New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1860-09-21

may depend, -...,
T. .., Takes the. mare.
Well we packed off Sam, for I was
willing to give the boy holiday. It
does the boys great good to attend these
kind Of Fairs, / do believe, after seeing
all Isaw there. r.
J ...: 49, Goes in.
. We got safely to town Monday night
and Tuesday went up early to the
Fair grounds to see what was going on.
Igotin. hunted up Sam, and found
he'd got the mare entered, and had got
his carl on her head, and good stall,
and all things comfortable. The ami
NAL arrangements were first rate gen.
orally, and during all the time Of the
Fair he supply of fodder was good
I think that Maj Patrick, who was ey-
erybcly in managing things, trump
sort d man.
'' Hears Something. -''D
All was standing up near the bust
ness office in the crowd, L heard a coup
eo' me II talking about premiums. One
said to the other: ID. 4 . ...- .
Are you an exhibitor!' ..l,,. ~.
"Yes.'
SO am I, ana VIC hnd better look to-
the committees = "''. 10 5'', l.
Why soP ~ .."lg ""# ~.
tYou see the committees are never
all full, anl, If you are on hand. at the
big ten, when they are all called it is
cas- y to slip ma friend, which is a
nightly nice thing sometimes .'.
well, I am showing a patent for
making cowcumbers, and if I can get
the premium, it will make my fortune.
sAnd / am showing a new kind Of bob.
tailed hens and premium wont sci
me back. ........s... t....,..
well, you get neon your committee
AMI I will name you for mine. ..r
'All right; 60 in to win when you can.
Thinks I, perhaps if that's the way
the thing leans, I may as we'll take care
of myself as anybody else. Everybody
for himself seems to.be the rule on these
occasions. So l streaked it to the cat
tie pens to find Smith, who is my neigh,
Dor, you know. Smith is in the patent
bull line. -. ......... ......
(Mr. p. evidently means in,prored.'
Says I, Smith, you're showing bulls
and I'm showing old Nance, and guess
| if merit counts we can win. And that's
the talk here ON paper Then I tole
him what I'd heard about the commit
tee. ........-.,.. ..'........... ...
Exactly
well I think old Nance is the best
mare in the yard '','' .". "'@ u"
and you've got the best bull on the
ground,
Then told him we must be up al
the tent in tine. ~. 81" #<}" s''"
Well, sure enough, when the com
mittccs were made up, I was on Smiths
bull committee, and he was on the
mare committee. ... .. ......-..
p, The Committee goes out.
The head man took the book rs had
the things in it, anl we were all in
troduced to each other, ard went dowr
t., look at the balls We we're on tbt
red bulls. S., we went along and
looked al ;:.hcm, and I did It say muc}
till we came to Smiths Ball, and
10 oked at him pretty carefully. pulled
his t. il, punched my fingers into hi
ribs. and went through the motions al
I had seen the 9th rs. Says /, that.
bull that | oks like it, Smith hae
combed him all over with fine toothet
comb, and brushed him with hair
brush, and he did look slick, for he was
| just as fat as hog. And from all
saw, I think fat at Fairs, like what thu
lawyer said about charity, covers
multitude of sins. i, H5u8It $40
| Gets the Horns poked at him.
just as I said that, the fellow VIII