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ESQUESING HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER September-October 1990 ESQUESING FALL FAIR The Esquesing Agricultural Society was formed in the early days of this township to promote good agriculture. The showpiece of the Society was the annual fall fair, held at the oldest village, and the unofficial capital of the township, Esquesing Village, or Stewarttown. The following description was written by William Glass Stewart, a schoolteacher at Hornby in 1851. The reader should know that the previous year marked two great events in the progress of Stewarttown. First, the Trafalgar, Esquesing, and Erin Plank Road was now open, making travel by carriage a delight. Second, a magnificent three storey brick public hall was completed in the village, which everyone hoped would become the Township Hall. It had an impressive double balcony on the front. An exterior staircase provided access to the second floor balcony. Esquesing 4 October 1851 Dear Sir, The great agricultural event of the year, in this Township, has just passed. To say that our Show went off creditably, would be faint praise indeed. In the morning, although the clouds indicated a copious downfall of rain, the thundering of various vehicles along the "plank" announced that we were to have a busy day of it. The turn out appeared to be a general one. It was quite exhilarating to see such an array of ladies, gracing the gallery in front of the Town Hall, waiting with exemplary patience on the decision of the grave gentlemen within, who were engaged in the important business of deciding the comparative merits of the produce of their fair fingers. The Hamilton Spectator, 11 October 1851