Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-09-22
RICH, RARE AND RAoY.

County Fairs. 1t is from the Rural iNeD f0rEe7,
and will be found highly beneficial to all officers
who fill vacancies in committees:
Col. moore: Some years ago got acquainted
with one of your contributors who edited the ROot
GroDer, and he used to put me in print. must
say my vanity was flattered by seeing my name
printed in the paper, with some things | had said,
and some didn't say, and we've kept the papers
ever since After all everybody likes little fame,
but some are satisfied with smaller amount than
others. Well, have not the editor any more to
set me out, so have been thinking would just try
and see if you would not put me in the Rural on
my own hook-especially as want to tell you all
about my going to the State Fair, at Buffalo, the
other day.
CONCLUDES TO GO.
As it was not so far but what we could go with
our own team, mother and l concluded we would
hitch up and have week TO the sights and some
cousins we had not seen for long time. Motner
Chats wife, you know thought we ought 10 take
something to the Fair. l told her to take tub OF
her butter, but she didn't think it was good enough
but thought might take some OF the STOCK. But Il
thought it would be great bother However, sam
was pretty strong in the faith that we could beat
everybody on horses, and wanted to take old Nance
She's right smart beast, is that old mare you may
depend.
TAKES THE MARE.
Well we packed off Sam, for | was willing to
give the boy holiday 1t does the boys great good
to attend these kind of Fairs do believe, after see
ing all | saw there.
GOES IN.
We got safely to town on Monday night, and
Tuesday | went up to the Fair grounds to see what
was going on. ] got in and hunted up Sam, and
found he'd got the mare entered and had got his
card on her head, and good stall, and all things
comfortable The animal arrangements were first
rate generally and during all the time of the Fair
the supply of fodder was good. think that Maj.
Patrick, who was everybody in managing things,
trump sort Of man.
HEARS SOMETHING.
As Twas standing up near the business Office in
the crowd, / heard couple of men talking about
premiums. One said to the other:
Are you an exhibitor"
"Yes."
$50 am I, and we had better look to the Com
mittees."
"Why sog'
"You see the Committees are never all full and
if you are on hand at the big tent when they are
called it's easy to slip in friend, which is mighty
nice thing sometimes"
well, am showing patent for making cow
cumbers, and if you can get the premium it will
make my fortune"
And am showing new kind of bob-tailed
hens, and premium won't set me back"
well you get me on to your committee, and
will name you for mine"
"All right, go in to win when you cam"
Thinks |, perhaps if that's the way the thing
leans, may as we'll take care Of myself any one
else Everybody for himself seems to be the rule on
these occasions So off l streaked to the cattle
pens to find Smith, who is my neighbor, you know.
Smith is in the patent bull line. Mr.. P. evidently
means "improved"l Says l. "Smith, you're show
ing bulls, and am showing old Nance, and guess
if merit counts we can win. And that's the talk
here on paper" Then told him what I'd heard
about the committee.
is that ~
Exactly"
"well / think old Nance is the best mare in the
yard"
And you've got the best bull on the ground"
Then told him that we must be up at the tent
in time.
Well, sure enough, when the committees were
made up, was on Smiths bull committee, and he
was on the mare committee.
TIE COMMITTEE GOES OUT.
The head man took the book as had the things in
it and we were all introduced to each other, and
went down to look at the bulls. We were on the
red bulls. So We went along and looked at them,
and didn't say much till we came to Smiths bull,
and looked at him pretty carefully, pulled his TAIL
punched my fingers into his ribs, and went through
the motions, as | had seen the others. Says /,
"thar's bull that looks like it" Smith had
com5cd him all over with fine-toothed comb, and
brushed him with hair BRUSH and he did look
slick for he just as fat as hog. And from all
saw, think fat at Fairs like what the lawyer said
GETS TIE HORNS PoKED AT HIM.
Just as l said that the fellow who had bull in
the next stall comes up to me pretty fierce, and
says he:
What do you know about bulls ?"
"Well," says |, IL think l know what they are
used for in my section"
MAY be" says he, "you are on the committeeg'
81 have that honor" says l.
But" says he, THAT bull hain't got any ped-
gree"
We'll" saysI, "he had father and mother
"Ohl yes, but then nobody knows who they
were"
We'll, then nobody knows but they were just
as likely as your bulls parents"
"But, sir, look at my bulls pedigree. There it is
sir. Got by imported Shirt-tail, out of Skim-milk
by Thunder" &c. and he showed string of names
as long as your arm.
"Well," says l to the committee, "are we to
judge the pedigree or the animal p
And they said, the animal, Of course"
Then, )" said to the fellow, twill your bull get
better stock than this?
"Of course he will" says he "for he's got ped
igree, and that bull hain't"
"Well," says |, "your bull has got somebody to
brag for him. and the other haint that's certain"
And that sort o knocked him. "But," says /,
"Pve known people who felt grand over their pedi-
gree, and I've seen heap of people who couldn't go
further back than their father and mother that
banged them all to pieces for smartness :" Hand
some is that handsome does" says |, land, as the
hymn5ook says, "a mans man for a. that Pedi-
gree to grass, go in for the animal"
SMITHS BULL WINS.
When we got through and looked at our marks,
the other two had Smiths bull second had him
first So we talked it over and finally, as they did
not care much about it they altered the figures and
gave Smith the first premium, which think was
right.
AND THE OLD MARE.
Smith had a great time over old Nance. 1t turned
out that each of the other two committeeman had
friends whose mares were to be Judged and they
pretty picked out their favorites. So he kept
still anG let them talk and they got into quar-
rel and then they appealed to Smith, and he kinder
sided with one, but thought old Nance was the best