Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-09-02
The Fair-First Day.

The Lafayette county fair opened Tuesday
morning, at Higginsville, with warm wealth
er, and a great deal OF dust. There was or
the ground a rather slim attendance, char
acteristic OF first days, but In the afternoon
1t increased to. . respectable, number. There
WAS the finest lot OF stock on the ground
that was ever seen In Lafayette county.
There are over 100 stalls for horses aud cat.
tie. every one Of which, Is occupied, and q
force OF carpenters were engaged all night
Monday In putting up others. Nearly al
classes Of horses were represented by some
choice specimens. There was also q fine loi
Of cattle present. Mir. L. Palmer, OF stur.
seon, NO., alone having twenty lead Of
shorthorns, headed by the 9th Duke oil
AckleD. q magnificent animal, weighing
. 800 pound. and having apehigres as long
as the moral law. He also has smother fine
bull. weighing 1900 pounds. which was not
brought out the first day. The Leonard
brothers also have u lot OF A No. 1 cattle
aud some Of the finest jacks In the state. BY
the way, MIR. A. Leonard has just returned
from Spain, where he purchased nineteen of
the finest Jacks he could find In that Jack
country. They have not arrived yet. Mr.,
IL. e. Sydnor and MIR. VIM. Ii. Bruins are
here with some very fine specimens OF Pc.
land China hogs, and Col. Chiles exhibits a
lot OF extra sheep. There Is no doubt but
that there IRE more fine horses and cattle on
the grounds than were ever seen ut one time
IN this county.
Floral Hall has received the undivided at.
tention OF Capt. Conner and his able assis.
tanis. Tuesday morning IL looked as though
ihisd department WAS to be u failure, but by
night there had been hundie eds OF articles re.
reived Tor exhibition, and the hall ia a
place OF great interest now There are
things there that.no man can nsme-thipes
for tables, things for men. women and child
ZEN. There are wagons and preserves. cul-
ilvatnrs and fancy nsedlewOrk, plows and
hair work. apples and organs, potatoes and
pickles, bed>prssds. carpets, bed room sets.
paintings, &c. &c. GSR
Among the amusements are two "FlyIpp
one shooting gallery. one throwing
gallery. one pounding" gallery. some ten
stands, three beer stands and
such places. but the funniest place is
the dinner stand. Let 100 hungry people sit
down, with q lew simple walters to attend
Them, a poor dinner and q high price in re-
serve, snd The funny remarks one hears win
beat q circus.
SECOND DAY.
wednesday was :warmer md dustier than
inesday has been. The attendance increased
largely land everyone seemed determined 10 have
= pieasaht time. Entries in every department
were peihg made. anu there wa. now no longer
any aoubt oI The success of the enterprise. |
poue nail past four O'Clock in the afternoon a I
isaVy cloud in the southwest brought terror
INTO the hearts of the ladies, and for u few min |
lies there was considerable excitement, for lear |
! cyclone was coming. At five O'Clock q heavy |
am commenced falling, just US a trottipg race |
Vas being called. or course the races had to |
re postponed. as the track Was a sheet of wafer
n les than ten minutes. The crowd enjoyed |
lie Pheasant change from heat and dust. and all
hought 1t would help the fair and make ..big
Ihursuay' u pleasant day. and profitable to the
ssociation. There was sufficient shelter for all |
!nd between showers the crowd managed 10 get
'ack to town. some u little wet. but nearly all in
good humOr.
THIRD DAY.
''BIg Thursday'' opened bright and pleasant. |
nd by ten O'Clock the amphitheater was COM
ortabiy hiicd the promenade was almost impas-
abe, and the line OF hacks from town continued
o Drihs out the people. At noon the crowd WAS
estimated at from 3, 500 to 6 600. The
liHliay OF stock Was excellent, the awards very
and every one was happy. The
excited universal enthusiasm. the track
icing in splendid fix, and there being no dust
lie record Of all tn. races will be found among
nc awards OF premiums. The most ar using
ming on Thursday WAS the mule race, u mile
ash, fist money $40, I'd IS, I'd 90. There
we're three entries. but only two to start, The
nuies We're not named; one was q large sorrel.
MI the other a medium sized dark animal.
hey got OF the first time, md ran about 200
ards in very good style. when both took the
Hlks' and wanted to go back to their stables,
Aiter much whipping they started again, and
'nch ana trotted to the quarter pole, then took
Walk 'or.a .. hundred yards, the sorrel mule
upbihs AL Inc way against the outside rail. On
ne turn tiieY were whipped into a gallon. and
gust OF wind blew the hat Off the rider of he
orrel. A halt was made till somebody picked
p the hat, the other rider CONSIDERABLY
'aitihg ior MN, anu then both animals passed
nuer the nall mile wire like u couple of scared
When they got near their stables thew
gain stopped. and the whip and spur were
used to coax them past the entrance gnte
slow trot. a walk AMI galiop were all indul-
ell IN before they again reached the home
AS they made the Tome turn thew met
strong vino and heavy rain, which made
aem try to turn their heads the other way. At