The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-10-24
COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR.

The pleasant weather Of Wednesday gave
cheer to the exhibitors and there was a
grand rush for space IN the main building.
Every available space was filed. The
ladies did their utmost to make the cxhi-
bits success, and they did succeed in 1t
as was shown by the great variety Of work
in every conceivable shape that imagina-
ton could conceive and the skill of the
needle could form. We could not attempt
to enumerate them but must express 1t by
saying they we're legion, or in the words
of stranger in attendance, 'it was the
greatest fair we ever seen." The ladies of
the Episcopal church had numerous ar
| ticles, such as rugs, comforts, counter
panes, quilts, stockings, &C., articles which
they made for sale, aud had a lady in at"
tendance taking orders for the same.
The Bloomsbury silk Mill had nice ex-
hibit which attracted mach attention-the
first piece OF silk made at the mill and con-
sequently the first ever made In Blooms
| burg-also the cocoon, various kinds Of
raw silk, including wild silk, and many
colors of silk thread.
Clark g. Son exhibited ladies coats,
| handk erchiefs, table lamps and fancy ar
ticles, also the $40 80 Demorest Sewing
Machine.
Columbia county fair could not well be
held without the presence of J. Ssl,zer,
with his fiue musical ius'rumen nts. Upon
this occasion he had two booths, in the
one were the Estey pipe and parlor organs,
and the Estey pianos, in circassian walnut,
mahogany and antique oak, also the Starr
piano in rosewood. He had fine displays
of samples done on the celebrated White
Sewing Machine, and exhibited the best
three-drawer $l9.50 sewing machine made.
In booth No. 2, was found the Domestic
Sewing Machine, with fine samples, oc-
tave pisno-Case organ, a 6-octave I oak
United States organ, and a Miller organ
with fancy mirror.
Mrs. 8. M. Dougherty portrait artist Of
Catswisss had fine exhibit Of her work.
A. e. Nesbit exhibited photographs and
life size crayon work.
McKilhp Bros display of photographs
and fine crayon work attracted much at
ton.
Nsgee & Co. OF the Bloomsbury Carpet
Mill had samples OF their manufacture OF
fine ingram carpets.
The display OF vegetables was enormous,
the selections fine, could not be be tier any
where.
marked improvement was made in the
space for bread, butter, pastry and cakes.
A large glass frame was made which kept
those gods free from dust.
The display Of apples, quinces, grapes
and dried fruits were all of the best
w. J. Corell & Co., furniture dealers ex-
hibited parlor suits, library chairs, antique
oak bed room suits.
Baker & Mcbride, had q fine bed room
suit finished in natural wood, parlor suits,
easy rockers, antique oak bed room suit
and book case.
Buggies we're exhibited by Sloan g. Bro,
8. A. Wilson CT Bloomsbury, aad B. W.
Drake of Light Street.
Stoves and tinware were exhibited by
Esheman s. Wolf, W. +. Hartman and L.
E. Wherry.
L. T. Sharpless made novel exhibit, Of
canned goods, buffers, jellies and choice
fruits.
w. r. Kocher & Co. had mammoth
piece of lump coal in order to advertise
their coal yard.
@. Mears s. SNn had one Of their cele-
brated Perfect Washers and dog power at
tached, also one of the Propeller churns-
ne invention, operated upon new prin-
ciples for churn, and is the easiest and
best operated churn made.
q. 5. Waltz OF Catswi successor to
Truckenmi.ler, had genuine store of
Japanese goods, and took many orders
during the fair.
G. S. Furman had fine exhibit of his
harness, robes blankets aud whips.
Among the exhibitors of agricultural
implements were White & Conner of
Orangevile, with their two-horse tread
power thresher and cleaner, their fodder
cutter and grinder, Steel Spring tooth har-
row and Empire grain and fertilizer drill.
j. NJ Hulshiser OF Lightstreet, also exhi-
bited his tread power ;and threshiug ma
chimes
IT, V. White & Go. exhibited one and
two-horse wagons, blackboard and buggies;
Superior drill, Eureka and Bradley now
ers, Hudson cultivators, Centre Hail corn
planter, Eureka and Hench & Dromgold
spring tooth harrow, Wizard plows, Wizard
hayrake, Root corn shelter. and Ma bl
lawn mower.
Eshleman s. Wolf had mower and
binder and the Pittsburg pumps.
Over one hundred compartments in the
poultry shed were filed with chickens
geese, turkeys, pigeons and guineas.
There were also several exhibits OF rabbits,
as also dogs.
E. II. Little Esq. of Bloomsbury had six
head of Holstein- -Freisian cattle which
were raised on his stock farm near Light
street.
| A. 5. Sinner, of Reddington, Northsmp-
ton county, had sixteen head including
Ayershire, Guernsy, Swiss and Holstein.
| Hervey w. Hess, of Miffinville, had
thirteen head OF Jersey cattle, registered,
from his stock farm. They were as fine
lot of cattle as we ever saw.
G. b. McHenry Of Rohrsburg had large
Holstein bull. This was offered for sale.
The separate stalls for cattle were all
taken and contained good stock of graded
Durham, Jersey aud Ayershire cattle.
The exhibit of sheep and hogs was larger
than for many years past.
H. p. Lewis, of Brady, Indiana county,
Pa, who has been in attendance for the
past three years, was again selected as the
special judge for the stock
There were over 4O, 600 people 10 attend
ance during the four days, which is sew
eral thousand more than any previous
year.