Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-08-13
Fair Notes.

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The fair will be grand success.
Eos Matthews, with his flyers, will
be here
Several new stalls have been built
for stock.
Bill Davis, of Fulton, will have II
horses here.
Get your babies ready for the
LEDGER prize.
There will be no betting in the
amphitheatre.
W. R. Carter will keep the track
warm for the trotters.
Stockholders can get their tickets
at Steele's drug store.
There will be more good horses at
the fair than ever before.
The Fair Daily LEDGER will be a
fine advertising medium.
Joe Stanhope will be here and will
trot with the best of 'em.
Councilman Fields has a running
horse that is hard to beat.
There are now eleven entries for
the 2:30 trot on Tuesday.
Tuesday is ladies' free day and
Wednesday children's free day.
White Bros. of Montgomery, will
be here with string of runners.
Every man, woman and child in
the county should attend the fair.
There will be more and better
horses at the fair than ever before.
Mechanics are working day and
night on improvements for the fair.
If you want an ad in the Fair
Daily you must come around at once.
Mayor Fowler will of course issue
a proclamation closing all stores on
the big day of the fair.
Several of our merchants are pre-
pairing displays for the fair. There
should be 100 good ones.
The Mexico band is fast improving
and will soon be one of the best in
the State. 1t will furnish good
music.
W. R. Carter is happy. He is set
ting up nights with the fast trotter,
"Joe Stanhope," who arrived from
st. Louis last night.
Don't fail to enter your babies un-
der one year old for the LEDGER
prize on Thursday. Silver cup to
baby and bouquet to the mother.
Don't fail to read the article by
Col. Clay, president of the fair, in
this issue of the LEDGER. Read
closely and profit by what he says.
The officers for 1885 are: Green
Clay, president; ]. B. Botkin, vice
president; Jno. ]. Steele, secretary;
Jos. A. Glandon, treasurer. The
directors are: c. W. Baker, Green
Clay, J. A. Potts, J. NJ. Daniel, ]. J.
Steele, J. B. Botkin, Jos. Mcdonald,
r. R, Buckner, S. E. Kendall.
From letters and other information
received good reasons are entertained
for thinking that the following stock,
in addition to what is here now, will
be here by the time the fair COM
mences most Of the parties named
having signifed by letter their inten-
ton to be here, and most of them
having engaged stalls for the stock:
F. D.: Palmer, Kansas City, with
'tFrank d. trotter.
I. A. Shaw, Kansas City, 'sNettie
Shaw" PAGER.
VIM. McGriegan, Jr., West Port,
NO., "Hattie C'' and "Clifton,"
trotters.
j. H. Howard, Fulton, Mo-, "Gip-
sy Girl" trotter.
Bob Lindsay, st. Louis, "Res-
theaur," PAGER.
Jos. Madde, Greenfield, ILL.,, ''Nel-
lie Madde," trotter.
j. J. McCune, Louisiana, Mo-,
"Dick," trotter.
Dick Tilden, Brunswick, Mo-,
Morgan Boy" trotter and ''Oliver'
PAGER.
N. F. KIRBY, Jerseyrille, Ill,
"Woolly JIM and "Blaek Dot"
trotters, and Harry Gold Dust a
PAGER.
IA. Lininger, Quincy, ILL.,, with
"Wm. K'' trotter.
A. p. Fonda, Kansas City, "Jetta"
q trotter.
Eos. Matthews, Louisiana, Mo-,
"Vandalia Joe," "Lulu NJ" and one
other trotter.
j. W. Patton, Sturgeon, with eight
horses, trotters and runners.
W. Fl. Davis & Co., Fulton, eigh-
teen horses, show.
]. W. Norman, Montgomery City,
four trotters.