The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1885-10-24

FAIR NOTES.
The following exhibit of Messrs,
Buttrick and Cole, of Ashesille,
astonished every body. Their, very
excellent CRATES for fire-places, made
entirely at their foundry, was q most
agreeable surprise. Their cane-
mills, andirons, ovens, plcw-castings
were very excellent, showing an
important industry in our midst OF
which the whole section should be
proud.
Gen1 Clingman says the big gourd
on exhibition reminded him of a
joke. A fellow said he laid sick OF
a fever, speechless, for fourteen days,
and all he did was to cry water,
water, water. Gen'l G. thinks this
speechless fellow who cried water
mighthave drank that gourd full of
water; but nothing else could.
Col. John OFT, secretary of the
famous Southern Fertilizer Com pa
ny Of Richn1oLd, has been attend
ing the Fail. He said be was sims
ply amased at the display of apples
and agricultural products He has
attended fairs in most of the States
for years, but never saw anything
like it before. He has ordered some
of the fruits and vegetables sent to
Richmond, TO be placed on exhibi-
ton there.
Col. Archibald Crenshaw, one of
Richmsnd's prominent citizens, was
on the grounds yesterday.
Our nursery friend I'll. l.. Herren
of Hominy, had a splendid display
of apples-10- varieties, ali good
keepers. He also had trees Of select
varieties.
Old Yancey will always show up
on the apple business. When it is
said that Riley Neill, and J w.
Holcombe were at the Fair with
wagon loads of their choice apples,
all the world may know that they
could not be beaten.
Those handsome cabinets of the
native woods, prepared by Mr. F
Poindexter, of Haywood, and we
think of Haywood woods, were as
much admired as anything on the
Fair grounds Mr. Pearson purchas-
ed two of them and presented them
to the Asheville Club. We hope
or some citizen will pur-
chase the others, and place in the
LiLlary.
Laws Silver and China display
was thing of beauty and elegance.
The Mccormick mowers and
reapers. exhibited by Messrs. Pen
niman & Co., and which received a
diploma for high merit, attracted
general interest of our farmers And
all united in praises of their supe-
rior excellence.
The most unique thing on exhi-
bition was a suberb bride, male
entirely of horse hair, OF different
colors, by Mrs. r. K. Cathey of
Mills River 1t attracted the ad-
miration of everybody, and merited
it all.
The shaft of flesh colored marble
from the Nantahala, exhibited by
Maj J. w. Wilson, was truly beau
tiiul. 1t was elegantly polished,
was 5 feet high and 10 inches
square at the base, and there are
just millions more of the same sort
where that came from, in Swain
county, and the w N G Railroad
has its road bed upon it for miles
This shaft goes North for exhibit
ton.
Very handsome displays of our
manufacturers of tobacco, smoking
and chewing, were made by Messrs
E 1 Holmes & Co, J E Ray and
McCarty & Hull. Their cases We're
arranged. and their to-
baccos are without exception the
best and purest in the world. Ashe-
vile smoking tobaccos have taken
premiums over all others wherever
exhibited, in Europe or America.
Uncle Pleas Israels fine pair of
mules carried off the blue ribbon
His exhibit of corn, cattle beets,
stock beets, table beets, podd pep
pers, sweet potatoes, were superb.
Mr.. J. e. Young of Buncombe ex-
hibited over a half bushel large fine,
irish potatoes, the product of one
potato. They were of the Rock
Bluff variety. He also exhibited
a mammoth but weighing Is pound,
and beautiful popcorn.
Mr.. J. ii. Daniel had a bushel of
very fine white wheat: Mr.. B. J.
a pumpkin weighing 160
Our Hominy friends have done
well this week. Mr.. J. G. Curtis ex>
hibited 1 Durham bull, Durham
COW, 3 Durham heifers. and corn
and potatoes. His corn tpok thef
premium as did his bull. Mr.. J. w. |
Rice l fine mare. (took premiunD /
3 Durham bull calves Mr.. j. l.. |
Young Durham heifers.
Mr.. J. G. Burnett of Haywood had /
some elegant stock. He got prenl- |
lum on best pair oxen.
Mr.. ]. NJ. Gwyn of Haywood ',exs
hibited some cattle which were beau
ties. of the Devon stock also some
sheep, all full bloods.
They elected general admiration.
Of course he gathered in some of
The premiums
Mess. Lyman made a handsome
display from Tahkeoskee firm, of
stock, products, and poultry a
large and very handsome variety of
all. His Ayrshire bull, under two
years old. was greatly admired, and
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