Evening journal., 1891-09-10

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nibits on tho Fair Grounds. Listen to the
Music and See the Entertainmen emit a nd
Races-Governor Reynolds, tx Gov or
Blggs and Many Prominent Men
There.
This is big Thursday" with a ven
geance. Ever siuce $50 o'clock this
morning the people have been pouring
into the fair grounds At / o'clock 1t was
estimated that there were $20,0 per-
sons on the grounds
Railroads, horses, carriages, hacks.
bicycles and every kind OF conveyances
helped to swell the crowd A great
many colored people we're brought by
trains from Wilmington and down the
state The first train from the Delaware
railroad consisted Of nine passenger
coaches, and they were packed with
pleasure-seekiug humanity.
The Baltimore and Ohio and Will
mington and Northern railroads helped
70 swell the crowd every half hour, and
really 1t was a good thing for the student
OF human nature to stand on the east
side Of the grounds, in place command
ing view OF all the gates, and watch the
constant stream Of human beings pouring
in
It is strange what a difference there
is. Now, the staid old farmer goes
along sees a horse, bull, COW OF chicken,
and backs off to study It's points Not
so with the city bred man. He walks
through, giving hssty glances TO the
right and left, leaves the building, and
thinks he has seen 1t all
Among the first arrivals this morning
was Ex-Governor Biggs. he looks bale
and hearty, has his long gray locks, and
despite the fact that he has just superin-
tended the marketing Of one
OF the largest peash crops he has
ever had on his many farms, bids fair to
see many days before he has his heart
desire and is buried in the rich alluvial
soil Of good old Sussex. where the pine
wsveth and the sand sifteth."
Even the great Worth would have
been astonished by the costumes pre-
sented by the women. Here you would
see young woman dressed in deep
mourning. with white face; there you
would see a woman dressed In snowy
white with a black face The
city dud, with his prettily dressed girl /;
the negro swell with his best girl wear
ing a costume containing all the hues Of
the rainbow; the bashful country youth
who walked so far from his girl that car
riages eou'd drive between them
the gray headed man driving
ponies at ten cents q trip. and the three
months old babe in the arms of its
mother. Everything came, and saw and
conquered Enjoyment was the object,
and the fifty cents piece WAS the open Sc
same
The fakirs did rushing business after
3 o'clock, and pulled in collar after dol
lar Gambling devices sre excluded.
II they were here they would
coin money, for that Is the
kind of crowd it is. Every man and
every woman brought Just SO much
, money, and they seem to think that Il
] would be miserlY TO take any Of it hons
with them.
He Knew His Man.
There was rather an amusing connie
/ Of authority at one OF the lunch counter
8 early this morning A boy walked up tt
e the counter and deposited q solitary g.
Y cent piece on the counter He then pu
e down an armful of ham sandwiches.
j "What is that for?' asked a man bach
: of the counter
I Il sold one, said a still smaller
; voice.
| Wbl4t We NOub nave bhbUl III
b over the grounds If that is all you car
/ sell.
Turning to another 10y who was bael
2 of the counter, he said:
ssPile those sandwiches back on tn
shelf-every one Of them"
But, protested the boy, ''the Dos
2 gave me orders to keep the pile RICH
i here on the counter"
2 when did he say sol"
! Yesterday"
q "Well, the boss is - fool
You do as tell you.
Turning to a reporter who was taking
: q dew drop eye-opener, he said, apologet
' ically.
8 you sse yesterday I had about
Q bushel OF ham sand wiches piled up OF
that counter. / couldn't be watching
them all the time The first thing
knew the kids had stolen all Of them bu
bakers dozen.
a The boy back Of the counter looked a
2 him. He looked at the reporter, and th,
reporter looked at the sand
wiches and sighed for the young
boys who NAV follow in the footsteps O
? big Frank, but who win never starv,
to death
To-day's Races
The races to-day promise to be good
and long before noon seats in the CRANE
4 stand were occupied and the fencei
i around the track were lined BY lovers o.
/ horse-fssh, watching the Jockeys speed
! ing their blooded animals.
The first race is for 4-year old clasi
: trotters for purse OF $500 The horses
! entered are Fascination, Black Psince
Three Tips, Brother g. and Edga
Dudley Fascination is owned by DR..
\ O. Mccoy of Kirkwoed
The second race Is 2 80 class trotters
for a purse OF $400 The horses entere,
in it are Dan, Harry h , Frank O. Sleep
Ned, Hamlet M f, Mary Spielmau AM
T Redwood. Harry d, is owned by NJ. F
Hayden Of Wilmington.
8 The third, last and best race Is tn
g. SO class trotters. The purse is $500
The horses entered are Norris N
= XII, @. F. Iseminger, Hokeland, Lin
: wood Maid, Maurice s.. Yorker
Fawcett, Sadie NJ. The two Delawar
horses in this race are Norris n, br &.
n belonging to A Eewlin of stanton. ant
y [ \ L., b g., belonging to d. NJ Uric
: of Newark
Tomorrow there will be the 800 class
z % entries; the 2 As class, entries; an
n thu 20, class, 6 entries.
! strang's Organ Recital.
From II until 10 IS o'clock Professc
J. Samuel Strang, the great Philadelphi
# organist, held large crowd entrance
t and spell-bound in the ladies building, b