Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-09-26
THE BUTLER FAIR.
People on the Ground.

10000 People on the Ground.
To say that the Fair at this place
last week was the best ever held in the
county is but.repeating gel eral re-
mark. 1t was a grand success in
every way The people upon the
ground on Wednesday, second day,
could not have been less than ten
thousand. 1t was the largest assem-
blage ever known in Butler at one
time. From every part of the county
the people came until it looked as if
the whole county had turned out. The
most pleasant part was to see so many
of the people of the county come to-
gether. The exhibits were also much
larger than usual in many respects.
Floral Hall, prepared by the ladies,
was more attra ctive than ever before.
Horses, cattle, sheep, swine, etc, were
in larger numbers and looked better
than on former occasions Agrlcul-
tural implements and improved ma
chiuery were more extensive and novel
than ever seen here before. Grains,
and other agricultural products, on ac-
count of the late frosts and failures,
were the only articles in which there
were not as full exhibits as on some
former occasions. The same perhaps
should be said Of fowls. But taken 1t
all in all it was quite success and a
very pleasant and we hope profitable
occasion. Good order prevailed and
no accidents happened. The grounds
had been repaired and looked well
The races as usual were lively tea-
ture, and while they attract many to
Fairs, yet it is a serious question
whether they should not be discontinu-
ed 1t is difficult to see their connec-
ton with agricultural improvement.
The fast horses are generally those
from abroad, aHd have been at all the
surrounding Fairs They are not OF
our own county, and while they may
tend to draw some to Fair, yet the
general tendency of such races is i'm
moral. We believe in this county they
could now be dispensed with, or the
track at least kept for the exclusive use
cf the stock of our own county.
NOTES CT TIE FAIR.
The horses, mares aud cUlts entered
are said to haye exceeded 200 in num-
ber The stations of Clarke, Ueszel-
gesser, Weber, Stepp, Donaldson, Law
all & Boos, Hayes, Maizelaud and
others are as good as can be found in the
State. The Turner horse of Lawrence
county was also again on the ground
and is claimed to be the heaviest one,
but the Clark horse is said ID now ex-
ceed him in weight. The colts were
numerous and many Of them very fine.
Mr.. George Armstrong, of Worth tp:,
had a yearling that was much admired.
The cattle were Of every breed and
kind, Durhams, Hoisteins, Alderneys,
Polled, etc, and were entered by Capt.
Thos. Hays, Joseph Barron, Geo.
Meals, Jas. Hesselgesser and Stewart,
A. McCandless, +. w. Wittee, DR.
Byers, J. K. Dain, Abner Patton, NJ
Ii. Byeriy, John S. C~mpheil, VIM
Ralston, S. w. Crawford, and others
Many of them were registered and
good judges pronounced them as good
as aay they had ever seen:
The sheep, Mernos, Sonthdowns,
Cotswolds, Oxford downs. LINCOLN
shires and Liecestcrs, were the finest
yet on exhibit at any of our Fairs, and
were entered by Robert Hesselgesser,
Daniel Shanor, A. o Eberhart. John
S. Campbell, Walter Evans, Robert
Stephenson, Riley, Crawford, knobie,
Meales, Harding and others.
The swine, Berkshires, YorkshIres,
Poland Chinas, Jersey reds, Essexs,
etc, were numerous And showed the
great Improvement going on in the
hog line They were entered by W m
NJ. Brown, George Varnum, Wsiter
Evans, Robert Hesselgesser, James
Hessei gesser, A. G. Stewart, Jacob W
Rice, Philip Grouse, George Walter,
w. B. Atkinson, Harry knobie, VIM,
Cox, j. j. Stevenson and others.
Tie receipts Of the Fair we learn
were in the neighborhood Of $4,000.
One train ON the new extension OF
the Shcnango road to this place brought
700 persons to the Fair, taking nine OF
is large coaches to carry them to and
from the same