Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-19
MosER AND THE STATE FAIR.
sedg,~ick's Fruit Display and the Premiums
She Took.

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MosER AND THE STATE FAIR.
| sedgwick's Fruit Display and the Premiums
She Took.
| Mr. NJ r. Moser who had the charge of
the fruit display, at the state fair, who, in |
fact, with the help of Gilman Blood and
Cary Davis, made the collection and display,
arrived home Sunday night. After enc days |
good rest he again took the warpath Dur
ing yesterday morning he dropped in on us
for few moments leaving a big blue satin |
ribbon representing that the first premium
on corn had been awarded 10 Sedgwick coun-
ty, the entry having been made in the name |
of the editor of the EAGLE, and the corn hay-
ing been raised by farmer friends in this
county. The principal bags were grown by |
and pulled from the fields of Mr.. A. B. Alex
ander near the city and Mr.. Isaac n. Dean
near Hsysville, with an armful of specimens |
left at this Office and with Jocelyn and
Thomas the old real estate firm. Mr.. Moser |
said because large number of the papers
of the state had openly expressed their doubts
| as To the corn stories of the EAGLE he enter |
ed the corn in our name, and that the corn |
took the first premium solely on its merits, |
| being the finest corn on exhibition.
| As is known TO our readers some
ten DAYS previous TO the opening of the
state fair Moser. Davis and Blood COM |
| menced, or rather announced, that they |
would make such display of Sedgwick |
county fruits at the state fair as could be
made In SO short time. None of the speci-
mems OF any or the yarities had had any ex- |
ira attention or care in culture, but il was all
| gathered together, haphazzard, in the brief |
est time possible, sorted, wrapped, boxed
and shipped, arriving at Topeka only the
| day before the opening of the exposition. |
Under the rules or lis of premiums. a class |
was made for the new counties and their ex-
| hibits, and when Noser commenced TO un-
box the exhibitors from the new counties |
were taken by surprise and refused to enter
for the time. On being questioned, Mr.
Moser said "Gentlemen, Sedgwick county
comes under the head Of a new county OF
course, and / have right TO cutter in that
class, but Sedgwick claims no privilege on
the account of newness; she is ready TO en-
ter the lists against the Oldest and richest
counties in the state; her agent is here with
full line of goods, and will open right on
the Broadway of this hall and go for the big
gest pile Of money the state society has to
offer. and if she can't take the first place In
the best and highest classes she nor her
representative will asy anything. The new
er counties can have their contest as between
themselves, and Sedwick will enter the con-
test against the old counties" The result
has already been announced through these
columns Sedgwick county fruits took five
first class and four second class premiums,
in fruit alone, the certificates for which Mr..
Moser showed us, the highest premium of
the nine being $500 cash.
So careful had the committee been in
, packing and shipping the fruit that what Is
known as the bloom still remained on the
, grapes, apples, plums and peaches, so there
was no wiping with creased rags neces-
sarv to fresh look. II was the uni
versal opinion and remark that finer or
5 more artistic fruit display was made in the
s United States. One large and successful
: grower of fruit from Michigan told Mr..
6 Davis that the display as whole could not
2 be equalled by his state famed as it was for
S fruits Hundreds Of people from all over
E the western states declared that they were
r coming to Kansas but that they should go
down to Sedgwick before purchasing any
il lands. As an earnest of such intentions we
have only to state that several strangers ar
;, rived in Wichita on Saturday night and
Sunday direct from the state fair to see Tor
!, themselves before returning TO their eastern
/, homes.
/. As we said Mr. Moser returned home on
Saturday, but before leaving Topeka all the
= Sedgwick county fruit was re-boxed and ex-
: pressed from Topeka TO Cincinnati Both
Davis and Moser after days rest left foi
\ Cincinnati and on Thursday morning sedg
- wicks fruit display viii be put on exhibition
= at the great Ohio Exposition in the Horti
cultural and Agricultural Halls OF whicl
the notices that went out on our corn tran
is have already been hung up. OF course TN
Of fruit will not be in SO fine condluoh as
t, was at Toneka. as il must travel long ways
E. and as portions Of it must inevitably ro'
is but in Cincinnati, and throughout ONO
ID both through our corn train and through
D. the after published report of the relief com
H. mittee. the field products of Sedgwick co'in
Sc tv are already known SO that the product Q
~ our orchards will naturally be kindly received
w Again we desire to impress it upon the pun
ID lie. our home readers as well, that our state
n ments of last week and week before wer
vo strictly within the truth; that the displs
his made by our committee could not only
be duplicateds hundred times with fruits OF TN
no season. but far surpassed, if time suficier
W, had been taken. Mr.. Moser himself SAID
n ms Yesterday that had he had four weeks II
stead of one in which to make this collie
ton he would have carried of Sl,2oo
II nrizes. This is hint for next year, both
rs. growers and exhibitors. Mr.. Moser desir
Oh us especially to compliment the officers
u the state fair association for their unifor
NO gentlemanly treatment; who did everythr
NJ in their power to make the display succe
VS. and still more especially thank Mr.. Bra cke
ar the secretary of the state horticultur
ne society, who though interested in anoth
gh county, did everything that it was possib
ur- Cor an officer TO do to make the Sedgwi'
ave county display success. All, the Santa
ieo road with the rest, are entitled to the gra
iee tude of such Of our people as were int
tty .a +, ,bo s,ccess of the fruit display.