Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-09-10

Wilmington Is now launched In mid
current Of its annual fair week.
AT the fair grounds on Tuesday
morning it was fight with the weather.
At one moment it would clear up and
then in five minutes again drizzle APP
peared with heavy mists driving in from
the north.
'Its an i'll wind that blows nobody
good" SO the light showers of the morn
ing did the racing track the greatest
possible good.
Notwithstanding Tuesdays threaten
Ing weather there was quite an elastic
sanguine feeling existing all around,
among exhibitors and visitors There
was buoyant determination not to be
disgruntled over dark skies and damp
walking. Numbers of happy faces and
plenty of enjoyment were found in all
directions. The merry laughing voices
of crowds of children discounted Old
Prob's gloomy weather scowls clear out
of sight.
Along the exit passageways of the
ladies' building are interminable dis
plays of household articles and fine
exhibit of kitchen products, pies, bis.
cults, bread, and cakes Of all kinds.
In the main building the fruit and
farm product exhibit under the charge
of ex-Marshal McMullin is the most
complete and is already great centre
of interest. The arrangements for view
ing the fine collection OF grapes, apples,
pears and peaches are very good. The
exhibit tables are placed behind wire
netting.
The chief fruit exhibitors are from
New Jersey. Some fine peaches are
shown by John Burris of Ch1stiana.
Among yellow peaches the varieties are
Crawford's Late, Globe and Senior.
Shocks are seen also and Presidents.
There are some very fine clings from
New York. Miss Ada Miggett Of Iron
Hill, all the varieties mentioned and
also some very fine Gray Rareripes.
Immense Duchess and Pound pears are
seen, some of the former by II. H. Nc
Mullin are very fine. S. S. Thompson
of Pennsgrove has SO varieties of apples
and John T. Collins almost as man '
with 2S varieties of pears and 28 Of
grapes. The finest grapes seem TO be
the Niagaras. Ex-Sheriff Giles Lamb
son shows fine muskmelons. Robert
Sutton of New Castle exhibits pump
kin weighing 131 pounds. Thomas
Born of Chadd's Ford has 10 varieties
Of tomatoes. A fine sample of Match
less weighed 2S ounces.
In the basement of the main building
lop-eared rabbits, Maltese cats and
other favored animals find quarters
among the pigeons and fowls.
H. NJ. Thomas of Camden, Del, has
81 varieties of fowls. These include
almost all the varieties known.
SPLENDID CATTLE DISPLAY.
The cattle display this year exceeds
in the quality of the stock that of any
of the previous years. Many of the
beasts on exhibition are a credit to the
fair association, and speak well for the
breeders who eyhibitthem. A fact that
is commendable this year is that num-
bei of local breeders, spurred on by
their success last year, have made great
efforts to Guido those who have been
exhibiting every year from distance,
and the result is that this year there are
many fine cattle displayed from all parts
of New Castle county and vicinity.
This has tendency to raise the present
high standard of cattle breeding in the
State and place it on an equal footing
with that of other states.
II needed but stroll along the two
hundred and one cattle pens this morn
ing to convince the usual observer that
one of the finest cattle exhibits to be
seen in this part Of the country was
there in all its beauty. For, in fact
there were a great many beasts there
that attracted the attention of all who
saw them. The fleece of some of them
was as soft as silk. There were the
Holsteins, which are usually considered
for their jet black skin intermingle1
with white and yellow colors; the
Jerseys, with their dark nose and pretty
eyes, whose fame as milch cows is hare
to excel; the Swiss cattle, Herefords
Ayrshires, Guernseys and other breed!
which 60 TO make up first class ex
hibit.
The first display noticed as tour o.
the sheds was made was that exhibited
by @. e. Carouthers of Washington
county, Pa. His herd of 80 head of fin,
cattle comprise largely short-horneC
Durhams, including bulls, heifers, cow
and calves. All OF these are imported
stock, and fine ones they are. They
have been exhibited at Wellsville, O.
Easton, Nd, uniontown, Pa, and a
Washington county fairs, where many
hrst prizes were carried OIL:
Then came the Elkton stock Farms
exhibit of fine Red Polled cattle. Thest
were in charge OF .. Il; Stevens and the
herd comprised 10 head,
Robert Q: Toms OF New Castle county
came nexI IN the row with SIX head o.
very fine Holstein cattle. The majority
of these are thoroughbreds and are ex
cellent cattle. The herd includes NY
mich cows and one thoroughbred bull
"Fortesque Netherland," one and one