The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-21

Its good talr. -Mr. maurice
Rosenthal.
"Tt's splendid Fair."-Prof. James
Dinwiddie.
'It's really a frst-class Fair."-Mr.
Cary j. Hunter.
These three gentlemen sat near each
ather on the street car returning from
the Fair yesterday afternoon, and each
was heard to make the remark credited
to him. Every passenger on the car and
every one who attended the Fair yester-
day, who were heard to remark at all,
were in hearty accord with these gentle
men.
The Fair is q good one. You can take
any half dozen of the leading exhibits
and they alone would make very cred
liable fair.
The Biltmore farm exhibit, the Ala
nance farm exhibit, the Occoneechee
exhibit, the Royal & Borden, Julius Lew
is Hardware Company and the White
Reckel Company exhibits, would make
one very good fair. Then the r. F.
Morris & Son Manufacturing Compa-
ny's exhibit, of Durham; the Home Fur
Hiture Company's exhibit, Of High
Point; the Caraleigh Cotton Mills dis
play, the unique end interesting exhibit
by Miss Mamie Cowper, the Steinmetz
Floral exhibit, and the Darnell & Thom-
as musical instrument exhibit would
make another creditable fair. The st.
Nary's School art exhibit, the ladies'
needle work evhibit, the splendid dis
play Of fancy embroidery and other la
dies fancy work, the china diplay by Mr..
w. III. Hughes, the handsome mantel
exhibit by l.. G. Weathers, the marble
exhibit by Cooper Brothers, the splendid
collection of furniture by Messrs.
Thomas & Campbell, the Striff piano ex-
hibit, and the very interesting collection
by Mr.. j. Z. Wyatt, of Salisbury-these
all together would make another very
creditable fair.
There have been hundreds of agricul-
tural fairs held that did not have in the
entire department half as good collec
ton of poultry as you can see from the
North Carolina Experiment Farm, under
the managementof the superintendent,
Mr.. II. e. Hege. The Alamance farms
collection, the Occoneechee collection,
the collection from the Biltmore poultry
yards and the other poultry exhibits
all make poultry show that Is
be worth riding miles to see if there was
nothing else attractive at he Fair. The
exhibits by the Raleigh Spring Bed Com
pany, J. w. Barber & Son, the Happy
Home Canning Company, of Henderson;
the Snow Basket Factory and the Snow
Cigar Factory, of High Point; the Rial
10 Gaming Company and canning ma
chinery by Mr.. L. III. Raney, the Tokay
wine display OF Col. Wharton ]. Green,
the wine xhibit by Mr.. W. A. Bobbitt,
of Franklinton; the Tyson Il Jones
buggy exhibit-these together would
make good country Fair.
The xhibit of agricultural implements
by Mr.. Benz. Irby, the fertilizer display
by the Caraleigh Phosphate Company,
the specimens from the Pomona Terra
Gotta Works, the smoking tobacco ex-
hibit by the Blackwell Durham Tobacco
Company, the tobacco display by the
Browns Bros Company, the unique and
attractive display Of children's work, the
Chatham fruit exhibit by Mr.. Perry, the
Cow brand soda exhibit, including their
popular representative, Mr.. Brantley--
these would make very good Fair.
Then there are a thousand and one
things all over the building, all interest
ing and instructive. There are bags of
cotton, corn, wheat, oats, rye, barley,
huge turnips, squash and garden and
field products of every species and of
every variety. Pumpkins, parsnips, po-
tatoes, pepper, peas, cabbages, collards,
cucumbers and Gala lilies, beats and
beans, and so on all over the alphabet.
To say nothing yet awhile of the fine
horses, fine cattle, hops, sheep, etc., ex-
ceut that the stables are full of these,
and The live stock exhibit is one of the
largest we have ever seen.
The Fair so far as exhibition is con-
cerned is a success, and we hope that
the showers will cease today, so that the
attendance may be commensurate with
the exhibit.
The crowd yesterday was perhaps
larger than one could have expected con-
sidering the rain, but still why not ev-
erybody 60 along and see the Fair. The
rain is rather mild one; the buildings
are all well rooted and nobody need be
too much exposed even if the cloudy
weather should contine.
Yesterdays two thousand or more vis-
itors were seemingly having as good a
time as though the sun had been shin
ing. There is going to be a good crowd
today. The trains yesterday afternoon
brought crowds from all the nearby
towns and these folks are going to take
q look at the Fair, rain or no rain.
The amusement feature of this years
Fair is superb, perhaps the best and
most interesting that we have ever had,