Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-09-13

In the season or the harvest moon, |
the farmers of New Castle county held |
their annual Farmers Day Thursday |
at Brandywine Springs Park. The
country folk were there by the thousand
and represented not only this county,
but Delaware and Chester counties over
the line. They were prosperous look
ing people, the men in their rugged
healtbfulness that comes of a close
touch with mother nature the women
and girls, in that stats of iollitY and
good feeling which is the accompani-
ment of day spent away from the
farm, the young men and boys, spry and
constant in the search for amusement
Mingled among the pastoral visitors
were numerous persons, bearing the
general appellation of politicians These
were engaged in the tasks of making
hay while the sun shines, pulling wires,
building fences and laying pipes, all of
which means they were exhibiting
themselves to the dear people, the
voters, and trying to secure their sup
port.
POLITICIANS WERE THERE.
Among the persons to whom the term
politician will apply we're the follow
ing: W. #. Smalley, Jr., candidate
for delegate to the Democratic State
. Convention; James p. Ratledge, who
wants to be sheriff; Alexander Guthrie
and j, L. Friok, who want to be cor
oner; Frank SpeaKman and George L.
Townsend, who are after the prothono-
taryship; H.C. Mahaffy, who has come
out for clerk of the peace, and Winfield
s. Quigley, who has been in the field
for that position for some time; George
Mcintyre, who is confident.th he and
N - H.
cratic nominee for receiver Of taxes;
wants to succeed himself as receiver of
taxes; H. Clayton White, who seeks
that position; Tax Collector Thomas
8. Lewis, Former Sheriff Paul Gillis,
Former Sheriff William r. Finn, For
mer United States Senator Anthony
Higgins, J. O. McCaulley, Samuel
Allen, Francis d. Baldwin, the Mill
Creek hundred tax collector, who would
like to be nominated by the Democrats
for insurance commissioner, and who
was recently seriously i'll with blood
poisoning; James E. Martin, Consta-
BILE James F. Porter of Newport, who
dropped out of the shrievalty race
Harry P. Joslyn, Julian @. Walker,
who seeks to be nominated by the Re-
publicans for representative in Mill
Creek hundred; State Senator Webster
Blakely, who was member of the har-
mony conference of Wednesday Deputy
Sheriff B. A. Groves, who now seeks to
be Senator; Deputy Sheriff Francis s.
Bradley, who wants to move up to the
sberiff's chair; Levy Courtman John
Lynn, who desires himself so designated
for another four years; his partner,
George W. Phillips; Charles G. Kurtz,
asnirapt for alorl Of tho naooe
Richard g. Buckingham, who was IN
the harmony meeting; T. W. Ferree,
now striving to be nominated for comp
troller.
EXHIBIT OF PRODUCTS.
An exhibit of another sort took place
in the dancing pavilion, where the prod.
nets. OF the farm and the work of the
farm wife were displayed. Here were
Jeremiah Corntasse and Sallie Anr
Broom, married and happy, done in the
grain, fruit and vegetables Of the farm
Salie Ann was largely of wheat and
hay gracefully held together with greer
foliage, her face, worked out with
fruits. Jeremiah had a pumpkin head
squash hat, hair of corn silk, pea
for his nose, string bean pods for hi
eyebrows, onions for his eyes, lin;
beans for his teeth; long squashe
for his arms, red peppers 70
fingers, large watermelon for hi
stomach, long pumpkins and ears o
corn for his legs. This couple was YER
clever impressIonistic sketch. Clawso
s. Hammitt of this city had an art OK
hibit in the building. Farm nipple
ments, chickens, turkeys, jellies, wer
among the variety of things to be seen
The Ferris Industrial School had
table filled with farm products. o. W
Eastburn was in charge of the credita
BILE agricultural display. Among tn
exhibitors were John Bracken an
Clarence Walker, Prof. Powell of Della
ware College, James Armstrong q
Strickersville. Alvin Satterthwaite,
W. Eastburn, William Eastburn, Jeffel
son Whiteman of EbeDezer, Unio
Grange (applesl, Lewis Eastburn {
Kenneth, who showed new variety {
wheat; Frank Whiteman, w. F. Mer
dinhall.
Mrs. Edward Woodward was in chare
Of the display of fancy work. In I'll
exhibit were oil paintings by Miss "
R. Weld; quilt, pillows and two ole
fashioned bead bags, shown by Mi,
Churohman of Marshallton; lace hant
kerchiefs, by Miss Mabel Crossar
three fancy quilts and fancy pillow cas-
by Mrs. Garrett; handkerchiefs ar
fancy work, by Misses Nettie an
Mabel Mccormick; pillow and tufte
crazy work, by Mics NJ. E. Mccoy
scarf, doylies, collar and cuffs, Mi
Ella f. Ctanston; pillow, Mrs. A. n
Lyman; fancy quilt, Mrs. Williai
Moore; Honiton centre Piece, Mi
Matte Al Instropg.
The Richardson School had an @
hibit of pen and pencil drawing, cole
drawing and shading. and specim,
sheets of arithmetic and writing exc
cises
Arrangements for the day were
charge of committee of the New Cast
County Grange, namely Hervey Walk
of Mermaid, p. S. I. Pierson of He
kessin, q. ID. Appleby of State Roa
o. w. Eastburn Of Union, Arnold Ma
dain, Jr.. and Samuel S. McCoy
Stanton, Charles W. Day of Talleyvil
and A. 4, Nenle Of Newark. Tbs on
formal proceedings of the day were Ell
bodied in meeting held in the aftt
noon at the band stand. There in i
presence of u large crowd, Arnold Ma
dain, Jr., acted as presiding officer a
presented George *. Holmes, rep
sentative of the Department of Ag
culture at Washington, D. c., a
Aaron Jones of South Bend, Ind, mi
ter of the National Grange, as t
speakers. of the day. Profs. Bishop a
Powell OF DelaN are College. Jan
Shakespeare and Edward Woodwa
were among those who sat ON I
stage.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.