The Van Buren press., 1876-10-17

are solid truths. and being 50, II any one
should ask why 1t Is that the razor buck hoy
Is still power In the land. the answer fol-
lows short and pointed. because We nave no
county fairs.
Milk and butter cost more than bread and
! cannot pass on without say Ing something
In behalf ot the must valuable ui all animals,
the COW. No famli, Is 50 poor ns not To be
ahle To sn. Or hop to own IL COW; none so
opulent as to dispense With her gifts. Poets.
ancient aud modern. have sung her praises.
In my opinion shr lakes the place OF mother
iatiter. grandfather and uncle oi thousands
Of orphaned and neglected children; and In
every kit.hen she Is the cocks right. bower.
Above all other animals she deserves our best
treatment. But fear II too otten the Gus.
tom To ill-trrat or neglect her: too often Is
she driven. unied. from the crib door, and. |
after yielding her treasure tu the milk maid. |
turned "ut from shelter tn hear the biting
tru>t- or the SHOWS III winter. vi it'll such
treatment l. IL any wonder that our caw $
rate trom ten u fifteen dollars heady Is 1t |
strange that young ladies' dislike to kneel be-
side such stock and pull ut tough uddrrs halt
an hour for quart of milk We think not.
Then bring forward ypur improved cattle
well fell and sleek. To the fair. Every man
will want the best as present for his daugh
ter. and having such II present. she will take
pleasure IN experimenting or doing the milk
ing. or II she would OF Tor one. In such Il
case, am free to SAY that would rather kiss
such Il COW than the girl that wouldn't milk
her
Tie benefits TO be derived from successfully
held fairs are so numerous that one knaws
not what to select or u here to stop | will
add In brief few others and have done Our
people. IN thi. way. extend their acquaintance.
new friendships are formed social insrrc0ur z
results and II kin |, interest l. manifested In
each others welfare Throughout our county
AGAIN II uiifp from all he uutltnrinUs.
Politics and political can,iidst-s are. for once.
in the front ground Ladies', as well as gen.
tlemen are here. There's no restraint upon
any one In the pursuit of innocent pleasure,
In short. IL Is the one and only general holt
day. which we have. and Il properly conduct
ed, can be fraught with nothing but bless
ings.
The day was fine and the whole assem-
blage of people seemed to enjoy them
selves very well. The Van Buren Band
discoursed their sweetest music; and the
only drawback to the complete success
of the day, was that the farmers had not
made quite SO extensive entries of Stock
as they might have done. Regular ex-
cursion trains were run twice day from
Van Buren, to the Fair Grounds, and the
means of getting to the grounds were
thus more convenient than in any prcvi-
Gus year. The chief attraction, to day,
was trotting match between Col. Lock
hart's bay gelding, Prince, and Avis
Smiths gelding, Fox, in which Prince
walked away from Fox in manner most
delightful.
SECOND DAY.
The number Of e..tries was largely in
creased to day, and the crowd in attend
ance much larger than the day before,
Many of the people from the country
brought their dinners with them and had
a regular pic ME on the grounds. The
chief interest seemed to center in the am
phctheatre where the trotting stock was
exhibited. There were several interest
ing races, chief among which was a trot
in harness by Lockharts bay gelding and
a bay mare belonging to l.. D. Rose.
Lockhart's horse again came in first best,
as he also did in competition with grey
horse from Fort Smith.
At the close of the day the exhibition
of Babies began. Abont fifteen babies
were entered. 1t must be that the ba
bies behaved in most admirable man
ner, entirely re!raining from the vicious
habit which usually attaches to babies
that is, of trying to initiate the sweet
voice of hungry Sioux Indian. Peter
Kuykendal having refused to serve as
as umpire on the occasion, and having
entirely absented himself from the field,
three other judges were appointed, who
failed to agree on verdict. The ques-
ton, however, as to who had the sweet
est baby, was readily decided by ----|
each mother for herself.
All parties present seemed highly
pleased and there is no doubt that the
next fair will be on much more magni
ficent scale.
Below we give list of the awards by
the judges:
Best colt from 10 months nld-Abram Cook.
Best colt. 4 months old --- Camp
bell.
2nd best colt. months olt-Wm. Jones.
Best brood mare-Jno. Kibler.
2nd best brood Mares. Cotterell
Best mare for all pnrposes-John Shiblcy
III best mare tor all purposes--Joseph Win
ters.
Best marc colt under one yesr--Jno. Kib
Ter.
ID best mare colt under one year, NJ Bax-
ter.
Best gelding-John Foster.
Best jack. A. Lockhart.
I'd best Jack-Joseph Winters.
Best lot Of pigs -. N. Baxter.
End best lot Of pigs - Reed
Best trottiny sad,lle-h h,rse--Henrv Hoynn
2l best do Henry Kiber
Best Durham bull. J. A. I.oekhart.
Averslire bull do do
Best rider. boy under n August Winters
al best do Charlie Davis.
Best troting horse single harness. ia Lock
hart.
I'd best do do Id. Rose
Best pr. matched mules. ! $. Mccall
Best stallion, 5 years old. J. A. Lockhart.
Finest baby, any age. eaeh exhibitor.