The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-09-14
THE rIRs4 Jay.
The Kansas State FaIr OF ,ns at Topeka
with Splendid FrOspec OF Success.

The Kansas State FaIr OF -sns NJ Topeka
with Splendid FrOspec7' OF Success
Topeka Commoawealt. The second
annual exhibition OF Ibc Kansas State
Fair association, an ev,4t which has
been looked forwarC to ~ b pleasurable
anticipation, not only b. opekans, but
by thousands thrOug aout Kansas,
opened auspiciously Monday morning.
Going at an early hour 70 the grounds,
the Commonwealth representative was
surprised, not only at the large mum Der
of people gathered and the animated
condition Of things presented, but at the
extent TO which PREPARATIONS had been
carried forward in almost every depart
mcnt for the highly successful display.
The grounds, which 10 many respects
present . decided improvement over
last wear, in consequence ~ the CON-
plete arrangements made fui sprinkling, |
etc, were remarkably FIRE bom dust,
and are thus render, Coz f6rtable for /
those in attendance. THIS precaution,
we learn, will be taken by me manage |
ment every night during the week.
The supply Of water, which is furnished
at various points, is ample; every pre- |
caution. in fact, hsviog been taken by |
the association for the comfort of the /
great army of visitors.
Proceeding TO the main hall, which IL |
devoted TO the exhibit made by the A., |
T. g. 8. F. and the counties of Kansas !
competing for the grand prizes offered |
| by the association, the reporter found
scene OF activity. All was hustle, yet
| the work of arrangement by the several
counties was sufficiently advanced TO
show that the display in this depart
ment will far exceed that OF last year,
| not only in quantity, but in the lnxuri-
ant growth of the products gathered.
THE MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY
made by the A. T. & 8. F., of the pro-
ducts gathered along their line of the
road in Kansas, will especially COM
mand the attention. The grand display
of cereals, grasses, vegetables, ETC., col
lected under the auspices of the land de-
partment of the Santa Fe by Lyman
Gone, OF Harvey county, as u year ago,
were turned oyer TO our Kansas artists,
Henry Worrall, TO superintend the
work of preparing the same for eXhi-
bItion, both for the state fair and for the
permanent exposition at Washington,
the result being one of the happiest and
most artistic efforts of that designer and
artist.
The elegant design which occupies
the center of the hall ia to be part OF
one Of the entrances TO the permanent
exhibit soon to be erected by the A. 7.
g. s. f., in the new agricultural museum
rarely beautiful design, excepting the
glass shades, is composed of the pro-
ducts gathered along the line of the
Santa Fe. The base is composed of diff
, ferent woods built in cabinet ware,
, forming o part of the structure, the COM
partments OF which are filed with rare
: specimens. Upon each side of this base
, | is group of four glass columns nine
I feet in height, filled with cereals in
grain. The top is mosaic work made
of broom and rice corn stalks. Cereals
in the straw are shown IN smaller glass
+: shades from three To seven feet in height
p One of the main pillars of this design Is
filled with silk cocoons, from a Mennon
tie settlement in Harvey county, now
T successfully engaged in silk industry.
3 THE SHEEP DISPLAY.
, The second annual exhibition of the
Kansas Wool-growers and sheep-breed.
\ ers' association is being held IN coDjunc.
: ton with the fair, and the consequence
: is that the display is an unusually CON-
plete one. Mr.. J. S. Codding, of Louis
| Vile, president of the association, is su.
= perintendent of the sheep department
!. and yesterday morning stated thSt the
3 exhibit was the best he had ever seen OF
known in the west. At IL a. m. yester-
day there had been $50 entries, repre-
; senting about 500 head Of sheep, aud by
to-day or tomorrow, at the tarthest, he
expected to see at least one thousand en-
a tered. The majority of the entries were
from this state, though there were sever
al from abroad. In fsct there were so
D many from all quarters that a universal
: system of doubling up had to be adopted
and il is a matter of great doubt whether
the sheep shed, which is thirty feet in
b width, by thrse hundred feet In length
4 will be able to accommodate all the en-
9 tries, Notwithstanding all the croWding
3 that may be done. The foreign entries
were from Ohio, New York, Vermont
! Missouri and Illinois.
: GRANGE DISPLAY.
p The oranges making display are
: Manhattan Grange, Riley county; Vine
land Grange, Douglas county; Holton
Grange, jackson county; Neosho Grange
/ Lyon county; Capital and Oak Oranges
Shawnee county.
This department, which will be in
order by to-day, both in the equality
, ---l vssi~ty Of TIC SAtii6it, utA Rs1 ouf-
} pass that of last year; the magnificent
products in the shape Of cereals, huge
} vegetables, tempting fruit. etc., chsl,
longing the sdmiration of every be-
holder.
DRAFr HORaEs. ETC.
The display of draft horses and road.
: sters will far surpass that of last year,
T the entries embracing upwards of three
} hundred, many of them of blooded
: stock and known throughout the union.
To-day, Col, Holloway, of Alexis, ILL.,,
the heaviest importer In the United
T States, who has never before exhibited
} in Kansas, will arrive with nineteen
} Clydesdales; also the Huston Brothers,
with the stable Of choice Clydesdales
which last fall attracted so much atten-
: ton.
ZINE ART GALLERY.
While all departments of the fair are
crowded, the fine art gallery promises
: to be especially so. Mr.. II. L. Schaum,
, superintendent, assuring the reporter
that they had refused enough to twice fill
their space. AS it is this department
will be exceedingly crowded. Indeed,
I CALCULATIONS or facilities at command
and this fall, in Its second annual fair,
finds itself seriously crippled for space
d to meet the wants of exhibitors.
I'll FILLING UP.
= The hotels, boarding houses, private
residences, and all PLACES where visitors
d are accommodated have begun to fill up,
( and soon everything will be crowded to
5 its utmost. with room, however, for tone
1
he may be afraid of not finding q place
to sleep. There will be found room
somewhere for all who choose to come,
{ and the more the merrier.
3 THE GRAND DISPLAY,
made by the Santa Fe, occupies the en-
, tire north end of the hall. The top of
this happy conception of our artist, a
Kansas railroad scene, Is a transparent
, oil sketch, 6x24 feet. painted on two
yards of sheeting. In il we have the
farm, the wheat and corn fields, gra-
Zing cattle, the elevator, the town in the
distance, with the inevitable school
house on the hill; the line of railway
extending from the foreground to the
extreme distance.
The foreground is composed of real
wheat On the sky, in large letters, are
the words Happy Kansas" On the
lsff, under the above inscription, are the
words, 'Kansas cattle, 1850 900 :"
wheat, 350,OO0." On the right the
words, Kansas sheep. 400, 600 !" "Oorn,
100, 600, 900, !" "swine, gas, 500" A bum
mer in the shape of huge pOrkeF comes
out of the corn field bearing an ear of
corn. Lower, in an arch, in large letter.
ing of cut straw, trimmed with q gar
land of green and red, are the words, IA,
7. s. s. F. r. R." In the center is q
huge Oscar Wilde sunfiower made of
ears of corn and paste board, while
groups Of all cereals and grasses are on
either hand, and form the lower part of
this unique and beautiful design.
The Second Day OF the State Fair and re-
UniOn-The Attendance Increasing
Everything In Good Work
ing Order.