Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-15

lhS anu FIDfGu us lulCItslln5 as us
| predecessors.
FAIR GROUNDS, HAZEL DELL, Septic.
Yesterday was the closing day of the
Wilmington fair for 1892, and it is an
| open secret that it will be the last fair
held by the Wilmington Agricultural
and Industrial Association under the
existing conditions.
A generous estimate of the attendance
during the week would not reach %, 900.
Tho detail for each day, as estimated is
Tuesday, 3,500 Wednesday, $500;
Thursday, 10000; yesterday, 5000.
These are melancholy figures for the
managers Of the enterprise to meet.
Were it polite for them to speak it is
highly probable they each and all would
express themselves as thoroughly sick
of the whole enterprise.
Everyone in connection with it has
done his level best to make the fair pay.
The directors have been economical to
that extent that they have earned for
themselves the reputation of prosimoni-
business. Every effort was stretched to
stop leaks" The real facts arc that
no money was escaping, but it was not
coming in.
The directors paid the sum of $1,000
out Of their individual pockets 10 coddlG
i the weakling into very life. The w.
/ a. N. X. r., gave 81 900 in hard cash.
But that is the last. Nothing more will
: fnaIIv damnnat.atsi no failocv IA
c tLro,;;ng rra,,I ,nano,, oftar haI
~ liz Sthn,, hand II Il contandad th,i
M WILMINGTON fair am ha NAH =.
/. suc,n.sf,,I n o,,tornrisa ~ am IL III,
Z ,,,TNt., SIi ti,at 4 ,a,,,;rad !, !,
I clai,neS il tn tsl,a ~ mo rastricti,n,
: ,bnt t,r,,,avis Il l. ,r,ad ttst shn,,Ig
! th 49, 'i ~, ,.nasions 10 No. o,a,in Wh
! S,,;t,1 stan1ts readJ ~ tali,
i, m m rnternrisa ond make II m eas,
!. success 81 It Is understood that actioi
along this line is in view.
The street car line would be run on
/ to Eden Park. only a short distanc
/ from Hazel Dell This aid along Win
J, the " & N railroad transportatiul
facilities would meet all the increase,
:, PATRONAGE of the fair
= Tic bir crowd that rode home in tn
i, last Train tast nigbt was s0rr6wfu
d rortngr The raailiem Of the WHINING
: ion fair was sunG. and Inc above state
ments arc notes from the dirre told wit
exact circumStantialIty.
n H. is no psDprial niece of DpWs bu
ts simply matter OF record, known b
It hundreds of visitors to the fair yestel
day, that there were at least a doAe
Y speak.cusics in full blast and that an
Z one could get a drink Of liquor VII
Il cared to proceed about its acquisitio
j. with d little circumspection.
), An industrious, money making fax
d, called ont to citizen whom he shrewdl
=, guessed might be on the inside, 81
e give YOU u dollar if you'll get me
y drink OF whisky"
The thirsty fakir did not get hi
V liquor. ISut the incident tells its ow
y story.
er Fmn,v ybistv bott,e, nbo fan;,i.
q ,;nls hrown rISss aask, We're fam
=. iv;nc aronnd 1n tna ~r"ss in fvcry i
a rSortion - 80,
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y A. Mn ahnnt InnmI. IL raricsds
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wv W. so 80 so a. 40 ~ No onploy,
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ny s ~su' a,,3, S man d,dn;t come he
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