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THB Kxhib`tion oi the yrar lillll is a
thing ot the past. Tn many of the
people of this province it nas an oernaion
looked lorlard to weeks, und even months
before, with Pl"-rant aatioinatloar. This
yur it was an event ol even more than
oadlaafy importanee, fora special grant
halt the ,Domihiea had enabled those
having, the, slhlr lu hand to greatly
¢ni.arga.tha value _of. the prixaa offered
and tolnduoe gmater competition in all
olaaers ofexhibita by throwing the Exhi-
bit on open to ali Canada. _
As lar as the efforts of the Directors,
under the leadership or their indeisteable
and untiring President went, the show
was asucoesa beyond all precedent. it
was altogether regrettable that the moat
important day oi the dates arranged for
the Exhibition should have been one on
which the rain ieilairuoet without cear-
ing from dawn till dark, thus disappoint-
ing thousands of people all over the
province, and frustrating the painstaking
eiforta of the management. and depriving
them materially of a large portion of the
revenue that should have rewarded them
for their enterprise and hard work.
It may be intrresting to readers of The
Guardian to have hers oompared the tirst.
efforts In the nature oi an agricultural
show with the present elaborate and
thoroughly organised Exhibition and
Reece' which in this Province ie the ohiel
happening 'each auiumn in the oourae oi
evliitl.
'Alter the iormstive period iii 'this
islands history ` as early recognised by
the newly arrived settlers. many of whom
which they were settled. By means of
occasionally some good stock from time
a start was given to individual enter-
prisr. _
Subrquentiy public men t :ok an inter-
est in fostering agriculture, and in those
days competitions in pioughing were
held on Government liouee grounds,
under the patronage of Governor Ready.
There does not appear to have been any-
thing inthe nature oi a horse and cattle
show or agricultural exhibition held at
that time.
It is evident however that sou1'c atten-
tion was ruidio horse breeding and the
newspapers of those days contain
references tm celebrated sires imported
from England. Race meetings appear to
have been frequent, and were made the
occasions of joility of rather a boisterous
na ure it is to he feared-for in those days
, public sentiment. had not been focussed in
a prohibitory inw.
The first mention we have of anything
in the nature oi an “exhibition” occurs in
The Islander newspaper oi August 1, lri.'rl_
Itreads as followin-
“The dust attempt to get up in Prince
Edwnrd blind nn Exhibition of this
l nature., now aocomiuou in ai_l civilized
the lending nielj oi affairs that 'Ag||eui-I pasta of the world, was made on Thurs-
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taaa.a\sa i.hs.m_N|a t-ry of theC »l.\~ry_ :md
in» the yeal~il9 some oi tha prominent
lug hgugri ptaogethcr ncd formed the
1’|‘ll\0l-'|.DiUhrd islnud Agricultural
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day, the iilat nit., at Holi .nd Grove, the
residence oi Mus. Gnuninanil not without
n fair share of aucnrsa The highly oma-
menteri grounds in the vicinity oi thx
Mansion were crowded at an early hon,-
wvith no inconsidernble prrtitn of the
beauty and fashion oi the Town. There
was a stand for iluwers erected in
front of the house which wus filled with
Gcrnnlurns, Fuchius, Ilydrnngens.
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?;°_:;;",_";‘;‘°__‘;f§“‘;f_§fr]',f§ff§‘d“;;’T:§` With an Account of the First Flower and
“'§‘°,,,,fl“,f,`,',I‘,f,f,‘,','I,“,,',f,'f,,f,‘;',1",‘,‘,'_,,,,,,_,,_, Vegetable Show Held in (`.harl;»ttciown
were not well oil, to develop the lnnd on in  Year  and  Ad'
importing plough shares, seeds, and Vances  to thi
t>_ilme under the auspices oi the Socivry, ' p|'Q§Qnt 
a.~ion'sned some oi' the conunoisseurs in
producing some “thumping red Pruutics,"
the growth of this season, but which
turned out to be the production ofthe
Bermudas. Alter the party had promen-
aded the grounds for some time, to the
HASZARD.
President Charlottetown Diivlng Park and Exhibition
Allociaiion
Myrtlel, Cncil, and many other vnriotiea
of the nurncroui und bcautllli lalsliy of
Florn. Several iloquets oi ilawera grown
in the open air, ,mire an air of richness
and splendour io thc whnlr. On an
adjoining stand thcrc was a unali, but
tempting diapi\y oi the cultivated Straw-
berry, somo white Iirspiwrrier, nnd a
v sriety ofGoosebcrrlos,\vhich, though not.
ripe, were suiliciently advanced to show
the pprieotiou thrywcre fiesblnelto arrive
aaeomraniment of thc rxcellcnt airs ofthe
Sons of ’i`cmpcmncr iianri-who volun»
taercd for the or-cs~ion~the primes were
det-lured by|ln:.iuflgcs-Messrs. Barrow
and Laweon. for tioweis: Messrs G.
\"'hlto and .iu~<_ ilcnslcy. for Fruits
and Vrgetsblcs-to have been award-
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Forihc ilnc~i l’l1\||t and Flower-
M|.~\. Ficlilin;1,\\'iic of Mr. l"irl|lirg.
