Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-08-29

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For the Best Specimen Of Horsemaustsp by q
District Mss qt1ader sixteen gears Of age.
Hon. II. st. Geo. Tucker, S. in gold.
Charles A. Gladke riding habit.
S. M. Donald, material for riding habit.
D. j. Landes, one dozen cabinet photo,
graphs.
J. F. Kingan, handsome pair gold earrings
Under fourteen gears.
Julian Pratt, S. in gold.
Maslin & Booker, handsome whip, value s.
W. R. Talley, handsome dress pattern.
Special for Babies.
NJ G. Treiber, handsome hanging lamp to
parents of handSomest baby under four years
Of age.
Geo. G. Jordan, baby carriage for handsom-
est baby under two years of age.
Special for Farmers.
Thomas Kivlighan offers, for best bale of
timothy hay, one box of cigars.
James H. Woodward, for best two bushels
Of oats, one 'sGold'' shirt.
A. c. BraXton, Trustee, for best exhibit of
cakes, one barrel roller process flour.
T. G. Williams Co., best average crop of
hay, 5 lbs. of May Apple tobacco.
T. e. Williams Co., best average crop of
Irish potatoes, lbs. Mattaponi tobacco.
II. A. S. Hamilton, best fleece OF middle
WOOL S. in gold.
Bumgardner & McQuaide, for best two
bushels of corn, case of j. Bumgardner
whiskey.
Staunton (Va.) Nursery Co., best assert
ment of apples raised on the exhibitors own
far, in no ri t a trnaC
A Loeb & Co., best collection of vegetables,
one hat, value So.
Andrew Boiling, for best yeast bread, one
barrel of roller process flour.
Witt & Holt, for best salt-risen bread, one
barrel of roller process flour.
II. F. Lyle & Co., for the best bushel of red
wheat raised and cleaned by exhibitor, Vir-
ginia Chilled Pillow No. 20; also, for the best
bushel of corn, white OF yellow, in the ear,
Livingston No. 4.
Baker & Brown offer one ton of
Bakers Soluble Super-Phosphate, to be
contested for at the exhibition of
best bushel of Longberry wheat produced by
the use of Bakers Soluble Super-phosphate,
the contest to be subject to the following con-
ditions: Not less than one bushel shown, and
to be accompanied by affidavit that the sample
was raised on the farm of the exhibitor. har-
vested in 1890, and from a crop of not less
than one hundred bushels, and that the sample
is drawn from his crop as prepared for mar
ket Statement in writing to accompany the
exhibit, giving the following information :
Time of sowing, quantity of seed per acre
and name OF fertilizer used, date of ripening
and yield per acre, together with such addi-
tional information as may be thought by pro-
Queer to be of advantage to his brother far
mers.
Piedmont Nursery (Crozet) Va. offer 100
choice peach trees for the best and largest ex-
hibit of fruit, subject to rule in Glass 8, De-
partment l.
Clemmer & Hogshead, for best two bushels
rye, case Of whiskey.
Special for Horses.
B. F. Smith, season of imported Percheron
tPollux,'' for best colt, get of his horse.
Gilkeson & Maslin offer for best colts, get Of
Kentucky Denmark $15; I'd, $40; Sd,
S..
Secretary Pratt offers special gold medal
for the best Shetland pony under two years of
age.
Samuel G. Byers & Son, season of Clydes-
dale stallion, for best spring colt, get of their
horse.
DR.. J. A. McClung, season of Clydesdale
stallion, for best spring colt; and also for best
yearling colt, get OF his horse.
Valley Virginian, for best single driving
horse, one years subscription.
Miscellaneous Specials.
Wholey & Murphy offer one case of whiskey
for best pen of fat hogs.
VINDIcAToR, two years subscription, for
the best five pounds of honey in the comb.
Specials for Life Insurance.
The Valley Mutual Life Insurance Compa-
pany offers to exhibitor awarded the largest
number Of first premiums, policy for $1,000, if
he can pass medical examination; future
assessments to be paid by party holding policy.
Staunton Life Insurance Company, to same
on same condition, $1,000 policy.
Inter-States, policy $1,000, same as above;
ALSO 81, 900 policy, to next highest award of
first premiums.
Specials for Household Work.
Staunton Spectator, for best rag carpet, one
years subscription.
VIM. A. Burke offers for the best country
cured ham to be boiled with the skin left on,
So in gold.
VIM A Burnett, S. in gold to any lady in
the District, for best butter, her own make.
Not less than five pounds.
r. L. Stratton, for best fruit cake, Is pounds
granulated sugar.
Hon. A. B. Lightner, S. in gold, for best
pound cake made by Miss under fourteen.
Kreuger, the jeweler, offers for the best five
pounds of butter, other than creamery, hand
some silver butter-dish.
Me. Miller, handsome silver plate to Miss
under 16 years of age, for best butter, her OWL
make. Not less than five pounds.
Specials for Ladies' Work.
Warden & Co., for best embroidery by Miss
under sixteen years Of age, ladies' gold per
and holder
B. A. Blakemore, for best embroidered
piano cover, photograph 14x16.
Wheat & Summerson offer, for best hand
made calico dress, by Miss under sixteen
years of age, 1Opounds Rio coffee.
VIM. H. Weller, S. dress pattern, for best
specimen of drawn work on linen.
VIII Weller offers one bolt of bleached
| cotton for best specimen plain thanksgiving
| by Miss under fifteen years of age.
Hon. Geo. M. Cochran, for largest and bes
collection of crotchet knit and fancy work, 5;
in gold.
| W. L. Olivier, for the best collection o.
pickle put up in 1890, ladies handsome gold
pen pearl holder and case.
Major Alex. Hart, for best specimen O.
knitting, ladies handsome scrap-basket.
E. Berkeley, photographer, for best patch
work sofa cushion, one dozen cabinet photo
graphs.
j. A. Fauver & Co., % pounds granulate(
sugar. for best plain sewing by hand.