Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-03
ANOTHER BOOM
SEDGWICK COUNTY AT
CINCINNATI.
Moser and Davis Our Fruit
Exhibitors, Arrive at Home
Saturday Bringing the
Gold Medal.

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Saturday Bringing the
Gold Medal.
Mr.. NJ. X Moser and his assist, Mr.. Cary /
Davis, who collected, expressed and took
charge of sedgwfck county's fruit exhibit at
the Exposition nj Cincinnati, returned home
Saturday night entirely satisfied with their
work Notwithstanding !, proved very lsbori-
Gus and expensive. Owing TO the great
drouth prevailing in Ohio and the central
states. the fruit classes were wholly cut out
Of the list Of premiums. 50 that the united
fruit displays made by Ohio. Alabama and
other states were eclipsed by the fine collec-
ton from this county. Ii was the talk and
center Of attraction during the Kentucky
days, the Indiana days and Ohio DAYS of the
exposition. Our Representatives and the
officers Of the exposition received kilograms
and letters from all directions asking infor-
NATION as to the names of the different yarie-
ties of our fruit and as 10 when il could be
secured. For two weeks people talked Mos
81 and Davis nearly to death, and hundreds
OF fruit growers came with blank hooks to
take descriptions of the fruit Sedgwick Co.
is known far and wide throughout Eastern
Indiana. Central Ohio and Northern Ken
lucky. Moser and Dan opened up their
corn on Ohio day and they say they could
have given out hundred bushels-an ear at |
a time. TO beggars for the seed. 1t did no |
good 10 tell them that such corn wouldn't |
grow on the starved and unduly stimulated, |
worn-oui clsy soils of the Central States. |
they nevertheless wanted to try ii. They |
had not heard Of the Ohio river bottom farm
who sent 10 Sedgwick county for seed
corn, and who about the FIRST Of October put |
up sign board in one corner of his corn
field, the stalks of which stood about is feet |
high, bearing the following poetical OBJ
scrvation:
Jesus. my all to Heaven is gonel
Here's my fodder, but where's my corn,
On Thursday evening Sedgwicll's display |
was turned over 10 the president and secre-
tary of the exposition with instructions to
sell the entire LOT At auction in the Chamber |
of Commerce, at the close Of the fair, which |
occurs this week. and TO turn over the pro- !
ceeds, in the name Of Sedgwick county, to |
the Children's Orphan Home of Cincinnati.
For this sale, Mr.. Moser left bid of $50 for
the first plate of four apples.
At meeting of the board of commission
ers Of the exposition, held last week, reso-
luton was passed touching this display of
fruit. The following letter will explain IFS
purpor.:
CTNcINNArI, September "a, 1884.
NJ. r. Moser. Esq, Wichita, Kansas.
DEAR SIR-The board of commissioners |
Of the Twelfth Cincinnati Industrial Expo
si:ion, recognizing the merit of the display
of fruit made from Sedgwick county, Kan
sas, have awarded Gold Medal TO yourself
as representative Of the county and a diplo-
ma of merit in the name Of said county, al |
though we have no regular awards for fruits
in cur premium list this yesr.
This medal and diploma will be prepared |
al the close Of the exposition and forwarded |
To YOU. Yours truly.
WM. J.. DUDLEY,
Chairman OF Committee on Awards.
1t was big advertisement in this country.
Many entertaining and interesting things |
occurred in connection with the exhibit. |
A reporter on the Commercial-Gaze sent |
off the following which appeared in that
paper:
A bundle Of cornstalks twenty-one feet |
high made its appearance this morning from
Kansas.
How in thunder do you gather your
crops said a diminutive visitor 10 Mr.. NJ. |
r. Moser, the exhibitor.
'Step ladders, young man, step ladders"
The Young man expressed little incred- |
uilty when Moser in burst of confidence
said:
That's an absolute fact, but what do you
think we do with the fodder and stalks"
''Feed 'em to stock, suppose" ventured
the Young man.
Not much. we don't We use the fod-
der for shingles and the stalks we cut up in
four feet lengths for cord-wood. Why,
when ! went TO Kansas ten years ago, | was
no taller than YOU are, now look at me. HE |
is about six feet three and weighes all of go
pounds. It's the prolific soil, sir" but just
about that time he was interrupted in his
remarks by a small boy who had Just sue
grapes, and was trying to get away with /
them. So the reporter lost the balance Of
what promised TO turn out good crop of
lies.
The Same paper made the following edi-
torial mention:
An attraction not on the bill was afforded
10 ali lovers Of fine fruit by display in the
corridor. opposite the commissioner quar-
fa-z faafps, Har-i tl+tfral hall tz |
Sedgwick County, Kansas, and in charge of
a genuine granger, Mr.. NJ r. Moser,
who has also an individual exhibit. which
viii be shown In the rotunda to-day.
Sedgwick County is dear TO the hearts of all
Ohians from its splendid carloads of corn TO
our food sufferers. The display includes
seventy plates OF apples, pears grapes plums
&c, and is the identical exhibit which took
the prize al the Kansas State Fair two weeks
ago.
One can get an idea Of its callibre when il
is known that three Of the apples exhibited
weigh three and fhree-quarter pounds and
four Of them four and three-quRrter pounds.
They are superb examples Of fruit in size,
color anu favor and fire the soul of the
meekest tradesman with desire 10 90 west
and grow up with the apples.
The Enquirer's man noted that the Kan
sas fruit display of Messrs. Mosier and Davis
attracts uncommon attention. To il has
Just been added bunch of corn-stalks
twenty-five feet high. "You needn't tell
me- said one old lady, ''tbat these ..cornstalk
grow all in one suInmer, because ! know
better
Under the head of Kansas fruit, the En-
quirer another day said: Sedgwick county
has come 10 the front. After taking all the
first premiums al Kansas agricultural fair,
she sends word TO Ohio with conclusive
proof that they raise fine fruit out that way.
Messrs. VI. L. Mosier and c. Davis arrived
Yesterday with shipment of apples, pears,
grapes and other fruit from that fertile
part of Kansas. The first pillow turn
ed ground in Sedgwick just fourteen
years ago. and the exhibit was chosen from
six or eight orchards. About ninety yarie-
ries of apples are shown, and Mr.. Moser re-
marked last night:
"And we didn't bring all they have got in
the county either. I've got 500 bushels on
ten acres myself"
-Four apples-seedings-are immense af-
fairs, weighing four pounds and fifteen
pound and one ounce Mr.. Moser will add
a number of plates TO the exhibit, which is
now in Floral Hall.
There was much more but this is enough.
The truth is this is an age of advertising and
the state. county, city or individual that
fails to advertise viii simply fail to keep up
with the procession.
ABDUCTED, MAYBE.
The family Of Mr. Hugh Fortner, south of
the city, are distressed over the nneccounta-
bic disappearance of a little girl they had
adopted as their own some nine years ago
she being child of Squire yance's formerly
Of Derby The little girl was about four
,ss,, ,.a.r, ,f a.-a /, xvae She d.v Of Sells /