Smyrna Times

The management of the State Fair is certainly to be commiserated with for their bad luck in weather, every day but the opening one being rainy, with a close, thick atmosphere intensely unpleasant. In the face of the discouragements, the attendance was from three to four thousand a day. The Fair was better advertised than usual and with good weather, the attendance would have been better than previous years: from ten to twelve thousand could safely have been counted on for Thursday. Whatever deficit there is in the exchequer, may be safely put down to the credit of the weather. We give on our first page a brief sketch of the exhibits in the different departments. The bulk of the exhibitors were naturally from the vicinity of Dover and below. The following are the awards to exhibitors from this section, in which it will be seen that our ladies have taken a prominent part and sustained their well earned reputation in the department of art and fancy work;

Miss Laura M. Faries—Marine scene in oil, first premium; colored photograph in oil, first premium; satin tidy painted, special premium; head in oil special premium; water lilies from nature; crayon, animal head; crayon, human head. Miss Lillie Rothwell—Two panels, one canvas and one portrait. Miss Mary Rothwell—Two panels. Miss Laurel A. Bell—Lamp in mineral colors, second premium; crayons, two large ones, first premium. Miss K. L. Storm—Crayon portrait, first premium; charcoal sketch; butterfly and cocoon from nature, water color; collection of insects; pastel, dog; work bag; tile etching, first premium; crayon from model. Edith H. Bell—Grape jelly, first premium; breakfast corn bread, first premium; tomato butter; catsup; braided pillow shams; corn bread, second premium. Miss Flo Gootee—Fire screen, lustre painting, and sofa cushion, lustre painting, special prize on each; marine view in oil; banner in arrasene; banner in tinsel. Miss Laura Bell—Embroidered sack. D. C. Duffield—Dakota red potatoes, first premium.

A. L. Hudson got a first prize on a Hereford calf, a remarkably fine specimen, and a second premium on its mother.

Walter T. Massey was awarded the first premium on Hartford, Clinton Columbia, Agawam, Lady Washington, Concord, Telegraph and Delaware grapes.

Mrs. Aubrey Vandever, of Clayton, had two vases and a barbatine clock that claimed the attention of visitors.

The Fair has been uniformly successful in previous years in selecting good weather, and it is hoped that its luck may return to it at the next exhibition.