The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-09-24
COUNTY FAIR.

A Grand Success 80 far rs Per.
miitcd by short
Outline OF Leading Features
List Of Premiums A Awarded will
be Given next Week.
The Thirteenth annual Cedar
County Fair came very near being
success. Indeed, it was success in
most particulars, but our old enemy,
foul weather, remembered us once
again. As if angry that we had Sc
cured one good day, the elements on
Friday seemed combined to do their
worst. And the impression is that
they succeeded pretty well, for it
would be difficult to get more storm
into a single day, or to more etfectu-
ally drown out Fair projects, than in
this instance. 1t was all the harder
for the society to bear from the fact
that with pleasant weather Friday
would have been far the biggest day
in its annals, and the income derived
would have made everything smooth
sailing clear to paying the much
called for but never realized "divi-
dend" to stockholders and making
some needed improvements. But it
wasn't pleasant-and we all know,
theoretically at least, what to do at
ter the milk is spilled. So the So
ciety proposes to shed no tears, but
struggle along, trusting that the flu
ture has in store somewhere year
when the fine reputation she has
made will be permitted to bring its
natural need of success.
And now for brief glance at what
the exhibition was--for the rain did
not prevent every department being
well filed, and some of them 10 over
flowing. Some idea Of this will be
gathered from a statement of the Ell.
tries made, as follows. Cattle, 63;
sheep, Al; swine, 46; horses, exc,
speed, 1903; speed, AZ; mules, 8;
poultry, IS; farm and garden pro-
ducts, III; fruit and flowers, So;
household manufactures, lis; pantry
stores, 353; miscellaneous classes
from No. sc to discretionary, ll5--
Grand Total, ll77. For the first
time, the hall did not afford room to
properly display It's contents. The
ladies came up to the work manfully.
as usual, and the outlook in the di
vision allotted to pantry stores made
the suggestion common one that a
new hall would have to be built ex
pressly for jellies, preserves and can
ned fruit. The display of flowers
was much finer than ever before
Fruit alone was poorly represented,
and this because the crop is poor one.
But much as we would like, we can
not linger to enumerate even the
chief features of the disply in the
Hall. The space allotted 10 the
whole subject is brief one. and it
has many other departments.
The pigeon match on Wednesday
resulted to the great satisfaction of
all the contestants, and the small
pleasure of the crowd who were kept
too far off to be able to get very
deeply into the spirit Of the contest.
Tate, of Low Moor, won the Society's
lst prize with 8 single birds out Of
10; Comstock I'd, 8 out of 10; Fatchel
and Van Epps, of Low Moor, Sd
with Z out of 10 each. A double
rise match was afterward won by
Tate and another Of single rises by
Comstock, Ady of West Liberty
second and VIM. Dean third.
The sport on the track was ordi-
nary with the exception of the free
to-all trot, on Thursday, which every
one pronounced the best race ever
made on the ground. Piatt's Wau
konsah was first, A. Bottoms Rocky
second and Bryant's Robbie Gold
dust third. Time, from 2:42 up.
Matilda Fletcher met her engage
ment for Friday afternoon, arriving
here about noon ria Wilton from
the extreme southwest part Of the
State where she spoke the day be-
fore. But although here and ready,
it was thought best not to ask her to
address the crowd on the grounds
that day; and as she kindly consent
ed to give us the advantage Of what
Saturday might bring for.h, every
possible effort was made TO make the
postponement known. Saturday,
however, was anything but pleasant,
and only some five Or six hundred
gathered to hear her. Her address,
eWhat Can You Do?" was received
by all with the very highest enconi-
ums as not only entertaining but
practical. The remainder of the
programme for Friday was then hur-
ried through and the Fair was over
"a grand success and great failure.
But there are other years yet to
come, even granting mother Ship
tons prophesy; and we believe the
people of Cedar county will yet find
providence smiling upon their efforts
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