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BEAUTIFUL EXHIBITS -.
ATTRACT MANY PEOPLE
Annual Change Show The Finest
That Has Been Held As ir.--.. D..
Years.

tural Exhibition, conducted aunuaI,-
under the auspices of Cambridge
Grange, eXcels this year by far any
OF the previous events. Not only Ire
many of the exhibits upon Il larger
scale, but the products exhibited
( have reached a much higher state of
proficiency.
There are hundreds of exhibits,
and they include almost anything
mat one could possibly expect to see
and many things that are not eXpec-
ted. There are about twenty-five diff
ferent lots of wheat, there are nearly
fifty exhibits of corn, and when it
comes down to the other classes OF
horticultural products, they can be
round right there, even freshly pick
ed Strawberries and the luscious, red
ripe, juicy watermelon. The situa-
uon is Just abouC the same this year
as in the past; any number of per-
sons go IN and, looking ever the vari-
r'% exhibits, want to know if these
things were raised here in Dorches-
-cl county!
1T would be very difficult TO give
any idea of the exhibits that are
most attractive, but, naturally, one
! would say that from the point o.
beatty, perhaps, the floral exhibit 81;
he prettiest. In this display may be
found white, red, golden and almos,
e.ery Otner color of chrysanthe-
NUNS, little button-hole affairs, and
/ some of them that seemed 10 be as
large as the top of a big sun-fiower;
/ choice blooms that are simply 20
beautiful that one cannot adequately
describe them. Then there are
roses. ferns, cosmos, violets, scarlet
sage, Gala lilies, snap dragons,
dahlias, lomon trees, cox combs,
/ palms, Mexican cactus, and other
kinds, the display being simply beau
! tiful.
/ From the point of view of the
needlework and canning depart
ments, the exhibits this ear are beau
tiful. The undertaking this year of
this class of work under the supervi-
sion of Miss Kellar, representative
from the Department at Washing
ton, has been exceptionally success
| full. The exhibits at the Dorchester
County Fair land again at the Ar
mory duly attest this fact. The
fruits and vegetables canned by the
members of these clubs are wonder
full. By many persons they are said
to constitute the prettiest display OF
canned fruits and vegetables ever
seen in the State. 1t hardly seems
! possible tnat young girls. many of
whom are very young. could possib-
ly do this class of work, but under
the superintendent of Miss Kellar,
the work mas not only been done, but
done SO creditably that every man,
woman and child in Cambridge and
nearby should make an extra effort
to see the display tonight. The need
lework exhibited by these young la
dies is deserving of the highest
praise. Regardless of whether they
are called upon later in life to do
this kind of work or not, it remains
a fact that they will be wonderfully
! helped all through life as the result
of the training which they have al
ready received.
There are numerous other eXhib-
its of needlework and canned goods
that have been exhibited by private
persons, and these, too, are beauti-
full. In these are peaches, canned,
preserved and spiced; apples, pears.
corn, tomatoes, asparagus, plums,
and practically everything.
There are exhibits from the public
schools; these exhibits embrace the
work of practically every grade in
the schools, and they really are a
great credit to our public school sys-
tenn. They furnish, too, an oppor-
| tunity to see just what the children
are doing in this class of work in
the different grades, and make a
very interesting feature of the event
| The first and second prizes won in
| 81 ha RI
elsewhere in this issue.
| The exhibits already mentioned
constitute the things of beauty" in
the sense that they appeal primarily
| to the lovers of the beautiful, but to
the horticulturists, to the average
business man, and to the lover OF the
soil, the things that are perhaps
most attractive are those which help
| to feed the world, which constitute
the backbone of the worlds business.
When one looks at the exhibits OF
I wheat, nearly twenty-five in num-
Der; when he sees nearly fifty en-
tries of corn, when he sees the po-
! tatoes, white and sweet, and the
hundreds of other articles to be
found, he is likely to be moved to
say, this is the life"
AS one eulSIS, Ou Tie lSll, "lld OO
| found the exhibits of wheat and
corn; they are magnificent; those
who know the difference between The
! oid-fashioned corn and the various
improved varieties will here have an
opportunity to see the wonderful
| things chat have been accomplished.
Smooth, regular, every row of kerr
nels straight, the small cob, filled ou'
all inai
cate the perfection that has Deen
reached in the growing OF good corn
in Dorchester county, and if the gen.
eral public is not badly surprised,
some of the prize winning corn OF
the State will be found right there in
the Cambridge ArmOry.
One could write columns on the
potatoes, those smooth, round pota-
toes, then the larger ones, the long
slender ones, the great big ones, the
white ones, the pink ones, the red
ones; one could hardly imagine thai
there were so many varieties OF Wha'
are generally termed Irish" pota-
toes. The sweet ones, too, were in
the same class; they are practically
all of them prize winners, out like
the fellow who liked his liquor
while all is good, some is better.
Space will not permit a reason
able description of the various arti-
cles that are to be found; for i'll
stance, columns could be devoted &c
the bread and cake department
There is a plenty of bread, loaf, rolls
Maryland biscuit, Boston, and other
kinds to make hungry person com,
nit suicide if denied the chance OF
eating it. The brown on them is just
the shade that was decreed by the
goddess of Ceres to be exactly rign;
and the cakes look like they have at
tanned a degree of perfection thai
will make all of the old bachelors in
the Cambridge Grange change theil
views on the subject of matrimony.
Among the other exhibits are eel