Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-31

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:. smithfeld Rainfall 1.s4 IN two days'
Crops IN. Southeast Virginia from feteis-
burg 10 the coast and from James river 70
North Carolina are reported rs good as iof
many years. in. RYKKB, Observer.
THE EASTERN SHORE FAIR.
Held by tho Pungoteaguc Grange-fine
Exhibits in All the Departments.
lCouespopcsnce Of the Richmond Dispascn.I
OsAScocK, August 80. 1880.
The Eastern Shore Agricultural falr'
which began last tuesday. will close to-
day. The fair is held annually near helleI
Station, in the lower part OF Accomac, anu
is under the control of the Pungoteague
Grange. In view Of the fact that the
Chesapeake Agricultural Fair was held
only last week in the adjoining county OF
Northampton, 1t was feared that one IN
AccOmac would not be so largely patron
lied as heretofore. but this fear has been
proved 10 be entirely groundless. Inc at-
tendance yesterday and to-day was az a.,
large as ever before and the exhibits IN az,
the departments are universally CONCEDED
20 be the largest and best ever witnessed
at any previous taIr on the Eastern onore
of Virginia.
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
On entering the ladies' department one
is almost bewIldered at the rich profuslon
of the display. Every conceivable article
of domestic and fancy work IS here exposed
TO view. The inner walls of the eXhibitioh-
nall are hung with handsome bed-qullts;
counterpanes, pictures, and other useful
or ornamental works of domestic economy.
Similar articles hang from all parts oil the
ceiling, while on every hand there are
.+apds NV, which rest shoxy casns q He'd with
the finest fancy-work. Among the articles
in this department that have attracted
much attention Is well-preserved linen
table-cloth. said TO be more than one nun
dred and fifty years old. which was cap
turod during the Revolutionary, war.
There is also on exhibition splendid piece
of embroidery representing a front view OF
Roseshire Castle. England, the work having
been executed some time during the last
century.
A MERrToR1oUs PICTURE
The picture that claims the most atten-
ton and receives the highest c0mmenda-
tion is splendid crayon portrait OF Hon:
Abel 2. Upshur, some time Secretary. OF
State in President Tyler's Cabinet, and In
many respects the most distinguished man
the Eastern Shore has yet produced. Iho
picture is finely executed and IS pro-
nounced bv those who knew Judge Upshur
to be a faithful portrait of the great lurist
and statesman. The portrait Is the work
of Miss Margaret Upshur Cuinby, OF Oman
cock, near relative Of Judge Upshur.
Two beautiful panel-paintings in OIL colors
representing Shakspeare's Ophelia ana
Rosalind, and striking copy from Rosa
Bonheur's horses heads, by the same &C
complished hand, are also much admired.
The other spaces on the floor of the exhibit
ton hall are filed with sewing-machines,
pianos, organs, pickles. preserves. and O
huge mass of bread of all kinds. The
building is crowded with exhibits, and
throughout the day streams of admirlng
visitors pour through the alsies.
AGRICULTURAL.
Passing into the agricultural building
one sees almost every product that grows
on an Eastern Shore farm. Huge piles OF
sweet potatoes, the great staple products OF
Accomac, many of them nearly as large as
the hub of a cart-wheel; .watermelons as
large as beer-kegs, pumpkins as large hs
yash-tubs, ears of corn fifteen inches long,
with numerous varieties; pears apples,
grapes. tomatoes. and other products too
numerous to mention present O spectacle
that can hardly be witnessed in any other
sectiOn of country. After inspecting this
department the visitor will not be at a loss
TO account for the prosperity OF Eastern
Shore farmers. The display OF poultry
and agricultural implements is unusually
full and excellent, while the stalls that
extend nearly half around the spacious
grounds are filed with fine, blooded hogs
cattle, and horses.
FLOODED STOCK.
The Eastern Shore of Virginia has long
been famed for fast horses, and OF late
wears much attention has been paid to the
raising of fine blooded cattle, so that one
NAV find on almost every farm in this sec,
tion some of the most approved breeds OF
cattle, the Attorney being the prevailing
breed among Accomac farmers. Inc
races this year while not so exciting as OF
some previous fairs were passably good.
The two-year-old race was easily won by
DR.. q. b. Finneys beautiful Ally; the 2:4C
race by George IL. Adair's stallion Gray
Morgan, now twenty-three years old; the
$50 race by Levin Parker's Grey Eagle
the running race by AL. Reads Cabe. and
the free-for-all race by Alfred keilam's
Hamilton Disstoh.
GOOD ORDER.
The order during the fair has beer
excellent. the weather delightful, and
everybody seems to have had good time.
This afternoon the premiums will be
awarded and the fair closed. The eminent
success of both the Eastern Shore fairs
coming as they did the one right on the
heels of the other, is a striking Illustration
of the wonderful productivensss OF this
section and the universal prosperity OF ITS
people. The camp-meetngs and agrlcul:
tural fairs now being over the people will
settle down to work again, save their fod'
der, dig their potatoes, and make prepare
tons for the coming winter.
KALLIAs.