The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-20
GETTING READY FOR THE FAIR.


Exhibits Coming i'm Lively-~The
bindings Sprucing up, and Being
Gotten in Order.-Race Horses From
Many States, and Splendid Display
of the States ResOurces~-A Gala
Time Expected After the Great Har-
vest.
Il heard farmer whistling yesterday
for the first tima4in five years"
A prominent Raleigh citizen made this
remark yesterday to reporter of the
NEWS AND OBSERVER
"And," continued the gentleman, cit
was none of your l;zg, loafing kind of
whistles with spring lever in it; it was
a whistle with a good, keen frost-bite
ed2e; that whistle had get-ap and get In
it; it had good, brisk fall color; it was a
whistle with some flesh and blood Il! i !;
there was a good, old fashioned bruaR
down going on in that fellows heart, else
he could not have produced that particu-
lar whistle"
This all occurred in the Raleigh Ma
tional Bank. and the farmers were in
line before the Teler's window, waiting
their turus to get their cotton checks
cashed
This whistler had gotten for his cotton
8 / cents, and didn't ''care d-n"
who knew it; in fact he 'was a tellin' of
it Aud all this in the decorous atmos'
phere Of the bank; but the farmer was
obliyious to it all; he was whistlirg,
The banks have been paying out TO the
farmers from $40, 900 to $50, 600 per day
for so many days now that they have
got to whistle or ''bust.
And the whistle goes down the line,
from one end Of the State to the other;
for the reaper is under the shed; the
corn is grinnipg through the cracks of
the crib; the wheat -sack is tied in the
middle on the way to the mill; the to-
bacco has reached the golden stage;
the looms are playing a ballad OF
home with their fingers sweeping the
warp of the cotton fields; along the
SLOPES on the edge of the Worm-fence
and the wheat s.ubble, and the corn
shocks. there is a silent autumnal chant
OF thanksgiving in the chorus Of chang
ing color.
So the whistle of the farmer in the
bank is not the only music; there is
music everywhere to the inner ear of
him that has toiled. For the moment,
the farmer and the fields cease from
labor, look upon the work, and see and
say that it is good.
And of that which has come forth,
the people will bring a part to their
capital city, and there will be a hallelu
iah of hearts, in the agricultural offer
ing.
That is all an agricultural fair is: that
is what it will be next week. The
North Carolina Fair to begin Tuesday
stands in the same relation to this North
Carolina people as the Atlanta EXPOSE
ton does to the South; as Chicago did to
the nations of the earth.
Aud R4leig1 is getting ready. Secre-
tary Nich) Dis was at the grounds In force
all day yesterday. The hogs, sheep,
cattle, horses, poultry, crop specimens,
products of the factories of the State,
they were coming in. But the rush viii
not come unil Monday. Many do not
wish to have their live stock stay in the
grounds unnecessarily over Sunday. But
Secretary Nichols said yesterday that all
the prospects were bright; that there
would be more peop,e at this fair than
we ever had before. The space allotted
to amusement booths, side shows, &C.,
was taken up eagerly, and that 10
guage of the crowd on the way; amuse
ments always go ahead Of nine cents
cotton for they know the people will be
here to be amused
A reporter of the News AMI OBSERVER
spent some tim3 yesterday at the
ground many of the stalls were filed;
Floral Hall was fast filing, many with
the exhibits OF our own merchants; the
show cases have been made clean and
bright; the shelves are all papered aud
in neat order; many coops Of chickens
have arrived, and sixty more coops from
one man alone are on the way. By the
bye, in one Of the coops at the grounds
new style Of chicken appears, rooster
and hen; it is low necked rooster and
a low necked hen. From the shoulders
of the rooster and the hen there are no
feathers up to the head The color Of
the ROSTERS naked neck looks dis
sipated and OF groggy, red
color, but the hen has sad -colored neck
as if it were distressed over the bad hab-
its of the old nan The ladies are at
work getting their fancy work in shape
and household goods At me table
group of ladies were getting into dainty
shape the lunch counter OF the women OF
st. Mary's Guild, for the benefit Of the
Church Of the Good Shepherd, and other
touches were visible here and there from
our public spirited wives and daugh'e-s.
The show is just waking Up There is
sadder looking than a printing
Office deserted in the morning, unless 1t be
the wind-swept sides OF ir-ground builc-
ings just out of years desolation. Bat
everything has been put in good order,
the track made level as Sidewalk, and
the old buildings seemed to b. feeling
the blood come back into their veins.
Everything is waking up, and Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday will
be the days in which the fields Of North
Carolina will break out il one broad
smile within the limits of the
grounds. Some say it is too
dusty. Everything is always too
something; if there had been more rain,