The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-10-02
THE HARTFORD FAIR.

HlDlllOn an dllTdClINe one. ne OllCtls
of the association, as reorganized, aIe
as follows: President, J. RoystOn
Sitter; vice-president, j. Ross Scar
borough; corresponding secretary,
Willard c. Rouse; general secretary,
James w. McNabb. Sheriff Ambrose
Cooley acted as chief marshal, with
John J. GLADDEN. and Matthew j Her
ron as assistants.
The committee on reception com
prised Messrs. Stevenson a. Williams,
John Moores, DIR. NJ. l.. Jarrett, r. b.
Howard, William A. Wiley, Charles
\. Andrew, DR. John Sappington,
William S. Forwood, Murray Nandi-
yer, James r. Whteford, Hon. Viii
liam b. Baker, Louis Michael, Edward
H. Hall, Joseph b. Hanway, Thomas
H. Robinson, Frank E. Gorrell, Col
Ohio S. Lee, John S. Young, |.
Rosenfeld, DR.. j. c. Butler and w.
w. Preston.
The grounds devoted to the exhibit
ton of farming machinery and imple
ments is better filled than has been
the custom for several years past.
The main exhibit is that of the 5. S.
Lambard Co., who have fine display
of implements. Corn shelters, drills,
feed cutters, plows, burrows, rollers,
&C., are of the best and most improved
pattern. David Hanway has also an
exhibit which shows the extent and
variety of mis- stock.
CARRIAGE DEPARTMENT.
Robert c. Richardson, of Church
vile, has the leading display. He has
an intermixture of vehicles which are
of an attractive style and speaks
volumes for the enterprise of the ex-
hibitor Top and no-top buggies,
buckboards, traps, Surveys and
carts of fine finish and the most dura
BILE make. The Bulett Company, of
Delta, has also a complete exhibit of
fine carriages on hand, which attract
more than passing attention.
In the stock department, the pens
devoted to cattle, while perhaps not as
full as on some previous occasions, the
deficiency in numbers is more than
made up by the superior quality of the
stock exhibited. Messrs r. Harris
Archer, Joseph y. Coale, William Bull,
William Smithson and Frank Heaps
have a fine lot of Jerseys. j. l.. McCor-
mick & Bro, William ID. Lee, IAcheus
DeBow and E. &. Merryman, Guern
seys. Herefords, Grade, and other va
rieties of cattle are exhibited by W.
q. Hoskins, Joe Hoskins, L. j. Gross,
Archer Minnick. T. H. Hanway, Jas.
n. Blake, Howard Minnick and others,
a peculiarly fine heifer, half Jersey,
with calf, being exhibited by Mr.. A
L. Patterson.
SHEEP.
Several very fine specimens are to
be found in the pens, the most notice
able perhaps being several fine repre-
sentatives of The Dorset tribe, whose
powerful horns render them almost
curiosities. They are the property OF
Mr. E. NJ. Gillett, of Baltimore coun-
ty. Messrs. Fred. Lochary, E. Git
tings Merryuan, John Moores, Howard
Minnick, 7. H. Hanway and w II.
Minnick also make displays of fine
animals. Among the number are
Shropshires, Southdowns, Oxford
downs and grades.
EXHIBITION HALL.
The lower part of the building is as
usual devoted to an exhibition of
Agricultural products and presents
fine appearance. Every variety of
vegetables is on hand and in great
variety from the lowly potato to the
lordly pumpkin. The Fallston Farm
ers Club, occupies the space at the
lower end of the hall, with most at
tractive collection of the products of
the soil. Grains, grasses, vegetables,
nuts, flowers and fruits are grouped in
an artistic style. while all the finer
qualities of farm culture catch the
eye ana please the fancy. They have
nothing on hand which is not of the
highest type, and each article speaks
volumes for their skill and success as
tillers OF the soil.
Among the articles to be seen in
this department is a box containing a
rare collection of woods native to the
soil of Hartford. 1t contains about six
ty varieties, each labelled with its
name, and is the work of youth of
thirteen years of age.
FRUITS.
The display of fruits is one of the
most attractive features. They are
there in profusion and endless variety.
Apples, pears, peaches, plums, grapes
&C., toothsome and tempting, hand
some and pleasing. One can hardly
wonder when he beholds them that
Adam fell wnen Eve tempted him.
UP STAIRS.
To the unprofessional eye the up
stairs department presents Il bewilder-
ing maze of choice preserves, jams,
j,l.ies and pickles, bread, pies, cakes,
confectioneries, quilts, tides, doylies,
fancy work, paintings and drawings,
and fitting to and fro among them
pretty girls enough to upset all objec-
tion> to matrimo1y. The lower end
of the room is occupied by the .JeiTery
display. The weIE-known Miller or
gan and Stien piano occasionally filled
the room with sweet melody, while
the busy click of "Jeifery's Own" and
the Domestic sewing machine added
homelike air to the exhibit.
The space allotted Mr.. Jeffrey is
beautifully papered and adorned with
hangings, which show the extent TO
which his machines may be used
The Davis machine, exhibited by Mr.
James c. Young, occupies the opposite
corner in connection with the Sanders
and Stayman Comp my, whose exhibit
includes the Fischer pianos and E5tey
organs. Among the principal features
of the ladies department is very pc
culiar and unique quilt made by Mrs.
Jarrett Spencer. The body is of
white material, and is covered with
Biblical quotations in red letters, cut