The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-10-11
CARRIAGES.

CARRIAGES.
There safo-lzz.4zzz12l iclas -nE1Rot=zt=is.
manufacture on hsnlA but Messgs.
Burns, of Havre de 6rseei exhibits
several specimens of aisszsdIrs; ORE
in the shape of elegant buggiess Bi1gkE
boards, carts, phaetohs and surveys
while Mr.. W. S. Buiett displays con-
vertible trap, which is marvel OF
beauty.
PUBLIC SCHOOL DEPARTMENT..
The corner of the main building al
lotted the children of our public
schools, presents a very attractive
feature of the fair. Specimens of the
work done as proof of progression in
study should ever be pleasing to view,
and whilst the exhibition is not as
complete as at other times in the num-
Der of schools represented, it contains
samples of work in grammar, mathe-
MATES, drawings, &c, from the lead
ing schools in the county. Bel Air,
Darlington. Havre de Grace, Forest
represented.
HOGS.
The pens allotted for an exhibit. on
of swine contains several fine speci-
mems of the different favorite varieties.
A mammoth specimen OF the Chester
White breed, the property of Mr.. J.
b. Hoskins was prominent in the dis
play. Messrs. James W. McAbee,
W. L. Amoss, J. NJ. Blake, G. L. Vale
exhibit fine Berkshires MIR. j. l.. Nc
Cormick, Poland China, and Robert
w. Holland, grade stock.
SHEEP.
The number of sheep on exhibition
was not large, but the representative
of the different families were we'll
worthy of careful attention. Messrs.
J. L. Mccormick and L. Cuttings Mer-
ryman had Oil hand the famous OK
ford Downs Bell Brothers and rhos.
Lochary, Southdowns john Moores,
Shropshires, and William d. Bartle-
son and William NJ. Gorsuch, Grades
and Dersets.
NOTES OF THE FAIR.
Three mammoth pumpkins were
placed on exhibition by Mr.. Robert
Phelps.
Several beautiful oil paintings were
exhibited by Miss Fannie Turner,
notably II magnificent portrait OF
Gen. Stonewall Jackson, which PROV
ell one OF the chief attractions of the
fair.
The music for the exhibition was
furnished by the NorrisvilIe Silver
Cornet Band, and was of such a char
acter us to fully sustain their reputa-
ton rs one the foremost bands in Har-
ford county.
The amusement committee present
eel a new feature in their line, viii, II
proved a source of delight to the pa
troI.3 Of the lair. \ troupe OF Japan
ese acrobats performed a series of
thrilling and daring feats, both on the
stage ana i'll mi,i-air, which elected
rounds Of applause.
I-aac Benesch & Son, of Baltimore,
exhibited d handsome set of oak cham
Der furniture.
The rival displays of the FallSton
and Forest Hill Farmers Clubs were
prominently displayed upon the lower
floor of the main building, and as
usual were replete with the produc-
tions of the county. Fruits and vege-
tables, cereals, grasses, nuts, &c, were
in rich profusion, and displayed in an
artistic and tempting manner. The
very finest spec mems OF each indi-
vidual exh bit had been carefully Sc
/ lected and so arranged as to develop
the best points in such manner as to
demonstrate the capabilities of the
soil of Hartford
The performance OF the troupe of
japanese ac"obats and contortionists
was, without doubt, the greatest at
! traction ever presented to the people
of Hartford coGnty. The brilliant feats
of little Ko Ko we're of themselves