The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-10-10

of Farmers Club, of Charleston, II
s. J Growers Association, of Coopertowl
in and John w. Adams, of Burlington
a. had especially fine exhibits.
is In the floral line the display of dial
s. las was very attractive. A. & G. Ro
re bach, of Pemberton, who are th
Is champion growers of this county, car
g tured two or three prizes and they we
g deserved what they got. ]. Warde
1t Shinn, of Mount Holly; ]. s. Griffing
of Pennington; and Harry Jacket, G
Haddon Heights, were other exhibitors
The poultry exhibit was all that wa
y promised and it was shown that tn
g interest in this department has no
It abatsd. There were large number o
G blue ribbon winners in this class.
Y Farm Demonstration Reid was OF
3 hand and gave practical demonstra
g tions OF his value. He showed the diff
g ference between the old system o
:. doing things in a haphazard, slipshoE
i method and doing them methodically
3 and scientifically. He had largt
7 number of interested listeners and they
: undoubtedly gained much useful in
2 formation.
The cattle department and dairy test
J were under the care of DIR. J. Hume
Carter, and the exhibit and competi-
, ton proved that he had not been idle
before the fair. The winners in this
department were as follows:
Holsteins-First, Captain Elton A.
Smith, ISL pounds milk, 4.203 lbs
butter fat; second, Clifford Emmons,
Pemberton, 1851 milk, 1854 fat.
Other Holstein exhibitors were Pearson
Taylor, Wrightstown; George r. A.
Brown, Wrightstown; Howard EN-
mons, Vincentown.
Jerseys-First, Henry HI. Leeds, Ran
cocas, 1876 milk, 1891 fat; second, Cap
tain Smith, 70 % milk, 1876 fat. Other
Jersey exhibitors were Thomas E. Har-
vey and c. Craig Tallman, Columbus.
Guernssys-First, Thomas Gauntt,
Birmingham, 62.6 milk, S.443 fat;
second, Frank Kimble, Jacksonville,
7O.1 milk, 5.168 fat. Other Guernsey
exhibitors were Captain Smith and
Wins Wright, of Mount Holly.
Captain Smith was awarded the
grand prize for the best record in the
show and handsome cup was present.
ed to him on Thursday afternoon by
James Mercer Davis on behalf of the
Fair Association.
OF course the race track took the at
tention of all, young and old. The
grand stand was packed on Thursday
and the racing was fine. Fred Shreve
was the starter and he satisfied all.
While he was strict in his rulings he
was not arbitrary and the crowd, as
well as the horsemen, were pleased
with his actions.
A cup offered by former Senator
White to be given to the owner of the
horse winning the three fastest heats
in any trotting race was awarded to
William Johnson, of Pierpont Manor,
N. Y, who has started his horse, Moho,
nine times and won every race and
every heat but one.
Thursday was politicians day, as
usual, and the candidates and their
friends were present. Governor Fielder
was on hand. but he did not occupy
much space in the public eye when
SenatorsWalter E. Edge and H. Otto
Wittpsnn appeared. They mingled
with the crowd and shook hands with
hundreds of the people. 1t was difficult
to tell, when they got through, which
was the better mixer. Farmer" Joe
Frelinghuysen, the Republican candi-
date for United States Senator, was
there with his pleasant smile, and
Farmer" James MARITIME was also on
hand, shaking hands and slapping the
people on the back in his usual famil-
lar manner. Former Congressman
Baker was in the Democratic crowd
and Congressman Bacharach met
many old acquaintance and formed
lots OF new ones. Other prominent
men were Congressman Browning, of
the first district, State treasurer Read,
David Baird, and many Of our own
local statesmen,
The ladies were also present. Mrs.
Wittpenn was escorted around the
ground by number of Burlington
county ladies. There was not any
political significance in Mrs. Witt
penis appearance. She came with
her husband to see what fine thing a
Burlington county fair is.
The merchants and others in the
county took an interest in the fair and
offered special inducements to those
who would make efforts to exhibit
their work. The following is list of
the winners of special premiums:
The Burlington County Fair Associa-
ton prizes: Best ten ears of field corn,
any variety, So, to Horace Dudley,
Masonville; End, 81, Arthur Hawson,
Burlington; 3rd, Charles N. Gaskill,
Mount Holly. Best ten ears of sugar
corn, any variety, SO, Ezra Engle,
Masonyille; End, 81, George s. Kimble,
Burlington; Bird, 81, A. H. Jones,
variety, LIST, 50, Francis Dudley, Ma
sonville; End, 81, Chester Compartments,
Mount Holly; 3D., so cents, George S.
Kimble, Burlington. Basket potatoes,
any variety, LIST, So, George s. Kimble,
Burlington; End, 50, Everett Bradley,
Mount Holly; Sd, 81, Herbert Shepherd,
Lumberton.
/ William Curtis Wetherill offered
Iseveral prizes. The $3.50 gold piece for
the best basket of Irish cobbler pota-
ltoes went to Joseph!A. Shepherd, Lum-
berton; $3.50 gold piece for pan of
] 10 and 13 years, Ruth G. Alcott, Mount
Holly; $3.50 gold piece for best display
of canned vegetables, Mrs. Alice b.
Bolton, Moorestown; $3.50 gold piece
for best display of canned fruit, Mrs
t George S. DANTE, Columbus; 81. so gold
piece for best worked lady's night
dress, French and eylet embroidery in
: nainsook, Miss Bertha M. GaskiIl
Mount Holly.
7 Samuel Ellis, a weeks board at tn,
e Wiltshire, Atlantic City, for basket o
, white potatoes, any variety, B. Franl
. Burtis, Mount Holly; the same priz'
for an angel cake, Mrs. F. Shrevt
Armstrong, Mount Holly.
o Childs & Co., so lbs. of flour for bes
|. loaf of bread, Elizabeth Lee Hagaman
It Mount Holly.
n w. & R. Kumpf, coffee percolator
for sponge cake, Mrs. Charles Gale
y Mount Holly.
/ Philip S. Irons, five-piece hand
painted china bureau set, for blac
s. chocolate loaf cake, Mary S. Jones
as Mount Holly.
Peter Sarras, box Of chocolates fC
canned cherries, Elizabeth Dudley
rs Masonville.
he j. Harry Halt, Waterman fountai
no nen for SnOnga cake hu girl not nvf