Cabinet -maker,
Chn\‘\0t|<'t »w|\ 5-’ 0 0
‘At mother stnnd early Potatoes, _For the but |;,,u,,.,¢.[_.M|-,q_ L W,
t H 'C.\rrots, Beans, Peas, Lelttucr, Glo., &t.'..` Gu"
Tyne of Polied Aberdeen Cattle- _
met the rye.an:latl`orded a convincing
pmol that we need want none ol the
wholesome luxuries which the :leDM'V
ment of the Kitchengwfirn is able to
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afl’_»rd us. 'For the best Gooseben-ies-Mr.
‘ ‘ills Excellency the Lieut. Govrrnor'
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For she br=t all-ih oi Strawberries
- Mrs. I". Lungwori h
For the hr\~t lzitchhn Yegelairle. a
di-h of Early liurn C.\rrots-Mrs.
J. lirecken
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lBlTlOiS= THE O ES HELD
“It uns intended, we bclinre, at tirsi to
lil" hflfl 00|! PrlZ‘-S for the exhibition ol
dowere; the sum collected having proved
more thin was expected. the rt-sirius was
disposed of as above.
“There are always il.iilculties urenter or
less In the wny oitvery Urst nttetnpr,
however humble; nor was the ilrst exer-
tion to bring into notice the Fioriculturai
_und Horticultural resources oi this i~lnml
an (inception. The public are under great
olhiizitlons, however, to Mm-i. Gnruix, ior
liavinglhu.- lcd the why, which, we tru-1,
will be foil-Jwerl up, ns wc have no doubt
it will be, bv incrensrvl eucuee S, lit c\vrv
S\l<'0e¢dll\i< trial. The pleasures ni the
hour were grcaily eiilrnnred by the kind
attrntlon ui the I/sly ofthe Mansion, and
her nrninble lsrnily. There was u “thc
dar.san'c" at iiolianvl Grove in the even-
ing".
Alter thc iorrrunncr oi the exhibitions
had thus bccn e.~i.ibli_~l\ed, Somtthlng of
the same kind was lucid more or ics-1
during the yenr_~ that followed. The
shows were gcnernlly got up under the
patronage of thc (invcrnorni the Colony,
or encouraged by thc local Agrlcul urni
Societies, or by prominent lunsiowncrs.
There were In tliosi- days many men who
took a deep ini crest in the welfare of the
island anfl spared no plins to encourage
and stimulnte the fnrmers to dcvelsp
their farms and learn the possibilities ol
the soil. Not runny oi these men cun now
be recalled by readers of this article, but n
notable example of the men nllufi»-il to,
was the 'nic .iuigc l’ctr~rs,ini.l1cr of then
Premier oi thi-1 Province. Judge Peters'
was nn enthusinst on agricultural work,
Thomns Dodd, Cherry Valley. lllilil
and vlgorau 1ly,|»y means of oiojcct ir~_~ons\
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and experiments cnrriefl out on his own
inrm, nnfl by his pen, did splendid Work
slang the line oi needed instruction to
iillers of the soil.
Finally tl\e ilocnl Government tool a
hand In the matter and evolved ueort of
order with rrgard toannual shows, the
importation of prize cattle of superior
breeds ior breeding purposes, nnll the
securing and trying oi secd grain, ctc.
The Stock Fnrxu win established and
undoubtedly in its rorly years was of
mine to thc i’rovincr.
Consiquenily lhc time nrrivcd when the
t-\hibitlon In-rnmc sn nnnunl event which
rnnkcti in import rnce with the gathering
oi the Clun~, and brought the people into
t.`hn|loiif‘i0\\'n irom ull districts in the
l.~lnnil_
\\'ho swung the reailelsoi this pavrvr
who has spcnl his youth in Charloiieiown
docs not renieluiicxjihe gloriuuwilays u hcn
the lixliilriilou used to be held in ilrc llrill
Shed und the Cattle Show arrl Horse l"nir
on the (ioverniuent liouse (irounri~.
ndioining_it wus cnmiflerezi quite is step in
advunu- will-n it wus decided to ulnko
the l~Ixhil\iti<|n :ind _\`l|o\v cxicnll over Luo
(hiya.
A r‘ou|p.'\ri~nn niilicunllloils of ih.t.
rlny with lim pri' 1-nl \\'\'l| oriznnizeil
Assn(-iiition with properly iquippi-il
Exhibition Lluilding, Cntllc nnd Shmv
Grounds and one ofi.'1rilnt°si. rucr tru:-se
in the hlariiiinc l’|-ovinl-re, is llarllly
r|t>cessl\ry. li mr-rely brings very plninlv
brlorc one the inet tbni in this rrspeci - t
least proper advancement luis been nnulv ,
and that this- huving the l‘.'xhlbition nun
races in the r charge nrr in crestcd in th
li Typ e oi Shfrthtrn Cxtilr,
'eii rr"niti cl 'and nat as much il n »t
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more, thin ihoscnvenwholn the early
dn 's nircmly mr-ntiQfd viora the rurans
or stalling agricultural ooraprtltinns lu
i’|lnt'L‘ Iiilrvnril l~l»\n~l.
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