Daily Republican., 1888-10-11
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HNN O14tAN OVuhhy hAa AHgA@ A0AAA
her blOep OF years. Wilmington is ju-
bilant In the suo sess Of the greatest and
gEAndeet agricultural feir ever held IN
tha state Of DslkwArs. For msny years
Dover has been carrying of the lAurels
aud New CASTLE County hiss Jagged be-
bind. Even MiddlstoWn lGuRed at Will
mington and tWitted her because she
could not get up an Agricultural fair
worthy Of the name.
But this 10 all over nov. With appAr-
emily bat litil3 EFFORT, Wilmington has
come 20 the surface tEiumphAnt, and
thie, the largest fair evGr held in the
State, ia but the beginning OF larger
onen 70 follow. The fair held In the
corner OF four States will draw from
them all and States at . greater distance
will hereafter contribute more aud
more to build II up. ThGle are certain
things however that will have 70 be
avoided 10 make the fair popular. The
managers must drive out the gamblers.
IL wAs q shsme that they were permit
ed 70 Iomain yesterday feeding the
people out Of their hard earnings. Some
Of them Wsre compelled to put up their
traps and deviotB bat Mr.. Managers
why was not every mothers son OF
them booted OF this groundS2
| AAI VUAAAANHAuH Vi uANh VEnAl aa-
binshinR gambling Ii not creoiiAble To
an intelligent community. Gambling
has broken up many An agricultural
fair, and 10 not prohibited will break
this one mp IN time, or greatly Weaken
Ithe moral support OF the people who
Inow seem disposed 70 turn In and bolp
IL along. Give the people plenty oi
lAmussment, such As merry-gO roundt
and variety shows II need be, but drive
lout the gamblers who fleece them oi
their money. The thousands of school
lohIldFtn ct the fair yesterday are worth
looking after, aud not Ons Of them can
, approach q gambling stand without be
coming contaminated. Look At thA
fellow with . dial wheel on an uprieh
lboard. He is enclosed All around with
boards. Whsre did be get those boardsi
WAs he assisted 10 hx up by authority
Of the fair managers, for . paltry feeI oil
! was hs an interloper?
BE has o dozen little paddles upon
which numbers are registered. The
ldupos come up and buy q paddle When
J All the paddles are bought be turns hii
wheel, and whoever has q paddle witt
she number on corresponding with th'
humber on the wheel which the indicG
cor stopped at gets q Dlokls clock or !
D tuOllnI gANug w hAbth0A NhAgaH e[A1A
q dozen olOekH we're there TO select fEoa
, bat nobody ever took = olcok, they pre-
lerred the dollar every time, tbouGi
{ every turn Of the wheel brOuRht
clook to Goue one. A number Of sohol
children vsntured oaah but never drew
clock. The dupes got them.
Az an early houy yastsrday morn I'M
crowds began TO flock ont ~ the Fair
2 The voice OF the school girl and bo
was heard every where. They neve
saw such . sight Osfore and they Wsr
delighted.
Taey surRed and tEooped through th
exhibition building and reAped . rio
harvest OF fancy cards froLn th9 exhtb
itors. The aeWiAR machine agents WeT
kept especially busy running out the
fancy stitched BouvsdirB and csuld nj
keep up TO the demAnd. From the graz
stand 10 the AnnexeB the children WtI
with q Whoop and hurrsh. Toe d,
and poultry show bad wonderful 9
fractions for them, RDd many OF thel
would have kissed the 'dsAF little puRB
II they could have got At them. NeWto
OhAndler's haltess cat and kittens vel
greatly AdmiIej.
Il was not until about o'clock Whs
the promised milkmsn's race took plsC
and Il afforded considerable ANUS
ment. Four teams were entered, oWne
BY 7. Il. Goodly, T. r, Betty, A. o.
)I Anderson and George Banks. The me
9sre required 70 load theIr Waaol
drive q mile and then unlosd Wiihol
splitting any Of the water on the groun
GOodly cams under the line cOnside
ably IN the lead, bat he could not fuln
4 the latter part Of the requirements,
he upset his eau and lhe water cover'
tho ground. Betty was given the rae
With Banks second place.
- Toe muls race didn't Materials
y. The Judges got down to solid work 5 o
ferday forenoon Their tasks are no %
Zones. Where there are 80 many O.
n hibits OF equal merit 1t ls hard 10 q
. oldo between them.
1. Traverse Jones, than whom
mora practical judge could have be
= selected to decide the merits OF q
paintings In the art department.,
lhIoaRh With his task with geneI
satisfaction to all. Tbs following we
bis aWATdt:
" Best oil painting, original, "T
L'sht Of Other Days." misd U. ID ID
lsr; beat Landscape 10 oil, Miss
Bailey; best hOw0r painting in o
lAl ohRinGl, nORFnstiOus," Miss A.
sShn sWayna; bett oil pSint'nR, copy, Nj
x r Palmer PloWerf;" Fecond o'
riH oil painting original, 1.-THE Cd Aim
leT house," by George W. Humphrey b
ien original painting In water colorsi III
T. Allen Hillei bast painting In val
es, oolors, copy, Miss II Hamuitti 5000
~ bssI water color, "Views on Ohr
10 tiara. !" Henry Bsauustein; beat pail
Hs od. ing on wood, "CArriage Scroll" Hen
f9h 4 n hFA
al tMoopliRht," Miss Maggie a. BoRnI
IL best painted tile, Mrs. 8 Porter; b
display Of painting on chtna or pore
W lain thirteen pieces, IN porcelain colo
m, MrA z Il Palmer; best single piece
loh above, Mrs. Wm. Porter; beat potee
painting, Miss Julia White.
ID Nrs Joseph Il. Chandler, b
George W. MORROW and Mrs hoCom
CLAYTON com mtttee, made the folloWi
awards 10 Glasses 18 aud IL:
en- FJE best tomAso cstsup, Mrs. u.
u Johea; cucumber cAtsuD, Mrs. j..
. TurneF; cider vinegar, Mrs. b. ID
riekson, Stanton; raspberry syrup, N
q. II. Blackiston; raspberry vineR
Mrs. Charles Jones; soft soap, A.
Kaech, LenAps. Pa; homemade ha
soap; A. N. Keioh; homemade toi
: soap, Mrs. O. Morrl.; lard, A. n. Kse,
y To clAts IL, pickles, premiums "!
y awarded as fjllyws: PloOA Lille ID
J, X. 6teelmAn; whole peppers, LNJ
~ DIworlh, osntrevllle, Deli pick
' GarmGn curry sauce, Mrs. o. O. Whi
Christians hundredi pickled red ca
bAae, A, n. Keech; picked oAbbAl
Mrs. Eli Richmond; sauer.kraut, NJ
WIN walker; pickled tripe,. d q.
Norman; piekled sliced cucu % bars, n
WIN, Wnlkeriplokled peaoh mango
n F,tnkIad nhnnO