The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-10-04
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HIGHLY. AND INTERESTING INSTRUCTION
To AxAlBrToRs OF CATTLE AND HORs-
Is AT6IATE AND COUNTY FAIRS
We commend this to all who attend
State and County Fairs. 1t is from the
Rural Ne~ Nrker, and wss FIRST pub
!ished 10 that journal year ago, aud i,
IL DOW repubIished 10 the Rural, for the
benefit Of odicen who gil vacancies in
com nittees.
Col. MOORE: Some years ago 20,
acquainted with one Of your contributors
who edited the Wool Grorer. and he
used to put me 10 print. I must say my
vanity vas nstsered BY seeing ny name
printed in the paper, with some things
said, and some ! didn't say, aud we've
kept the papers ever since. After all,
everybody likes little fame, but some
are satisfied With smaller amount than
Others. Well, l have not the editor any
more to set me out, 50 have been thiok.
ing would just try and see if you would
not put me in the Rural on my own hook
especially Is want to tell you all
about my going to the State Fair, at
Buffalo, the other day.
i- CONCLUDES TO 60.
Al il was not 50 far of but what We
could SO with our team, mother and |
concIaded Ne ~ould hitch up and have
week to see the sights and some cous-
los " had not seen for a long time
Mother Chats wife you know. thought
we ought to take something to the Fair.
told her to take tub of her butter,
but she did, think it was good enough.
but thought | might take some Of the
stock. But thought it would be great
bother. However, Sam was pretty s.rsng
in the faith that he would beat every.
body on horses, and wanted to take old
Nance. She's right smart old beast, is
thasold mare, You may depend.
rAEEs THkx MARE.
Well, we pscked of Sam, for l was
willing to give the boy holiday. /,
does the boys great good to attend these
fairs, | do believe, after seeing all saw
thers.z, 4
We got safely to town on Monday
night, aud Tuesday l went up to the
grossds to see whss was going Oh. got
IN aod hunted up Sam, and found he d
got The marc entered, and had get his
card % her head, aud good stall, and
all things comfortable. The animal ar.
engagements were irst-rate generally, and
during all the time Of the Fair the supply
OF fodder was good | think that Major
Patrick, who WIS every body in managing
things, trump sort OF o man.
HEARS SOMETHING.
As | was standing up near the bust
ness office in the crowd, I heard couple
Of men talking about premiums. One
said to the other:
Are you an exhibitor -
"Ycs.'
$50 am I, aud We had better look to
the Committees
Why so?" ~
You see the Committees are never
all full, aud if you are on hand at the big
tent when they are called, it is easy to
clip in friend, which is a mighty nice
luluE sometimes.
Well am showing patent for max
'ns COW cumbers, and if you can get the
premium it will make my fortune"
" And l am showing new kind of
eob.ta'led hens, and premium won't set
me back
Well, you get me on your com mi,teo,
and will name you for mine
:" All right; go in to win when you
eau"
Thinks |, perhaps If that the way the
thing leans, | may as we'll take care Of
myself as any one else Every body fer
himself seems.to be the rule on these oc
casions. So off | streaked t. the cattle
pens to hod Smith, who is my neighbor,
you know. Smith is 10 the patent bull
line. Mr.. Z. evidently means " i'm,
proved. j Says "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 Id heard abcu,
the committee.
Is that so ?"
Exactly"
Well, think old Nance i. the best
mare in the yard"
And you've so. the best bull on the
ground
Then told him that We must be up
at the tent in time.
Well, sure enough, when the commit.
tees were made up, was on Smith bull
eommiitcp and he uac on w p,,r. ,,,.
mlttee.
THE coNEi1TEx uoEs OFT.
The head man took the book, a. he
had the things in it, and We were all in
troduced to each other, and went down
to look at the bulls We we're on III,
red bulls. So we went aong and looked
at them, and didn't say much till v.
came to Smiths bull, aud / looked a,
him pretty carefully, pulled his tail
punched my fingers into his ribs, anc
went through the motions, as had seer
the others Says I. "thar's bull tha
looks like it," Smith had combcd hin
all over with fine toothcd cor,b, ant
brushed him with hair brush, and he
did Look slick, for he was jus. as fat as q
hog. Aad from all i saw, | think fat a,
Fairs, like what the lawyers said about
charity, covers a multitude of sins.
~ GETS THE HORNS roxED At HIN.
Just as | said that, the fellow who had
bull 10 the next stall comes up to me
pretty fierce, aud says he. -~-,r--
What do you know about bulls p