Cumberland County Agricultural Fair Opens

The Cumberland County Agricultural Fair opened in the morning.  Student Horatio Collins King (Class of 1858) described the fair in his journal: "Very good exhibition.  A fine show of home manufactures, and such like.  Vegetables were necessarily very scarce.  Agricultural implements, fancy inventions, fine horses, cows, oxen &c. also chickens with Shang-hair and prilled, white, black and speckled adorned the premises."  King also related seeing some equestrian shows at the fair.