The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-08-20
AT WR GHTSVILLE.
Members of the Masonic Excursion Have
Big Time at the Seashore.
News and Observer.

News and Observer.
Clerk John w Thompson, of this city,
who went to Wrightsville with the Ma
sonic excursion weighs 260 pounds. Mr..
George Norwood weighs 261 rounds
1t happened that these two gentlemen
donned bathing suit each, and were
dispOrting themselves in the surf to the
delight of hundreds on the beach who
were attracted by their shapes.
The bathing suits at Wrightsville have
been hibernating-Or the two in question
had been-and the rafters of those suits
were weather beaten and weak Thus it
came about that when Mr.. Norwood took
liberties with himself in the water and
imagining he was a boy again, tried to
be gay, the warp split from the wOOf like
the populst from the democratic party,
and, in the words of the late Mr. Tenny-
son, left Mr. Norton "half revealing, half
concealing" himself.
1t was during one of Mr. NorwOod's
spasms of embarrassment that Mr.
Thompson Joined in the chorus of laugh
ter from the beach-but the privilege of
laughter did not go with the suit. Mr.
Thompson's friskness soon brought him
to ruin. A vicious wave struck him
when he was tense with mirth at his
companion, when he felt a giving away
of something and found himself strictly
decOllete.
Suits were thrown from the shore. but
were swept out to sea. Meanwhile, as
southern gentlemen, the two victims had
to keep up to their necks, treading water
until q change of clothes should come
In the midst Of all this, Commissioner
of Labor Lacy, our 125 pound feather
weight, made himself invaluable as a
steering committee on bathing suits and
finally succeeded in putting one in the
hands of the needy two
But not the most uninteres.ing part Of
the drama was the putting on of the
pants Of Clerk Thompson This was
watched with intense interest from the
shore. The legs were too small for the
genial clerk, but this was easy Treading
water all the while, the gentleman sim
ply donned two shirts, using bodies for
'gs, Lacy making rapid excursions back
and forth all the while. Mr.. Lacy was
indisI ensable. They could not have done
without him. Had he not been there they
would have had to wait until night, which
would have been too bad. But not so
Lacy was valet during the whole perfor
nance; he helped the gentleman dress ;
without him, the toilets could not have
have been made. AS it was, Clerk Thomp-
son backed out for the first time in his
life, He had to. 1t was wrong for the
crowd to look at him as he escaped, but
that may be put down to vulgar curios
ity. The next time Clerk Thompson goes
ia bathing at Wrightsville he should get
his pants half soled and clinched with
brads. He owes it to himself and to his
fellow citizens For he is public man
aud undeserved exposure will not he
tolerated by his host of friends
State Fair Notes.
The evidences of great state fair at
Raleigh this year, continues to multiply
1t has already been announced that
such large farms as the Vanderbilt estate,
Of Buncombe; the Mcintyre estate, of
OnslOW; the Kennedy farm, of Lenoir'
the Holt and Homewood farm, of Ala
nance; Fair View farm, of Wake; Mott
farm, Of Iredcll Sedgefcld stock and
dairy farm, of Forsyth; the Hege poultry
farm, of Forsyth; OsceOla poultry yards,
Of Craven; Occoneechee farm, of Orange;
the Capehart farm, of BERTHE; the Scot
land Neck breeding stud, Of Halifax;
Robinson stables, of Anson; Wachovia
Kennels, of Forsyth; Kent's pit game
yard, of Caldwell; Parker farm, of Ran
dolph, besides hundreds of farmers rep
resenting the state from the extreme
east 10 the extreme west, will make ex
hibits.
The peanut, rice and grain industries
will be extensively and artistically
shown
Noluminous correspondence Is being
had with famous cattle breeders outside
the state, who desire to exhibit their cat
tie at the North Carolina fair, and quite
a number have promised to be present
Among the fractions that have been
secured are the cyciOrama Of the battle
Of Gettysburg, Of which State Trea a-urer
Tate and Col. T. 5. Kanan speak highly
and favorab!y; the Working World, one
of the most wonderful pieces OF mechan
ism in the United States: the Bohemian
glass blowers, hose artistic and delicate
work in glass. attract attention by tie
hours, and other fasc mating novelties.
There will be three great days Edu-
cation day, on Tuesday; Soldiers day,
which Incorporates a reunion of the
Confederate and Federal veterans. on
"Wednesday; Farmers day, on Thursday
Col ! II Holt Burlington y & l.