Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-09-15
FAIR NOTES.

FAIR NOTES.
The best time made on trot wa.
?: SO; pace, 2:304.
S. W. Wis. |. 4 stock is above par
Advertising drew tie crowd.
The way to boom a fair is t,
Boom it.
Our fair on Thursday had an at
tendance of over eight thousand
while the great Minneapolis fair
backed by the two cities of owe
one hundred thousand population
had an attendance Of but ffteeI
thousand, and the Galena fair bu
five thousand.
Bonnie made ! mile in 1:13, anc
Notwithstanding the breaking Of hi
girth he covered the mile IN 2::3O4
The display OF horses and sheer
at the fair has never been equalleC
in this part OF the State.
The fine art department of tn,
fair could not have been better.
One of the gentlemen who took ,
pacing horse from Chicago to on,
fair remarked to one of our citizens
You don't charge enough for an al
mission fee; the usual price for ;
first-class fair of this kind is double
what is charged here
\ Mr.. Lewis came from Manitob;
to attend our fair. He reports thai
it was pretty well advertised ~
there.
An Oshkosh man who attended
our fair last week declared that the
attendance was larger, and the eX.
animation in many respects superior
to that OF the Oshkosh fairs
The excursion train run by the
c., NJ. & st. Paul R'y was filled tc
overtlowing. When they reached
this city many were almost exhaust.
ed who had been compelled to hang
on by the brake-h handles and such
other things as they could grasp on
the rear coach.
Among those who met each other
at the fair grounds last week were
many of the pioneers of forty and
fifty years ago. Many Of those who
settled in and around the lead min.
ing region and who changed the
then familiar sound Of the Indian
war-whoop to the quiet notes OF
peace and industry, went their sew
eral ways soon after, never to meet
again until last week. when many
n touching scene occurred where
gray-headed men and women recog-
nized in each other the friends OF
their youth.
No little praise is due the c NJ. &
St. P. R'y Co., and their accommo.
dating representatives on the Min
eral Point Division for the special
train furnished and the convenient
connections made during Thursday
and Friday of last week. \ great
many persons had the pleasure OF
short aud cheap railroad ride, and
many visited Mineral Point for the
first time and made lasting acquain-
tances with our people. Everybody
concerned was benefited and salts
fled; consequently it was an emf
nently satisfactory arrangement.
Messrs. NanMatre & Raymond, OF
Oneco, Stephenson county, Illinois
desire to return thanks to the As
ISOLATION for the kind and courteous
treatment received at the hands OF
its officers and others, and express
themselves highly pleased with the
exhibitions as a whole They say
the exhibit of all kinds of stock was
fine.
For once we are at a loss to know
what to do about it. During the
whole fair no case of quarrelling or
fighting occurred that would war
rant even an enterprising reporter
to get up three line item. We
had hoped the fair would give us
a chance to report in flaming head
lines, the daring deed of some man
or men, in noble defence of the weak
against the strong and overbearing
but the people who attended the fail
last week were ladies and gentle
men and consequently behaved
themselves.
2:30! was made in the pacing
race on Thursday.
Three car loads of race horses
left this depot at the close of the
fair, which shows well for Min
eral Point as a sporting center.
The Democrat confidently as
serts that no larger gathering OF
people ever assembled in south
western Wisconsin since its settle
ment by the whites than was present
on the fair grounds in this city on
Thursday of last week.
The Democrat believes that the
attendance next year will be larger,