Daily Republican., 1883-09-26
DELAWARE STATE FAIR.

DELAWARE STATE FAIR
sUCCEsSFUL OPEnIN0-FlNI
rrHIBlTS AND GOOD eAalNG
BASE BALL. ETC.
.,,.l correspondence Of the REPUBLICAN.
noyEn, Del, Sept. 20, 1883. The sixth
,nnal exposition Of the agriculture
y ~, mechanic arts, and display OF liv'
% O,t opened this morning under thu
& ".t favorable auspices. DeSptte th'
!" yesterday many OF the exhibition
ars n busy ali day long placing th'
',ds o in position, and BY noon to-day
pry,bing was in order and displayet
tbe best advantage.
.rhe m attendance for the opening day
a. all that could b. expected, and it Il
,imated that about $50 persons wer'
the grounds. ,
The exhibition buildings are al
led with the finest exhibits ever seer
A State fair, and persons who have
sted this place in former years Say
lst the exhibits this year are far su
rior to any yet made, and the enter
i've is gaining ground year by year.
In conversation with one of the head
|eu this afternoon, he said
"Giye us good weather, and we will
ow the people of the State what We
n do" From Indications to-day their
E,h will be gratified and the exhibition
III he financial success. IT the peO.
do not turn out in large numbers II
n be no fault of the managers, fol-
attractions are numerous, and q
Y, or even two days, could bs spen
re in profitable manner
THE EXHIBITS.
AS the visitors enter the gr Ounds they
at once attracted to the Immense
Mount of machinery, agric ultural i'm
plnents, etc., distributed throughout
portion of the grounds, where may be
In reapers, mowers, drills, threshing
Rchines, ard almost every
ticle used on a farm, and Of various
likes. The most prominent among
ese exhibitors is the enterprising firm
Warren Harper & Co., at Front and
arket streets, your city. This firm
We three or four carloads Of machin-
on the grounds Of every description,
"a have several men at work in show.
the various machines to visitors.
evenson & Slaughter, George G. Baker
d others also have large displays In
Is line
In close proximity to the machinery
partnent is the space allotted to
Frage men, which has the appear
&c Of huge show room or carriage
postory. The shed set apart tor
rrages, with capacity of about
irty or forty, was almost monopolized
one firm, Messrs. William X. Cahoon
Son, of Dover, who displayed
euty-iive wagons of every descrip-
N Beckett Il Mackey, of Smyrna,
D., have seven or eight carriages, one
which is a fine spar buggy and
r,rts considerable attention. Nc
iu x Kendall, Of Wilmington, make
ine exhibit OF thirteen vehicles, com
Using buggies, jump seats, extensions,
:, one or two of which are very fine.
lson a. Cahill, Of the same place,
We three fine buggios on exhibition,
u the carriage display is unusually
,e William and II. l.. Wood have
hr fine carriage wheels on exhi.
lion.
In the agricultural department may
seen the finest display Of the pro-
cts of the soil ever brought to the no.
y OF an attendant at exhibitions OF
is kind. The first article noticed in
is building WAS several huge pump
Us, one Of which weighed 158 pounds
d was raised by =. u. Marvel.
1t was a monster, and when you gaz-
upon it, you, mind at once reverted
cold weather and pumpkin pies, and
desire for one of these favorite pies.
l', alas, it could not be and visitors
ssed on by several more pumpkins,
Eghing lOS, no and III pounds re-
ectively, when they again halted be-
Pea fine display of garden vegeta-
3 by Il. II. ShetZline, of Dover, K.
Pardee and s. r. Studevant, OF the
me town.
Ia the potato line the varieties were
mcrons, but the finest seen were the
rIy rose, raised by j. Wharton, Of
pvtr, and the white star Burband
F!ngs, by j. Frank Denny. W. f.
fKse makes an elegant display Of
choicest varieties of apples pears,
apes, and other fruits, and to pass
em by without tasting tn. luscious
II was a hard task,
John B. Kemp, Of Dover, also makes
rredilahle display Of fruit,and A. G.
l'ltvant a choice collection of fine
apes. In conspicuous place in this
partment Clark u Mcdaniel, the
Ogglsts, make large display of their
E'e aud cattle powder, which is
Own for miles around.
ihe most conspicuous as well as the
pest exhibits in this department is the
gt display OF conserved fruit In at.
lc'iye cases a d tastefully arranged.
ls +. spruance, Smyrna. Del, Miss
Ahhe Collins, and Mrs. l.. Wilson,
over, are the exhibitors. Several
Ses OF elegant evaporated peaches are
% found here, packed by }. S. Willis,
,vndae, ,,I farm, Milford, Del.
W.. IT, Postles and G. w. Collins, Of
Ntr, II. NJ. Thomas, of Camden,
mes W Enmerson, of Morton, and
p'rs make a good display of the choi-
grades OF new wheat, rye, oats, peas,
.n' etc, raised upon their respective
''iS' and we doubt If any other State
'eat Delaware n her farm pro-
pyramid of conserved fruits, OK.
"'ed by +. Geilinger, of Milford, was
ich admired, and Is certainly deserv-
OF special mention. 1t includes
'noSt @ every variety of fruit raised in
o'e parts, and the process Of conserv-
IS perfection itself. 1t will no
up' vi. receive first premium. ID. Ian.
S,n, the world-renowned seed man of
diiaa!elphia, ds makes large display O.
us In this department. I
a a room close by this departme at
= IT, l.. r. Belts, Of your city, has one
n.s patent peach stoners In operation
persons who nee 1t and observe how
1,y II does the work, are surprised
n " watch the workings Of the machine
VI wonder. He also has hand-saw
M; working order, which Ia much
lred. In this department Ferguson
1on make a fine lisplay of furniture.