McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-11
4 Success Both in the Number OF
Exhibits and Attendants.
Red Willow County Does Herself Great
Credit in Her Second Annual
Exhibition.

exhibits and number of its attendance.
The iuclement weather of the early
part Of the week kept number of per-
sons at home who would both have at
tended the fair, and who would have
taken with them something for exhibit
ton, but Notwithstanding this militia
ting influence there was creditable ex-
hibit, and good attendance. The fair
was held Oh grounds leased for that
purpose adjoining 1ndianola on the
west, and which hid been enclosed by a
wire fence. The grounds were well
adapted for L fair; they were close to
town, level, and possessed an abun-
dance of shade and water. A building
had been erected for the display of
needle work. and works of art, and en-
closures had been made for the stock.
The G. A. r. had pitched their tents on
a commanding knoll, and they present
ed quite a pleasing appearance. Fri
day was the big day, the clouds, which
had made the proceeding days cold and
dismal, broke that morning, the fog
dissipated at an early hour, the bright,
warm sun came out, and nature assum-
ed her most pleasant garb. The peo-
pie began to come to come to the fair
early in the day, some by special train
from McCook, some by WACO IS, others
on horseback, and not lew Oh foot
The McCook Light Guard Band, under
the marshalship of c. D. Cramer, Com
nader of the G. A. r. Post, proceeded
to make tour of the town, and then to
the grounds, the small boy following in
the wake too full of glee for utterance.
,he men, women and children attracted
by the sweet strains of music gradually
assembled on the ground, and by noon
there were probably more Red Willow
county people congregated together
than on any previous occasion.
. THE EXHIBITS.
The first thing that attracted the
of the stranger was the dis
play of vegetables, and in this Red
Willow county is certainly entitled to
respect. Larger vegetables of the root
order never were grown in any land.
Here were monstrosities in the way of
beets grown by G. A. Hunter that
beat anything ever before exhibited;
cabbages and squash grown by VIM.
that were all man wanted |
TO lift; cauliaower from the rapch of j.
A. Taylor on Red Willow creek that |
we're wonders; turnips exhibited by S.
W. Stilgeboucr, the size of which excit- !
I'd awe, and onions, watermelons, sweet |
potatoes, pumpkins and other vegcta-
oles that were not only of extraordin-
Try size, but of equally remarkable |
quality. Among the display of veseta-
Dies were five varities of potatoes en-
cred by j. f. Helm that were very !;
inc.
B. B. Duckworth exhibited two va
.ieties of corn, yellow and calico, that
what good farming would
and there was also exhibited
ample of white corn that would be a
credit to many an eastern state There
vas on exhibition also several samples
# wheat, winter and spring, that spoke
will for the parties who raised them.
The display Of needle work attracted
he ladies, and to Judge from their ex-
lamations Of admiration, this depart
ncnt was we'll represented. The ex-
libit spoke well for the taste Of the
aides. who exhibited their handiwork,
nd demonstrated that love for the
eautiful found place in their hearts.
among the curiositics was Il quilt con
aiming forty-fve hundred pieces, made
y a lady Scventythret Years old |
Mrs. John Sanders took premiums in
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