Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1895-08-28
NEW JERSEY STATE FAIR.
The state Agricultural Society
VIII Hold Its 37th Annual Ex-
hibitiOn On Labor Day.

This popular and prosperous Society
will hold its thirty-seventh annual ex-
hibition at Waverley Park, on the line OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad, between
Newark and Elizabeth, opening Monday,
September I'd, Labor Day., and the
fair will continue the five succeeding
days. The officers of the Society have
spared neither labor nor expense to
make the coming exhibition the most
interesting and attractive of any pre-
vious fair held by the Society. Every
thing that could be done to invite ex-
hibitors and make their quarters more
comfortable has already been attended
to, so that at this time both the
grounds and buildings present an at
tractive and home like appearance.
The horse stalls, cattle, sheep and swine
sheds are in thorough repair, while the
principal exhibition buildings have been
renovated and are made both conve-
nient and comfortable for exhibits. The
number, variety and class of exhibits
from present Indications bids fair to
surpass all previous years. The horse
department will have several new classes
and the Judging will be made popular
feature. The various classes will be
shown on the track each morning from
10 to II A. NJ. The classes for tandems,
cobbs and road horses will be hOtly con-
tested, and the special prize competition
for runabOuts it is conceded will eclipse
all others in popular interest. The en-
tries in the cattle department are away
ahead of previous years, and from pres
ent Indications in all of the other de-
partments the Society will be crowded
fOrrOOm. This is to be accounted for
from the fact that the officers of this
Society make it point to show special
attention to the exhibitors and they ap-
preciate the courtesy. In addition to
this the State Fair offers superior ad-
vantages from its favored location as a
market fair. Exhibitors finding good
market for their stock are quick to ap-
preciate the fact, and in saying that they
can do better, take more orders and
make more sales than they do at any
other fair in this or adjoining States, is
a proof of the success the State Fair has
won. The means of reaching the
grounds have been greatly improved
"
service of the Pennsylvania, Lehigh
Valley and G.. R. R. of N. j., the electric
cars, both from Newark and Elizabeth,
connecting as they do with suburban
towns for dozen or more miles distant
from either of those cities, deliver pas
sengers at the main entrance to the
fair grounds. A person can take an open
electric car at Jersey City and without
change be taken direct to the fair
grounds. These improved means of
reaching the grounds will induce thou
sands togo there this year, giving ex-
hibitors a Tuch larger audience than
they have had, heretofQrn Hi 66 aecs
of the State Society aiways n1ake NJ
their business to please visitors, SO that
when leaving the grounds they are sat
isfed that they had full value of their
time and expense. The Society have
never allowed the horse or the tract to
overshadow the other departments, but
each one is kept abreast with all of the
others. 1t matters not what is the
visitors speciality he will find an abun-
dance OF material to occupy and absorb
his time while on the grounds. There
will be large show of horses, neat cat
tie, sheep, swine and poultry, improved
farm machinery of every description,
carriages, wagons, etc. Also fruits,
grain and vegetables, with an exten-
sive assortment of domestic and home
made productions, besides a creditable
display Of fine arts by amateur artists,
with a miscellaneous collection of nov
elites, which add largely to the attrac-
tive features of the exhibition.