The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-09-10

Marriages - Deaths - incidents,
Etc., Etc.
Saline county il the Fairsx couaty meath
the sun in more than zoe aenae of the
the work. The Brownsville District Fair
under the superintendence Of thst genial
aoul. Thos. h. Price il all ready ior the
grand "penisx next Tuesday. near the
Sweet Spring.. The town board and the
fair diresto~ have entered into copartner-
ship in the sprinkling business and the
streets. far grounds, race track. srens and
all will be thoroughly sprinkled and there
will he no trouble from du~,.
| The Mi,ui fair proved quite succes'
! and just On the heels Of that came the
Marshall fair which hiss just closed the
,,ost succes-ful sr..on for many year.
Many pen.oaa have asked the question
Why il IL that Saline
cas- AFFORD THREE FAIgs,
while adjoining counties cannot support
even one in decent manner. It's jus, he.
cause the people over there have got the
ambition. the pluck aud the energy to carry
out to perfection anything they undertake.
Besides they've gut the "tin," that is TO say,
the "rocka," ue mean the leads" or in
other words. they've GOT the wealth to do ii
with.
Her broad and fertile acres yield an
abundant supply of golden grain, her green
pastures feed innumerable herds of fat cat
tie and ne sturdy fsrmess Of that grand
old county e rich. happy and conteoied'
The scqdlsi,ion Of bran new trunk line
railroad hss given m impetus to thst &C.
ton and the tide il taken 1t its 6ood will
surely lead them on to fortune"
Marshall the county seat hss alresdy
begun to show signs Of her increasing Pros
peri,y. Quite number Of mes brick
BUSINESS HoCsEs
are in course If construction around the
court hoGse square, while near the depot
site large grain elevator j. being built by
Mes.rs. Rea 4 Page. 1t will have stand
ing capacity Of $1,000 bushels. Some fe.
dwellings are being erected and many more
in contemplation - the arrival al the
railroad will reduce the price 81 material
The new three story hotel recently inilt
aide much 70 the appearance Of the city.
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Gated along the line Of the new road. such
- GSlian,vilir. Slater. Leonard snd Black
burn.
The FAIR GROUNDS
are situated sh"us one mile north ea.t vi
town In grove NJ skirt al timber and com
Fist Of an enclosure Of about twenty acres,
beautifully shaded and covered By = CARPET
Of iuxnriant grass. 4 large amPhitheatre.
ladies cottsee, round hous~. floral hall and
other buildings adorn the grounds. Suffi-
Glen, stalls. pen. ETC., With ample rom are
provided Tor cattle horses anil other stock
The confidence shown BY every one, both
Al home and atroad in the management IL
the invinc,bIe ''vince," entities the gentle
manly President OF the s-socistion, Col.
Vincent M.rmaduke. to the blue ribbon A.
the "bOs~" iair msnager Of the world. Mr..
Jacob v.ndyke, the efficient secretary, is
every where just at the right time and place
and attends promptly to the wishes and
wanls OI exhibitors.
The first day was ''chiidren. day." when
= free invitstion vas extended to all the
little fo:ks to attend and they did attend
in great numbers and made merry the
whole day long. Premiums we're awarded
this day for draft horses. best seldings in
double team and for rOsd-iers. Quite nm
interesting feature wss the equestrian ring
for boys and for l,dies. Several fair
equesirienns~ entered The arena to compete
for the pr,se and the admiration Of the
audience. Beta ran high smong the Young
men.
The display in
FLORAL HALL
was Of the very hest. and handsome arti-
cles in plain and ornamental needle work,
fancy work. embroidery. &C., &C., With in
Vulnerable entries from the kitchen and
storeroom, the garden and orchard. The
Geld products attracted great attention and
the exhibition Of poultry was hard To excel,
consisting Of ell sorts Of domestic and game
chickens, bsOnse torkeys, seese. ducks and
fowls Of every description.
A Wilder from near Brownsville had
very fine collection Of chickens. from
cochins to bantana. the Aylesburg duck
and geese. Of the Great China. Toulou-e
and white Brahma varieties. There veae
lols a! other "vidden" on the eround.
Nothing fowl about them. They exhibited
charms which pleased the average uidower
immensely. On the second day the oil
bachelors al took back rea,s and cl,ewed
lumps cf dusi mixed with mean tobacco,
ssiling for the heroine Of the day.
- MIS- PnotBE CozzENs.
70 make her appearance. The gate receipts
were larger on this day than ever before,
which ~pesks we'll Of the future Of the fair.
The dir~ctor. showed good judseme", when I:
they invited this lady 10 be present and de- !
liver IN address After the different exhi. ]
billions in the arena we're over a
reating spell waa given ill two
o'clock r. ~. when the lady orator
made her entrance on the grcu nd. and was I
eacorted By the full board Of officers and i
directon To . platform immediately in front !
Of the awphithestre. Her appearance Was
the signal for enthusiastic applause from
1000 ,hrOs,<. Many speculaiions were in.