... BIDEFORD HORSE AND DOG a SHOW. By hind ?? of Sir Lowia -;tnolev, kit: Datthis event was held in Moretont. Pork cot dart Vers rcumstanoes An innovation nas the dog show, which was very ?? ul, 1 a anrd the entries for horses showed an increase 3 of 25- PRIZE LIST, . p° for HORSES. Cart colt, gelding, foaled in 1899-1 0 anl Hopoper, Breeworthy; Z A Triokey, Tawstook; H -ooro Fritbelstook. 3Csrc ...

... | -- 5ID;)MOCTEI f'sHOW, The Fourth annual Shoemn of the Sidmitqolthl r- and Diltrint Poutry, Pizeoin. and Cege Bird a, Society wel'hirdravbeld:rtleiaorltall lP Sidnot1h. Last, yeai's ex ju-tion, it will beLI d remembered, was nn open ono, hut es ibi. was )s not a success flnaruially the soeietv this year r decided to cirefine ir to membors. Thisypar's1 ,il ihow nevertheless, ir. in an ...

... HONITON SyhOW. The eleventh annual exhibition in connee @ tioa with the Honirton Union District Store Cattle, Poultry, and Dairy Asveci,.tion-to give the So.iety its full title-waoe on Thursday held iu II field adjoining Dowvll-streer, ' Hniton. 'ihe weati.er wns beautifully fine, and the only complaint that visitors covlM hold out was that it was IL little tgo hot. The . committee, with two ...

... |WE i'TElIN COUNTIE-S MUSICAL1 I ASSOCIATION. | ANNUAL MEPING.riN rhe IRev. A. W. Hamilton-Gell (president) diecupie't the chair 4t the annual meeting of I le Western Countes Musical AsEOCIation ,-ld on Tuesday in the Guildhall. The follo6w. I ' is the report of the committee und s aternent of accounts ] The oomtnir. ee report that- last year'a de- ficie)cav of £144 haP been redtced to £84. r ...

... tsh.lel is a sensible man; He sticks to is luns an' hoi asrtor his folka; Wben he figh s-well, he fights just ns hard as he can, Ali' hen he OAt fightin' he's crackil' his joles; For B -P. In 1.efekiug he Sez that bein' besieged suits his case to a T. Giner.l Cronje's a dreffil smart man; lie's 55 slirau'n' as tough as they loek them, you bet Hle's Oxhailstcd all dodges an' tried every plan, ...

... -ST.. TH(OMAS SHOW. ditic stre iarri dy t of t is it en t ice t s. T Ha wrdia le, ai Himi ol, ii to hoa me me a Iw tin I ha I £ro , he LaSnel aloi irea can fro sbat wor irang d of IIs f1 to g ightl d fe g ?? ear 11 at rnD At ti pabi oh Vital I ar effe igan asinif ind emi1 Pin1 irtee Cotz id b I el: 1lsfc acti spec tg a lack was aine i we e hr OfficerS-President; H A Willey, Esq; General ...

... , ?? ,. . a ECCE HOMO AT TE1E *IOTORIA 1.1 v 1UALL. a It is rarely that Exonigns have such an r it opportunity as that offered by the exhibition B A d of Mntnkacsy's painting Ecce flomo at the Ro n Victoria Hall just now. The size of the ce, It work can be imagined when it is stated that Nit I in the scene depicted there are no fewer than i )t seventy almost life.sized figures and that ...

... Dd. OPENING, TO-DAY. PARIS, Saturday. f During the last 36 hours wonders have o been worked in completing the proparatiofis P or, for the Exhibition. Everything now looks 5a presentable. The gardens, wbich ware a in little more than a sea of mnud afterthe down. pour yesterday, have undergone a remarkable op ation, and seem to have grewn by enchautment. E ler Allth ieir All the papers, however, ...

... TORQ.UAY SPRING FLOWER STHOW- ?ral Te rig - ordat Tbe spring flower show was held on 'Wed- ent nesday at the Bath Soloons and was attended wibh its usual success. Brilliant weather vho prevailed. and there was a large attendance; vn- while the show itself was u mass )f lovely at, bloom, The Show was opened by Lady Macgregor. The 2indges were Mrs Mallook, L10. wS 8pragge. Mi;s Kitson, Measre T ...

... CHANGE. A RETROSPSCT. diE itt *ester-year bow fairnmy borme appared, de How brigit its ?? sweet its sylvan shado; The rose clad beds asd wails the scene endeared, bui And Nature's chorrsters sang. through the glade. agi Tbe earth wso warm with~the effulgent rpvs arn Which fell from Heaven through the golden hours; Th lly beart delighted midst the gunimers days, 1S My soul wVRS glad snmtirg the ...

... |1 To-day is being hold in the corn market the third evilareed show of the Fnrtriers' IN. Sooiely, of which Sir Cameren Gull iq the F ailf president, and Mr C h Cockram tJ.. hon I ieo secretary. There are nearlv 400 e.t'rieg, i whieh are about 100 more tban the kte h4 of 4 to the last ehow. Three shows eraI ,on held a year. The jinges were h1--rsa C I Squire, F G Bale, Pounltry; W 1, 41reob, I ...

... iSJMOKING CON RT AT NORTHAM | A COMPLIMENT TO MR. J. H. TAYtOR. opportun A very euoceseful smoking concert was held number ?? evening at the Northarn Unionist themselv Association itooms, there being a number of been s; E viestors from nthe district around among the knowledt crowded attendance. The proceedirgs were and to I erranged by a oommittee from the Unionist in, this Club, with Colonel ...