Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-10-04

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Mr. PiovhauASs ana the state Fair.
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and instruG We letteu By pr festeed -
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DIT, ~ Johe IL ~h&dle. Va 1tst
published 10 the RGrol 81 Dec. 5,h,
1857. 1t attracted considerable atten-
ton aud wss widely copied and com
msaded at the time. Since then We
have had many requests for copies Of
the paper containing it, or are-Publica-
ton OF the Majors account Of "Smith's
Bulf'-and, in - mach = this is the
season for appointing committees, while
State AID County Fairs are soon 70 take
place, We think the re-appearance OF
the article quite timely and appropriate.
1t will be read with interest by those
who never saw it before, while thousands
will enjoy its persual.)
Col. MooRE Some years ago ] got
acquainted With one Of your contribu-
tors who edited the Wool Grocer, and
used to put mein print. must say my
vanity was fattered by seeing my name
printed in the paper, with some things
I said, and some things ] didn't say, and
we've kept the papers ever since. After
al, everybody likes . little fame, but
some are satisfied with smaller amount
than others, Well, l have not the edl-
tor any more to set me out, 90 ! have
been thinking would just try and see
if you would not put me into the Ku'd!
on my own hook-especially Is want
to tell you al about my going to the
State Fair at Buffalo, the other day.
CONCLUDES TO GO.
As it was not so far but what wO could
90 with our own team, mother and 4
concluded we would hitch up and have
a week to see the sights and some cous-
ms we had not seen for . long time
Mother THAT is my wife, you know.)
thought We ought to take something to
the Fair. told her to take tub Of
bntter, but she said she didn't think it
W as good enough, but thought I might
take some Of the stock. But ! thought
it would be great bother. However,
Sam WAS pretty strong in the faith that
he could beat everybody on horses, aud
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 seeing
all / saw there
We got safely to town Monday night
and Tuesday / went up early to the
Fair grounds to see what was going on.
I got in, hunted up Sam, and found
he'd got the mare entered, and had got
bis 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. l think
that Maj. Patrick, who was everybody
in managing things, q trump sort Of a
man.
HEARS SOMETHING.
As was standing up near the bust.
ness Office, in the crowd, l heard cou-
pie of men talking about premiums
One said to the other:
care you an exhibitor''
eyes"
$50 am I, and we had better look to
the committees"
"Why so p
"You see tho committees are never
all full, and if you are on hand at the
big tent when they are oil called, it is
easy to slip in friend, which is = Nigh
ty nice thing sometimes"
swell, am showing q patent for
makiag cowcumbers, and if can get
the premium, it will make my fortune. F"
"Aud am showing new kind of
bobtailed hens and premium wont set
me back"
well, you get me on your commit.
tee and will name you for mine"
"All right 60 in to win when you
run"
Thinks 1, perhaps if that's the way
the things lean, may Is we'll take care
of myself as anybody else. Everybody
tor himself seems to be the rule on these
occasions. So streaksd it to the cattle
pens to find Smith. Who is my neighber
you know. Smith is in the patent bull
line.
CMr. r. evidently means improved. }
Says l, "Smith you are showing bulls,
and I'm showing ole Nance and l guess
| if merit counts we can win. And that's
the talk here on paper. Then I told
him what I'd heard about the commit
tee.
"Is that SOP"
Exactly"
Well, l think old Nance is the best
mare 10 the yard"
"And you've got the best bull on the
ground"
Then told him We must be up at the
tent in time.
Well, sure enough, when the COM
mittees we're made up, ! was on Snith'a
bull committee, and he was on the mare
committee.
| THE COMMITTEE GOES OUT.
The head man took the book as had
the things in it, and we were all intro
duced to each other, and went down to