The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-03
RED LETTER DAY.
Thirty Thousand People at the
Interstate Fair-Frankfur-
ters' Competition.
sncctat to the Jersey CITY Ne,rs.

TRENTON, Oct. 8, 1S95.-The attendance
yesterday at the great Interstate Fair was
nearly thirty thousand people, for it was
Farmers Day, when the country folks in
New Jersey and across the Delaware in
Pennsylvania take a holiday. By daylight
there were continuous parades of all kinds of
moving caravans to be seen on every high
way that led to The Eastern Farmers Car
niyal, as they now choose to call it. There
were thousands who came by trains, mostly
the young folks in store clothes and gay
ribbons. The crowd was in procession as
early as eight O'Clock, for the farmers come
early and get away about the middle OF the
afternoon, so as not to be caught away from
home after dark.
1t was the harvest day for the fakirs.
The army of fakirs had been increased by
lures sprang up during the night. The
main promenade just back of the grand
stand was a crude midway. Every appetite
for novel amusements could be satisfied,
even to quick peeks on some living pictures
that were acceptable to the animated that
had their first sitting with the pictures that
are made and not painted.
INTERESTING TO LADIES.
It was an intensity interesting day for the
ladies, for when they arrived in the morning
the secret jury of experts had announced
the prize winner by pinning the red and blue
cards on several thousand pieces of fancy
goods. These tickets announced who did
thebest painting and sewing and made the
best mince pie and sponge cake. 1t is q
great pie contest, which grows in inter est
every year, and the great rush for entries
shown by piemakers, as a d omestic fine art,
is improving in this locality.
President John w. Taylor entertained at
his tent a number of the officers of the vsr-
ious county fairs in New Jersey and Penn
ssylvania.
The New Jersey experimental station, 10
Gated at the State College in New Br uns-
wick, make their first attempt this year to
give an exhibition purely for the farmers.
They show by experiments how sulphur
prevents scab and soil rots of potatoes as
proven by experiments made on the State
farm.
Competition in roasted Frankfurtsrs is
running high, either caused by over-pro-
lGucuOH OF Uue cOnSeTFdJlSlH Ol capital. lOl
one man has numbered paper made up with
his casing of mystery, which entities the
lucky bitter to a choice of q dozen or more
cheap trinkets. The other sausage men
have appealed to Secretary Muerhead for
protection, and threaten the e%nterprising
man with prosecution for running a game OF
chance. There is some talk of forming a
Frankfurter Rooster Mutual Protection
League.
RED LETTER DAY.
To-day is the red-letter day. The Gov
ernor and staff will be on hand and ride
around the track in an open barouche. All
the State officials will meet at the State
House and drive out together. Candidate
John w. Griggs, with ex-senator Garrett A..
Hobart and a host of politicians from all
parts of the State will be here. United
States Senator Sewell will not be, because a
number of the boards of which he is an
officer or director meet during this week.,
and he will be prevented from attending.
He was expected for a few hours yesterday
afternoon, but did not arrive. Chanc ellor
McGill, the Democratic nominee, will be rep
resented by Chairman F.. F. G. Young and
Secretary Willard c.. Fisk.