Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-10-04
THE ELKTON FAIR.
.RGE ATrENDAHCE YEsTER'
aY-A GOOD EX @nDlT-TAE
RACES EX CITING.

,, vToy. Oct. 3.-Tbe second day o.
arhibitiop of the Cecil County Ag-
uI,nral Society opened to-day with
snt two thousand persons In attend
Notwithstanding the storm on
opening day the exhibitors display
Unusual skill and were promptly on
MI with their wares, and oil the DO
+tments are we'll represented.
tba sp;,ce set apart for the display Oi
tcultural implements Is we'll filled
\ nil kinds of farm machinery, etc.
ono the exhibitors il Warren Har.
g. Co., aud John A. Wilson, Of
,miupton, who have large displays.
M Osborne q Co., Of Auburn, N. Y,
Mast & Co., philadelphia; O.
ltman & Co., and others also make
ditabe exhibits.
new and commOdtous building has
erected for the carriage men, and
lied with carriages from Whining
manufacturers.
clear g. Kendall make the largest
play. their exhibit comprising .
bdall. brewster top buggy, = Brew
spar buggy, a jump seat rockaway
rage an elliptical spring phaeton,
Kendall jump seat carriage, and .
aware loop-spring phaeton. Hud-
& Cahill exhibit two fine spar
pies and jump-seat carriage.
Eer Whitworth, Of Elkton, exhibits
sleighs and farm wagon In this
hrtment.
be building devoted to the display
(rm produce il filed with choice
ducts, consisting of huge pumpkins,
Iarieties of potatoes, corn, toma oes,
bat, rye and everything raised by
Irs Of the soil.
the poultry department may be
Id the finest display of choice fowls
seen at country fair. The Hen.
rpe Celtin makes the largest display,
having nearly 30 coops Of the choic-
varieties. Turkeys, geese, ducks,
tkens, pigeons and peacocks are In
led in this department.
be floral department, a. heretOfor 9,
ery handsome and much admir- ed.
household department is also at
tive, and the many colOred jellies,
Yes, ETC., arranged in the form Of a
amid, attract general attention. The
: department IL well represented,
les taking the lead, although other
cles were displayed in fair quanti-
The ladies, as usual, have been
since the close of the fair last year
,aking up articles for this exhibi-
and as result their department
led with all sorts of fancy needle
k, knitting, etc. Sanders & Slay-
of Baltimore, exhibit two Estey
pns, and Haines Bros. pianos.
n Wilkinson, of Elkton, displays
xal organs, sewing machines, and a
bo. Selman Meyer exhibits for q.
zberg, Of Philadelphia, two fine
mich & Bach pianos.
be live stock department consists OF
he, horses, sheep and swine, and
trs considerable ground. The dis.
is quite large and attracts general
nton from the farmers. The main
ure of the exhibition Is Indians,
have pitched their wigwams in
the circle. They number about a
en and give an exhibition of their
! antics every day.
kcellent music is furnished by the
ton Cornet Band, under the leader
of Henry McCrane. 1t numbers
Fteen pieces and appears in new
0rm.
-morrow and Friday will be the
days, and the fair will close on
prlay with some excellent trials OF
d
THE RACES.
be postponed races of yesterday took
e this afternoon.
the wagon race Sadie B. took.
money and Charles Carroll, sec
Ime-2.51, 257, 2'59.
the 2,45 cass there were nine