Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-08-18
Presidential Election, 1888.
For President:
GROVER CLEVELAND,
New York.
For vice-President:
ALLEN G,THuRRMAN,
Ohio.
For Congress-1st District:
GILMoR s. KEND ALL,
Northampton.
The: reports concerning the East
ern Shore Agricultural Fair. com.

ern Shore Agricultural Fair, com.
mencing next Tuesday, agree THAI
it will he
gs.ss:Ssss Isan eri0rsiiI all respects to
that neutrality-suspicious. year of its ex-
istence. To that end for weeEsthe
managers have been engaged in
having the grounds enlarged ami
beautifed, in. providing shelter for
stock, in lengthening and i'm
proving track and in providing
better facilities, both for caring fol
and showing exhibits, and theil
efforts to make the Fair a greater
success We are. happy to say are
being appreciated. The people
generally seem to have caught the
spirit which. has actuated the man
ayers and the space already asked
for in the grounds indicate not only
more exhibits but a better class of
them this year than ever hereto
fore. In the horse department. es
peciaIIy there is q prospect of such
a display as never has been made
on the Eastern Shore, and wilfnot,
we think, be surpassed at any Far
in Virginia this year. Reports al
so receivedindicate' that the other
STOCK will be very creditable to ex
hibitorsinthe quantity and quality
as we'll. TIE poultry TO be exhibited
this year also, promises to be very
fine and the farming implements.
it is sale, which will be on hand.
will show that our people are ad
vancing in improved methods Of
agriculture. The. ladies depart.
ment, too. always superb, will, we
are advised, really be this year
thing of beauty, a fact which we
will vouch for without hesitation,
as our ladies always do their duty
in every good work. In one de-
partment alone, that of our farm
products, do we fear that our PEG
pie will fail to do themselves jus
tice. Such as they may have OH
exhibition will be of the very best
quality, but will we have SO few OF
them, as in previous years, that
visitors will conclude, that the re
wards OF thrifty farming are con
fined to a very few of our popula
tion9 Variety is as essential to
success in that department as quail
ity and will our farmers rid them
selves Of the notion, which many
of them have, that unless they can
win the premiums, they should
Withhold such as they have. be-
cause 1t may be an inferior article?
One more thing necessary to the
success of our: Fair, of course, is IA
large attendance daily and while
We have very little apprehension
on that score, we earnestly urge all
who can, to attend. Go and learn
of yourneighbor whoi is a better far
mer than you are,the means which
will enable you to compete with
him more successfully in the future.
Go and learn of each other while
there, BY an interchange of ideas
the most profitable crops to plant.
the best methods of cultivatine
them, the fertilizers that give the
best results and the many other
advantages which experience has
taught you. The social features OF
the Fair, good music, public speak
ing. base ball game and sports
besides invite you thither-go and
while you learn the lessons Of wis
dom to be taught there, be invigora
ted ln.be1y and mind for the life.
work before. ydn.