Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-08
DUBLIN
Tie Fair q GsaEd Success IN EysYy
Parlicu.sr-PrcpGratiens kirssdy
Btgun fer Next Year.
The various Departments Literally Pat
ron zed-Cotton Coming Ein-The
Town Improving.
Correspondence of the Gazette.

| Correspondence Of the Gazette.
DUBLIN, TEX, Oct. 5.-Our fsir came
Of .his week, as advertised, and is no
longer wonder OF the people rs to the
success OF the undertaking (this being
the first etorD, ss it has been one grand
success from Its opening on the % 70 its
close last night, far beyo.d the expccts
tons Of the most sanguine.
Early Tuesday morning the teams be-
gan to roll in through the gates and con-
liaued to pour IN all dag, End on Wedues-
| dsy the crowd was more than double that
| OF the previous day. o. Wednesday the
school children, by the libarality OF the
directors, were admitted free and spent
the day there. The various exhibits in
the exhibition hall were got up in good
style, and the remark was heard many
Zines, "Why, tina! would 10 for the Dsl-
| les fsir." In the ladies' department wss
. magnificent display of fancy and useful
work, ouch as painting IN Oil, crsyon
| woIk, embToideries and everyday
sewing WORK. Ths culinary depart
m2nt was well represented By
ples, cskes, buffers, bread, canned fruits
of various processes. preserves, pickles.
etc, that made the lockers On SPOUT
noon eacb day wish they could have the
privilege OF diving il snd rppeseing the
cupger that is generally felt about that
time OF dsy. The farm aud garden PFC
ducts were fairly represented, but rot es
we'll IS they should have been. Speci-
mers of the hue Goals and minerals found
in this county were well represent
ed. The stock interest was
largclY represented by fine
stock from various portions OF the stsse,
especially By number Of horses and
jacks fromth noted ranch ot II. SaDborn.
near Sherman. Several CT which carried
of the blue ribbon. There we're number
Of tcil-blood Chester White and Red Jer
sey hogs; also several fine jersey cows
and bulls, which invariably lock the blue
ribbon. There was G fac display Of
chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, etc.
The racing department Hss crest
center Of attraction, ead was well rep
resented by file running and srostin g
stock. During the races on the second
dav ore Of the horses flaw the track sud
tried to jump the fence, but did not get
ovec and WAS pierced By 8 rail, psnetras-
ing clear through its hip, End IL is thought
the horse will die. The horsa Was owned
By W. q. Black OF D esdemonia.
Tnis, the first a.temp. ct 8 fair has
0sen such C decided success, exceeding
so Tar the expectations Ct eve rybooy, that
It will do mlch towards the mex one, ss
the interest will increase and the farmers
particularly next year will grow soDe-
thing to put in the fair an d everybody
will work for it with much better spirit
than they did this yesr, as they will know
better what Is expected, Altogether the
affair has been, and will in the future, be
| of grest benefis to bota the town and
counting Surrounding il, snd We hope that
| eEsantther year rolls around for the fsir
tto come # that we Will be in closer ra'l-
| road connection with Fort Worth than ST
present, 60 that Fort Worth citizens Can
come over and see Us without having 10
take several days to make the trip.
Cotton is arriving ct Inc rate Of seventy
five to 100 bales per dag, and cur town
aas already received over oae.rhird as
much as it did the whole of last season.
| Our town still continues TO improve
new residences going up every Gay, and
are inhabited ss soon IS completed. Our
tWo-story rock hotel, 66Xl00, is gradually
getting skFwsrd, and when completed
viii be sn attractive looking edifce.
Politics ia lively here when our citizens
have time outside of business to tslk or
the subject, which is not ofssn now.