Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-10-12
PUBLISHED AT LANCASTER, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY,
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& Spencer ofthis city and VIM. Kraeme
of Animation. The former exhibited a fine
buggy just turned out by them, and hav.
ing Hough's patent coupling, which was
q very fine piece of workmanship. Mr..
Kramer was represented by some well
made wagons and carriages that showed
good work.
This closed the field exhibit and left
nothing but the fine art hall to be eS
plored. This building was however
noticeable principally for its baroness.
The only merchants who attempted any
display were Mr.. j. II. Simeson, who
had a fine showing of harness, and Mr..
A. Michaelis, who had a fine exhibit
of organs. The baroness was a disgrace
to the enterprise of those who, by the
exercise of a little trouble, could have
filed this building to OVERLOOKING with
but little difficulty. Another year this
state Of affairs should not be allowed to
happen and, if what we have heard be
true will not. There was the usual dis
play of fancy and domestic articles
which reflected great credit on the ex-
hibitors. The oldest and at the same
time the most ingenious article exhibited
was n chain supporting a frame for a
large photograph and which terminated
in another chain supporting a cross, the
whole being carved out of one solid
piece OF wood and the work of Gustav
Pufall, of Glen Haven. 1t was certainly
one of the most difficult and intricate
pieces of carving we have seen for some
time and told of long weeks of patient
labor at what would seem an hopeless
task. Taken as a whole the display in
the different departments was quite
satisfactory, but n which it should be
the pride of every one to surpass next
year.
HOW 1T LOOKED THURSDAY.
The showers of the morning passed off
showing a broad expanse of clear sky
long before noon, which lifted a weighty
load of anxiety from the minds of every
body. BY two O'Clock the grounds had
begun to assume quite a lively air. On
entering, the first sightthat greeted the
visitor, after he had passed out of the
shadow of the society buildings, was a
long array of booths and tables reach
ing down to the southwest corner of the
grounds. The first of these we're occu-
pied by dealers in cooling beverages,
peanuts, and SIGH. just beyond was
a booth on which was displayed dollars
instead Of candy and an array of dubious
looking cards instead OF peanuts, while
a strident voiced young man invited the
passer-by to join in the '.old army
game in which s'twenty could play as
well as ONE Judging from the crowd
which lowered around the stand until
the races broke the attraction, the re-
porter was Of the impression that quite
a number coined" AS the newspaper
man was revealing in Che luxury only
allowed to newspaper men and bloated
b~ondholders of a carriage of his own he
could not take the swearing train to the
city but it was evidently well filled with
plucked lambs from this den of the wolf.
just adjoining was another canopy
covering a table artistically checked off
with red and black spaces over which a
silver pointer silently revolved on a
spindle, while a fat faced gentleman,
with an amycthyst excresence about the
size of a walnut on his little finger,
asked the boys to contribute their nickels
and dimes under the pretense of betting
where the silver-or was it steel-inger
would light. What good was subserved
by the introduction of these licensed
gambling holes and these two were only
a sample-on the grounds where callow
youth and still callower men congrcgate
by thousands is a question for the Off
GERS of the association to settle before
the opening of the next fair. If they
listen to the voice of the people this first
experience will be the last. In the same
class comes also the soap peddler who
for sweet charity's sake gave away from
each and every cake, though by some
strange perversion of facts the change
was found missing when the wrappings
were taken off by the purchaser and
when wantedth soap peddlar was mis-
ing also. In another portion Of the
grounds was a circus in full blast with
the accompanying side-show while in
side the enclosure of the rail was what
looked like a giants grave except that a
pit at the head showed a long covered
trench, the further end of which was
covered with a pile of time stained cloth.
This was the balloon that was to go up
during the afternoon.
The inspection was interrupted by a
call for the free-for-all running race.
The entries for which were:
s.F. Hutchins entered oh. m. Minnehaha
John Dyer entered bl m J.. Lancaster Belle
John Thompson entered m. =. Little Flora
Notwithstanding the work which had
been done ON the track it was quite heavy
and gave little promise of good time.
The judges for the day were Jas. Kill
bourn. A. Decker, and Thos. Harper.
In the drawing for places Lancaster
Belle got the pole. Little Flora second
and Minnehaha third. This race was
won by the latter in three straight heats
time ~56-59l- $50.
Sandwiched in with the running a c
came the 2-40 race; for this the follow
ing entries were made:
W. ]. Over entered $ r.
John Duncan entered b Ploughboy
VIM. Bishop entered bl x Jack Cutler
The race was a one-sided affair AMY
B. having things entirely her own way,
took the rae and first money in three
straight heats, time 2:59,-3:06 and 3.15
Jack Cutler second and Ploughboy third.
Previous to the last heat the balloon,
which had been slowly filing. absorbed
the requisite amount of heat and shot
mp into the air with its living freight. 1t
assembled slowly to the height Of per-
haps two hundred feet and then began