The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-28
THE FAIR.
NOTES OF THE MILITARY
DRILL.
Fair Sponsors for the Companies
10 Drill at the Fair-A
Fair suggestion.

Three weeks from next Thursday tn,
contest between the military companies
| 10 to take place at the fair grounds 1t Il
not as yet generally known how many
companies will participate, and there
| does not seem to be much enthusiasm
upon the subject. A military contest be
tween companies from different portions
of this state, and probably from Arkansa,
and Louisiana, to take place at the fair
| ought to meet with the most liberal peeu.
mary encoul agement and assistance from
every enterprising citizen of Austin
From a business standpoint, the money
subscribed for the prizes to be
| offered, will be money well invested
1t is to be hoped that the committee in
charge of raising funds will not cease In
their efforts until the entire amount need
ed Is subscribed and collected. Our mer-
chants and citizens generally are urged
to come forward and respond literally.
No one can deny that the military contest
will be the cause OF the attendance of a
large number of strangers. The following
plan has been suggested to be added to
the military contest, viz: AS soon as the
money for the prizes Is collected let there
be chosen by the committee several young
ladies of Austin, one to represent each
company that will contest, and let the
money be deposited in bank to the credit
of these young ladies and when
the Judges decide which compan-
les have won the prizes, the young
ladies upon their check can pay
the money over to those companies.
Each lady chosen to represent q company
is to act as sponsor for that company i'm
mediately upon the arrival of that COM
pany In this city and remain sponsor until
its departure. She 10 to wear the colors
of her company and enlist all the sympa-
thizers and admirers which her pop
ularity can gain for her company.
This programme has been adopted at
many military drills throughout the
I nited States and has caused the greatest
enthusiasm and interest. The most re-
cent now recalled was that In New Or
leans few months ago, and readers of
the New Orleans papels will remember
the lengthy accounts given of the contest
of some of the best military companies of
the country in which a gallant Texas
company won the second prize and only
missed the first prize by a small fraction.
The object of the Capital Fair is certainly
to have as large q crowd in attendance as
possible and 1t Is believed that this grace
full and interesting method will do
more towards successfully achieving
that object than the time-honored
custom OF an exhibition OF articles that
but very few OF the pleasure seekers, who
constitute the largest portion of the
gathering, ever care to see.
FINE BIRDS.
Another novel and very attractive fea-
ture of the Capital Fair next month, will
be the game breeders tournament, in
which game fowls from all parts of the
state will contest. The tournament will
be entirely under the supervision OF the
fair committee, and will be governed by
the national tournament rules. The
prizes will be very liberal, and all fowls
sent to participate in the tournament
will receive the personal attention of the
who wi!l.make every provision
necessary to their being we'll cared Tor.
Those who desire to make entries should
at once address the tournament commit
tee, z. U. box SIG, Austin.
Respectfully RetIres.
Mai. d. w. Jones, after mature delIber-
alton. retlres from the race for the pre-
mum offered for the ugliest man at the
fair and leaves the field clear for several
of his friends. He handed the reporter
last night the following notice
1 have learned some fears or mlsappre-
hension exists about my contending for
the special premium offered by ID. w.
Jones q Co., for the ugliest man at the
fair. III ever had any ambition In that
1 would certainly despair of
success in the race. After visiting Bos-
ton and New York where Oscar Wilde
has been cultivating the taste of our peo-
pie In aesthetics, / find my style OF beauty
all the fashion, SO 1 reluctantly leave the
field to my friends S-n, or G-s. or
H-r, and others, and will not be candi-
date. D. W. JONES.