Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-08-28
THE FAIR.
5000 PEOPLE In SPITE OF THE
POURING RAIN.

Out of the twenty-four annual agricul-
tural fairs held in Staunton, but one has
been absolutely without rain, though they
have been held at dates running from Au-
gust to November. Last year. the fair
commencing on September 3lst, was lit
orally washed out and the audience gather
ed in the Rotunda to hear President FOLK
Of the National Alliance, was soaked with
the rain that came through the root. This
week the rain, which was worth many
thousand dollars to Augusta county for
the corn and pasture, began falling two OIL
three days before the fair. Tuesday, the
opening day, it was pouring and about 2oo
went out. Wednesday was little better,
and about 900 went. and PaWnee Bill gave
his Wild West show in spite of the weather
and though the mud was six inches deep.
Yesterday morning at o'clock the sun
came out hot and clear, and the ground
commenced drying at once. By noon there
were 5000 people on the ground.
suffereded this year just as the Alliance adj
dress did last year. A splendid OK which
had been butchered was brought to the
ground Wednesday evening to be roasted
whole, and five Alliance men from Abe
marie were there to commence preparations.
AS fast as the hole dug to roast it in was
cleared out, the pouring rain filled it up.
At midnight the barbecue had to be given
up and the OK was sold. There were some
1 800 Alliance men on the ground yesterday
but there could be no barbecue.
THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The voting for Directors of expired terms
resulted in the election of T. r. n. Speck
of South River, in place of J. w. Church
man, and A.C. Gordon Of Staunton, in
place of Geo. Chrisman of Rockingham.
Yesterday the Board Of Directors consist
ing of J. Alex. Bumgardner, T. r. N.
Speck, M. f. Gilkeson,J. D. Crowle, A. G.
Gordon, J. w. Todd, G. Julian Pratt, S.
M. Donald, III. A. S. Hamilton and M. e.
Miller, reelected all the old officers except
| that J. N. Mcfarland was elected Treas
urer in place of B. T. Terry. M. q. Miller
President. and G.. Julian Pratt, Secretary,
were reelected. Fl. G.. Carter was elected
a member of the Local Executive Commit
| tee in place OF T. r. n. Speck chosen Di-
rector All the Vice Presidents were re-
elected.
THE BABY SHOW.
| Yesterday at noon, Messrs. M. i. Rowe
of Fredericksburg, and T. r. n. Speck of
Augusta, acting as the judges, awarded
the LIST prize for the finest child of four
years, to the child of Mrs. Anna Speck, wife
Of w. D. Speck, and the I'd prize to Mrs.
Jno. A. Llghtner. The 1st prize WAS a
lamp given Icy NJ. l.. Treiber and the I'd an
umbrella stand given by Drury & Thornton.
The LIST prize for the finest child under 2
years old was awarded to Mrs. j. W.
Myers child, and the End prize to Mrs. Jno.
A. Lightners child. The LIST prize is a
baby carriage offered by T. J. Crowder. and
the I'd is SIS in gold offered by w. A. Bur-
nett.
THE EXHIBITION.
| The exhibit of horses is the finest in the
history Of the Fair. W. FL. Jordan of Pu-
laski has % heavy draft and French coach
horses; j. B. Andrews of Charlottesville
G. A. Holcombe of Danville, A. D. Payne
and VIM. Garth Of Albemarle, f. A. Dam
gerfield of Culpeper, G. A. Lightner Of Au-
gusta. M. T. Martin of Roanoke and r. A.
Clemmer Of Augusta, all have fine stables.
In cattle there are Jerseys, Holsteins, De-
vons, Short-horns, Guernseys and polled An
gus-every variety except Ayreshires being
represented for the first time in the history
of the Association. Maj. Geo. Chrisman
Of Rockingham, is without competitor in
Short-horns T. Lovelock of Gordonsville,
shows Devon, polled Angus and poultry.
Cameron & Bro. of Gordonsville, show
Jerseys, sheep and poultry. A. B. Cocker
ell of Augusta, (ate of Tennessee) shows a
fine herd Of Jerseys. M. B. Rowe of
Fredericksburg, who has national repu-
tation for his Jerseys, shows herds of Jer-
seys, Guernseys and Devons, % in number.
S. M. Byers of Augusta, shows Holsteins.
Ell. A. S. Hamilton Of Augusta, shows a
fine herd of Jerseys, including some that
once belonged to Miler's famous "East-
wood'' herd. He also makes a fine exhibit
in sheep, pigs and poultry. Wednesday he
won all the prominent prizes in sheep. NJ.
F. Gilkeson has some fine sheep, and saddle
horses including the splendid Denmark. ,;
In the rotunda the display is not as large
as usual. The season does not admit of
wheat and corn and there was not the usu-
al amount of preserved fruit. Some of the
vegetables were enormous, there being cab
bages there that would fill the width of a
barrel.
Outside John NJ. Hardy & Son have the
finest collection Of carriage work ever seen
at the fair.
Yesterday afternoon there was a Tennis
game played, which will be continued
to-day.
| TODAY.
For the first time the track will be in a
condition to-day to have races. PaWnee
Bills exciting Wild West Show which
stops for no bad weather will exhibit as
usual.
We will publish the official list of premi
ums in full. as usual, next week.