The true northerner., 1883-10-11
The Fair.

rnents, and the gross receipts were something
over Sl400. The attendance during the first
two days, as usual, was light, but on Thurs
day and Friday large number of people
were on the grounds.
There was, perhaps, nothing on exhibition
that attracted more notice than the fine dis
play of agricultural implements, consisting
of threshing machines, reapers and mowers,
self binders, etc. fine working harvester
was the Buckeye Low Down Binder, and
also the Minneapolis Twine Binder and the
Champion Cord Binder. "A traction engine
attracted good deal of attention and the
ease with which il moved around the grounds,
backing and turning or moving in circles,
was astonishing to behold.
The merchants and business men of the
village added much to the display in floral
hall. Prominent among these exhibits we
noticed the fine display of boots and shoes
by Broughton, the assortment of shirts
shown by the Paw Paw shirt factory, the
magnificent exhibition OF crockery and other
goods by Longwell 81 Co., an elegant assort-
ment of furniture by Osborn 81 Woodman,
some fine looking work in the line of har-
nesseS by w. T. Cook and Frank Drew, a
nice line of dentists goods and dental work
by DR.. Palmer, beautiful collection of sew
ing machines and machine work from Kala-
inazoo, and magnificent display of dry
goods, etc., by w. j. d II. Selhck. Garvin
d johnson also exhibited some fine bugges.
The show of vegetables, owing to the unfa-
vorable season, was not up TO the average.
There was, however, an excellent display of
potatoes, and much better show of fruit
than would naturally have been expected,
considering the shortness Of the crop. David
WAoIv,ao'c Hic,Nla- Of on
added materially to the appearance of the
hall Buell. Bonfoey exhibited a fine lot of
honey, the product of his apiary in this vii
lage. The entries in the departments of
fancy work domestic manufacture, ETC., We're
rather larger than usual, and the display was
very fine. Division j, fine arts and needle
work, of course was center of attraction,
especially TO the ladies. The exhibit of pic
lures was not as extensive as has sometimes
been the case, but some very fine paintings
were to be seen. Miss Hahn, teacher Of fine
art in Oak Park seminary, contributed some
beautiful specimens of her work and there
were some good samples of ornamental pen
manship from the same institution. The
many articles in crocheting and embroidery
were marvels of artistic beauty and skill.
Some handsome silk quilts in 'craZy" work
attracted much attention, and the calico
patchwork quilts must have represented the
result of much labor and patience on the
part of the makers. A few of the time hon
ored rag carpets were shown, proving that
this branch of industry has not entirely lost
Its sway over the feminine heart.
The entries in the division known as
Dairy and House were remarkably numer-
ous, and the many specimens of the house
wifes skill in the shape of bread, butter,
canned fruits, ETC., ETC., were gratifying to
behold and a closer acquaintance with their
merits would, doubtless, be still more graft
flying. On the whole, the display in the la
dies department may be voted an improve
nent over that of several preceding years,
and we hope to see this important and inter
esting portion of the fair attain, in the fu-
ture, still higher degree of perfection.
The exhibition of stock was prime in some
respects, but not SO good in others. In
horses the show was excellent, and the en-
tries numerous. There were some good cat
tie, among which we noticed particularly
fine yearling Holstein bull and heifer owned
10y Mr. Lytle, and Jersey COW and two Jer-
sey calves belonging to Wells Mosier. There
were also some fine Short Horns and grades,
while there were some cattle, for the show
ing of which we could imagine no other rea-
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scrubs and thoroughbreds. The display of
sheep of various breeds was good. and some
good swine were exhibited but not as many
as there have sometimes been. OF poultry
there were but few coops. but some very
fine specimens. The following horses were
entered for the stallion race: Young Wilkes.
10y Tom Welch, and independence, by f. w.
Myers. Young Wilkes took first money and
Independence second. In the 3 year old
race, there were entered, Young ]. c. by w.
Stoughton, Sleepy Joe by q. c. Abbott,
Young Whaley 10y j. w. Stoughton, and,
Princeps by a. G.. Bradford. First money
was awarded to Young j. c., second to Young
Whaley, and third to Sleepy Joe. In the
five year old race there were entered, Ant
werp Girl by n. p. Wood, Gypsy Queen by
Jas. Myers, Nightingale by f. Downing, Sam
uel 3. by u. G. Bigelow and Mollie Whaley
by G. w. Baker. Nightingale being injured
during the race was withdrawn before its
close. The premiums were awarded as fol-
lows: 1st to Gypsy Queen, I'd to Samuel B.,
Sd to Mollie Whaley and 4th 10 Antwerp
Girl, Six entries were made in the race for
green colts. viz: Prince 10y II. X. Nicholas.
Long Branch by s. ID. Searls. Rarus by L.
y. Abbott Noble by Nv. Miller, Jumbo by
c. Enos, ana Bay Nellie by II. Hinckly. The
awards were as follows: AIollie first money,
Bay Nellie second, Rarus third, and Prince
fourth.
IN the free for all race there were three
horses: Young Wilkes entered by Tom.
Welch, independence by T.. w. Myers and
Jessie Lambert 10y +. B. Abbott. Young.
Wilkes took the first heat in 2.33, and the
second was decided in favor Of Independ-
once. First money was awarded to Inde-
pendence, second TO Jessie Lambert. A
great deal of dissatisfaction was expressed
by the spectators with the decision of the
judges giving the second heat of this race 10
Independence. Some claimed that it was
dead heat" and that il was impossible to
tell which horse crossed the score first, while
the opinion was quite generally expressed
that it should have been awarded to Young
Wilkes who trotted honestly the entire mile,
while independence broke badly and ran a
considerable portion of the distance. The
judges claimed that no distance was gained
10y the running, and that independence
crossed the score half a neck in advance
Welch declared he did not trot his horse
against running horse and withdrew from
further participation in the race. Three en-
tries were made for best lady driving, Ida
Gibson. Nettie Bush and May Myers. The
premiums were awarded in the above men
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