The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-10-13

peFfumery. i. u. FOX - Go. had E5ty
and Geo. Wood s. Co. organs, Hall 4 Bro.
had case of millinery and aise Singer
sewing machines.
&. 3. Sprague had the Wheeler & Will
son, and it is very easy running and
quiet machine.
one, was present.
Arnold 4 Co. had very handsome
marble top bureau with glass, and marble
top commode, and blAckwAlnut ward.
robe.
D. c. McMurtrie had the handsomest
stoves ever exhibited at aay iair here.
They comprised coal aud wood, heating
and cooking stoves aud ranges, and were
new, novel and ornamental, we'll design
ed and very finely made and finished.
Mr.. sicMurtrIe also displayed a choice
assortment Of Tin, Copper and Granite
ware, Brittania and Nickel plated tea and
coffee pots, lightning rods, pumps, &c.
He made large and very handsome
show, and as an Indication OF the first
class stock of goods to be found at his
stove and tin-ware store, his display
was very creditabie and ought to do
him 3 heap of good in the way of attract
ing public attention to the kinds Of stoves
and other goods which he has for sale.
Mr.. Holman had splendid lot Of har-
ness. As harness maker, he takes first
rank. HIS goods tell their own story.
Mr.. Liebfred, had genuine imported
Canaries from the Canary Isles, and from
Italy, and also birds he had bred himself.
The italian Canaries have top knots,
which are quite black in the summer time.
The birds from the Canary Isles have no
top knots, and are very delicately made
and colored.
Adam Mohler had a case Of hand made
boots, CATERS, &C., which were superb
specimens. Finer leather, and more per-
fectly moulded footwear and better work
manship, could not be found anywhere.
Mr.. Mohler would be first class boot
maker in Paris.
Geo. W. Newman filled the center of
the building with very elegant display
of dry goods, laces, ribbons, sashes.
gloves, hosiery, rdgs, foot-mats, &c. His
display added greatly to the attractions
Of the building.
Hall & Bro, ad cases of millinery goods.
Mrs. Kidder's case took the first premium.
IL was q very handsome display. Miss
Miller's cases were as popular with the
spectators as any of the others. Her ar
ray of ostrich feathers surpassed any
stock in that line ever seen here before.
Messrs. Hal's case was also very NICE
and took a premium. The richness, good
taste and elegance of the millinery in all
the cases was the theme of unive rsal
praise and admiration.
HaIlberg made grand display of flow
ers and foliage plants.
Mr.. Miiliken also made an excellent
| exhibit in this departme- How fair
could get along without Hallberg and
MilIiken is one of the experiments we
don't want to see made. Mr.. Hallberg is
always ready to go to lots of trouble
and expense to make the fairs succeS sful.
THE APPLES.
The apple show comes in at this part q
the building. To say it was splendid i:
no description at all. 1t beat every apple
show ever seen here before, both Tor abun
dance, number of varieties, and size, ap
pearance and favor of the hundreds OF
specimens exhibited. The display from
the nursery Of eX-treasurer Graham, o.
Coffey county, was big feature of it, a
it contained u number OF Varieti es not 81
far produced in this county. It was il
Maj. Bancroft'S opinion the finest ant
largest exhibition of apples ever given il
Lyon county, or at any other county fai
ever held. He has picked out and ship
ped about two bushels of the best speci
mems for display at the Kansas bulldin
at the Centennial. There were also som
very fine pears, but the apples overshad
owed and ou:numbered every thing els
and were in themselves the greatest feat
ure OF the fair.
DOMESTIC ARTS.
: Quilts, rag carpets, crochet work, fame
work, pencil drawings, paintings. an
/ tIque curiosities, pictures, artificial flow
: ers, wreaths, hair work, &C., were j
2 good supply. The mineature bachelor
home caused much amusement for tn
girls. Mrs. Metzger, NJ. Stratton an
Mrs. Slocum had charge OF the department
I comprising domestic arts, and were we
' pleased with the displays made.
S BREAD, CAKE, ETC.
r This department was large. The tas
ing committee had all they wanted an
3 more too. The array of edIbles was yer
s tempting. Our cheese foctories had fin
:. cheeses on hand.
: HickoX showed a fine lot of photograph
a large and small. Other parties had art
cles we'll worthy of mention. but OF couri
we have no room to speak of half the e!
r, hibits. The rag carpets ere undoubte,
! ly we'll woven, and the coIors arrange
with taste and skill. The blending
D colors in the medly stripe of one carp
was especially good.
? THE BABY SHOW.
g This popular feature was grand su
o cess. The premiums had been displayt
8 in the picture department during Frids
: and Saturday, and by noon Saturday Il
d number of ''infants IN arms at the ia
:. grounds indicated that the Baby Sho
II was going to he scene Of lively comp
e tition. The time of the public address
= was changed from IL a. IN. to D. m. Sa
e urday, the exact hour set for the Bal
r. Show. and hence the latter gave way al
IL waited until the speeches were over. ThG
2 the crowd made a rush for the SOU
20 wing Of the main hall, and it was in Fl
n minute perfect jam, every inch of spa
b far and near affording view being occ
l. pied. No space had been roped of
ID seats provided. We had nothing to
with the appointment of committee
g. judges and the Directors had In the pre-
D. sure Of other duties delayed the appoir
s ment of Superintendent of the Bal
" Show until the last minute, when Mr.
v A. S. Smith kindly consented to take t
r. position, and appointed as committee
e make the awards Mrs. I. E. Perley, Nj
d Col. steele, and Capt. Warren. T
er crowd was so great that no one cou
N move, but finally the services Of polio
man were secured. Messrs J. f. Strait
and E. f. sprague lent their assistant
arope was Improvtsed, and space clear
IL for the babies and the committee to mo
IN about in. The arrangements were not
Y onr hands, more than to furnish the :
~ worth OF premiums as free gift ct @