Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-07
Wood County Fair.

prevents the people from making suc-
cess Of an undertaking in which all
have united interest, such as
county fair However, in some re-
spects the tenth annual exhibition of
the Wood County A. & NJ. Associa-
ton was success. There was larger
number Of entries this year than has
ever been made in any one year before
in the history of the association. The
display in the exposition building and
agricultural hall were excellent, far
better than any who visited these
places expected to see.
One of the special, as well as attrac-
tive features this year in the exposition
building, was the premiums offered by
Andrews Pearl Baking Powder Co.,
for the best cakes made with their
powder. This created considerable
interest and competition among the
ladies, without which, probably there
would not have been SO much enthu-
siasm manifest. This company have a
good article and advertised their pre-
miums well which resulted in some
forty entries being made. The pre-
miums were adjudged by the following
ladies: Mrs. G. J. Jackson, Mrs. E.
L. Tibbits, Mrs Geo. r. Gardner,
Mrs. w. T. Jones and Mrs. FL. d.
Curran, of Stevens Point. The per-
sons receiving premiums is noted IN
another column.
The races this year were fair,
especially those in which our home
horses were entered. The green race
on Wednesday between W. M. Billins'
"Lucy W." [. I. Fornance's "Wau-
pun Billy" Thos. McGrath's "Farmer
Boy" and H. Sweeney's gray gelding
created great deal of interest and
sport. Waupun Billy taking three
straight heats. Gray gelding taking
second place and Lucy w. third.
On Thursday afternoon another
home race was called in which James
Canning's MAUD S." Geo. RatteI' S
Black Diamond and Geo. Corriveau' s
"Green Cloud were entered This
race was badly broken up and some
disputes arose, resulting however in
"Black Diamond taking first place,
"Maud S." second and "Green Cloud
third
During the fair several other races
took place between outside horses, in
which the writer had but little interest
and therefore did not note any of the
r.ots5. W. >-~ae.-e%eea i tho .,na,slee ~~oro
planned before hand and the horses
would take their proper places.
In the stock department. our towns
men Jacob Lutz & Bro had some very
fine head of Jersey and Holstein cattle
| They also had several head of horses.
Thos. Whitman of Rudolph, D. P.
! Morrill,, Jos. Whitney, Heber Lord,
Ed. Turner, Jones & Nash and others,
all had blooded cattle on exhibition in
this department.
Pat Rouhan, of Sigel, w. Mills, of
Stevens Point. 0. G. Rank and D. ?.
| Morrill,, had several head of horses in
this department which attracted some
attention.
In the agricultural hall Messrs.
Frank Hamm, of Rudolph, Geo. Ba-
ker, poor farm, Mr.. A. S. Robinson,
of Seneca, Fred Herschleb, Gottlieb
Yetter, w. Blow, of the town of Grand
Rapids, E. Demits, Of Seneca, Mr..
NJ. Mathews, of Saratoga, Fl. I'll.
Compton, R. c. Lyon and Mrs. Geo.
Zenier, all had nice displays of vegeta-
bles. H.'H. Compton's apples picked
from trees on his farm at Rudolph
attracted special notice, also grapes
picked from vines in Mr.. Gressler's
garden.
In the exposition building the fol-
lowing ladies had nice displays of their
handiwork, in oil painting, needle and
fancy work Mrs. E. L. Tibbits, Mrs.
d. J. Cole, Mrs. j. Patrick, Mrs. VIM.
Fl. FL. Edwards, Mrs. T. J. Edwards,
Mrs Jos. Hasbrouck, Mrs. Jos.
Lavigne, Mrs. A. L. Fontaine. Mrs.
Runyan, Mrs. McCann, Mrs. Barnier
and many others. Under the head of
household products, Mrs. A. S. Robin
son, Mrs. James Granger, Mrs. o.
Dennis, Carrie Morrill,, Mrs. Gerard,
Mrs. J. W. Cochran, Mrs. W. T.
Jones and Mrs. Mathews had samples
of canned fruit, bread, cakes, &c.
Under the head of plants and flowers
Mrs. Zenier, Mrs. VIM. HI. Edwards,
Mrs. B. F. Runyan and Heber Tibbits
had many beautiful selections. This
part of the exposition building was
attractive and beautiful.
Jones & Nash, James Granger and
Edward Turner each had a pen of
sheep, and Mrs. Billmyre pen of
Poland China pigs. They carried off
the blue ribbons.
In the poultry and bird department
Mrs. A. S. Robinson, B. T. Runyan,
Jacob Lutz & Bro, F. Damits and
Will Raymond each had exhibits of
very fine fowls.
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