Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-25
THE DALLAS FAIR.
Another Monster Crowd was
in Attendance Saturday.
SCHOOLS WELL REPRESENTED.
Two Thousand People from tho Fort-The
Attractions of the Day as Numerous
as Usual-Report of the
Awarding Committees.
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DALLAS, TEX, Oct 2i-F'ort Worth day
at the Texas state fair has been not only
the greatest success of the season, but the
most successful since the organization OF
the institution. Last nights and to-day s
trains all reached the city loaded to their
utmost capacity, and an early hour found
thousands of people on the ground. Two
thousand people arrived from Fort Worth
on the morning train, making the largest
crowd that ever came from that city at any
ore time. Everywhere people were crowd
ing each other, and when 3 O'Clock arrived,
many thousands of people were on the
ground.
AS usual. Fort Worth made it a success.
Many schools and colleges were on the
grounds from all parts of the state. The
Sherman Institute sent its girls, each wear
ing their four-cornered hats. Garland col
lege was also here. Waco sent the students
from its female college, and Gainesville's
college was also on the grounds. The AL
varado schools were present. Ross Nolun-
teers from Bryan gave an exhibition drill
that did great credit to themselves and
Texas. The Fort Worth business college,
100 strong, came over to help swell the
crowd and make the day success. The
croakerS have given up the ghost and have
to acknowledge that the Texas state fair
and Dallas exposition of 1891 is the success
of successes.
The usual programmes were carried out
and all visitors were satisfied. On Monday
the great baby show will take place. The
interest in this feature of the fair is Very
great. On Monday the great mule race
will be had AT IL o'clock Governor
Hubbard will address the people in Music
hall Governor Hubbard Is one OF the
greatest orators in the United States and
no one should fail to hear him, as he will
how m
Texas. The indications are that the at
tendance on Monday will be but little short
of to-day's.
REPORT OF THE HORTICULTURAL COMMITTEE.
The awarding committee in the horticul-
tural department to-day submitted the fol-
lowing report to the fair association:
We beg leave to report that the Texas
state horticultural society has placed on
exhibition in the horticultural department
of the fair an elegant display of fruits con-
tributed by its members from all parts OF
the state As the society is performing a
most important work for the state, with no
expectation of pecuniary reward, aud as
their exhibit is not entered in competition
with other exhibits we would respectfully
recommend that the fair association, in rec
ognition of the merit of the display, award
to the oTexas state horticultural society
gold medal or diploma.
We also beg leave to make honorable
mention of the following displays of fruits
which We're received too late to enter for
competition: a collection of remarkably
fine Jap persimmons, hybrid Jap persim-
mons and black figs, by T. Y. Munson of
Denison. Mr.. Harris of Ripley, Titus
county, has fine display of kiefer pears.
DIR. A. NJ. Ragland Of Pilot Point sent a
fine collection CT pears, Jap persimmons.
apples and peaches. G. Onderdonk of
Nursery Tex, contributed a fine display of
oranges and pomegranates. Mrs. E. p. Cor
we're of Dallas shows bananas from her own
yard.
w. R. COLE, Dallas,
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