Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1890-09-12
THE FIFTH ANNUAL FAIR,
The 7hi,3 Day Of The Fair Witnesses
s,ge attendance. Mrs.
81 5| shaw's Lecture.
AFuii Account Of the Proceedings Yester-
day The Premiums to be Award-
ed this Afternoon.
FIRST DAY.

ca this Afternoon.
FIRST DAY.
The first day of the fifth annual fair OF
the Lincoln county agricultural society
holds out the indications that the far
this year will be the best yet held in the
county. All day yesterday the officers of
the association and their Industrious
lieutenants-th superintendents of the
various departments, were constantly
Kept on M jump an it probably goes
I withoQ Ting that if secretary Minis
manage 70 get his dinner atall, it was
not until a late hour last night.
SECOND DAY.
The second days work at the Lincoln
county fair brought forth full realiza-
tion of the expectations created by the
prospects Of the first day. The weather
was not SO pleasant as it was Tuesday
but it was good fair day and but for
the high wind, could not have been bet
ter.
The attendance Was fully what was
expected and great many special
features Of amusement were well carried
out.
Among these was the horse-racing at
four o'clock in the afternoon. For q
time II seemed as if this part of the days
exercises would have to be abandoned,
owing to slight misunderstanding be
tween the owners of the horses; but the
di1fcllty was soon adjusted, and the
pei 1as prescribed for the occasion,
sS tl II WAS was not sn,as til aess
J. Reedy's gray pony, Balkv top of Beres-
ford;S. P. Hartzel's Mollie Gray, of Eden;
and Isaac Billings Traveller. The first
heat was run in 81 $. the second in 55,
with the following result: Mollie Gray
taking first money. Balky Top, second,
and Traveller, third,
Pending the horse racing, the base ball
game between Haram and Canton was
s completed, and resulting in favor of the
Canton tenn, by the following score;
Innings l 2 3 4 5 g. 8
Cation / 10 2 4 0 2 D 9-3322
Haram, 2 3 % o 2 4 3-1G
uBatteries- Miller and Nochels for Can
ton, and Dray Brothers far Haram.
Umpire Wilson,
After the ball game and horse racing,
the shooting contest on the programme
was carried out, Canton and Worthing,
competing for the society championship
belt. The game was a remarkably inter:
esting ol,e, and perhaps the closest ever
witnv. ~ lR >this locality, terminating
in. 'se T.! = Tor V'''''"s' and "
THIRD DAY.
At the fair grounds this morning every,
thing was quiet But few visitors passed
through the gates this forenoon, and Al
twelve o'clock there were no indications
that very large attendance would gree
the exercises during the afternoon Bu1
at one o'clock the streets of the tow1
were crowded with people, and d contin
uous stream of pedestrians, vehicles, hor
ses, etc, were passing up the road leading
to the fair grounds, and by two o'clock
there were an estimated number Of two
thousand people taking in the eights a
the fair. The wind blew a perfect gale
from the south all day, frequently unload
ing clouds of dust upon the heads of cage
spectators, while the sun beamed fortl
from clear sky, with the characteristic
vehemence of an early August day, an(
in the aggregate, the day was anything
but pleasant. But the crowd came tt
enjoy the sights, and they successfully
managed to ward off all discouragements
At about two o'clock, the afternoon ex
ercises began with the previously an
noanced lecture on equal suffrage by
Mrs. Al. NJ. Shaw. The lady spoke fol
one hour, and doubtless made as
stroll plea for woman's suffrage as
was ever presented to South Dakota
audience.
When the war closed, and the Union
soldiers caught jeff Davis, the govern
ment was puzzled to know what to dc
with him, they put him down to the Level
of a woman, and disfranchised him.
jeff Davis was the only thing the govern
ment ever gave its women for consolation,
and no wonder the women mourned when
he died. She naver knew the import
ance of being a man forcibly, until
she attended the republican state conven-
ton at Mitchell. There they made more
of three Indians representing three hun