The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-09-26
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The Fair ot the Dubois TO. Society
Iiunsingburg last week was the mo
lenccessfii one ever held IN the co,us,
The number OF entries was double tbs
,l"t last year IN each department. Ther
!, was very large number, for q couns
fnir. of extra fine blnoded cattle. both 1.
shnri horns aud Jerseys. while the Hul
stems were credi'nbIy represented.
} = = n~''rr of pride. TOO, that the hes
Jersrys aud short horns were owned I,
ipub"is rounty. showing that our cattl
, raising farmers are up with the times /,
: hne stock of thi~ kind. There ia a goos
deal more money 70 the farmer IN rais
Ing fine cattle t:,an there IL In scrul
stock.
~ hogs. tuo. there was good di.pls,
81 i'olsnd Chinas, but only one pen q
4 Chester Whites. aud none III true Bcrk
shirrs. The Poland Chinss are. how
ever. the mcst profitable hog to raise. Il
properly fed, aud farmers OF Duboi,
county seem 70 have found that out
.hough there are = great many cros.
0reeds yet throux hout the county, owing
70 the fact that unany thriitiess person.
yet compel their grunters 10 root hoy
big pix, little pig, or die"
| The number Of fine horses. both nj
draft. general purposes aud racing
breeds, was = surprise to the visitors. as
well ~ the ofiiccr- Of the Society, and
Will certainly result. after lew yesrs. n,
raising the standard Of all grades oI
horses In this county. The sensible.
Thorough bred. general purpose horse,
will be found the most pruiiisble for our
breeders generally 10 raise. ~ II requires
more care than colts generally get, um-
less on special breeding farm, 10 rsise
race stock. aud occasionally M extra fss
one will develop from a general purpose
horse, where the dam anu sire are both
Of good strain.
The races were a. good as ordinary
for the pur-es offered, ami drew a large
attendsnce, there being an unscconntsble
fascination for almost ever; boiy IL =
well contested horse race or chicken
tight.
Floral Hall was beauty. aud tho peo-
pie owe much 10 Mr.. Frank n. Ijehr.n-
for its tasteful arrangement. The ladies
had surnisbed great quantity of rkillful
needlework. handsome draw ings brxuti-
fui cans Of fruit aud jellics OF every de-
-cription. aud potted plants. and II re-
q4ired considerable skill 70 find room
tor them MI IN the limited space. and
show them 10 the beet advantage. toa
The educational exhibit IL this iepsrt.
'nent was very crcditabie one. but did
not have enough room We euggcss
that this exhibit be arranged By ,rwn-
ships hereafter, and premium awarded
the township making the best di-play. a..
be followed, in time. by = premium or
fered by the patrons VI schools Ia each
township 20 the school Of each 10 wnsh,p
making the best display. This wound
give rice 10 an emulation in educsiivnal| II
affairs that would uuquestionsbly b. o.,
great advantage % the schools and m.
growing generation Of pupils.
III Horticultural hail the display Of biz
msIons. big pumpkins. big vrg-tsble-
big corn, line varieties OF apples and
grapes, aud splendid red and amber
v heat. aud clover aud grass seeds wus
simply immense. No one looking alone
~ the tables OF large potstocs there
would guess that the murphy crop wss
= failure ia this county this year. and We
resily wondered where The big ons-
came from. The corn, both white and
red. wa as fime IS any grown any where.
and Il would have been OF general in-
terest fthe entry cards hsd shown the
number OF bushels OF each variety raised
per acre. a very noticeable Thing w~sl
the total absence OF any peaches show
ing the vast extent Of the failure OF that
fruit in tbi- locality this wear.
The display Of agricultural machinery |
was only moderate in extent. but the
by the experts Of the traction
engines aud thresbers was very interest
ing.
Tho display OF Dubois county bnili
wagons, carriages and buggies. il excel
led every day IN Mr.. LsInpert's manu-
factory ware-room In Jasper.
The one splendid Decker piano aud
several cabinet organs, handled by TALENT
ID and beautiful young Isdies, added
much 10 the attractions Of the halls, and
he Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine
,o.'s display, with the machines run by
lady and gentleman doing fine orna-
mental silk and bead work. was an eve
opener to some Of the other machine
men who had neglected 10 put any thing
~ exhibition.
All in all tie Society ard public gene
ally owe debt OF thanka 10 President
Secretary Hamilton. the Di-
cciors aud their able assistants, for at
week OF pleasure, social mixing. and 70 !
he observant farmer unQuestioned pro- a
il. Preparations should begin now Tor d
he next Fair, that Il may even excel i
his years. Ii
The weather was all that could he de- =
ircd. III thought 10000 people we're Q
u the grounds Thursdsy. as over $1,000 a
gas taken In as gate money thst day,
nd the attendance Wednesday aud Fri n
~ was also large.
At the very least calculation The Il
democratic party must have The best ofil
Ick II u gets control Of tho Government b
'ithin the next ten years. This would !
Q long time for the people 10 wait. h
otc the farmer ticket, aud thus lop oil a
cad issues, and show an unwillingness /.
} throw your vote away. independent. 4,
A. nsusl Dufendsch u = little .'ofi" In u