Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-07-09
SPECIAL PREMIUMS
Offered by E. city's Business
Men for Special Exhibits.

The following IS a llSt VI
special premiums, offered Tor ex-
hibits at the fair to be held &c
tober 70, 20, II, p, at the AIDE
marie Park a.:
Our entcrprising merchant, Mr.. NJ:
Weiscl. heads the list with an offer OF
=, 90 in gold to the lady having on eN-
hibition the handsomest dress MADE Oh
goods purchased at his store. we DC
speak this to be an interesting feature
of the 1adiesdepartment, as MI. W eiS9i
has long since made ladies tull oreSS
goods a specially. Mr.. We1sel gene!-
ously offers another premium which IS
a years subscription to the SfdHdatH
DESIGNER, for the best dress on e1hl-
bition made from Standard Patterns
for which patterns Mr.. We1scl IS Sole
agent.
Our mammoth store, The Fair offers
handsome Marseills quilt tor the best
embroidered counterplece.
Mr.. T. C. Allen will give pound
box of French candy for the handsoIf-
est dressed doll by any girl under II
years of age. Now girls do your best
Now girls here is another one. Daw-
son Bros, our Main street coutectlon,
ers, offers a pound box of crystallzcd
fruit to the one exhibiting the best dis
play of home made candy:
Our leading tobacconists, I. W.
Stevens & Co., will give I pound OF
Yale Mixture smoking tobacco tor the
best handmade tobacco pouch Now
girls, this is the best grade Of smoking
tobacco manufactured, and II your
beau smokes, be. industrious and make
him a present of this.
One of the attractive features OF the
fair will be a baby show. These baby
shows have beeu attended by marked
interest and attraction elsewhere, ana
doubtless will be at our next falr. MI.
N r. Parker will donate handsome
self-adjusting crib to the mother OF the
handsomest baby. AS pretty babies IS
the boast of f. City, we all wait treat
in the baby show.
A. B. Scelcy & Son will give barrel
of Patapsco Superlative Flour to the
lady exhibiting the best bread made OF
this brand of flour. These gentlemen
are the leaders of this favorlte brand
Of -four, which is recognized as one OF
the best brands on the market
Mr.. T. J. Jordan will give pound
can Of Kings one spoon Baking Pow
bread in which she used this powder.
Mr.. Jordan has, recently made a sue
ccssful run on this popular powder
which is manufactured by the w. {.
King Coffee Co, Of Norfolk, Va.
Now here we houe a most handsome
and valuable present. 1t is an Excel
sior stove, donated by our enterprislng
hardware dealers, Sawyer & Aydlett
for the best display of bread cooked IN
the Excelsior stove. This stove is man
ufactured by I. A. Sheppard & Co., of
Philadelphia. and has long since been
recognized as the leading cook stove
on the market.
Our none less cntcrpriSlng hardware
merchants, Sharber & White, come up
with a Boss Plow, complete with at
tachments, for the best display Of farm
products. This plow is great favor
tie with our farmers, and therefore we
expect an extensive display of farm
products.
Mr.. +. F. Cohoon will give modern
rat-proof chicken coop, for best brood
of fall Matched chickens.
Etheridge Bros. will give z dozen
cakes of extra quality buttermilk toilet
soap for best splasher exhibited.
Our leading nillers, Raper & White,
will give one bushcl of fine grade bolt
ed meal, for best pone bread made
from his meal.
Mr.. J. Walter Brothers offers two
bushels sweet potatoes to the lady who
exhibits the best potato biscuit.
Mr.. w. H Zoeller will give a life
size crayon portrait for the best fruit
cake exhibited, cake to be his after the
fair.
Mr.. w. J. Woodley, our popular gro
Ger, will give 80 gallons of pure apple
vinegar for the best display of pickles
put up with his favorite vinegar.
The Ice Factory will give a coupon
book of 900 pounds OF ice fort the best
home made ice box or refrigerator.
Mr.. n d. Pendleton will give one
pound of Gravely's superior tobacco
for the best display of peas. This is
the best chewing tobacco on the mark ct
and one upon which Mr.. PcndlctOn
has built up q good tobacco trade.
The Fowler Net and Irvine Co. will
give hammock for the best display of
hand work made from their seine
Irvine.
Dir. +. F. Lamb, who is besides 4
prominent lawyer, one OF our most en-
tcrpr1S1nR FARMERS, OUeTS Il premium
of 500 pounds of the best hay raised OH
his excellent farm, for the best mich
COW on exhibition. The milk is to be
tested at the fair.
Messrs NJ D. Gregory & Son vii,
give dollars for the best calf on exhi-
bition sired by his Holstein bull.
Mr.. Willis Ferebee, of Camden, will
offer the services of his Jersey bull for
the best calf on exhibition, sired by
his bull.
Mr.. Ferebee also offers the services
of his famous stud Caunonade for the
best colt on exhibition, sired by his
stud.
Mr. N. G. Grandy will donate a bar
rel of Ear;y Rose seed potatoes for the
best display of this variety.
There must be two or more contest
ants for all of the above special preni-
INNS These premiums, together with
many others which are yet to be ad-
ded, will appear i'll each issue. Never
before in the history of Elizabeth City
fairs have there been offered SO many
special premiums as will be offered at
our next fair. Go to work Immediate
IL on your exhibits, and show your APP
probation of the marked liberality of
our merchants.
10 ID