Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-09-11
BarHa, Comfy Fair.

About seven hundred persons went
on Joseph DeGodt's excursion 70
Reading and the Berks' County Fair
Yesterday, about two hundred OF them
going from the stations between here
and Ooatesville. /
Thursday 10 always the big day at
the fair, and yesterday WAS no excep' |
ton to the rule. The grounds were
literally packed on all sides, and moth |
ing oou id be seen but sea OF umbrel-
las. The rain poured down In the|
afternoon, and this had the effect OF
postponing all the races but one.
The fair grounds are located near the
heart Of the city and cover about thirty
Ave acres. They sre beautifully laid
ous and on dry day present an at
tractive sight. The agricultural socie
ty leased the grounds from the county
, thirty -one years ago for ninty nine
years at . nominal rent OF one dollar
year, but this lease having been declsr-
ed void by the Pennsyl Ia Supreme
Court, 1t Is very probable that this is
the last year that the grounds will De
used for fair purposes, the city intend
ing 10 convert 1t into public park.
! II is estimated that about 81 800 will
be realized this year aud had the wealth.
, have been the result Over 81, 800 were
! realized from the sale of booth privileges
one man alone paying 1928 for stand
to sell beer from, and to see the crowd
around him yesterday it did not look az
!, | II he had given too much, for every
I body was drinking beer, and there were
. about q dozen booths where II was sold
t iNotwithstapd ding this fact there wa
very little disorder and everybody seem
i ed bent upon having go ID time.
- Last evening great portion OF th'
;, 'cro wd remainei, AMI While Reading
A has a great number Of hotels, IL wa
r utterly in possible after 10 O'Clock in III
= levening TO obtain rooms AT Ten. n.
q, W. Foy's Keystone Housa, the best AM
a largest house IN the city, not a room
.0I cou d ba Obtained AFTER 9 o'clock, AM
nearly one thousand persons sa; dow
TO royal dinner, for which the yer.
:, reasonable price OF fifty cents wa
~ ,charged A Large number of the WI
~ minetonians stopped with General Fol-
~ Among the distinguished parsonage
- present at the fair was the celebrate
I, lpugilists Paddy Ryan and Joe Coburr
land the Japanese wrestler LagGska
Ryan, speaking of the coming fight wit
. Sullivan, said that it was contemptibI
81 and cowardly i'll sullivan trying Z
"a back out of the fight under the thi
10 plea tt 81 he has to 90 with minstr'
er show. He says that he never felt be
s' ter in his lie, and was in prime coEd
+" tiou for bout. In the evening Rya
and his party gave an exhibition In u
u Mamie choir Hall to a small s'z4d al
" uieuce.
~ As usual at such large gathering
3. pick pockets got In their work. Sewers
er OF item were arrested by the poli'
al almost Immediately after they con
lis United the otfense.
NOTES.
Q Ba,i.ff Thomas NJ. O5le was on I!
g. excursion,it being bis first trip to Res
OF ing.
ve Ga North Fifth street resides CAPITA
1el Abe Ibbotson. The captain il dear
To the hearts of all beer drinkers He II wi
that invented the schooners of beer al
az thus increased the size of the glasses.
w Most OF the officers of the Agricultu
sd Al Society are newspaper men, hence
rs great success.
mel The Brandywine is very low.
10. miles along the line ofthe Wilmingt
and Northern it Is not over six incl
la deep.