The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-09-26
Uncle Hezektah on County Fairs.

Margaret Eytinge.
| Uncle Hezekiah on County Fairs.
Tother day somebody orruther sent
me a new premium list, in fact, two
on 'em, of our county fair next fall.
While | think ont, it's a purity good
idee to git them lists out prompt, and
early in the season, then we old-fogy
farmers that can't git things into our
heads very quick, can hev a good
chance to preponderate over EN-.
Some agricultural societies I've heerd
OF don't git out their premlum-books
much afore it's time to open the gates
to the Playground, but that amt no
way to do.
But as was sayin', Sarah Ann and
me sot down t'other evenin' to look
over them new premlum-books to see
what we should do for the fair. Each
on us had book, you see (time was,
fore we were married, when we could
look over into one book very kum-
furtable like), and Sarah Ann, she was
interested, too, but most specially in
the woman's department. Amongst
the rules about judges, l noticed a
new one, and it struck me as beln' a
mighty good one. 1t said that one of
the three Judges on stock Is goin' to
hereafter be from another county.
Now, I've heern tell lore now, how
that sometimes it wasn't alters the
best COW what took fust premium:
mebbe so, and very likely. | wouldn't
be surprised if | could mention some
members of our Fair Society that
Ill
premium card onto their cows horns.
OF course thar wasn't no name Of the
exhibitor on anywhere, but somehow
Judges can scrape acquaintance with
COW, or a horse, or anything else,
purity quick sometimes, and when |
was small boy and didn't know
nothin', ken remember how Mr.. -
used to wink at the judges Just at the
right time, and purity nigh alters the
red card went in the same direction
the wink did. Mr. was life mem
Der OF the society; perhaps you can see
the pint. Now, no society wants such
doin's, and l hope the outside ledge
will put his foot down agin it. | sed
this out loud, and Sarah Ann said, $50
do l."
Then the rule about mich COWS is
goin' to be remodified. Next fall the
owner has got to perducefo the iedges
q sworn-tO statement as to the amount
of milk and butter the COW has per-
duced in any seven consecutive days
followin' one another. That's a-good
thing fur the COW anyways, Now YOU
see they can milk her fore she kums to
the fair in the mornin', and she won't
!, 70 ,,,,,,illraI
vious thereto, Jest to have her bag full
to overfowin', and lekin' all day long,
Jest to make the jedges bleeve she's
awful deep mixer. It's a purity good
idee to let a little practical business
show what a COW has done, ruther
than to make you think you want a
washtub to milk her in. Chances are
4-quart pail would be big enuff
Here's anuther good thing-but Pm
afeared Pm gettin' tedisome. This
year they're goin' to have oxen and
farm horses tested to draft. They've
got to be hitched onto big load of
stun, and pull. My gracious! won't
that make some of them livery horses
There, I've told it, sweat, though?
OF course | wouldn't care to say it
very loud, but I've heern tell how that
sometimes nice-looking livery teams
have been entered as farm teams, and
OF course the old team that's drawed
a pillow all the spring, and fit flies, and
pulled a mowingmachine good share
OF the summer, amt got no bizness
'longside of a livery team. But now
they've all got to git down and pull
and show whose oats their fed on, and
sometimes livery horses amt much
on the pull. All | ask is that genuine
farm horses have a fair show, and not
hev to match fancy readers.
Now thar's Jest one more thing onto
my mind to say, and Pm dun. Sarah
Ann likes to see things up to snuff in
the women's department, and thar's
several things she's seen in the list she
says amt right. But she's strong
temperance, and when she see a rule
that no beer, ale, or liquor should be
sold within 200 yards OF the fair
grounds, she sed, "Hezekiah, that's |
a good thing-a right good thing But
how about on the fairgrounds, Heze- |
kiah, on the grounds" And come to |
think, there is a loop-hole there beer
seller, and two barrels of beer could |
Low ChLO lSh' ILSy CttII sell Uue |
stuff within 200 yards of the fair
ground outside, but seems to me they !
did sell it last year inside Now, in |
the name Ofcommon sinSe and decency, |
what does emmy society want to allow |
liquor and drunkenness on their
grounds for2 They get some money
for the privilege, of course, but blind |
man can see it doesn't pay. Wimmen
won't go to a fair to be insulted, and |
the best order-loving farmers won't |
take their stuff there to show! The |
fact OF it is, a goodmany of our county |
fairs are third-class hoss-trots and |
beer-gardens. And why? 'Causefarm-
ers won't take the trouble to 'sshow |
their goods" for they amt no premi- |
ums offered. 1 tell you the thing has |
got to bestopped! Rum got no place |
on q Playground: and every decent |
man knows 1t; it's a miserable disgrace |
ennywhere, and Sarah Ann says so,
too.-Our Country Home.
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