The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-10-17
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,,c.t Between Rain and
low the people conquerea "e',i,e 'ne
More Notes of Exhibits
,a5 I'D weather Races.
morning the days pro.
'ia! ,,a fair stated that ten
~ Ala , would come to the fair.
q Psot' came. The weather was
wy Y, nrpropitious, but the peo-
ls'i 5ie,rd something about the
J :" (,ir and had come from the
A. l"i ,o'' the sea regardless of
l'u'' l'usi,l trains rolled into the
',,gousands upon thousands
|, a1i bv eleven o'clock in the
Y ,,nsts ~. we're one mass OF hu-
J .t # which was sheltered by
p Every store and every avn
Y. n.i dary on that day, for in
''cserything that would afford
t.om the rain, people were
clagr5gated' -.
.,Sg M running from the city to the
E."i, composed of nine cars,
n,9lar fifteen minute trips,
trp il was loaded down to
1pit.ty There was no room
! s,rr. not even on the engine
| ! M cir steps The train was
5yt. full.
,,,,,rnls-well, the situation
no, well be described.
+ 'eock. the great crowds of peo
i-3Gy lie inccssant small rain,
Y T. i. one vast quagmire of the
r,,eipiy Mud was anywhere from
= n inches deep, and it was every
rqnt there to see the great
-A
& 5.Ithey just determined to see
Y" ";.g,r.qs, Of the sticky mud and
I'M falling water. Everybody
! ! s'j Gentlemen, struggled against
s",lf,be situation and went from
~fntto another with apparent
. .J tr.rsnca TO the fact that they
! splash and fight through all sorts
pIors Of mud.
4 ,ons were muddy up to the
I,dies dresses were bedraggied
aampness and dirt, and the condi-
pon changed from one Of discom
1 one Of luGicrous jollity and fun.
j stopped and looked at each other
|. tr a second or two, and then
would b, some hearty laughter at
\ nE.r, axrca,e Not a soul on the
n ay.- estw tae like before in his
4 Hm. ml olca soul so expressed
'fars thousand times, more or less,
h t0 ag
"A .uly mach fua in the
H. particularly in Floral hall
ase, uj mouenades in that spa,
d snrgroHera in continual jam
b 4e The immense crowd o.
isis. One we've of humanity
d a another going III an OPPOSITE
ciiol, md there would b a wrigglins
d 50 Irniug, aud everybody woul,
Dghmgaad soft went all through th,
|tataieguoon, many people woult
lett The grounds to have gotten on
Ie ruth, but they all couldn't &c
i rain got down to business in ear
aod wouldn't let them leave tn
ii12.,and Sd they had to stay an
the iua going whether they woul
Dt
Aay people, particularly the ladies
vowed they would never go to al
; ihr, butthey always vowed" wit
l poutlng smile, and they will a
gua whether it rains or not.
be ram wouldn't let the balloon 6
and thus one of the attractions WI
'oIdably missed, but the people wi
10 the Grand Stand to see it G
alntd there TO see the races and lIstt
.le splendid concert by the ThiI
Ime1t band.
y exhibits have not failed in inte
aud below are some more notes
NY be seen on the grounds:
hard Products and Floricultur
esdes the notices already publish
in this department, we C
'lal attention to the following W
! @Tge aud tastefully arranged d
Is
I williamson, Raleigh, Pheifl
I Il S.einmetz, Raleigh, the gre
veP.1y Of pecimens in the floral
tueat.
v Perry, L9eswood, is one of
Il exhibitors in this departme
lit' many varieties Of native q
~ IrulLs. he nyhihited frnit brand