The Fremont County record., 1881-10-08
REPUBLICAN, TICKET,
Sixth Judicial District.
FOR JUDGE,
CHARLES d. BRADLEY,
of Custer County.
F0a DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
CHARLES d. HAYT,
of Conejos County. q
Notes OF the Fair.

To the Editor OF the RECORD.
There may be points in short re-
sumo of the state fair, lately held in
Denver, of interest to the readers Of
your paper. Passing over long de-
tail of trip thither, and almost fruit
less endeavor to find shelter for the
night resulting in more bus ride for
twenty-five cents from one hotel and
boarding house to another than mere
fun demanded, we at last brought up
at some kind of class of hotel. princi-
pally ran by the genial and hospita-
BILE D. B. Capital B. B., mind you,
for before morning they had us bled-
dead out of bed and neatly inferred
with usual obsequeis up the back al
ley-but who does not expect to be
bled at the cosmopoles.
But to the fair. This, as an exhibi-
ton of live stock. was ridiculously
thin--about thirty head of neat cat
tie, a dozen sheep, two hogs, half
dozen coops of fowls and two of pup
pies comprised the assortment. In
the way of machinery man could
put the whole business on wheel
barrow and tote it off. A Denver
firm made respectable showing of
wagons, carriages, etc. In Art hall
every inch of space was filed. and
we gently hint to the directors need
of more and better accommodation.
Meek showed fine assortment of
Denver made trunks, ETC., Mcleod u
formerly OF Canon came out strong,
with gloves, buckskin clothing, etc.
There was an excellent showing in
lace, embroideries, different styles
knitting and other fancy work.
Grandmother Asleep" embroidered
on canvas was unique and beautiful
piece of work. Two entries of paint
ing on porcelain afterwards fired
were particularly admired. The
largest spaces, however, were occu-
pied by the photographers, their
work ranging from 1irst-class to in
differently good, but including gen.
orally only the ordinary trade pic
lures. johnson showed new style
of graph, however. claimed to be in
destructible, which gave the soft
blending of the heliograph and is
certainly new departure in the art.
He also showed life size photo OF
Gov. Denver, for whom the city was
named, also of General Sutter, first
discoverer of gold in California, and
his mill race where it was found. In
Agricultural hall there were the usu-
al big squashes, cabbages, beets, pota-
toes, etc. A stalk of corn twelve feet
high, raised at Stonewall, above Trim
idad, at an altitude said to be $500
feet, with other vegetables, were re-
markable from the exuberance of i'm.
agination in the altitude business.
There was good exhibit of yegeta-
bles from Del Norte that ought to
have taken a premium if they did
not. Also from the Gunnison. Al
fine exhibit of butter and honey
showed conclusiyely that this is a
land of milk and honey. Prof. Blount
Of the State Agricultural college at
Fort Collins, made an excellent show
ing, among the rest ninety five varie-
ties of wheat. He, by the way, las
taken lately the first prize in gold
against all the world with some two
thousand entries of wheat at New
York. His arrangement of the vari- |
Ous products of the state farm was
very neat and tasty. The lovely
creamery patent was there, we sup
pose to show some of the beauties of |
our patent law system. The idea that
woman cannot put the product of
her dairy into her own spring in any
way best suiting her, as has been
done from time immemorial without
infringing patent, is almost too alb
surd. With one or two exceptions
the entire fruit exhibit was from
Canon City and right proud we are |
of it, and most iustly-but we blush
to brsg. One item we should men
ton. however. Some irrepressible
idiot started tho story that our Mr..
Helms exhibit Of grapes and pears
was brought by him from California, |
aud was not : Colorado product At |
all. The committee came TO MS for
TIE escts in the case which we were
pleaeed q give thsm, with the bark |
on. Tie 4ineral and Floral hall was |
very ettractive. Breckenridge, Mon
arch. Guuuisou. Bonansa aud Silver
f<lt4 n.fwSar Hxss ~s~x.