The record-union., 1896-09-03
Bigger Crowds at thePaVl-
lon and Park.
Arrangements Complete for the
Poultry Show.
The Premium Stock ParadeS Will Begin
Next Week
To-Day The ThOrOaghbreds Arc to Have an
Inning That Will Continue
for Sn Days

People are arriving by every train to
attend the State Fair, and as a result
the attendance at the Pavilion last
evening was much greater than on the
opening night There was much more
10 be seen, too. Exhibits which had
not been placed on Tuesday evening
were nearing completion, and others
which had been incomplete stood out
in relief harmonious and whole
The decorations of the main building
are beauuful-almost beyond express
sion, and vari-colored pennants, stream
ers, draperies festoons, flags and orna-
ments Of all kinds blended together to
please the eye and confuse the visitor
who attempted to segregate and class
ify what he saw.
Every nook and corner was occupied,
and where shadows should naturally
have fallen the incandescent lamp cast
its rays, and "he who ran might read"
or do anything else with as much ac-
curacy as though the sun was at me-
ridian.
In the art gallery, especially. was the
change noticeable. Order had been
brought out of chaos. There Is not
q poor piece of work in the hail." was
the expression of a competent art critic,
and he told the whole story.
The profusion of fancy needlework
came in for d fair share of comment
and criticism from the female portion
OF the spectators, and many pieces were
voted lovely, if not wonderful. There
is patchwork, crazy genuine craZy)
work, embroidery exceeding rich, and
laoes as delicate as the web the spider
weaves. To a man it is safe to say
that one of those pieces Of needlework
Is as ineXplicable as the mysteries Of
the North Pole-which brings one to
consider the spectacular display made
by Weinstock, Lubin & Co. of "Greely
II the Frozen North"
she central figure of the piece-if
there be really a central fgure-is the
brig. which by a bellows attachment
Is constantly kept moving, as though by
action Of the waves. The vessel is sur
rounded by huge icebergs. all SO nat
ural as to deceive the spectator into the
belief that he is really looking upon
the northern side Of the Pole, and a
tenderfoot just from st. Louis was seen
TO involuntarily turn up the collar Of his
summer coat, while North Pole shiver
crept along his spine, and then look fool
tsh when kindly voices again brought
him back to a realization of the fact
that a warm wave was rolling over the
State.
There are 200 moving figures in the
piece, many OF which are very natural,
and there are a half-hundred groupings
OF figures showing as many incidents in
Peary's voyages, prominent among
which was the planting Of the flag upon
the farthest point north reached by the
party, a bear hunt walrus hunt, a
start on a long sledge Journey, and the
stOrehouses erected along the line Of the
searchers for the Pole.
While the display in Machinery Hall
IS incomplete. enough IS already there
10 attract the attention not only of
mechanics, but Of citizens for whose
business the machinery and tools were
designed. Here is to be seen all the
latest designs Of tools used for the farm
and the workshop, while In one spot is
q deep-well pump in active operation.
It is the creation of A. p. Ames cf Gait
III this county, and attracts universal
attention.
The exhibit Of the Sacramento Cham
her Of Commerce is also greatly i'm
proved over the opening night, and the
fruit exhibit IS as fine as was ever shown
= any one locality. Cereal products
form a prominent feature Of the
county's display and the great over
grown pumpkins and squashes from the
American River district surprise even
old Californians.
Arrangements have been completed
for opening the poultry exhibit, which
viii no doubt be ready for inspection
before the week IS ended.