fine crochet
and needle work by Misses josephine Kimbsll
and Nary Faber. The latter display will be of
| peculiar interelt to the ladies' It embraces,
among others, large scarlet rug with lion
worked In relief and an elegant table cover, the
work Of Miss FabeT, a handsome and ornamental
piece Of silk rag work done by Mrs. Galbreath,
representing Rebecca at the we'll, and many 9th.
| er pieces Of fine needle and crochet work, The
south wing of the hall is occupied by the carpet,
rug, wall paper and picture exhibit of Palmer;
display Of moweE.knife sbarpeuersi patent
farm bells, straw cutters, &C.. belonging to Henry
Fisher; the hog ringer display Of Mr.. Essig, and
the exhibit OF buggies and carriages of Il. W.
Werts. On the south side Of the tall we find the
exhibits Of the Remington, Domestic and Singer
sewing machines by their respective agents and
the organ exhibit of Mark Thompson. Courtney
with case Of fiue photographs and a number Of
large portraits; P, rkins with his usual miscella
neous display, embracing some oil paintings by
Mrs. Pontius Of Louisville; Bacon with candy
stand, and Kell & Brown with an excellent pho.
tOgraphic exhibit occupy the eass side. The
north wing looked rather desolate US the stove
men, who usually occupy that portion of the
building had failed to turn out yesterday, but
VIII probably put in an appearance to day. In
this wing are to be seen the well known and ex.
cellent beehiVes manufactured by Jas. G. Lantz.
The usual exhibit OF the cereals, corn and the
like, occupy their old position near the north EN-
trance. The west wing at the north end Of the
hall is filed with the customary display of veg.
etables and the big pumpkins potatoes and cab.
bage attract more than a casual glance All the
other garden products, tomatoes, beets &c. are
there in abundance.
THE BALCONY
In the Floral Hall contains the horticultural ex.
hibit The large fruit crop this season has served
to make an unprecedented display Of apples
pears, peaches and grapes In addition the bal.
cony contains neat display of bread, biscuits
cakes, jellies and canned fruits, which speak
well for the industry Of the women folk.
THE LIVE STOCK
Forms no unimpOrtant feature In the fair. The
entries In the classes Of blooded horses have been
80 large that 1t was necessary to erect number
of temporary stalls In addition TO the large mum.
Der already built, Among the entries we noticed
some splendid specimens of horse flesh Quite
lot of cattle and sheep have been entered, and
the competition for the premiums offered for live
stock is unusually spirited. The exhibit Of
POULTRY
Is fully equal to that OF any previous year.
Many coops which were empty yesterday will
probably be filled to-day. In the poultry exhibit
will be found good showing, not only Of chick
ems turkeys, ducks and geese, and to parties In.
terested in the feathered kind will form quite an
important feature Of the Fair.
The display Of
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
Is as usual one Of interest. The new Monitor vi.
brating Separator, the Buckeye Reaper and Now.
er and the Buckeye self-Binder are exhibited by
@. Aultman & Co. The new Massillon thresher
Of Massillon is the only other thresher on exhi |
bition. The Buckeye Hay Fork, Chieftain Hay
Rake, patent farm gates, windmill pumps, and
similar other agricultural implements are on ex.
hibItion. Among the exhibit Of wagonp, fine |
delivery wagon and a new design OF spring
wagon made by John Engelhardt are good spec
linens Of workmanship. The exhibit Of plows
represents all three Of our home works Bucher |
Gibbs & Co. have on exhibition the Ohio Chilled,
Imperial and Regulator, the Gibbs Canton Plow
Company, the Champion, Monitor and United |
states and A, Ball q Co., the Tornado and Red |
Jacket plows The latter is the only wrought iron
beam plow manufactured
THE DINING HALL,
under the control Of Mr.. H ]. Bacon, Is capable |
Of accommodating some 200 people at one time. |
All Of his cooking is done by steam and he serves
regular meals daily. In addition to the Dining |
hall there are number Of eating stands in diff |
fereHt parts Of the grounds where lunch can !
be had
Cheap Johns and street hawkers are busy ply. |
ing their vocation. The man with the cheap |
jewelry, who gives money away, the shooting gal. |
lery, the lung tester the cane man, the grind Or
gan, the strength testing machine and the side |
show are all important features without which |
the Fair, in the minds Of many, would not be a
success.
Excursions on the Valley and Conn otton Val. |
ley railroads brought quite number OF strang. |
erS this morning and 1t is estimated that at least
10000 people will be In attendance at the Fair
this afternoon. The principal races Of the Fair
have been reserved for to-day and to morrow and
with the additional attraction of the Uniontown
and 0snaburg bands can not fail to draw crowd,
No one should fail to visit the Fair one day at
least.