The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-09-27

| On the Moth f. oe ale crossed cam OILS
and
.IFeigh not Their worIh By The balance OF battle.
These haze QtoriJied their cause by The record OF
noble sactffce, he simple manhood Of their lives
thef)1tient endurance OF S3feTing and the hero
ism If death Nay such Jtttelity aud patriotism
endure fofe0er.
BALDWIN DisrHTCV FAIR.
The unwilling ceremonies having taken
up most of the day, the attendance at the
Fair Grounds was very light, The entries
did not seem tc be complete. The rotuDda
was not SO full as usual. d. e. Ramsey,
living near Spobtswood, has splendid dis
play Of Y varieties vi apples, grown in his
orchard near Tyree Gap. Nelson county.
| Va. M. E. Miller has fine display of
vegetables and farm products.
Hughes 81 Robinson have a display of
the Longman & Martinez Paints, which
deservedly enjoy fine reputation.
MIR. WI, B. Reed of Chambersburg
Pa, IS present with a fine display of flow
ers, roses, Dulbs. &c. Cali and see him in
the centre Of the rotunda.
Maps from the public schools by Clifford
| Barton, Lizzie Grattan. and Annie e.
Fiftr, were ON exhibition. The maps by
| Miss Fifer are very superior. 1he line
of handiwork by the ladies shows some
good work, but is smaller than usual.
Preserves and canned goods, bread, but
ter, Sc, occupy about the usual space.
Very fine specimens OF butter from the
Jersey farm of NJ. Erskpe Miller, attracts
attention,
| On the outside the old and reliable firm
of J. NJ Hardy & Son has splendid dis
play Of all kinds of work in their line,
from the one seat sulky TO the four seat
| pbaeton. These goods are home made and
Of the best quality, and should secure to
this firm the patronage of town and county.
Rife s. Schoppert of Waynesboro. exhibit
their hydraulic engine, patented i'll 1857,
and which is a great improvement on any,
thing Of the kind heretofore attempted
They are made in several sizes to suit the
needs of purchasers A medium size Will
force water 90 feet for every foot OF fall
in the head of supply. The larger one has
capacity of l 200 gallons per hour. Over
200 have been sold in 8 years, and SO in
Augusta county. -e. =
j. j. Maxon of Gallapolis, Ohio, and
Hugh A. S. Hamilton of Augusta county
occupy the swine department. Mr.. Maxon
has 20 pens, representing Poland China.
YoIkshires, and Chesters. Mr.. Hamilaon
has 60 pens, representing Yorkshires,
Poland Chinas, BeIkshires, and Chesters.
In the stock department the display is
very good,
Cyrus Mccormick, of naphipe, Va, has
q very handsome ely desdale colt 5 months
old. Erskine Gays, Staunton, Va, Rex
Pansy Boz, is nice colt ! year old. Maj.
Chrisman has splendid exhibit of short
horns from his Warren fam at Chrism man,
Rockingham county, Va.
J. J. Maxon exhibits Edmund Forest,
Kentucky stock, years old.
q. G. Vincent,staunton exhibits JubaI
Is months. old, MeClupg's Telegraph by
Register.
j. W. Timberlake's Revenue, of Abe
marie county. is a superb animal, and
should be seen by all lovers of the noble
animal ss
W. W. Medium, of Batesyille, Va. and
Henry Masencup, of -Chgrchyille. have
good stock. -s eA1f y
Capt. Hess, OF Washington, d. c.. ex~
hibits Black Jack, trotter; and A. F
Luther, -of Norfolk, two trotters; Tom
time 2:40; King Philip 2;21.
Reaves & Taylor. Henderson, N. C..
Synk, time 2:40; Henry Ward Beecher
$40, and TiIden.
s. ?. Halliday, Eineastle, May and Alice
running.
&. W. Friend, Staunton, Daysey, 2 yr,.
Ham itonian Sd, IL otters.
Chas. Mcdonald is here with Havelock
and others Of his hne stock.
VIM. Jordan of Pulaski county has al
exhibit ofla Pereherons. and B f. Smith
OF WaynesborO, Percherons.
Seth Goodman, of Porthmouth, Ohio
has fine harness horse and trotter, Char
ley Davis: and j Vatican. of Portsmouth
| Ohio, exhibits Ivanhoe. splendid trotter
ard horse Of fine power and muscle. He
IS well worthy Of Inspection.
Chas. A. Lightner, of Valley Mills
comes with St. Lawrence and Sam Purdy
: and ) years old-a nice pair.
A. b. Cochran of Summerdean, has {
splendid | year old Perchagon, Tricks
weighing 1,11Q lbg and r. A. Clemmel
OF Sum merdeap, has file Percheron.
weighing 1850, ,260 aud S75,
Tate Sterrett 6 Bro. have fine display
Of II head. Among them is Decoyer,
years old; that splendid French coacf
horsg, Fleuson, 5 years-a perfect beauty
They have also fine Percherons, imported
by them. They have also what will deligh
the young people, 6 thoroughbred Iceant
Shetland ponies.
Sam Byers y Sons stable of Clydesdale
cannot fail TO attract attention. The,
are splendid animals, and suited to all tn,
uses OF the farm and road. For draf
horses they are unsurpassed.
Gilkeson and Masln have splendi,
animal in Kentucky Denmark, a z yea
oid. lie Is saddle horse, has fine action
splendid developments and handsome ap
pearance.
=. There are four exhibitors in the sheel
I department. NJ. T. Gilkeson of Augusta
has fine pen of Shropshires, II. A. S
Hamilton of Augus'a, Southdowns an
Cotswoids, very fine, B. T. Myers o
Timberville, Cotswolds and Southdowns
II. j. MaXon. Southdowns and Cotswolds
M. b. Miller occupies bis house wit
his celebrated Eastwood herd. 25 in nun
Der, including Sicilienne, Lady Antic
! nette, Fillpail Countess, Koffee's Lily