Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-09-15
ECHOES FROM THE EXHIBITION.
An Unprecedented Success-Beauty Prizes
Closing Scenes Of the Fair.

than the grounds had ever before
held. Visitors who had never been
there before were astonished at the
immense crowd present. Through
one gate over a thousand vehicles
passed. The railroad authorities had
two trains from Hagerstown, one a
long special, but they couldn't carry
all the people then, and had to run
back and get the balance after the
first load was disposed OF. 1t was
Maryland Day, and thousands of
Marylanders were with us. President
John w. Stonebraker, Secretary Z. A.
| Wilmer and the directors Of the Ha-
gerstown fair were present, accom-
panied by the city band Of that place.
Many well-known Hagerstowners
were present, among them being
Mayor Hahn, City Clerk keedy, Capt.
Lane, Charles Webb, J. H. Stanhope,
b. A. Garlinger, II. A. McComas, p.
II. Wingert, John Adams and David
Ssibert Other visitors were ID. O..
Wiuebrenner, president OF the Fred
erick fair; j. w. Cook, superintend-
ent OF n. & w. Railroad; Charles
Dudrow, of the b. g. O.; Editors Nor
row and Haines, OF Charlestown;
Capt. J. n. Cunningham, Col. Jas. W.
Mcdonald and many other we'll
known citizens of Berkeley county.
A conservative estimate, based Oh
the most reliable data obtainable,
placed the number of visitors at II, 000.
Some judges said there were from
$4,000 to 10000 people on the grounds.
Ii was generally agreed that as large
a gathering of people is seldom seen
at country fair in this section. The
large grounds were uncomfortable
crowded with the masses OF people
that moved from one point OF interest
to another.
There was great fun on Thursday
picking out the prettiest girls and
the ugliest men to whom should be
awarded the prizes offered. The
judges were NJ. A. Snodgrass, Of Mar
tinsburg, X. w. Morrow, Of Charles
town, and Leslie G.. Beard, OF Hagsrs-
town. They decided that Miss Anna
Smith, of Washington, who was visit
ing her uncle, Col. Morgan, was the
prettiest lady on the ground, and she
was awarded u hand-paintsd silver
inlaid fan, Mr.. Morrow making a gal
liant presentation speech ut the grand
stand; Miss Brownie Wysong, Of this
place, received similar prize as sec
ond premium, which was presented
by Col. j. G. Frazer, Of Martinsburg,
who declared that she was entitled to
the first; Miss Louise II. Orndorff, of
Hagerstown, was third choice, and
Leslie G.. Beard presented a head
fichu, pronouncing tichu just exactly
right, as all the ladies declared. These
three premiums were given by Messrs.
Updegraff, CT Hagerstown. A large
bottle Of cologne, given by NJ. L..
Byers & Co., Hagerstown, was pre-
sentsd to Louise Anna Snyder as the
prettiest five-year-old girl. Editor
Morrow made the supeTfluOus an
nouncement that she didn't look like
her father. Miss Sallie Faulkner was
presented with a box Of bon-bons Of
fered for the prettiest young lady six
teen years old or under. The judges
unanimously awarded to Louis f..
Brown, of Martinsburg, the box Of
100 ginger cakes offered by himself
for the ugliest man, and b. \. Gar
linger, Of Hagerstown, got the 81
which he had given for the uGliest
Marylander.
The trap-shooting contest at clay
pigeons on Thursday was very inter
esting. There were about twenty
contestants in each match. q. w.
Haddex, Of Winchester, won the Nor
gan's Grove cup, breaking "a out OF Il
possible %. The best contest OF the
day was the tri.State shoot for n
handsome revolving oflice-chair. 1t
was won by Mr.. Haddex also, who
made % out Of %; Capt. Frank Cord
made 81 and H. b. Maddox made 90.
William Elliott, Of Charlestown, won
the jefferson county cup on n score of
IS, H. b. Maddox making II. After
the regular shoots two matches were
shot off by II. Argenbright, Of Staun-
ton, and Capt. Frank Cord, Of Hagers-
town, at 90 birds, the former winning
both. Then Robert Gibson won q
match at 50 birds from Argenbright.
The dog show was an interesting
part of the exhibit this year. Ninety
dogs, OF twenty-seven different varie-
ties, were shown. The smallest was a
little terrier belonging to Laura Rein
hart that weighed three pounds, the
largest splendid st. Bernard weigh
ing 1853 pounds, entered by John En-
tier. The exhibit was better than
last year, except in the pointer class.
The baby show on Friday was a
very interesting affair. A large mum
Der Of infants were on dress parade,
looking their very sweetest. The
prettiest baby was decided to be An
ma Louise, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
D. G. Henkle, and the little beauty
was presented with silver cup. INA
deniably the fattest baby was Sophie
Augusta, the chubby daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William Householder, OF
Martinsburg, and she got a five-dol-
lar gold piece. The tiniest baby was
Mary Dallas, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. L. Arthur, who got 50 in gold.
Ora and Dora Swain, daughters OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Swain, were
adjudgsd the finest twins and re-
ceiyed 50 so in gold-everybody said