The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-08-19

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FLOODED II
BRED CATTLE - lMPORTED
=. SHEEP-INPROVED HOGS
MULES. JACKS, COLTS
u.s. CALVES AND PIGS. =:
Equal to tho State Fair. Wide awake
Ninety-Six, Scores Another Success.
Splendid Old '.96' takes the lead, and
.; Surpasscs her own'H6pes. a Stock
q. Association to be formed. annual
Fair, &C., &C., &. .
NinetysSix in her history has had
some memorable days. Doubtless the
Old Star Fort has seen scenes Of
stirring interest in the days of the first
"96"-And in the latter 40" it. saw
days Of enthusiasm and devotion. to an
equally great cause. No doubt there are in
the past history Of old Cambridge, days
t. be remembered with pride aud. with
pleasure. We know that in the history
Of the present Ninety-Six theIs>nrn re-
corded days and occasions That evoke
emotions like those above. But the
brightest day in her calenCar-tle
y ~ BE MARKED ALL OTHERS
WITH A REL LETTER,
was last Thursday, the 18th Of
August. For months the people Ct
Ei,eiv-Six. who nre nothing If they ore
not progressive, aud full Of fifth IL
their own ability and resources, have
haen wing ord talking Of the stuck
show to he held thore on the 18th An
gas'. The general anticipation was OF
n small local affair. But THESE Of US
who knew. Cur friends gave warning that
tbe,r stock show WouG be q. "big thing
But lo, when the, visitors came and
saw, they with n accord exclaimed
THE hALT HAD NOT BEEN TOLD us.:'
We left Abbcvillc at $50 u. m, on
thc'stecial train with quite a contingent
Of our citizens and the Abbeville Brass
Band. At Hodges :wc took on another
cnnt.ngent and set out Tor Greenwood.
Half way there, the Ger we were in, be-
CT me contumacious. pulled back, broke
loose from the one in front and started
TO Ninety-Six on an independent sched-
ule Of i's own. Fortunately the brakes.
controlled its wayward course. and "Un-
Gle GEORGE backed up and took NJ on
asni ). We reached Eincty-S.x: at
nanlt 80 o'clock, and found alSeady a
1srse gathering Of people whilst, from
eve,y road. aud by every means Of To-
cCmotion came every :
AGE. sEN. COLOR Ann coNpITrnN or
Under the grove in the public square
lad been arranged the arenas for the
exhibition Of the stock. -
Long rows Of pens contained the cat
tie and hogs aud pigs and sheep.
.irooms held and led and rode horses
and mules aud jacks and colts Of all
breeds md descriptions.
We are utterly OF a loss to. know
where. or how to begin a description Of
the stock. We heard the remark re-
pcatedly made during the day that the
exhibit in stock was equal in numbers
and in the excellence Of the stock to,
any Of the State fairs. We regret that
our columns are lsnots,l largo enough to
contain o description Of every entry that
was made AS it is we can tonly give
the entries Of the winners Of ribbons. {
- In the department OF horses. the !,
1HMENsE NORMAN MARES ann sTAL1Joxs
Of Mr.. i. Y, Sheppard and Mcssrs.
johnson & Moore wore very much ad-
;n,ired, and many OF their progeny were
seens..ina the large number Of coils on
exhibition. Cspt.J ames Rogers Man,
BRING and Congaree horse. PRINcE, was
much admired. Mr.. John d. PAGES
twenty months old MESSENGER colt, at
itracted unusual attention. It was diff
to persuade people that he is not
three year old. He is u, most beautiful
specimen OF horse flesh, and can already
trot his mile in about three minutes.
THEnE WERE Lots OF FINE COLTS
ranging from a few months up TO two
years old.
The CATTLE DEPARTMENT .uNEoUALL.KD.
Registered Jersey cattle were a
prominent feature of the cattle de-
pnrtmcnt. w. Fl. Frnzicr's register
bull, Rex, together with. his cows and
calves made up an unusually fne herd
Of this now popular breed L.. NJ.
Moore showed n fine Durham cow.
Captain. u oycr's thoroughbred Jerseys
were q picture Of beauty. He had also
a7-S Jersey ana 1-8 Guernsey that was
very fine. DR. w A Sanders entries Of
.han AYRSHIRE were very attractive to
Mr. b r Hill exhibited q thorough
bred Holstein Bull, l year; old we like
this breed very much, and saw in Mr.
McDKinsrd's herd, some pretty speci-
mems Of half Holstein. j o Hil'sthor-
and registered Jersey bull
was very large and property received s