The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1885-11-06
What Was to BE Seen at the Fair.

Our pen has been so busy with Tarboro
and Edgecombe that we shall have to be
content with but a short account of the
Fair. This was the fifth Fair held in Tar
boro. 1t was in some respects the best.
The machinery display was meagre and
attracted little attention. OF only 23 en-
tries the Edgecombe Agricultural works
had eleven.
The display in the poultry line was not
as good as in other years. There was a two
headed chicken but, alas, it died Wednes
day. There were many fine chickens and
ducks and turkeys. 107 was the whole
number of entries. There were white mice
and white rats on exhibition, but this wr
ter doesn't know whether to classify them
as poultry (some people eat them) or ex-
hibits in the fancy department.
The entries in the Agricultural depart
ment were large and varied but attracted
little attention, owing to the crowded con
dition of the hall and the lack of skill in
their arrangement. A petrified turnip
was a curiosity. There was beautiful
little Notwithstanding the house that
Jack built-made Of cotton. This same
house is annually exhibited and is good
thing, only little too old to be attractive.
The decorations in Agricultural Hall were
not varied from former years-too much
sameneSs.
The end of the hall devoted to flowers
was beautiful and the perfume from the
choice varieties sent its aroma throughout
| the building. Nothing about the Fair at
| tracted more attention or NOR delighted
the eye than this display.
In Floral Hall $50 called, we suppose be
cause the flowers We're not in the liall)
was full of ladies work and exhibits
/ in the art department. This was the full
| est department. The wOmcn-young and
! old had We'd with each other to make the
! display exceptionally good, and they sue
| cee,led.
! The supply of preserves, pickles, cakes,
! etc, was large and .empting. Several ed
! ltors avoided arrest for theft only by alb
! sconding.
There were two young ladies, both
daughters of DR.. ". J. Lawrence whose
displays are worthy of mention. One OF
them, Miss Mary Lawrence, exhibited js
different articles in the department of Ia
dies work; the other Miss Barbara Law
renee exhibited 45 different things such
as cake, pickles, preserves, etc.,-of hei
own make. The last named received 22
premiums. These young ladies-si5ters
| will make excellent help-mates TO some
| worthy young men
The display of cattle was particularly
II
pie are making in improving their stock
| There were some Of the finest cattle ",
have ever seen.
The crowd i'll attendance was small. Or
"Wednesday evening and night 1t rainet
and when Thursday morning dawned the
clouds gave no promise OF bright day
This kept away thousands of people ant
made the Fair managers respondent Th'
CHRONICLES theory is that 1.-The people
not exhibits, make a fair" Viewed IL
this light the Fair was not success; view
ed in the light that exhibits make fair i
was a success. While the crowd was no
large it made up in quality what it Lacked
in quantity. Nowhere can company o
more beautiful women and handsom
men be gathered together than in Edge
eOmbe.
The racing was, next to the dlsgracefu
gambling, the most absorbing feature O
the Fair DR.. L. l.. Station-a well know
lover Of horse iesh-was Director an