The Brookhaven leader., 1891-11-12
Snufh mississippi Fair.

South hlS>i~Sillii dii -N'N"N''''''"'
which took place at Summit during
the last week of October. Those who
have been yearly attending these
fairs. say that this was Que of the best
and most successful yet held. The
writer did not attend before the last
| dav. aud then most of the live stock
! and some of the other exhibits had
/ been removed, and yet we found much
remaining to interest and instruct.
/ The Summit Sentinel well says that
..thc two main exhibits at the fair that
called forth more words of high com
mendatiom and genuine praise than
any others, were those of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dewitt c. Lea, of the Bogue
/ Chitto Home Farm, and DR.. and Mrs.
/ Il. L. Hart, of the Champion Hill
Farm. Each one of these exhibits
contained everything imaginable that
could be grown in the ground, raised
on the trees, fishes from the deep,
birds of the air, ladies' skilltul handi-
work, farm, garden, yard and dairy
ia fact, their exhibits were so extern
sivclv elaborate that it took hours to
examine the articles contained there
in. Each one of their magnificent
displays-ones that no county i'll the
state, or anywhere else, can surpaSS
were crammcd and jammcd con-
stantlv with visitors who were aston
ishcd at the magnitude of what they
saw. and all were made heartily wei
come, and pains were taken by both
Mrs. Lea and Mrs Hart that each cal
Ter should not 90 away feeling that
they had not seen all of these beauti-
full exhibits. Mr.. aud Mrs. Lea took
the first premium besides Il number OF
others, and DIR. and Mrs. Hart came
in strong on the second premium, and
they, too, took number of other pre-
miums. These ladies and gentlemen
worthily wear the high encomiums SO
layisIly bestowed upon them"
The elaborate aud diversified eX-
hibit made at the Fair by the Expert
ment Station of the \. 4 NJ. College
at Starksvillc, was one of the finest
and and most interesting we have
ever seen, and the interest and atten-
| ton paid it by the hundreds that dali
! " locked to its headquarters attested
to the wisdom Of the officers of the
College who placed it on exhibition.
1t was the means of advertising the
] Colleges resources more thoroughly
than anything that could have been
done. Below is list of the exhibits :
125 varieties of grasses.
20 insecticides, Will, implements for
distributing.
% varieties of apples.
10 varieties of potatoes.
s varieties of peppers,
& varieties of corn.
30 kinds of canned fruits, jellies,
etc, put up 10y students.
| 80 varieties of cotton.
Several varieties Of flax and fibre
growing plants.
400 different insects classified,
showing which is injurious and which
are beneficial to growing crops, with
modes Of destroying same.
The gentlemeu who constitute the
Fair Association deserve great credit
for the energy and public spirit they
display in maintaining these annual
exhibitions for the entertainment and
instruction Of the public and should
be encouraged by all liberal minded
people, who wish to see the material
interests of South Mississippi adj
vanced. The fixed policy of the man
agement is not to make money for the
stockholders, but to re-invest al
money over and above current cX
penses, in adding to and improving
the fair itself.
tits noticeable that these annual fai
exhibits have already given II fresl
impetus to the raising of improved
stock and improved and diversified
farming methods among those who at
tend, and the future promises still
greater things in this direction. Gam
bling and all immoral features and in
tluences have been reduced to tn,
minimum or absolutely prohibited, ant
as a journal which endeavors to watcl
and conserve the moral us we'll as ma
terial and other interests of the PEG
pie, it affords us pleasure to say W,
do not think any one would be JUST
fled on this score in refusing to en-
, courage the fair by attendance OF
otherwise, rs the benefits to be deriv
ed will far outweigh any incidental
evil.
Seeing the bitter war made on the
Alliance in Mississippi in the name OF
pure Democracy, by the George or