Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-10-21
A Kentucky Fair.
For the Fayetteville Observer.


who recently attended a Fair
and the following is his report
as near as | can remember it.
noted it down, thinking that
you and your readers would like
to know how associations fol
the development of the resour-
ces Of the country" are man
aged in this direction. My
friend says
As it was not so far but what
VIC could go with our team,
mother and [ concluded we
would hitch up and see the
sights and some cousins we had
not seen in a long time. Moth
er Chats wife, you know,)
thought We ought to take some
thing to the Fair. l told her
to take her butter, but she didn't
think it was good enough, bit
thought [ might take some Of
the stock. But | thought it
would be a great bother. How
.evet, Sam was pretty strong in
the faith that he could beat eve
rybody Oh horses, and wanted
to take old Nance. She's right
smart beast, is that Old mare,
you may depend.
Well, we packed off Sam,
for l was willing to give the boy
a holiday. 1t does the boys
great good to attend these kind
Of Fairs, | do believe, after sec
ing all | saw there.
We got safely to town on
Monday night, and Tuesday l
went up to the Fair grounds to
see what was going on. l got
in, hunted up Sam, and found
he'd got the maze entered, and
had got his card on her head,
and a good stall, and all things
comfortable. The animal ar
engagements were first rate gen.
orally, and during all the time
Of the Fair the supply Of fod-
der was good.
was standing up near the
business office in the crowd, and
heard a couple Of men talking
about premiums. One said TO
the other:
care you an cxhibitor::'
Yes"
$50 am I, and we had better
look to the Committees"
"Why SOP"
you see the Committees are
never full, and if you are on
hand when they arc called, it's
easy to slip in a friend, which
is mighty nice thing some
times"
well, | am showing pat
ent for making sour pickles, and
If I can get the premium it will
make my fortune"
"And | All showing a new
kind Of wheat driller, and 4
premium won't set me back
well. you get-mc OF TO your
committee, and | will name you
for mine"
"AlI right, go in to win when
you can"
Thinks |, perhaps if that's
the way the thing leans, | may
as we'll take care of myselfas any
one else. Everybody for HIM
self seems to be the rule on
these occasions. Sooff | streaked
to the cattle pens to find Smith,
who is my neighbor, you know.
Smith is in the patent bull line.
(Mr. p. evidently means i'm
proved.O SaysI I, Smith, you're
showing bulls, and an show
ing old Nance, and | guess if
merit counts we can win. And
that's the talk on paper" Then
| told him what I'd heard about
the committee.
rs that SOP"
Exactly"
"Well, | think old Nance is
the best mare in the yard"
"And you've got the best
bull on the ground"
Then | told him that we must
be up in time.
We'll, sure enough, when the
committees were made up, was
on Smiths bull committee, and
he was on the mare committee.
The head man took the book.
as had the things in it and we
were all introduced TO each 9TH
er, and went down to look at
the bulls. So we went along
and looked at them, and | didn't
say much'tili we came to Smith
bull, and | looked at him pretty
carefnlly,pulled his tail,puncEed
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