Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-27
THE FAIR.
The Tnirtieth Annual Exhibit a Great
Success.
The Weather Fine. the Attendance
Very Large and the Exhibits
Unsurpassed.

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Very Large and the Exhibits
Unsurpassed.
The thirtieth annual fair and exhibit
of the Grant County Agricultural As
ISOLATION was held in this city Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday of last week,
September %, %. and "a. The weather
during the early part of the week was
threatening and considerable solicitude
was manifested for the fair on that ac-
count, but at the opportune time the
'cloGds rolled by and during the
whole time the exhibition was in pro-
gress, except that it was somewhat sui
try and dusty, the weather, was all
that the most fastidious could ask for.
Friday afternoon about five O'Clock,
when the racing was all over, excepting
two heats, after several thunderous
warnings, the rain came down in tor
rents for few minutes, laying the dust
and cooling the atmosphere, after which
the races were soon finished, and the
fair of 1886 was thing of the past.
THE FIRST DAY
was largely devoted to making the en-
tries and arranging the different ex-
hibits, and was of little interest except
to the officers of the society and the ex-
hibitors.
THE SECOND DAY
found nearly everything in place and
the fair viewed by hundreds of specta-
tors. The different booths were all in
working trim and dispensing their nick
nacks and refreshments for the pleasure
and satisfaction of the inner man.
Peter Baker was there with his great
combination menagerie and show, and
from under his great sun-umbrella his
stentorian voice could be heard in
every part of the ground, describing
the wonders under his tent to which
the curious of the crowd constantly
flocked. The Lancaster Harmonic
Band occupied its place in the Judges
stand, and at frequent intervals en-
livened the scene with its joyous strains
and the races on that day furnished
plenty of entertainment and interest
for all.
THE THIRD DAY
''capped the climax and was the great
day of all. At the gates crowds OF
humanity on foot and in carriages
surged through the entrances and soon
were lost to sight in the great mass of
spectators upon the grounds. The
number in attendance Friday was GER
tainly not less than 5000 people, and is
variously estimated from 5000 to 5000.
The thoughtful care in the arrange
ment of every detail on the part of the
society, looking to their comfort and
pleasure. was manifested everywhere.
The Lancaster Harmonic Band was
present again and the Potosi Cornet
Band, of Potosi, also furnished its
share of the music. The racing on this
day was fine and the favorite trotters as
they came under the wire were Justify
cheered by the throng, showing their
great interest in the sport.
THE EXHIBITS.
As it would be almost impossible for
us to describe the articles in the differ
ent departments most deserving of men,
ton, we must necessarily abridge our
report somewhat, as the competition in
every line was so brisk and in some
cases next to impossible to decide which
was the best, that we are obliged to cut
them off with a brief mention. The
display of
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
wagons, sleighs, windmllls, mowers,
reapers, threshers and all the varied
articles that come in under the same
class were unusually fine and attractive,
The display of
CATTLE AND HORSES
was very large, also the live stock de-
partment, covering almost every kind of
domestic animals, from the little rab-
bit to the heavy draft horse, exceeds in
every particular the exhibit at any pre-
vious fair in this county.
The great center Of attraction aside
from the race was the
ART GALLERY,
where was exhibited one of the finest
n a..