Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-09-25

/ part vi the sowing was - ~ ..neu
fair time came along and IF oolrsa
farmers would not drop the import
ant work of seeding TO go 70 the far,
and that reason also held good Is 10
the withholding of entries of farm
products for exhibition.
THE FxHIBTTIoS
amounted to IL cattle, II sheep, 5
hogs, 8 horses and colts, small
amount of poultry and litter of
kittens, several pieces of machinery,
few corn stalks, several specimen If
potatoes, few bushels of grain,
some garden truck, and a fine dis
play of household inery by the Ia
dies, some musical instruments, sew
eral sets of harness, and display of
stationary.
THE GROUNDS
are attractive and trees have been
/ planted about the buildings, which
IN few years will add still more to
the attractions SO that it will fol
years to come be choice spot for
the holding of reunions such as WAS
witnessed last
Thursday was the great day. The
weather cleared on Wednesday and
produced breezy, bracing weather
for the middle day of the week, and
people took advantage of the middle
day and by the hundreds hastened
to the
SHOW GROUNDS.
| 1t was n show to see the people,
and that III a measure compensated
for the lack of agricultural exhibits,
and IN addition to the multituds
there was a real show on the ground
that gave COW boy and Indian life ex-
hibitions. The showmen hung an
imaginary horse thief, burnt out and
killed an imaginary settler, and in
dulged in sundry other perform
ances, which company of young
men from the farms Of Juniata Co,
could do a great deal better after =
course of 10 or II DAYS practice, ex-
cepting perhaps the shooting of the
glass balls and the throwing of the
lasso. The Colonel certainly is q
good shot at bringing down glas.
balls, but he WAS no more expert
than his daughter. Old Pennsyl-
yania frontier men used to snuff the
candle" at the distance of hundred
yards /; and longer ago than that
RnllTn Hn.I -1v,1l ahAat -
rods away and William Tell shot
an apple off the head of his son, all
OF which proves that Pawnee Bills
show Is not 4 newer thing than the
deeds of men of past days, and not
newer than the old circus. Howev-
er, all Of his performances were well
executed Perhaps, next year the
management will have a circus for
the season
GAMBLERS
were there IN large number, and the
sweat cloth that the old soldier saws
WAS brought into requisition after
every pay day IN the army was to be
met with in a number of places, and
many are they who were fseced OF
hard earnings, the wheel, the pond
ulum, the three ball, and whip. gam
blers with other devices wero al
lowed to play their arts on those who
love TO gamble and on the unsus-
pecting and easily tempted It was
a rich harvest for the gamblers on
Thursday and hard day on the
Pocket-bsoks of msny who needed
their money for their families the
coming winter, and the initial step
at a game OF chance on the part OF
many young rnen that viii lead them,
no one knows where. When the
management opsned their grounds
to the admission of the practice of
gambling they forgot the Divine in
junction, lead Us not into temptation,
but deliver US from evil" and they
presumed upon the forebearance Of
an indulging public, and the mild
ness of the present District Attorney
Tho admission of gamblers 10 play
their arts Is denounced from all sidGs.
THE RACES.
! Wednesdays race was postponed
til Saturday on account of the bad
weather
Judge Woods of Perry county,
David Rice Of Perry county, and NJ
J. Kirk of JuniaIa, each entered 2
horse for the running race. The
race awakened great deal Of inter
est and was won by Judge Wood :
horse. Premium, ons hundred dol.
lars.
The trotting rsce two-forty class,
was won by 7. J. niddngh's Lady
Upton. Premium, two hundred
dollars.
TIE tro.ting race jw1-tiirtA class,
was Won BY I. = Middagh' ; General
Schuyler Premium, two hundred
dollars.
The races on Friday, were won by
I. j. AIiddagh's horses.