The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-10-20
THE GREAT FAIR |
39th Most Successful Exhibi-
tlon-saturday's Large
Attendance

Olle DAY more and the 3:tb am.
nual exhibition of the Frederick
County a Agricultural Society
passes into history. 1t has been
a most successful one i'll every re.
spect' Except one day, the first.
when wind and rain dampened
the order of both exhibition and
audience, the best records of past
years have been broken.
This is not the Fair of a wear
or two, of which we speak, rather
OF half a century. 1t has wit.
messed the appalling days of civil
strife as well as the glorious vie
tories Of Schley, Dewey and
Shafter. 1t has covered an envi.
able epoch.
The year 1899 has been re.
markable one to the Agricultural
Society. In the matter of
weather, they have been winners:
In the presence of Admiral
Schley, they added many hun.
dreds of dollars to their treasure
of the week.
Schley was the only feature on
Wednesday and Thursday. He
came from Washington upon in
vitatiOn of the society and drew
one of the largest crowds that the
Frederick Fair grounds has ever
accommodated. The distinguish.
ed admiral held IA public recep-
ton upon the grand stand on
Thursday from noon until one
o'clock. He was most happy in
his responses and all who wished
to meet the hero of Santiago took
advantage of the opportunity.
The crowd ON Thursday was
the largest that has thronged the
grounds in many years. 1t was
estimated at from $4,000 to 80,
600 and many gave thousands
more as nearer right. The
weather was perfection and no
power could make all enjoy them
selves to better advantage.
Every section of the county
was represented and all did well
in cooperating with the efforts
of the society to make the pres
ent Fair the peer of any that has
preceded it.
The feature of the fair. unus
ually attractive to all, is the
large display Of horses, racing.
coaching, heavy and light
draughr; the largest for years, 50
that stall room was at a premium.
Sheep and swine. of the finest
breeds and in splendid condition,
drew unbounded praise from the
numerous throngS that visited
/ them. The Cattle Department
! was mainly noted for the excel
lent specimens Of the highest
classes.
The poultry exhibit was of a
very high order, from the large
Brahma." yying with the turkey
in size to the diminutive "Banty;"
lie fancier would long hesitate to
choose the best.
Pigeons, too, of nearly every
known variety, made the air tu-
multuouS with their soft, sweet
notes.
The East Grove was tenanted by
exhibitors of machinery and wag-
onS; alongside of a small hot-air
engine, pumping noiseleSsly, was
a stone crusher rendimg the
hardest stone into fragments.
The West Grove was never
so covered hWith side sows, for
tune tellers, games of chance,
freaks of all kinds, lunch stands,
andgphotOgraphic tents, two edu
Gated horses, a wild man, wild
girl, the human frog, the human
fish. drew in the Shekels from the
pockets of the curious, while the
glib -tongued ticket-sellers held
| the crowd.
In the Domestic Department,
cakes, preserves, beautiful white,
snowy bread and buns, biscuits
in profusion, tempted the connoiS,
seur to taste.
Tapestry, lace work. quilts,
crochet work and the hundred
other deft ways that feminine in
genuity displays itself was there
shown in mazing profusion.
For special displays John Iii
senhauer, James Il. Walker and
Co., McCardell and Son, candy,
and Chiffon and Rhoades, sewing
machines and samples of fine
work, were especially noticeable.
In the Art Department, p0r-
, traits of Schley and Dewey were
most conspicuous. Landscapes,
crayons, decorated china, whilst
possibly not so numerous as i'll
| other years, were of much merit.
In the Pathological Department
the artistic design of Mr.. VIM.
| - NI.CIoorr onu0ht an1 hold tha