Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-08-29
THE MoRGAN's GROVE EXHIBITION.

hE mOh6HN y 0nOtE ENniDi iION.
The sixth annual free exhibition at
Morgan's Grove, Shepherdstown, will
be held September I'd, Sd, 4th and 9Th
1890. The programme has been COM
pletely made out, and we are conf
dent the coming fair will be the best
ever held.
On Tuesday, September Cd, the ex-
hibition will be formally opened with
an address of welcome by Forrest W.
Brown, Esq, of Charlestown. In the
afternoon there will be ladies rid
ing match, beginning at 2 o'clock.
The most graceful lady rider will be
awarded the Morgan's Grove Silver
Cup; the second prize is handsome
riding whip. This contest is open to
any lady in this or adjoining coun-
ties.
Wednesday, the Sd, is Farmers AL
lance day, and it will be one of the
big days of the show. Addresses will
be delivered by Col. L. L. Polk, Pres
ident of the National Farmers ALI
ance, and by Col. g. T. Barbe, of Vir-
ginia.
Thursday, September 4th, is Mary
land Day. The Directors of the Ha-
gerstown Fair will attend in body,
accompanied by several hundred per-
sons from Hagerstown. The Mary
landers always attend the fair by the
thousand on this day, and this year
will be no exception to the rule. The
speakers are Hon. WIN. i. Wilson,
Member of Congress from this dis
trict; Hon. w. H. Hatch, of Missouri,
for number of years chairman of the
House Committee on Agriculture, and
a statesman of national reputation;
Hon. Buchanan Schley and Col. l.. V.
Baughman, two well-known Maryland
orators. There will also be baseball
games, a grand cavalcade of stock,
judging of exhibits, &c.
Friday, September 9Th, will be sales
day, the sale beginning at 10 a. III.
The feature of the day will be an ad-
dress by Col. D. d. Johnson, agricul-
turist of the West Virginia Expert
mental Station. In the afternoon the
always entertaining Morgan's Grove
Baby Show will be held. The premi-
ums will be awarded this day.
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad
will sell excursion tickets from all sta
tons between Hagerstown and
Waynesboro. A special train will
be run each day, leaving Hagerstown
at 1880 a. M, and returning leave the
grounds at p. III. All the regular
passenger trains will stop at the
grounds. The Cumberland Valley
Railroad will also sell cheap two-day
excursion tickets on the Sd and 4th
from all points along its line.
Pretty nearly everything is arrang-
ed for the exhibition next week, and
it is now safe to predict that it will be
the best show we have yet had, if the
weather does not spoil it. More
space has been taken up by machinery
already than was ever shown before,
while booths and amusements of all
kinds will be there by the dozens. a
number of new covered stalls have
been built, making the total number
of these eighteen. Every space for
horses WILL it is believed be taken up.
In fact, entries in all the departments
are unusually great. In the Ladies
Department the indications are that
the exhibit of fancy goods will be
very large and complete, as the ladies
all over the county are evincing much
interest in it.
One of the new things is the bench
show. A well-arranged and COM
modious dog house has been erected,
and the list of entries even now is
sufficient to insure its success.
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad
has greatly heightened its switch at
the grove, and has erected passen-
ger shed 116 feet in length, 16 feet OF
which is taken up by an office. The
railroad will endeavor to give the
public all the accommodations pos
sible.