Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-09-27
THE FAIR NEXT TUESDAY.

THE FAIR NEXT TUESDAY.
THE TRADES DIsPLAY-Gov. BEAVER OF PENN
sYLvANIA AND GOV. LEE TO BE HERE-MILI-
TARY DRILLs-A WOMAN TO DROP FROM
BALLOON IN THE CLoUDs-vIRGINIA FIELD
SPORTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ALLIANCE.
SC, SC, sc.
This is our last issue before the Fair Next
week the VINDICAToR will tell all about 1t.
The Fair Association cannot complain OF the
Staunton papers. They have each offered to
the officers of the Fair all the space they de-
sired without money and without price-and
the Fair officials have not been backward in
making use of the papers. The Fair has been
well advertised. The weather favorable, it
will be big success.
The late rains have put back wheat seeding,
and if the weather is good next week farmers
will be very busy. There is danger that many
will not attend the Fair on this account. But
farmers should remember that the fair is their
own, and it is small thing for them to sacri-
fee two or three days in a year for it. The
time for holding the fair must of course be
determined months before hand 1t was not
known then that these rains would be, and
had they not fallen seeding would have been
over and the time wonld have just suited. The
time this year is a week later than last year.
NO GAMING OR DRUNKENNESS ON THE
GROUND.
The managers Of the fair have again re-
fused to sell the gambling privileges or to
license the sale of liquor on the grounds. This
means a loss of from one to two thousand
dollars revenue. Farmers who think the fair
should be run strictly in the interests of agri-
culture, will encourage the management by
their presence.
THE TRADES DISPLAY.
We cannot catalogue the attractions now
and here. The first day, Tuesday, will be
taken up by the Trades Parade. The parade
will 60 to the Fair grounds. There will be
seventy-fve merchants, manufacturers and
mechanics who will have floats in the line.
The Chief Marshal asks us to suggest to them
to get at once their banners and decorations
from the dry goods stores where they are plen-
tiful, and have their floats built and decora-
ted by Monday evening or Tuesday morning.
Don't put anything off till the last moment.
DRILLS ON EDUCATIONAL DAY.
Wednesday is Educational day. The Socie-
ty make the liberal offer of $3.50 to the best
drilled company. The parade and drill is on
this day, Wednesday. There are running and
trotting races also on this day.
THE BIG FARMERS DAY.
Thursday is Farmers day. 1t is always the
Big Day. The Farmers Alliance of Virginia
will have reunion here. Commissioner OF
Agriculture Thomas Whitehead, DR.. EIlzey
and Robt. Beverley, Esq, will address the
farmers. These gentlemen who have tospeak
against traction engines, harvesting machine
ry in full blast, and running races. have our
sincerest sympathy. If any body can hold a
crowd under such circumstances, the distin
guished gentlemen named, can. Gov. Beaver
of Pennsylvania, and our own Gov. Fitz Lee
of Va, will be here that day. So will be the
beautiful Louise Bates, who viii go
UP IN A BALLOON
to the height OF one and half miles, and
jumping from the balloon at that distance
drop into the fair ground lake. This will be
Thursday afternoon at 2:3O.sharp, and will be
the first feat of the kind ever witnessed in
these parts. The Baby show is also on Thurs
day.
Friday boys, misses and ladies compete for
prizes for best horsemanship.
The
SHOOTING TOURNAMENT
by the Field Sports Association of Virginia,
will be going on every day of the Fair. Hon.
Jno. S. Wise will have hand in this SPORT so
will many other sportsmen of Eastern Vir-
ginia.
Prof Stookey is already on the ground. Our
citizens remember him as the gentleman who
walked the high wire at our Fair last year,
and was afterwards killed by misstep
at Atlanta, as reported in all the pa
pers. He is here and will perform next week
all the same.
The
LADIES DEPARTMENT
is encouraging. A committee of ladies have
charge of this work and will attend to it. Mrs
Gen. T. L. Rosser of Albemarle is Chairman,
and will be glad to meet the other ladies of
the committee in the City Council Chamber,
next Monday afternoon at 4:30, when judges
for this department will be appointed and
final arrangements made for the exhibit.
LIVE STOCK.
The show of live stock will be fine. Many
entries from distance have been made and if
our home breeders do their duty there will be
here next week the grandest exhibition of live
stock ever made in Virginia.
Among the most valuable prizes at the Fsir
area short-horn bull calf offered by the
Palmer-Bowman Company at Saltville; a
Jersey bull offered by M. E. Miller, from his
Eastwood herd, and Jersey bull offered by
e. Julian Pratt, from his Walnut Grove herd
The display of machinery will surpass that
Of former years.
No farmer can afford to miss the Fair this
year.
Visitors to our Fair will find ample provi-
sion has been made by the Ladies' Aid Society
of the Baptist church, and the ladies of the
Second Presbyterian church, to furnish all
guests with good meals at reasonable rates
Both of these societies have secured privileges