The Cecil Whig., 1885-06-06
THE SPRING FAIR.
An Immense Exhibition Of Machinery
and Farming Implements.
HANDSOME FLORAL DISPLAY

HANDSOME FLORAL DISPLAY
Some Very Fine Running and
Trotting Races.
THOSE WHO GOT THE PREMIUMS
Music aud Dancing in the Main building
| General Fair Notes, &c, &c.
The first Spring Fair of tie Cecil AZ.
ricultural Society opened on Tuesday
morning last So far at least as the wealth
er was concerned under most auspicious
circumstances. The sky was cloudless
and the atmo" o"phere pure and just Of a
temperature to be comfortable and re-
| freshing. The rain of the previous day
had allayed all dust, and a more pleasing
morning could not have devised by the
most Skilful weather architect.
OF course the crowd which annually
attends the openings Of the autumn fairs
of the association was not present, and
no one expected to see such state of
affairs but the attendance was large
| enough 10 be gratifying to the manage
ment. Neither did the exhibits approxi-
nate those of fall fairs in extent, except
i'll the agricultural machinery class which
nynanln,, Of I.,.t "a h,,t Nv,
excellence beauty and intrinsic value they
were comparatively far superior. The
trials of speed were good from beginning
to end, though We admit that they would
have been of more general interest had
there been Il greater number of entries
of trotters but over this the manage
ment Lad no control
TIE EXHIBITS.
Upon entering the grounds the visitor
was struck by the extensive area in front
of him between the gates and the main
exhibition building packed on both sides
of the roadway almost up to the exhibi-
tion building on one side and to the track
fence on the other with farm machinery
of every conceivable shape. Stationary
engines were snorting and whistling.
Traction engines some with separators
attached to them and some without were
putting and blowing as they moved about
the grounds almost as smoothly as though
upon a tramway. Windmills were in
motion, while endless chain powers and a
great variety of other machinery was i'll
motion making up IN all Il lively scene
indeed The first exhibit as one entered
the gates was the "Adams' windmill" !"
made by the Marseilles manufacturing
company located in town of that name
in Ohio. Then on the other side of the
road were placed in rank specimens of
the famous "Belle City Cutters" and
next above this the Chalfant grain saver
thresher and cleaner made by J. n.
Chalfant and Sons of Lenover Chester
Co., Pa, said to be- remarkable machine.
On the opposite side of the road the
Buckeye harvester and binder made by
c. Aultman Il Co., of Canton Ohio made
good show of their machines. Next
them stood, or moved about at will the
Traction engine, threshers and water
tanks made by the Birdsall company Of
Auburn, New York. Alongside of these
c. B. Jones for Aultman Taylor & Co.,
of Mansfield, Ohio, made an attractive
exhibit of two handsome traction engines
and two thresherS all wonderful pieces
of machinery. Mr.. Jones made sale of
ore of the outfits to w. f. IIartnett, of
Dover, Delaware. Mr.. II. II. Duyckinck
of Calvert in this county made a fine dis
play of the McCormic harvesting machin-
cry, harvesteTs and binders, reapers,
mowers, ETC., for all of which he is agent
in this county. Messrs. w. J. Eliason
& Co., of Mt. Pleasant, Delaware, agents
for \. w. Stevens & Son of Auburn, n.
Y. exhibited ten-horse power traction
engine, % inch cylinder separator and
water tank, as fine Set of threshing
machinery as could be desired. The en-
gine drew the separator and tank from
Nit. Pleasant to this town on Saturday,
without excrtion, making five to six miles
an hour and as though en- track.
Alongside of the last was the Cham
pion reapers and binders, etc, shown by
the local agent of the company, ex-Sherilf
w. 7. Boulden. They showed two bind
ers, one combined reaper, one light mower
one new mower with engine to operate
them as pretty lot of machinery as was
on the ground Jacob Casho of Newark
Delaware, agent for the Johnson harves-
ter aud binder made at Batavia, New
York, showed two binders and 6 feet,
cut, two mowers front and rear cut, one
light Continental self-rake road machine,
''Try me" hay tedder, etc., and other
machinery with engine to run them.
MIR. 7. c. STRICKLAND,
of Elkton, Cecil county, agent for the
celebrated Osborn machines, made the
largest display of any concern upon the
8IOuutlS. llC SlO"SV IIC NopOtH iCdptl .
and mowers, horserakes, hay tedders,
webster wagons, syracuse, and syracuse
sulky plows, corn shelters, the Baldwin
cutting box, iron and wood pumps. Little
Diamond sully cultivator, made at
Smyrna, Delaware, by Geo. w. & S.
| Taylor and said to be the best in use,
and scores of other things in the farm
machinery line, and behind them all
ample steam power to run the machinery.
Beneath the large produce building a
little north of his machinery exhibit Mr..
Strickland showed complete ''Reeds''
creamery, butter worker and butter tubs,
also Mosely Il Stoddard churn, and
Ridgway refrigerators, said to be the
best in the market.
The Eureka Fertilizer Company, and
Listers Fes tilizels were represented each
in tasty little tent at the head of the
line above the last named. Just along.
side of the Eureka exhibit was that ol
J. Richmond successor to Cox & Rich
mond, manufacturers of high grade fer
tilizers, of Philadelphia, in charge o
Mr.. John Oakford of Oxford, Pa, &
plea SAINT and agreeable gentleman who
took pleasure in showing their goods tt