The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-12-18

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The opening day of The fair was a
complete and magnificent success. All
.-e exhibits had been excauaulv ar
ranged and perfect order prevailed.
The day itself was an ideal one.
Through the kindness of Dir. James
r. Campbell superintendent ot the
Oca'a Water Company the streets
leading TO the fair grounds had been
p -n~fnNa1. q had also - race rack
ana there was no dust 70 mar the dav.
There are more than one hundred
.aa Hlty exhibitors. and some have
. as many as fifty different exhibits.
+ One exhibit In the negro department
. Is worthy of special manGon-that of
. Perry Edwards. He has forty exhrb-
and some of them are exceptionally
"". lie has. we believe. the finest
4 nomecured meats we have ever seen
-laae. shoulders and sides. H. has
Three kinds of syrup-cane SYRUP.
. japanese cane syrup and SORGHUM
syrup. All The specimens of s.rap
are clear and of a rich. briehr color
. ti".haS several kinds of wines. pic.Iad
. heets. onions and other vegetables
4 and something we have never heard
. of aefore-a jar of picked quail. He
4 has a fine agricultural exhibit. inclu5-
ing corn. cabbage. beets. okra. lettuce
4 etc.
Tn Fassenden Academy of Fcsseu-
+ den ana the Emerson Home School of
This city. both colored institutions
have aue exhibits.
Trn exhibits of potatoes. both Irish
ami sweet. are something marvellous. .
There are Urnips on exhibition al 4
"o.. half The size Of water buckets. .
and pumpkins weighing more Than
ON" hundred and fifty pounds.
The display Of corn is very fine. the
ears being large and firm. The aa-'
plants are particularly attractive. /.
There is cane on exhibition. reaching
almosf 10 The top OF the building. and
there is "a stalk Of okra almost fifteen
oet in length.
Thu exhibit of hay. oats and velvet
beans caught the eve of the farmers
Immediately.
We were a. the fair in the companv
of Cir p. F. Camp of White Springs.
who said thar he had been a frequent
visitor 10 Ocala. but that he had no
idea The county could collect such a
marvellous display of products.
DIR. J. c. BOOzer remarked when he
beheld such a fine collection Of agri-
cultural and horticultural products
that if a person could not make q Iiv-
ing on 50 fertile and productive a soil
the fault was more in the man than ,
in the land. He is taking a great in
terest in the fair and is delighted with ;
its success, as in fact is everybody in s
the county.
We went out 10 the fair with Mr.. S
Z. c. Chambliss. who has been one of
The fairs most active promoters. Be {
sides having a very fine collection Of {
COWS he also has thirty agricultural {
and horticultural exhibits, which have G
been selected with great care. v
The ladies' exhibit can readily be @
the most popular depart
men, of the fair. The collection of C
fancy work. jellies. butter. preserves.
pickles. flowers. plants. etc. had been b
arranged by the lady man
ayers of the fair-NIrs. s. R. Pylls. j
Mrs. E. L. Carney and Mrs. ". NJ. q
Tist. u
The most marvellous exhibition con-
lected with the fair is the live stock. Il
Mr.. J. c. Howell of Anthony says
he has attended several brag fairs i'm y
he west, but that he has never. any
where, seen a finer animal exhibit.
That the horses would hold their own /
Il Lexington. XIV, fair. and the COWS M
would attract attention i'm any of the
Western state fairs. and the hogs like d.
wise. The herds are very fine. indeed. -.
There are Jerseys. Harefords. Hol-'
1eins, Shortborus. etc.
The hogs present "a magnificent y,
pectacle. There are many kinds and 7,
ONE of Them look as large rs Iaby -.
lephants
Dr. must Ice remembered that these r.
ogs and COWS We're taken direct from =.
he fields and were not fitted for ex- -
ihition purposes. They are Just as y
hey may be seen al home.
Large crowds visited the stables
nd many eulogies were passed on tn =,
Dlendid horses on exhibition. There
re some especially fine colts. Horse
len are exceedingly delighted with h,
his part of the fair and say it has m
ever been eXcelled at any fair in ne
florida ~
The poultry show is most complete A
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