Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-10-08
rHr cEoIL FAM.


THE CEcIL FAIR.
Fane Cattle, Pretty Flowers Hsd
0ther Things
SPECIAL Correspondence Of Gazette and journal
Elkrox. Oct. s.--The sixth annual hair
Of the Cecil County Agricultural Society
opened this morning on the grounds at
Elkton and viii continue for -FOUR Gays.
The entries of exhibits are very Large N
nearly all the different departments and
the managers with favorable weather
expect this TO be the most successful far
in the history of the society. AZ tins
early hour there are perhaps mot more
than one-half OF the exhibits on tns
ground, but il is expected that most Will
be in place by noon to-day and all py
evening. The farmers and their wives |
who make many exhibits viii bring theH
articles in with them this morning.
The 1888 pens for cattle previously cree
ted not proving sufficient carpenters are
now busily engaged in erecting more;
Some of the best herds of thoroughoreo
cattle in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Della
ware and New Jersey have been entei-,,
and the display will be worth coming .
good ways TO view The 81 pens inr
swine will mostly be occupied. Inc ~
stables for racing horses are nlied.
Among the noted trotters entered 70
/ take part in the races of the four days are
| n i. Morrison,s NAV, John E. Turner'S
NafchIess. Faro, Dick Organ and Nettle
Thorne. w. r. Merrifeld's Gloster
Mohawk Kate and Orange Bud. Other
fast trotters are Blanche, Lizzie Il, Edith
Walton and Kitty Wood.
The superintendents Of the different
departments were busy yesterday after
noon in placing exhibits as they came in.
A. W. Mitchell has charge of the poultry
and farm produce, Clinton Mccullough
has the ladies' fancy work and household
articles, assisted by a corps of lady assist
ants. George A. Blake and Daniel Bratton
are in charge of the floral department
which promises to be lovelier than ever.
This exhibit is situated this year west Of
| Exhibition Hall and has space enough to
II permit it TO show TO advantage. Not as
many Elkton merchants are exhibiting as
usual. The managers now charge mer-
chants and manufacturers so much per
foot for space in the exhibition building.
Fx-deputy Sheriff Walter s. johnson is
chief of a police force of 20 men who will
guard the exhibits night and day and
! keep good order on the grounds. Each
: one Of the many young trees on the
7 grounds bears notice that any person
r hitching horse to or otherwise mutilat
D ing them will be fined 81. The principa
4 managers of the fair are Adam r. Magrav
. and DR.. Charles NJ. Ellis, president ant
81 vice president of the society.
|, ELKTos, Nd, Oct. Grain fell iron
IS an early hour this morning until fey
# moments ago. There were, therefore
g but q few hundred people on the fai
n grounds, most of them bringing exhibits
r The managers have concluded to nc
he consider to-day the opening day, but u
q. morrow. The races announced for to-da
lie will take place tomorrow. This wi
Ell necessitate the fair being held on Satu
d, day, There is large exhibit in nearl
all the departments, with many more
come.
The ladies' fancy work will be bett
=, | arranged than formerly and show OF
~ more advantage. The household depal
-. ment promises we'll; there is the usu
~ pyramid of preserves and jellies viii,
~ looks very pretty. The exhibit of frui
~ will be large. b. G. Bib d Son exhil
a..' II cooking and heating stoves. Char
p. Jamison is their agent. G. NJ. Cole
~ McClellandsyille, exhibits q lot of rus
- stands. The floral department, which
liz under tent adjoining the exhibit
-, building, is the nearest compl
rug rug of any exhibit. It is admit
I- we by all that the display
ny larger and finer than ever before.
~ space allotted TO it is about rs by SO +
~ and the manner in which the plants
arranged is very creditable to the taste
~ ~, the manager of the department, Sta
~ Attorney Daniel Bratton. There
nan three displays by professional florists,
L. of which excel in certain particuli
III, W. II. Ostrander's exhibit is rich in TO
~ pinks and asters; John Jockeys ex
~ in geraniums and begonias. Will
~ Travis, florist for ex-Postmaster-Gen
;aa. Creswell, has very handsome disl
Ipar1 which includes fine hot-honse plants.
Among the amateur exhibitors
aa,o tributing most to the excellent dis
7'uo are Mrs. John l.. Alexander, Miss Ell
, l;a Thomas, the Misses Hogg, Mrs. jaime
idf, Lewis, Mrs. Il. s. Reese, Mrs. Jl
III Merry, Miss Lizzie Sloan and Mrs. Z
- l' W beth Denny. Tables of growing flo
y AZ are exhibited by Mrs. Alexander
10 Misses Thomas and Slonn. The exl
~; of rare plants is large and the displt
Dung my. =. a,,1 noa,;s Sa,,,;,,, Mo-
lnce. ~ - ,,LI,;at IrIs, n
the ouil"iiiee p LIZ IS - 7
burst iliaoh u D"i'iio Ao"i
roL1a organs.
i"Dio The poultry department will be
full. The large premiums offered
professional poultry men from dist
The cat department is also a fea
Kim. There are black cats and white cats,
.d.y. cats and small cats, Maltese and con
d.. breeds. The school department is Il
c,atas arranged. A bakers dozen of ma
81 the Peninsula are to be seen, some
ro,r, lent, others only fairly good, one o
ctoaIa Indifferent. There is large pre-
- for the best. There are also mum
go, specimens of-school penmanship.
! aor, scholar who managed to get throl
,,' S copy book without q blot on every
drug T.; ;s ~ "a danar,,na,t 10 aorers mir,
=, Il, water colors on slate by Queenie,
-. year-old daughter of DIR. j. II. ]
nnnrn The work is surprisingly well done.
~ ~. There are over 900 stalls fl
:, :, " - thoroughbred cattle. This departm
y ,o WE in charge of Mr.. Henry Wood. A j
Jam man sent on Monday for a herd
i nan N registered Jerseys. The officers q
faJ, ~. society telegraphed to him not to
- them as they could not accomn
-, H. them. The Pennsylvania Stock Brt
e a. Association has entered % head of
= oon5 tered Holsteins which are expectt
:, 9 5;U' morning. They have been on exhi
ur LII Mt the Pennsylvania state fair. "
t = n;ohs Holden, Elkton, exhibits three
a 20 H. istered Jerseys; W. II. 0hler,
in, hH ford county, three registered Je
in - ~ William Robinson, Rising Sun,
o d"' registered Jerseys; Arnold Nau(
s ,,I ~ Christiana, three registered j
~ aau IN. tn Henry Wood, Elkton, nine reg
" ;nas Jerseys; Morris Dunbar, three reg
o I1 Jerseys; MIR. Moore, Baltimore cou
= n.'na registered Jerseys; f. X. Knight,
Vi N.Y. delphia, the celebrated Collingswoc
,,,,no of IA Jerseys; John E. jackson Of
~ ,aa -, cipio, five registered Jerseys
l''ion's thoroughbred Devons and one fir
,na tho of oxen, weighing $500 pounds
~ w Biddle, Chesapeake City, tiv
, ,oia IT. registered Jerseys; Amos n
i ,l...t t a: Elkton, five unregistered j
,oouS I 90 90 II. II. Hodson, New London,
, IT, ha ',, os registered Guernseys; r.. w.
ia ~ W." h Chrome, Pa, IL registered Guerns
n 'a S. Stephens, Rising Sun, three res
''A"'i''' Guernseys; N. G.. Merryman, Ba
on, i, county, 10 registered Herefords
oWh ~ | HON ITo,naunnI Nowoplr IN 20,