The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-03

When the sun set last night and the
birds had gone to their nests to await
the coming OF Ralph Johnstone To
teach them really how to fly, the
hammer had stopped Its hammering.
the saw its buzzing, the vaudeville
girls their terpsichorean practice, aud
the electric lights twinkled over .
scene prepared and in all readiness for
the beginning of the Virginia State
Fair at 8 O'Clock this morning. 1t
will not need the services of 4 meuz-
zin to proclaim from the balcony of a
minaret that the great show Is at
hand, for the news has been broadcast z
over the State and the two Carolinas
for months past, and he who has not
heard OF the fair, of the exhibits OF
virginia's natural wealth argues him
self unknown and unworthy Of the
consideration OF his fellow-men.
Promise Greatest Yet.
All the signs OF the zodiac, which
were trusted In the days when cows
! never heard OF a state fair and oxen
were yoked to the plow and man did
not yet know tile qualities of the
horse. give promise of the most SUE
cessful fair that Virginia has had since
the days that fairs were .nausurated.
That is saying much. for all the fairs
SO far have been successful. both from
fnancial standpoint and the general
interest aroused In exhibiting Viz
ginta's resources and various lines OF
!, business. Time was when fairs showed
!! only cattle and crops. Now everything
/ that is made of hand, grown. from the
! soil by the sweat OF mans brew dug
| from beneath the crust by the same
| sweat and invented by the genius
4 which has placed man on his natural
plane above the rest of the animal
| world, comes In for the great exhibit
| tion. Man shows the potatoes he has
4 grown, his corn and his tobacco on
one hand, and on the other. he prides
| himself on piano he has made. an
| automobile he has invented to run
/ against time. and an aeroplane he has
| built to race on invisible lanes. And
all these things will be seen at the
| fair this week. and then the story IS
not completely told. No complete story
can be told by any one man. for eacn
views things in different light, sees
things from a different angle and Is
Interested in different way.
PRODUCTS or Virginia.
But whatever one asks to see and to
be shown. his request can be granted
this week. Let him but knock, and
the 5vistas of undreamed wealth. OF
which he has ..ever learned in his Inn
! mediate sphere OF knowledge will be-
shown him. He will see corn higher
than the hair line OF man astride has
horse, wheat grown in the finest mea-
dow lanos in Virginia, oats, rye, ttmo-
thy. hay OF all kinds, the things which
grow under ground and those which
! spring above the soil to the sun and
| winds. And to him who is Interested
In cattle and horses, swine and sheep,
there will be displayed before his jeai-
| Gus eyes animals bred and trained as
near to the degree O.. perfection as can
| be approached--horses for racing,
draft work, riding and driving; carrle
of every description. beef and milch
swine that later become Smithfeld
hams. whether they have ever been In
Smithfield or not; mutton chops on
the hoof and wool on the hide. There
are fruits of every variety. pipplns
/ grown on the hillsides OF Albemarle
! wlnesaps, Johnsons and all the other
kinds known to the soil of Virginla--
one of the greatest fruit States in ,-+s
/ Union, pears. peaches and plums and
so on down the line. fruit without end.
Everything manufactured in Virginia
and products from other States are on
hand from windmill to hand pump
! for spraying. from new-fashioned
| hoe to a steam plow, from butter
\ paddle to an automatic churn, engines
which will run anything on the farm
and keep the farmer from running il
| into the ground. gates which open by
! II latch string or a lever. pianos fol-
the Wife at home and sewing machine
for the daughter, an automobile for
l the son, II he's got the cash or father
4 can burrow deep enough into his jeans.
and runabouts for the sparker. city
man or country swain. In short, TO
4 prevent the listing of things from be-
coming tedious, what Is not seen al
the Fair Isn't worth having. as the
small boy said to his father when ne
was wearied with too much looking.
i And what the small boy said holds
true, for it would be hard to Imagine
i what else man could want
Thousands Look On.
4 When one views the scene from the
bridge over the Richmond, Fredericks-.
\ burg and Potomac Railroad--somai
called 1t the bridge Of sighs yester-
day because they could not go fur
u ther--it looks like a panorama from.
fairyland. In the distance the vast
E;Nhibition Building rears itself from
\ a crowd of white-topped tents built
4 about It's base On the east side. run
I, ming around the outer edge Of the rase
! track, are more tents, which tosday
!, will be alive with the song and music