Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-13
The Phillips County Fair.

The Phillips County Fair.
After the two past years Of partial
failure Of crops, the Phillips County
Fair viii be a greater novelty than it
otherwise might have been. The
splendid rains Of the past summer
have united with the hidden elements
Of the soil to make the grandsst-ths
most bOuntifuI- harvest ever known in
Phillips county, Is well as IN the
whole State Of Kansas. The fields OF
corn resemble great forests, the
wheat, rye and O8t fields have been
the pride Of the farmer, the haunt Of
the reaper and camping ground Of
the thFesher for many a day. They
have been Landed by the newspapers
and glOried in by the people from
the time Of the tassel and milk-gTain
until now. And as a result of all this
the Phillips County Fair Association
are going to have the most mBgnIh-
cent and elaborate display Of every
thing raised or made In Phillips
county that the eye Of the oldest in
hsbitant ever beheld.
There will be cattle Of every kind
and strain, native and imported work
and race horses, pedigreed and OBJ
scuTe, mules, goats, sheep, crossed
with strains from England. Aus
/ trallR, and countries of the old
! wOrld-yes, and from the green
hills of New England. There will
be great, greesy, granting hogs, and
bright-eyed, squealing pigs, Cakllng
/ hens and Growing ROSTERS, each OF
the very best strain, Gagged pets, and
! CuriOsihes. There will be manuf8C-
! lures, machinery and staples, dis
| played by manufacturers, agents and
| merchants; vegetables, from q pump
| kin the size of a full moon, down to
/ a peanut the size of a small dumb
bell; grains, from the much-talked-Of
! four ears-tO-the-st8lk corn, down to
| fax, and millet which grows in such
! abundance, and possesses such valu-
able qualities that butter almost
! drops from old Brindle while dieting
on this, her favOrIte food. Besides
! these there will be a brilliant display
of artistic work by ladies who pride
themselves on making various fancy
articles, from a crazy quilt with a
composition of 10000 blocks, no two
alike, to a slipper case for hubby"
And then-O, my! the preserves
and ssuses, and, in fact, q whole reti-
nue. Of CONNECTIONS of cuIinery skill,
that will call the gastric Juices from
the behOIder's stomach, with long
ing to mingle with those deliCiOusly
favored articles.
There will be horse racing for gen
erOus purses, games and athletic
spOrts-in fact everything will be
conducted on a magnificent scale, IN
tended to fill the exhibitors with
pride and the visitors with surprise.
Such & grand display of grazing,
agricultural and anufR c tur Q d
wealth cannot fail to result in much
/ good tor Philips county, and every
one who brings exhibits will help in
crease the display and swell the tide
of immigration and wealth which will
surely flow into the county the com
ing year. Farmers, merchants, me-
Ch8nics, tradesmen, fanciers-every.
body who can should unite in making
this display a brilliant success; and
everybody must come, from neal
and far, from valley and plain, bring
family and friend, victuals and bed,
ding, and pitch your tents on the
plains over against Phillipsburg, and
make the four days of fair a harvest
jubilee. Dear old Phillips county
has exerted herself to excel, and she
has done it, too, so now let us aid hel
IN every just way to prove her natur,
al excellence