Milford chronicle., 1883-10-05
MILFORD. DEL., FRIDAY. Oet. sth, Lsss.

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> coloring. The best market gardel
ers and fruit growers at the nortl
'r could scarcely have equaled then
We wished that some Of them cOul
have seen the exhibit. 1t woul,
have induced many of them to immi
CRATE to Delaware. The manager
of the Fair ought to be ashamed o
themselves, for not providing suita
BILE crockery-ware for their exhibition
Such exquisite looking fruit and veg
etables deserved some better setting
than common baskets and wooden
boxes.
There was fine show of agricul-
tural implements and machinery.
But as these were mostly from par
ties outside ofthe state, we refrain
from giving a special notice of them.
Not but they were worthy of it, but
our space compels us to limit our
notices to home matters. We were
however greatly pleased to see the
interest which they attracted, as
shown by the large numbers of peO-
pie who inspected them, and studied
their operations. They thereby went
away wiser than they came.
The exhibition of vehicles was
very creditable indeed, but why did
not the managers ofthe Fair provide
some decently lighted apartment
for them. What sort of treatment |
of exhibitors, do you take it to be,
when you only provide a dark barn
of a place for a show of handsome
carriages?
The side show-men, with their
cheating, gambling, beastly exhibi-
lions, had the place of honor, next
20 the racing men. Messrs Mana
gers, what kind of folks do you take
he people of Delaware to be? You
5ratuitOusly insult them by allowing
uch people to hold their exhibitions
inside the fair ground. Delawareans
ave their faults, the same as people
f other states. But they are
right, intelligent people and are not
0 sunk, either morally or intellectu-
lly as to find qualification in amuse-
ents that only obtain patronage
ON the slums of the large cities.
he people of Delaware do not come
ON the slums!
Now as to the horse racing. We
} not think it a necessary auxiliary
an agricultural fair. But there
e two sides to the question. A
If cannot be sustained without mon-
. Unless the State, or individuals
bscribe funds to support it, the
)ney must be obtained from other
lrces, and as the masses of the
Ople take great interest in horse
ling it always attracts large crowds
10 are willing to pay for this
and who would not paw
ent to visit legitimate agricul-
al fair. Thus it has always been
accessory to all such fairs in their
t start. Now two-thirds, no
lbt, of the people who visited the
at Dover, came principally to
the races. But being there, they
tied the other exhibits, and so
hered new ideas, and were being
lcated up to higher plane, so
t eventually they will consider
racing as out Of place on such
asiOns. This consideration is al
1y working out its results. in
lging about a popular and wide
ed feeling of disapprOval of the
ng feature of the fair. This is
wn in the refusal of the best ag-
lturists to exhibit their animals.
the products of their farms. If
need any proof of this, look at =
r empty cattle stalls, your empty lnte
p folds, and hog pens. Your v
niums for stock were niggardlv! shol
lis respect, your Fair was most cOul
ling and lamentable failure. surr
there are many fine herds of clat
e, fiocks of sheep, and pens of labo
e in the State. No butter. no we
Sc, and but little grain exhibited! lack
have the grangers against you, OF al
they are the best, most intelli- ~
, and influential of the farming W.
nunity among you. dsU, dSTut
1t on the other hand they are
-ly to blame for Withholding their
ort. By so doing they furnish =
with proper and logical reason NO
the racing feature. Sei, before
they taken hearty interest in the the ma
lir and made a brilliant o,,b;I,;4 and in
q " iAAl'iU 0AllOlI' Call OF
could have crowded you to the Farm.
and convinced yourselves, and sept
ublic that racing was not nee LOS
y tn tho qIIocacc Of +ba Eo;r Tf ~