Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-09-06
IOWA STATE FAIR.
A Magnificent Exhibit OF tho Pro-
ducts of Iowa.
FIRST DAY.

weather Is fine. aud everything IL being
put In order for the grandest exhibition
In the history OF the society The build.
ings have oil been finished and painted.
and everything has an appearance Of
permanence and stability The character
Of the private buildings becomes better
each year, large firms put up better houses
for their own exhibitions, added novelties
are sprlnglng up and use makes the
grounds better In every way, In general
appearance The grounds this year will
seem less crowded than last year; due ia
more systematic distribution Of the
buildings and stands This is the FIRST
day. but II Is very busy day with every.
one, The road from the city to the
grounds Is lined with teams conveying
material for exhibition, aud tho Railroad
Company Is busy conveying stock and
machinery, Trains were running every
hour each way. and they were USED.
largely by persons who are arranging for
exhibitions, Hundreds OF draws and
Transfers, carpenters, painters aud labor.
crs, were engaged In the preliminary work,
| Droves OF stock, horses cattle. hogs, sheep,
were coming in. No Que can doubt from
appearances that 1t will bca great OK.
hibition, The SccretaY's Office l. the
busiest place, Mr., Sha'fer and his dozen
and moro OF assistants, Including the
entry clerks for different departments
were on the moyc early and late All
the departments agricultural, floral. hor
ticultural, machinery, and stock of all
kinds, have splendid exhibitions. The
dairy exhibit Is more extensive than ever
before.
SECOND DAY.
The weather continues delightful. the
management happy AMI the prospc ct for
the grandest aud most successful fair In
the history Of the Agricultural society
never better The entry books make n
showing that IL encouraging to the man.
agcment, Fine art hall, where tho ladies
love to pass their time while on the
grounds, will present beautiful picture,
with Its fine fabrics and handy work OF
Iowa ladies This hall Is pressed to It's
full capacity and from what we have seen
we are safe in saying that II will be more
attractive than last year. The other halls
on the hills are likewise successfully I'LL
ed Machinery hall Is not what II will be
Monday. While there Is much on the
ground, there were Car and wagon loads
going out to-day which will make the
display as good rs last year. II not better.
The management seem TO know what tho
farmer wants and have accordingly spar
ed neither trouble nor money In securing
the finest show Of horses. cattle, sheep
and hogs ever seen together In the West
sentcd including some Of the finest droves
of cattle and horses In the country. The
races we arc informed will be very good.
tho society having secured the presence
Of some very good horses While things
are In somewhat OF chaotic order to. day
by Monday 1t will be In good running
order.
Tho large buildings are assuming a
much better appearance by aud through
the work done yesterday. In
the Expositin Hall the work was
carried on under full head and many
new things were coming In The inter-
Tor OF Floral Hall was rapidly assuming
q beautiful aspect Nearly all the florists
OF tho city are making exhibitions, and
the entire building was being transformed
into almost tropical garden. Towering
plants, ferns. foliage. plants and all man.
ner of plant life was being quickly placed
In position. The east portion Of the hall
| is devoted to fruits, and some very fine
apples, grapes, etc, were being piled up
on plates provided for the purpose. This
portion Of the hall was finally decorated
with flags and cvergreens. Dairy Hall
has been very neatly and prettily decora-
ed with bunting and flags, and II presents
very creditable appearance on the In
terror. The exhibits are filling up this
building very rapidly and the refrigerator
contains large quantities of butter and
cheese.
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paratiyely little change from the situation
of The day before Most Of the owners
OF the animals were busily engaged in
cleaning the stock and putting them In
show condition. while the late corners
were hurrying around getting settled and
providing fodder and bedding. The
barns were nearly full.
THIRD DAY.
On this third day, Sunday, the grounds
were open all day for visitors, and hun
dreds of people from the city ayailcd
themselves Of the opportunity Of going
on that day. The stock exhibition could
be seen on that day as well as any,
though the large halls were not open.
The religious services In the afternoon
drew fine crowd who seated themselves
on the grass in the grove on the east part
of the grounds. A neat stand had been
erected, and ut 3 o'clock DIR. Swing OF
Chicago, announced the programme for
the afternoon. Phinney's band was
present in full uniform and opened the
services with beautiful medley Of sacred
music, after which choir sang appro-
pirate hymns and the sermon Of the day
was delivered by Rev David Swing His
subject was ''Replenish the Earth and
Subdue H." Gen les II wa' fine
service and not less than three thousand
people were in attendance.
FOURTH DAY.
The day was clear. and sufficiently cool
TO render it pleasant. The early morn.
ing trains were we'll filed and every rail-
road running into Des Moines had several
excursion trains carrying hundreds OF
people to the city at reduced rates AS a
consequence the Rock Island fair ground
trains. though run on short time and in
great numbers, were generally well filled.
Approaching the grounds from the city
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