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Fenwick Fair
[Welland Tribune 1892]
Pelham Breaks The Record.
Over 5000 People Patronize the Big Fair
A Great Day And A Great Show
Notes of the Exibits and List of the Winners
Nearly seven hundred dollars at the gate!
Briefly but eloquently this tells the tale of the unparalled success of Pelham Agricultural society’s show of 1892.
It makes a new record for itself and paralyzes all local records—so far as attendance is concerned.
A very little figuring will place the number present away up in the thousands—5000 at least!
The gate receipts at 20c admission represent over 3400 people,–allowing the money paid for rigs to offset that not paid for children. Then 300 members received four tickets each—1200 more human beings……..
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