Evening journal., 1888-10-12
YES srERDAY's CROWD.
"Big Thursday" at the Viii
mington Fair.
1T WAS A VERY COLD DAY, TOO.
About 20, 900 Persons Visited Hazel
Dell Yesterday Races Were Better
Than Ever Military Dav To-Morrow.


Dell Ycsterday-The Races Were Better
Than Ever military Dav To-aIorrow.
with few mishaps. The largest crowd O 4
any day of the fair was on the grounds.
The weather was blustery and unpleasant
vet the people went and at two o'clock
there were rs, 900 persons present The
grand stand was crowded, there being
over 2. 200 tickets sold. The free seats
were packed and counting the large mum
ber OF persons who had privilege of the
grounds tickets, there were about y, 1000
persons seated, watching the races.
The German singing societies. number
ing 200 voices in all, gave q number of
choruses in the afternoon. Professor G.
B Rhoads led the Delaware Sengerbund,
Professor Metz led the Lancaster societies,
Professor Kunsler the Philadelphia so
cieties. and Professor Jost the Reading
societies. The singing was thoroughly
enjoyable to the large audience
Governor Benjamin T. Biggs was on
hand TO welcome the visitors to the fair.
The Ringgold Band OF Reading Pa,
numbering thirty pieces, discoursed
music and accompanied the singers.
Among those noticed on the grounds
were some of the most solid business
men Of this city many Of whom are
stockholders in the fair association
The dust on the ground was plentiful,
and persons so desiring could have been
supplied with the requisite peck Of dirt
hemain building was packed by a curious
crowd Of persons, who leaned over the
tables Of pastry and preserves and wanted
to handle the fancy work ia the
show cases Several women remarked
that Il was strange that the show cases
were kept locked. In speaking on the
subject, Mr.. Lawton said that it would
have been happy looking lot Of fancy
work, If the cases were opened A. G..
Yates q. Company's exhibit in the western
end of the building attracted much atten-
ton John w. Canary, the well-lnown
agent, took 8 number of orders for suit
ing He became a fayorte with the chill
dren, for the large quantity Of cards, pig
books and pocket books which he gave
away.
Al the end Of the show cases in the
west of the building, f. L. Hsnf jeweler
has an interesting exhibit In q square
showcase he shows an American watch
escapement, enlarged ten times. This is
Mr.. Hanf's own handiwork and shows
the exact working Of an American levei
watch. Besides this he exhibits severa
dozen gold and silver watches.
Daniel w Taylor and Robert McCaulle,
were appointen committee ON awarding
special premiums. The business men O
this city were awarded diplomas for best
exhibits Ia their various lines
William Lea and Sons Company, -four
feed. etc. f. q. Hodges. upholstering
Domestic Sewing Machine Company
sewing machines; S. II. Baynard, silver
ware and Watches Kennedy & Co.
pianos; Deyerell Brothers, crackers. etc
w. Bradbury. laundry display A. G
Yates 4 Co, clothing; II. Bucher photo
graphs; Hollis and Hearn Manufacturing
Company, stoves, heaters, etc. NJ
Megary 4 SoH, furniture; M T. Hayden
flowers. pot plants and fower supplies
The Whildin Pottery Company, display 1
flower pots; G. w. Gooding, groceries
w. B. Allison, wire goods; Giles
Rudolph, mems furnishing goods Wi
imington Oil and Leather Co, porpois
product William Lawton, china, etc.
George w. Goodley wall paper W. Il
Hartlove, guns, etc Toppin's mine
meat Capelle Hardware Company, YER
fine display OF hardware, Peninsula Lum
ber Company lumber, special mention
Jones, Guthrie & Co, carriages Alber
.Jacquot, harness; The Diamond Stat
Iron Company. railreed track fastenings
bar iron, etc. Proctor & Gamble, soaps
Kendall Manufacturing Company, soapine
etc. Bertolette Brschers, bicycles ~
Creels lampstand and worlSbox combined
Henry Longbotham, ash sitter, specia
mention; William J. Burton, model Of
full rugged ship special mention.
II. H. McMullen has charge of the farr
and garden products, division +, depart
ment. and his labors have been efiicien
and satisfactory The entries were nun
erous. and required a great deal Of atten
tentiOn Mr. Shautz Of Allentown, Pa.
was judge Of cereals, vegetables an
fruits which are in this division. He
an expert, and his judgement is worth
great deal He says that of all the ia
fairs he has ever attended. the exhibit
in this department is the finest he hu
seen.
The awards in class l. grain are as 70
lows Wheat-One bushel Lehigh, DIR. r
r. Greenleaf, city; second premium, on
bushel Of Lebanon wheat, DR. r. |
Greenleaf; one bushel Fultz wheat, frs
premium, James Cloud, Oxford. Pa
second one bushel Longberry whea
James Cloud; one bushel caster. ambe
first preminm, William Edmondsoi
Hare's Corner; second. Thomas Slacl
Hare's Corner.
Oats-Best bushel, black oats, \
Hinkson, Beaver Valley. Del, best bush
svhite oats, frat premium, G Gurne
Poulson; second, John Brown, New Ga
den, Pa.
Corn-Best bushel shelled, James Clou
Oxford, Pa. twelve ears, mahogany colo
James Cloud; best twelve ears Of ClouG
Early, James Cloud white sugar cor
first premium. William Homewood Ne
ark, Del yellow corn, first premium.
T. Alexander, Wilmington, Del viii
corn, first premium, H. E. Brooke
Hanee, Pa yellow corn, Golden Dent,
f. Mayne, Wilmington; yellow cor
gourd seed, William Edmondson. yell,
corn, Golden Beauty, John r. Peningte
Boothes Corner, Pa. pop corn, be-
William Edmundson.
The premiums in division B, cat
have been awarded The exhibits ws
all fine and the judges were 10
while in deciding on the best anima
The following received premiums as ]
list
William P. Cochran, Afiddl
town. Del. seven first and one seco
premiums; William HomewoOd, Newal
Del. one second and one spec
on his herd Of the same species; A.
Brown, first and a second, and r. r. NJ
rison a first and second: DR.. r. p Gree
leaf second William H. Jones and So
nine first and two seconds; II. r. Crol