Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-10-05

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4 BIG SUCCESS FOR THE ASSOCIA-
TION.
THE EXHIBITION-BABY sHOW-CoMPET-
, TIVE DRILL-CAPT. LEWIS HARTMAN
ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE AssoCIA-
TION-RESIGNATION OF SECRETARY
PRATT RENDERED AND RELUCTANTLY
RECEIVED.
&C, &C, sc.
The sun shone beautifully at the opening
OF the Fair Tuesday morning, and the
streets were thronged with people from the
county. 1t was not long before the first
attraction Of the day passed through the
: treets-the Trades Display, to which was
added the parade of Hunting's circus,
which gave its performance on the fair
tground. The Trades Display was headed
by really beautiful and artistic float got
ten up by James II. Wood waTd-nothing
even i'll the circus parade touched it for
beauty. The long line Of buggies made by
Hardy & Son, the Paragon Oil show by
Hughes Il Sha fer, which was accompanied
by music on its float; the harnessed dummy
horse of Edward Alexander & Co.; Dr.. S.
z. Hite's laboratory; the long line of coal
carts Of M. e. Miller; the State Dye Works
rig; Loeb Bros. big delivery wagon load of
dry goods boxes; JOS l.. Barth s clothing
rig, and the Daily News distribution wagon
and several others were in lire. The
Stonewall Band, the Blackford Cornet
!. Band and the various circus bands made
the parade still more lively.
ON THE FAIR GROUNDS.
There were over 1000 people on the
grounds-about three times more than the
1geueral first days attendance. The exhi-
[bition at the Rotunda was the largest and
best ever made, having three times the
number of exhibits ever made before. The
artistic and novel way in which that de-
partment was arranged was very attrac-
tive. There was tile largest bread exhibit
ever shown, and the work of the house wife
was more fully exhibited than we ever saw
it. There were seventeen varieties of vim
egar alone. The cut flowers were numer-
Gus and prettily arranged. A silver cake
made by Mrs. McPheeters Crawford Of
Fort Defiance, attracted much attention.
A cabbage larger than a half bushel meas
ure was one of the curiosities. Among the
many interesting things to be found there
we saw knit Linen Quilt. made by Mrs.
M. p. Dunlap Of Deerlield, over 70 years OF
age, the flax was grown in this county, and
the entire work Of spinning, knitting, ETC.,
was done by this elderly lady. We found
also a pair of knit socks by Mrs. Betsy
Bolton Of Waynesboro, over 90 years Of age.
| THE EXHIBIT.
4 In the number of exhibitors and the num-
Der Of entries this fair beats any of its pre-
decessors There are 400 individual eXhib-
itors who made 1900 entries. The largest
at any previous fair was 319 exhibitors and
1900 entries.
THE CATTLE.
In the cattle department the following
breeds are represented: Sh0rthOrns, Jer-
seys, Herefords, Holsteins, Brown Swiss,
and Polled Aberdeen Angus, aggregating
140 entries. Ewin 0. Craft. from the
Adams Stock Farm, Heistersburg, Pa, has
a beautiful display of Shortliorns ard
''Brown Swiss cattle. Dorsets, Hamp-
shire, American and DelaiEe Merinos,
make the finest show Of itself ever seen in
the county. Sharp Bros. Union Town,
Ohio, aud j. p. Hide, from Shinrock, Ohio,
have two magnificent herds of Polled Alb
erdeen Angus cattle, representing over 40
head. Maj. Geo. Chrisman has his usual
place in the Shorthorn class, with herd
that measures up to the full standard. The
Walnut Grove Stock Farm has beautiful
herd of thoroughbred Jerseys. All together
the cattle show is hard to beat, and is the
attraction of the Fair. E. J. Wayland our
we'll known sheep and hog breeder from
Swoopes' Depot, has a beautiful exhibition
in these classes, and the exhibit he has
made commends him to our people as a
breeder.
TIE POULTRY.
The poultry display is very fine, there
being very large number of entries in this
department, including some Of the most
noted breeds, such as Golden and Silver
Wyandotts, Barred Plymouth Rocks. Light
and Dark Bramals, Partridge Cochins,
Dominques, Black Jayas, Single and Rose
Comb Brown Leghorns. White and Black
Leghorns, Silver Spangled Hardings,
White Crested, Black Polish, Hou-
dams, Bantams, and Pit Games, Bronze
Turkeys, Pea Fowls, White Guineas, Pc
kin Ducks, pure bred Geese. Among the
largest exhibitors being J. Y. Ewing, Long
Glade. Hugh Trout, Staunton, G. Craw-
ford Miller, g. V. Parhins and E. l..
Houff, Jr.. Ft. Defiance; J. G. Bear, Cla-
renee Witt, Lacy Bailey, Thos. Shafer, OF
Staunton; f. NJ. Merrican with a magnifi-
cent display of Pit Game fowls.
SPECIAL EXHIBITS.
In the rotunda DR.. S. P. Hite made d
fine display of his remedies, having pyra-
mid which reached to the ceiling, compos-
ed of 500 bottles, "a packages and 5 boxes,
including horse powders. Tom Hogshead
had whole shelf full OF his Family Lini-
ment Jas. Fl. Woodward had a fine dis
play of gent furnishing goods.
Outside the rotunda, J. NJ. Hardy e Son
had special tent filed with vehicles, from
a Sl2. so dog cart up to assoc eXtension-top
carriage.
Lynn & Co. had fine outside display OF
every sort of agricultural implement.
J. FL. Council had a good display OF terra
Gotta drain thing made near his farm.
THE BABY SHOW.
The Baby Show took place yesterday al
ternoon, with the following jndges-Mrs
VIM. Irvine of Lexington, and Mrs. DR.. }