Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-12-15

tC 4,COO. Inc report Is SAID TO come QUSCt
from a loyal resident Of Richmond,
THE LADIES' FAIR-According to announct-
ment the weaker sex of the Congr cgational
society, held their first Fair and Tea party
At Eatnn's Hall on Wednesday night of last
week; the doors were opened to visitors at an
early hour, and in a short time there At or the
Hall was crowded by the good people Of our
town, who were curious to see what was curi-
to behold; although the Fortunate pos
SCISSOR ola Complimentary, We came down with
our regular .fjtee. cents for entrance money
10 the Fair this we thought 10 be fir, az the
thins was gotten up for the benefit of the
church" and the fare was 20 low, aad the OBJ
ject for which it was intended SO good, we had
not the conscience TO do Otherwise.
The hall was beautifully adorned with ever
greens, arranged nnder the supervision of
Billy Up Stairs who IS "Epsom" a. such kiad
Of fancy work The centre Of the hall WAS Il
'ottcd tor The exhibition rf small fancy Nhzius'
and Was arranged very tastcta y BIZ the several
boss ladies in charge. Space viii "or allow
Ills to describe fully and nitH, the many
articles of nee llg-work yi.h which the ia
bles were crowGsa, md fer which the ladies
had llbored So 0ue and 2rduauSly to get Up:
there were some articles however, that de
segve particular mention: the dwellers Ill
Ether had been disrofed, that their beautiful
feathers might make mere beautiful flowers
and wreaths, which were upon this occasion
disposed of "for the benefit Gf the church"
A beautiful wreath, made entirely of seeds
was splendid "git up" and attracted uni
,ersal attention, the amount of seeds taken
to make it. accounts for the higl price Of
garden sass the last season. The juveni}c
portion eli the human race were represented
in miniature by fine display of dolls of eve
~ size shape and description; two very 2le
gsntly dressed onss Of good dimensions at
tracted much attention, and were greatly ad
mired by the little folks in attendance. In
the f1tr corner of the room was the celebrat-
ed hite Housc"-deSigucd and built by
'Ssm~sll,' and was indeed beautiful, vet not
worth the struggle made by politicians to
possess 1t, yet we noticed our Assembvman
elec: and the editor Of the Plot throwing
Sleeps eyes at it, satisfied apparently that
believers in their creed can never enter there
IN; this fine model was put up at tiotterv, and
Is now owned by Frank" of the Evergreen
The disposal of many articles at the Fair. re-
minded US of the story of the boy .ho want
cd TO so fishing upon the Sabbath, when his
rather desired him not to go; get If lie did
90, to De sure and bring home some fsh. Lot
tery Is species of gambling quite as PERM
cious IN Its effects upon the community, as
poker playing or horss-racing; but in this
ease 1T IS all right, for il is ''for the benefit
OF the church, The inner man was very
oounutully provided fer in the way of ovs
teFs' coffee, erulers, loaf, sponge, fruit, deli
cate ana other fancy brands Of cake, whic ch
were "goooled Up" at Fair prices. To make
the evening pass more pleasantly to the visi.
tors at the Fair, several glees were sumo bv
Iessrs. Philleo, Chambers and Elliot Miss
Mary E. Hawley accompanying them upon the
tlano ferle. w presume the audience wara
pleased, and pronounced the songs and mu-
sic gocd-each piece being regularly stamped
upon It's delivery, thereby practicing no
fraud upon the Government. Our FalistaF
ian friend of the Grand Rapids House, gracea
the cook shop, and with the assistance of The
qroees, done the culinary arrangements of The
fair up in graceful mauner-oysters fried
stewed, roasted or oat Of the shell, were pre-
duced upon bidding. The proceeds OF ths
Fair, as we are informed, amounted in the az
gregate to ss7s; this amount, taking int
consideration the severity of the weather
tie absence of many from town, the impossi
b:Iity of Ceatralians crossing the river, ant
the extreme stringency of the money market
was really muEiicent and entirely unexpecs
ed Take the Fair ali in all, it was decid
ed success God bless the Ls Ies for thi:
good rorl Christmas presents at the Wood
County Drug Store.