The record-union., 1892-09-02
A GRAND SHOWING.
Some of the Sights at the Placer
County Fair.
An Exhibition That Does Credit to the
HuSbandry and Womankind
of Placer.
Especial Correspondence REcoRD-US1o,y.l

/ parts of the county, who are here in at
tendance on the twentieth annual Placer
County Fair. The Opera house, where
the exhibits are, is crowded with the
beauty and intelligence of the surround
ing country.
After several finely rendered selections
by the Auburn band of twenty pieces,
last evening, Colonel John P. Irish de-
livered an interesting and witty address,
and was loudly applauded all through.
In the course of his remarks he spoke
earnestly of the value to the country of
small holdings, the number of homes,
the increased population and the refining
influences which follow thick settling of
the country. The foothills, he said, are
the custodians of the future welfare of the
State. He spoke feelingly of the import
| ance OF preserving the forests from the
| ravages of mountain fires, which are
annually destroying the young trees, and
compared the tree to the mother Of the
! fountain. He touched upon the abund-
ance of the water supply, which is mex
| haustiDle, and on which depends abSo-
| lutely the fertility of the soil. Many
other matters of vital importance were
ably discussed by Colonel Irish, and
|
! The exhibits would be a credit to our
State Fair. One Of the most notable is
that Of Coker 81 Crowell of Auburn
! Their exhibit is in the form of cottage,
octagon-shaped, composed of three rooms
| I-parlor, dining and bedroom-with bay
windows in front, hall and porch. The
| walls are OF carpet, as were also the CELL
ings; the door openings are hung with
fine portieres, and the windows with lace
curtains. The floors are covered with
rich rugs and mats, each room being
| furnished with rich and stylish furniture
| This firm is deserving of great credit not
only for their display, but for their efforts
| in ali directions to make the fair sue
| cess,
The display of Bartlett and other pears,
prunes, plums, Muscat and Tokay
| grapes, by Il. G. Lavelle, is excellent,
and shows the superiority of foothill
! fruit.
H. B. Gaylord has very fine exhibit
of apples, peaches, black grapes and
Beurre Bose pears, the latter being es-
pecially fine.
The display of squashes, tomatoes,
| liquorice root, prunes, peaches, grapes
and ounces, by T. b. Gibson, is excel
/ lent, especially the ounces, which are
| very large. Mr.. Gibson also has a good
| exhibit of figs, apples, prunes, pears and
! black berries, also very fine sample of
! cotton raised near Auburn.
j. l.. Robertson of Newcastle has a
very fine exhibit of grapes, pears,
peaches, eggplant; the latter are especi-
| ally large.
j. May of Auburn has perhaps the
! finest exhibit of vegetables, such as
| squashes, beets, tomatoes, parsnips, Gu
cumbers and corn, all of which are very
! large.
James Astell has an excellent display
in melons, squashes, wheat, oats and
! barley.
one of the best exhibits of tomatoes is
! that of f. Z. Colburn. Of cantaloupes
those of j. f. Dudley are unusually large
| MU. NJ. Baker of ColfaX has an excellent
exhibit Of peaches, plums, prunes and
grapes, all of which are large and of fine
color. Perhaps the best display of
peaches fourteen varieties) is that of t.
f. Perry of Newcastle. So large and fine
a lot of peaches as Mr.. Perry has shown
is seldom seen.
j. r. Corred has large exhibit Of
! grapes, consisting of twelve varieties,
! which for size, color and flavor would be
hard to excel. The same gentleman has
a good display of garden products: also
some large samples of oranges, which are
| just beginning to color.
w. b. Lardner has a very good exhibit
| of canned fruits and jellies. He has also
an excellent display of grapes, and Mrs.
! Corred of ounces.
| f. A. Tyler Of Auburn exhibits very
| fine samples of Tokay and Muscat grapes,
the bunches being large and full. He
also has good sample of dried peaches
| w. K. Fountain of Newcastle exhibits
| very fine samples of peaches and Muscat
| grapes, which are hard to beat, being
large and of beautiful color, many OF
which will weigh at least three-quarters
of pound each.
| G. w. Thaelker of Long Valley shows
some fine samples of peaches and grapes.
Z. Horne of Newcastle exhibits fine
| samples of grapes and peaches, and III.
! Mason of Newcastle has excellent sam
| pies of grapes and peaches and the best
display OF hungarian prunes.
| O. n. Hillborn of Newcastle exhibits
very fine samples of late Crawford
peaches, and NJ. b. Hopkins of the same
| place exhibits beautiful samples of Me-
Dewitt cling peaches. NJ. Marshall of
| Newcastle exhibits very fine samples of
! McDevitt clings.
n. p. Halborn displays very large and
fine samples Of McDevitt cling peaches
and ounces.
! Mrs. Waldron of Rocklin and Miss E.
| Ahart of Lincoln have some very fine
paintings of flowers and leaves on vel
vets and satins.
Mrs. Albert Fletcher of Ophir has a fine
sample of Tarleton flowers.
Mrs. c. Applegate of Applegate has
some excellent needlework on canvas,
| which Is worthy of special notice.
Mrs. George Mitchell of Newcastle has
a very large and exceeding fine display
of handmade laces, which she would do
well to exhibit at the State Fair.
There are two large and very fine crazy
quilts made respectively by Mrs. j. Clegg
and Miss Arhart of Auburn.
l.. b. Bucher of Auburn has a large
and very fine exhibit of dried fruits.
fresh figs, picked fruit, vegetables,
syrup, honey, oats, wheat, rye and bar
| ley, all of the grain being in the head and
shows wonderful growth.
e. j. Sparks of Lincoln has very fine
! samples of black oats, wheat and barley
| in sacks, also in the head, and some fine
samples of black walnuts and Bartlett
/ pears. Two samples of oats in head are
/ at least eight feet in hight.
Nixon Luce of Sheridan has very fine
samples of wheat and oats in sacks and
| in the head.
! w. r. Fountain exhibits two large
! squashes, weighing respectively seventy
three and forty-eight pounds.
w. Shilling of Newcastle has very fine
samples of McDevitt pears.
! II. ii. Buhring exhibits samples of
paints, hardware, lamps, tinware, stoves,
! etc.
H. W. Trousdale of Auburn exhibits
very good samples of harness, whips.
rugs, etc.
Towle Bros exhibit of doors, sashes.
| blinds. rustic and holdings is very good
j. a. Culver of Colfax and J. c. Bisbee
! of Auburn exhibit fine samples of
wagons.
| Il. B. Everett of Auburn exhibits rich
specimens of quartz, free gold and agate.
| f. S. Newman of Sheridan exhibits ex-
cellent samples of canned fruit and grain
| in the head.
| The exhibit of flowers and plants by
many persons is large, and the geraniums
are especially fine.
| The large exhibits of peaches. plums,