Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-07-26

Every lady in the county ought to
have something on exhibition during
the Fair, something in the way of
needle work, homemade cloth. cook
cry, old relics and cUrioseties. We
know of some silverware in Edenton,
an hundred and fifty years old,
which ought to be exhibited. Au-
tograph letters of Washington and
Lafayette can be exposed on the
occasion and many other curious
things to many, even in Chowan
county, who have never known of
such existencies though born and
reared in the very neighborhood of
the present possessors of the same.
There is enough in and near
Edenton to start museum which
would be credit to the people but,
going out side, to other counties
composing the first District, and
gathering up what can be found
worthy Of exhibition, there is no
telling the extent Of the display which
can be made and the lasting benefit
that would be reached in SO doing.
Perquimans, alone, has enough of
old furniture and crockery, almost
autediluvian, to fill the exposition
building say nothing of the other
counties, on both sides Of the Abe.
mari, and the Chowan river, from
which the Edenton Agricultural
Society expects cooperation and help.
We could have, not only large,
profitable beneficial exhibition but.
permanent one that would never fail
in drawing ample crowds making
every annual exhibition a success
worthy every cost and any effort
While we would be glad to see a
full and complete display of things
old and, therefore, curious yet, we
would not fail to urge upon our farm
ers and fishermen the importance
and benefit of full and complete
display of their handicraft and skill.
Farmers and fishermen, after all.
will be more benefited, perhaps,
than any other large class of our peo-
pie by the fair and it will be their
pleasure to make SACRIFICE THAT
GOOD MAY COME. We are conhden-
thy relying upon them for large and
full help and we shall be disappoin-
ted if, even in this one instance. they
fail in their duty
To our HoRsEMEN. who invariably
feel an interest in all opportunities for
display of stock and speed, we would
say be careful not to absorb. This
has been one of the causes of failure
in all the fairs that have gone down
in our State. Horse racing has been
the final drift, crowding out every
and anything else besides. Betting on
horses has always been regarded by
the church people as sinful and, as
CONSTANT churchmen and women,
the people will not give countenance
to racing or, rather, gambling with
stock for money for, this is, at last
what much of the racing amounts to
in this country. A trial of speed is
very proper, for reward such as the
Society may choose to give, but very
improper for purposes of gambling.
To the Executive Committee we
would mention one other serious and
universal hindrance to fairs and, that
is, the vulgar, wicked, indecent,
unchristian and unlawful presence of
gambling wheels tables, boxes, cards
and hells. If you want to break the
fair down, right in the start, and have
your stock bring twenty-five cents in
the dollar in six months after the
first exhibition, just tolerate juggIers
and thieves, rent stands to gamblers
and patent medicine vendors and
soap dealers whose article in trade
takes "the stains out of human char
acter" &c, and you will succeed as
sure as we make the prediction. We
speak not as an individual but, as an
exponent of the people who we have
herd express themselves and, there
fore, our caution which we hope will
serve the purpose by us intended.
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