The Red Cloud chief., 1884-09-19
TaE FAIR


The First and sscssd Days sseeessL
The twelfth annual exposition IL the
Webster county agricultural -ociety
opened on isst wednesday under the
most favorable circumstances. and to
cay the lea, the display in every de-
partmeni u much better than could be
or was anticipated under the circ1m-
stances. Good substantial pen. AMI
stalls were erected for stock. A frst-
c.aAs floral and agricultural hall was
put up for the accommodations Of fine
arls and farm products. In
YLoRaL HALL
the display was excellent and would
have done credit TO many older iusti-
buttons, though our county has onls
been settled a little over a dozen YEAR,.
Theee facts are = credit TO our thrifty,
entefprising farmer. aud The CHIEF
il heartily glad 10 be able TO chronicle
the results. TIE exhibitors. or as far
rs We NOAA& 4Sts AZ il tR4sIs hiiS IA
ricultural hall are as follows: ] l. Mil
Ter had a very fine display OF harness
aud sAidlery hardware, etc. This de-
partment was complete and does Mr.
Miller credit. c. Wiener, our enter.
prising clothing merchant. had an ex-
cellent showing OF clothing. boots and
shoes. etc. Mrs D Terry. Of Cowles,
made an excellent display OF fancy
work. She had a handsome quilt on
exhibition. Mrs " II Cook. Of Rel
Cloud, displayed sorne fine hand EN-
broidered articles. The Home" bak-
cry display was splendid. This estab-
lishment had on exhibition = fine or.
namental cake. 1t was very handsome
and showed the designer to be An art
list. L II Rust had as fine a display Of
apples and other fruits a. could be seen
anywhere, Of which the good brother
was justly proud. A Mccall comes
next with a large display Of fruits. He
had on exhibition some very choice
apples. John Williamson. living west
Of the city. had a fine showing of hon
ey, in sections, and a mammoth squash
and cabbage. john Aultz had on eX-
hibition some excellent Mango pep
pers. + VI Storer exhibited a swarm
OF bees, of his imported stock. This
was indeed a novelty. J y Chamber
lin displayed four az his full cream
cheese, which took first premium a,
the state fair last week. Capt. Munscl
cane to the front with u fine showing
Of banana musk melons, rs well AS fine
tomatoes, etc. w A Mckeighan ex-
hibited some tremendous squashes,
which would make some good dugouts
on a small scale. c. Coon displayed
some nice corn and melons. l. II Rust
showed some fine melons. Geo Dewitt
showed a fine specimen OF broom corn
Mrs Forester displayed some fine
handmade point lace; Mrs Mellers
had on exhibition some excellent nand
embroidery; Morhart & Fulton dis
played a magnificent lot of stoves and
hardware; X l. Tinker u fine lot of
furniture; SpanOgle ( Funk were ex-
hihitors oi some Of organs, etc. Our
enterprisin, Red Cloud carriage works
had u display of buggies which did the
house Justice; \ II Brown, of the
Marble and granite works, had the
finest exhibition of hcadstones and
monuments that could be produced in
the state. 1t was simply excellent in
every feature; A A rope displayed
agricultural machinery; A Cook had a
fine assortment of boots and SHOES, and
Mr.. Mcmillan displayed some hard
ware. This completed the goods
SHOWN in the hall up TO Wednesday
night.
ToC DEPARTMENT.
FIT Mellers and G. Raney were the
principal exhibitors in the hog line,
aud each showed some fine animals.
W ) Mckeighan had on exhibition
.,.Iee line colts. and some shor,horn
stock, Uncle Peter Marsien showed a
a herd OF ii grades and one thorough
bred bull; john u Potter exhibited a
fine COW; Mccall Bros exhibited q
number Of short horns, rs did James
Gilman; Mr. McAvoy had his fine
stallion on exhibition. Other entries
we're made bat the articles were not on
the grounds in time for this issue. Al
together the fair was grand success and
We congratulate the farmers on their
enterprize IN bringing the articles for
hibltion.
The county trot on Wednesday was
good, there being three horses belong
ing III the county entered, viz: Royal
George, chestnut stallion, owned by
David Lutz; Jack Smith. sorrel gelding
owned by is RothrOck; ard Fannie
6, owned by John ] CARRIER. Mile
heats, three bestin five. Royal George
won first money, time 3:i4. Jack
Smith second; Fannie u. third.