The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-09-27
A DRIzzLIN0 RAIN
lpIures the Attendance at the Fair
Educational ExereIael-The
Victorious Ones.

The attendaneeat the fair to-day Waa
not very large owing undoubtedly ~
tho threatening weather, accompanied
by rain, An morning, by tho aid Of
umbrellas and waterproOfa, people con
tlnued 10 move about the grounds as
usual, The shelter on the grounds WAS
occupied by many and all scanned 10 az
press sorrow on account of tho rain
The trains TO the grounds we're but
partially filled, The buasea and coaches
did poor business. 14
The display In art and floral hall 10
very good, All tho space being taken
IN both halls, The center OF tho floral
hall is tastefully arranged with aowen
from Louis Engel. Owing 10 tn
small attendance, those on tho grOuna
found II pleasant to have plenty OF
room 20 view tho exhiblts In the
two halls,
The educational exercises TuesdaS
attracted considerable interest i
the spelling contest over Out
nuudred competitors were entered
Each one entered spelled twenty words
from McGuitey's Revised speller, tht
papers were then taken up, but aR yel
~ report has been made by the commit
toe,
lu the declaimng class, Of thOss un'
dor ten years, Bertha KnlRely ReGurel
lal, liertha ltlgler second aud kittle
Wagner third.
Ia the second class, between ton and
lltfen years OF age, Geftie Kaufman
took llfat premium, Mary Hlnd second
aud GlneYfa WhltmOre third
Harold li0Ckhlll was awarded first IN
the third deelalmlng class, Eva Black
second aud Vida f0ntiua third,
The i've d0llara offered for the beai
0rali0n was awarded 10 Harold Rock
hll ana the four dollars TO Charles
Wise,
Katie Henry received the lrat pre-.
MUM, five dollars, for the best essay
The following 10 the program fOr
Thursday
ga, m,-Claaa -liloOded rOadaters
N'8O u m,vClaaa i-Draught
l0a, m,-Claaa 2-ROadstem
ga, m,-Claas ShOrthOrna.
va, m, - Glass INA - Fne'woOlod
sheep.
1890 q, m.-Class 10 Cotswold sheep
ga, m,- Glass 81 Poland China hog
p, m,-Grand parade.
p. m,-Claaa &C Coach horse.
2 p, m,-ClasS l3- Sweepstakes cat
tic,
sp, M Glasses n, rs, 1871 Sheep,
Up, m,-Fre6'forall pacing race, B To-
enter, 10 start; purse $50 (90, u, 10, 81
Three,pear'0ld colt tr0t, alternate
hents; purse $50 GO, 10, 10, b).
Exhibition half mile heat by Ed j,
Meyers stallion, Black Cloud, 2l7ai
Exhibition half mile running race,
NOTES,
All the cattle stalls are lllltd,
Art hall Is handsomely decorated,
Andy Seaholm, the live decorator, OK
hiblts u beautiful lg tree,
A flying horse whlrls the boys and
and girls "r0und and round
There are three hundred and seventy.
five entries In the horse department.
There are two hundred and seventeen
sheep on exhibition, which Is above the
average,
The herd Of short horn cattle from
Burton, o., attracted considerable at
tentiOn.
Machinery aud implements are ex.
hibited by p0ltiCs from all over the
| United States,
Excellent meals are furnished at the
dining hall by the members Of the
United Brethren church at thirty.hve
cents.
Henry Fisher shows line display Of
hardware speclaltles, his owp lnYen'
tions, that attracts considerable atten.
ton, His Neyerslip Ice creepers re-
mind one Of the weather fast approach.
ing.
Mr.. Jacob Welker, of Paris, this
county, was among the visitors TO the
fair Tuesday. Mr. Welker Is 81 years
Of age, and walked 10 Canton, q dis.
tanCe Of about twelve miles. He Is the
guest Of Mr., and Mrs, Zeigar, l65 Penn.
sylvania avenue, and says he feels good
after his walk, having refused " ride
several times while on the way,