Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-20
SPECIAL PREMIUMS
Offered bv e. Cit-'s Bust
ness Men for Special
Exhibits.

special premiums, offered tor ex-
hibits at the fair to be held OC-
tober 70, 20, 81, p, at the Abe
marie Park
Our enterprising merchant, Mr.. NJ.
Weiscl, heads the list with au offer of
IS. 90 in gold to the lady having on ex-
hibitiOn the handsomest dress made of
goods purchased at his store. We be-
speak this to be an interesting feature
81. he ladies department, as MI. Weisel
has long since made ladies full dress
goods a speciality. Mr.. Weisel gener-
ously offers another premium which is
DESIGNER, for the best dress on exhi-
bition, made from Standard Patterns,
for which patterns Mr.. Weisel is sole
agent.
Our mammoth store, The Fair, offers
handsome Marseills quilt for the lest
embroidered counterpicCe.
Mr.. T. C. Allen will Sive , pound
box of French candy for the handsom-
est dressed doll by a ~ girl under II
years of age. Now G'nls dc your best.
Now girls here is another one. Daw-
son Bros, our Main street Coufcction-
ers, offers a 5 pound box Of Crystalized
fruit to the one exhibiting the best dis
play of home made candy.
Our leading tobacconists, c. w
Stevens & Co., will give I pound of
Yale Mixture smoking tobacco for the
| best handmade tobacco pouch. Now
girls, this is the best grade of smoking
| toba eco manufactured, and if your
beau smokes, be industrious and make
him present of this.
One of the attractive features of the
fair will be a baby show. These baby
shows have been attended by marked
| interest and attraction elsewhere, and
doubtless will be at our next fair. Mr..
N. R. Parker will donate a handsome
self-adjusting crib to the mother of the
handsomest baby. AS pretty babies is
the boast of E. City, we all wait treat
in the baby show.
a. B. Seeley & Son will give a barrel
Of PatapsCo Superlative Flour to the
lady exhibiting the best bread made of
this brand of flour. These gentlemen
arc the leaders Of this favorite brand
of flour, which is recognized as one of
the best brands on the market.
Mr.. T. J. Jordan will give pound
NGlIl VI Ming D OAS ol1OOA LShNAhS ""
der, to the lady exhibiting the best
bread i'll which she used this powder.
Mr.. Jordan has recently made a success
full run OH this popular powder, which
is manufactured by the w. c. King
Coffee Co., Of Norfolk, Va.
Now here we have a handsome and
most valuable present. 1t is an Excel
siOr stove, donated by our enterprising
L. O.
for the best display of bread cooked in
the Excelsior stove. This stove is man.
ufactured by l. A. Sheppard & Co., of
Philadelphia, and has long since been
recognized as the leading cook stove
on the market.
Our none less enterprising hardware
merchants, Sharber & White, come up
with Boss Pillow, complete with at
tachnents, for The best display of farm
products. This pillow is great favor
lite with our farmers, and therefore we
expect All extensive display of farm
products.
Mr.. F. F. Cohoon will give modern
rat prof chicken coop for best brood of
fall Matched chickens.
Etheridge Bros. will give one-half
dozen cakes of extra quality butter
milk toilet soap for best spIasher exhi.
bited.
Our leading nlillers, Raper s. White,
will give one bushe1 of fine grade
bolted meal, for best pone bread made
from their meal,
Mr.. J. Walter Brothers offers two
bushels sweet potatoes to the lady who
exhibits the best potato biscuit.
Mr.. ". H. Zoeller will give life
size crayon portrait for the best fruit
cake exhibited, cake to be his after the
fair.
Mr.. w. J. Woodley, our popular
grocer, will give 80 gallons of pure
apple vinegar for the best display of
pickles put up with his favorite vine
gar.
The Ice Factory will give 4 coupon
book of 200 pounds of ice for 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.. Pendleton
has built mp good tobacco trade.
The Fowler Net and Irvine Co. will
give hammock for the best display
of hand-work made from their seine
twine'
Mr.. E. +. Lamb, who is besides a
prominent lawyer, one of our most
enterprlsing farmers, offers a premium
Of 500 pounds of the best hay raised on
his excellent farm, for the best mich
COW OH exhibition. The milk is to be
tested at the fair.
MesSrs. NJ. D. Gregory & Son will
give five dollars for the best calf on
exhibition, sired by their Holstcin
bull.
MIR. Ferebee also offers the services
of his famous stud Cannonade, for the
best colt OH exhibition. sired by his
stud.
Mr.. n. G. Gre ndv will donate a bar
rel of Early Rose seed potatoes tor the
best display of this variety.
Mr.. p. P. Cobb, agent for H. A.
Grip, artist, will give life-size cray
on portrait for the best cured country
ham exhibited, ham to be claimed by
him after the Fair. Portrait to be Of
any person desired.
There must be two Or more contest
ants for all of the above special pre-
miurns. These premiums, together
with many others which are yet to be
added, will appear in each issue.
Never before in the history of Eliza
beth City fairs, have there been offered
so many special premiums as will be
offered at our next fair Go to work
Immediately on your exhibits, and
show your appreciation of the marked
liberality of our merchants.