The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-10-01

The plrade ofhnlmala yo7terd " after
room Wa8an imnrsiugHlfiir First came
the eluiuea led by lhat official man ON
hoIs back G Orge Albright, ioIloW"d by
the led horses and colts 10 the number
Of 90; then came lhe entered spans
driven In carriages, to the number OF y,
and following these were 10 equines Ia
single buggiea. =,
Following the horses cRme the entered
cattle numbering some 40, mostly COWS,
representing various breeds aud interest
ing TO behold. The hogs aud sheep
are not ptraded, but are well worth
looking at In their pens.
The exhibition of agricultural pro
ductions In o. tenaiyA aud attractive, In
some respects far ahead OF the average
years, The display of "a lash and pump
kins IL enormous In algs and numbers.
One of the former weighs 1865 lba,
raised by John HOll, of Plain township;
another weighs 1872 lba, and many Others
about ~ large az these, The pOtatOe
show IL simply magnificent and I'm
mensp. On and aee II all.
Wernet q Muha have grand display
OF ranges, stoves, tinware aud every
thing In their line, Take look at th'm
az you pass by.
l.. Alexander's exhibit of blankets,
yarns, satchela, etc, ETC., Indicates that
the factory on Cherry street, corner OF
Tlird continues TO do full duty towards
serving the public,
L0Omis &Ksnt have tine show from
their crockery store.
IL II Bauman's display OF groceries IL
quite attractive.
The good ladies OF the W. G. I, u. have
an attractive corner IA the Floral Hail
with large supply and variety OF goods
The object Ia TO benefit their library.
The bird show Ia quite feature, and
In this Doctor j. p, Schilling, OF Louis
VILE, takes q full hand, having some
fifteen varieties OF pigeons, exceedingly
intereating; also bantama, brahmaS, aud
other fowls. ThehDoc0r do q not risk
any OF hi9 two or three hundred beautl
ful carriers away from home, knowing
how tender and delicate they are
THE SPELLING, EXCLAMATION AND ESSAY
CONTESTS,
The crowd about aud on the band s,and
10 hear the spelling, declaming ana
essays was large and noisy, 30 noisy that
some Of the speakers could not be heard
at oil satisfactorily.
An interesting feature Of the fair yes
terday afternoon was the spelling con-
test on the band stand.
Samuel IL, RO,khill and Mrs. |, VI,
Taggart OF the COMMITTEES had selected
twenty words from McGulfey'a spelling
book, supposed TO DO dlill 'nlt enough TO
test the beat talent OF the county.
About twenty pupils ranging from IL
10 Is years OF age, entered the contest.
The twenty woria were written by each
contestant, and on examination II was
found that II 8, StOner, IA years OF ige
OF West BroOklleld, aud Walter Hennlngr
Of Olnaburg township, II years oil, wire
a tie for llrst prize, neither having mi sscd
word, Glnevra Brown, OF OnaburR
township district, came next, with Oull
one "tkip' Mesrs, Sl0ner and II nuiuq
then Spelled on an twenty new aud
Al M vi words, toner winning llfst by
m misaing Only one word out Of forty, wi VI
II ming second by a slip Of only two IN
0rly.
Tie frat defamation was CIV n by
Alice MED ,nlel, Of 0anaburg township
lged 8 ytars, AliC''s voice did not reach
far,
Lulu Mesnar, Of Canton, aged - yeare,
with u powerful voice gave "Curlew
Must not Ring TO night"
Minnie Mattlce, OF 0lnabnrg, gave
"Lpulsn's Little Sister," but the noise
aud confusion was. too great.
su ,is Taft, Canton, gave "Stati0n
Agents Story. Miss Taft IN young
lady OF the Fifth street Grammar school
with u good yolc under good control,
Mr., G, l.. Martin, a yonng man OF Can
ton township, gave "POe's Raven III
good voice.
Miss Logue, OF Marlboro, recited "Ken
tucky Belle" In good taste.
Ellle Teeg ,rden recited n FaTmyart
Song" Susie Keefaurei' piece we did
not get Little Charlie Glantz 'nham
mer. aged ak years, gave something
cute but could not be heard, Minnie
Weber, aged eight years. spoke freely
and did quito well. Willie Schwengel
aged 10 years, gave Setting the. Hen,
a humorous piece that took well, for the
little fellow Ia q genius.
The committee awarded the Geeting
| q Vickers' prize, u pair OF $5 blankets
10 Miss Suaie Taft, OF Canton, and The
fancy t5 chair, offered by Rockhill 4
Burwell, was awarded TO Miss LnlC
Mesnar, OF Canton.
The essay contestants we're Miss Lau
ra Dlshart, Canton; Miss Logue, MARI
boro; Miss Minnie ., Palmer, Canton
The committee decided In favor OF thI
production Of Mrs Palmer TO whom Thu
prize OF 100 lba, Cordova Coffee by b
Dannemller a. Sons IL awarded, Mis-
palmcr's subject 10 make the wheelI
run smooth, was q creditablo pro
ductlon and was we'll deloiyered. IO
deed the other productions were quit,
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