Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-09-10
THE OPENING DAY.
EVERYTHING ON THg PAIR GROUNDS IN
FIRsT-CLAsS SHAPE.
A Coed Many People in Attendance Yesterday Alter
noon-Tas Main Exhibition Building Very
Attractive Placa-TO-Day's Rae
ing Programme,

Saturday night and Sunday the yatlous
lensrtments we're in quite satisfactory
tate. and it really seemed that little work
remained to be done yesterday but one
visitipg the grounds last evening could
not help ezpresoing establishment that SO
lsree an additional volume OF work had
hssp done in so short q time. It was al
mast ike the fairy stories Of the palaces /
and cities which spring up IN a night |
The Main Building was especially beau'i-
fnI last evening. and all agree that lts IN
terror was never so bright and attractive |
The exhibitors seem to have thrown IA
unusual amount Of coed taste ana energy
into the work Of pre- pairing their displays
and they will reap corresPohu-
inolv satisfactory harvest In the way OF
non1ler approval and commentator.
01ite a number of the business men nav.
No snsce in the main building, completed
their displa3s Saturday night, or early on
Sunday. but others did nothing bat the
nrelimirarv work OF cleaning up, and len
the real work until yesterday morning
These peopie we're over at the grounds
BRIGHT and early yesterday morning, with
wagons and trucks heavily Loaded WIN
a. ertieles To he dianlaved ard s7ifh
Tbey nitched in with an energy that was
little short of astonishing, and by last
evening the building presented eplendid
appesrsUce. The fountain was spouting
clear water high in the air, bright festoons
Of colared stuff werss5waying to and fro,
flags were waving from all imaginable
points. and On every side there was a series
of weli-arGauged displays well calculated
To excite the interest and hold the atten-
ton of the tbrOng which during the re-
msindsr of the week will fill the editiCe.
Half day can be well spent 10 this build
ING alone. Ia contains about everything
imaginable in the way Of merchandise,
from baking powder 20 monographs. and
from planes to the latest and most artistic
effects 10 winter wraps, while the AIT and
Ladies' Departments were never so salts
factory. The Art Department is especially
full. and in some special lines, like photo
graphs. is very strong. It would take
several columns 10 adequately describe the
displays of this building, and any further
references must be postponed 10 futdre
time. The Main Building itself 10 worth
a visi. of day to the grounds.
The contents Ofthe other buildings are only
a shade less satisfactory than the Main eci-
fee. Floral Hall is particularly nice this
year, the collection OF plants being large
and interesting. The arrangements for the
display Of the plants and for the acccmmc-
dstion Of tbs public are much better than
ever hef,re. Ole great change for the bet
ter is the removal of the little ofics for the
accommodation al the ladies in charge
from the entrance to the hall TO a point
several wards away. There very cczy
little building has been erected, OveTgrown
with vines and handsomely decorated in
side with lace curtains and other stutis
1t adds a great deal to the general effect at
this poiot.
At Horticultural Hall the displays Of
products of the soil, IN the way OF garden
trnck. etc, is very fue, bat the volume OF
stuff shown is not as large rs in some other
wears. Additional displays aye to come IN,
however. 10 conversation with gardener
Yesterday. he said: 1T is not our fault
that our displays are cot what they ought
10 he. The weather has been against ne
all summer. First there was too much
rain. and the latter part of the summer
tbsra was not enough. Some crops like
melons, and grapes, are almost failure,
and others are far from being Up to the
average. One thing however, seems 10 be
much better than last Season, uud that is
honey. Lsst year nearly al the honey
was black. This year it ia as foe as any
1 ever saw, but the crop will bs short IN
many hives"
The poultey is coming forward slowly.
There we're rot more than two hundred
fowls ia the coops Yesterday, but great
many others were due Last night, and by
to-day IL wss thought there would be az
many chickens, duoks, etc, as could be &C
commodated in the c1op9. This depart
mert. like all the others, is arranged bet
fer this wear than ever before. The sub
stontisl roof put over the space allotted to
the poultry is something every one will
appreciate.
Lots Of farm machinery came in yester'
dav, and the bniidiug is fall. The display
Of carriages and coaches is very full, and
some handsome things are shown by local
manufacturers. There are great many
things in Machinery Hall which will he
centres Of interest to-day and thereafter,
one of them beiYg the display Of the ex-
perimentel station at tie West Virginia
Unive sity.
At six o'clock last evening there were
two hundred and twenty-five sheep and
swine il the pens allotted to them, snd
more were expected during the night.
All this class Of stock is in fi1e condition,
some of the sheep being simply great
Among the swine are q number of very
fine ht,ers Of pigs A great drawing card
smoeg The live stock Is the exhibit Of ten
deer from Missouri. There are two or
three bucks and half dozen fawns snd
does. and the pens allotted to them, near
the S,uth Penn street entrance, we're a.
most clnsiantly surrounded, yesterday, ny
cyosd. Ladies, especially, ere greatly
delighted with these animals.
But il is among the cattle and horses
that the genuine lover Of live stock fingers.
The cattle run through all the 6ne breeds,
to tie number of about two hundred and
twenty, ard they are fue lot. The Jer.
says are among the finest Ia halt a dozen
States, Wnlit tuo ouvtN hpluei A-AN'eA N9i
Red Polled, and all ether breeds have
handsome representatives. in the stalls.
The class horses srs also very numerous,
and are all splendid animals, especially
some Of the Norman, PercherOa and
Olydslalss whose sleek eoa.s and broad
backs testify to the possession OF pure
blood and fee points. Several horses are
shown weighing eighteen and nineteen
hundred rnuuds in these bTeeds
number, are sill in their stalls, aud are
ready for the fray, which begins in their
lire to-day. Some Of tho liyssicc men
as well as their exhibits, we're pretty we'll
tired out when they reached the grounds
yesterday and last evening, and there were
some bitter complaints about the rsilIoid
service over in Chic, from which State
most Of them lad come, having been in at
tendance at tho Columbus end YouDgs-
town Fairs The owners of cattle and
horses were In the cars, with the stock,
from Friday afternoon until Monday
morning, comingfrom the tRo cities named
snd they were dusty and tired lot when
they reached The grounds here.
TIE RACES.