Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-17
THE BIG FAIR AT TAsLEY.
The Peninsula Fair Meeting opens
Next Tuesday.

NoXt huoauhy.
The Peninsula Fair at Tasley, Va
opens next Tuesday, August 20tl
under conditions truly auspicioul
The weather man has promised goo
weather and therefore has done hi
part. That the attendance will b
large is not doubted for an instar
and why should 1t be? August Is tn
Eastern Shore Va. month for GAZETTE
and festivities OF all kinds. Many o
the crops have been marketed, tn
returns good, the people prosperoui
Amusements and relaxation fror
monotonous cares are as necessary t.
healthful existence as daily food.
things have gone little wrong wit
you or your health not quite up t
the standard come spend four day
at the Fair, see your friends, eojo.
the original features introduced 10
| the first time by the management
with its shifting scenes and varied
amusements and you will go HON,
feeling better, live longer and di,
happier.
The managers are preparing to Gu
terrain the greatest throng ever as
sembled on the Eastern Shore, Va
The grounds are as near perfect as
money can make them, the appoint
ments as complete as ingenuity CAL
devise and the management in every
detail as clean as vigilance can / n
sure. They should not be ashamed
to stand on their record OF previous
years when their Fairs have been
everywhere endorsed as a fair for
the people and by the people, not a
pretentious exhibition advertising
much and showing little, but giving
dollar for dollar In Amusement for
the peoples money. Their advertised
features are all pledges.
Takers, gamblers and games-of-
chance men do not infest their
grounds any more. Your boy is safe
from such alluring Influences when
he is within their gates. In honest
am easements, however, the Assoc ia
ton has booked more than ever bs-
fore. Three side shows, each adv err
Using fifteen performers, have Sc
cured space and besides they each
claim to be the best on earth OF the
kind. This was probably a printers
error as showmen are always too
honest to mislead.
The Merry-go-round with its or
chestra, the glass blower with his
beautiful display OF glass blowing,
the miniature railroad, the snake
charmer with replies galore, the
balloon Al, (who by the way is a
woman this time) the fat Dutchman
selling attenuated cry babies-in fact
of all sorts, kinds and
previous conditions of servitude
will bo promptly on hand to help
share up the prosperous times and as
list 10 the fun making season. D)n't
tay home and ask your neighbor
What he saw at the fair, but go and
augh 1t over with him,
AS the association desires accuracy
q all its statements it is impossible
o give al outline at this time of
What the varlou, dep artments will
ontain, as entries to these divisions
10 not close until August 10th, but
We feel safe in saying the stock ex-
libit, produce and poultry show
nd tina ladies h all will be equal to
hat of previous years. Nothing |
lore is desired. 1t would be next to /
impossible to surpass the IN Most OF |
be entries are received ia the horse |
apartments and of this partial out
ne may be given. La starting JUG 9
mith, OF Buffalo, the association
as secured high priced man with
high standard OF honesty. The
est horse will win this year or Judge
NTH will know the reason why. A |
me register will fash the fractions
the mile to the grandstand. No
time. The smallest boy
ill know as we'll what the horses are
oing as the judges in the stand. But
5 we approach this subject what
Ranges are not3 Among that
alaxy of trotters for which the
astern Shore Va. was so justly re-
owned two years ago none remain
I've White Tips. Lamp Girl has been
I'D North, Little Guy has been lost
ght of while Bursar, Sport and
weetness are dead Bursar, how
yer, was splendid sire and many
nong his offspring will sustain the
,putstion OF the grand old horse.
lay and Sweetness both died from
10 stable OF Floyd Bros fatality
uly to be lamented by all lovers of
ne horses.
Tuesday, the opening day, the bell
Ills the horses for the best race of
re entire meeting and those who
iss it cannot say they were not duly
otified Evadne owned by r.
entchall, Glencoe entered by Fred
ucker, Thaddeus K. by A. Mite and
title Joe by c. A. Rodger 8. Evadne
an old rounder and her owner,
Lucky Dick" Hentchall, does not