Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-10-03

ming GLORIOUS one. Ouuudy Was dl
elegant day, and early Monday morn
ing, which was in no ways inferior
to the day that preceded it, wagons
from the country began to roll in bear
ing their rich treasures of produce.
The streets were crowded and business
was generally at a maximum. Before
the end of the day over 200 entries had
been made: nearly as many as were
made the first day of the Fair last year.
All was in motion. Men were at work
on the track, men were at work on the
buildings and in them, men were busy
everywhere. The live interest univers-
ally manifested showed that everybody
was bound Ito paint Yale red: that
the young town should Outdo itself.
| No slothS were to be seen. The live
and energetic merchants of the village
had already given the affair such mo-
mentum that itcould not possibly lose
| it. Even the boys and girls 'were in
it," and were busy drawing maps to
secure the generous offers of Mr.. f. Il.
Law and the EXPOsIToR. The numer-
Gus offers in the list embraced many
articles that the people looked upon
with coveting eyes. To covet was to
| try to obtain. Orchards were searched,
corn fields foraged, garrets were rum
mayed and diaries and bakeries were
run to their fullest capacity. All SEEM
ed to be in earnest. With this torrent
of enthusiasm the morning broke on the
first day of the Fair. The glorious Sun
arose all serene this day also. How
ever the first day was principally con-
sumed in making preparations and
placing exhibits. Immediately upon
| entering the Hall you were confronted
! by
J.AAIEs WALLACE'S
elegant exhibit. 1t was complete A
set of double harness to be seen there
was as fine as cOHld be seen any place.
/ People should nGtice this opportunity
they have of purchasing at home such
excellent leather stock. Next you
would notice
BOICE & WATERWAYS
beautiful display. The dry goods ard
clothing offered by them is evidently
! first-class. The excellence of their dis
play of shoes was remarkable. You
would be sure to notice
PHIL AIcDOUGALL'S
! delicious display Of confectionery next,
and, If you possessed bowling tooth
ready to jump ont of its socket on the
approach of little sweetness, you
could probably kick yourself out of the
Hall. But before going you surely
noticed
ANDREAE & SONS EXHIBIT
of wooleD goods made in our midst.
| 1t is to be regretted that for want of
space the display was so crowded as to
have been overlooked by the superin-
tendent In Offering prizes. Then also
the fine display of stoves by
A. w. FERGUSON 4 co.
On turning you were confronted by an
elegant lot Of Singer sewing machines
being shown for
j. IL. MOORE;
and VIM. McKenna's fine showing OF
druggists materials. But if you allow
ed yourself to be taken along by the
crowd you were sure to bring up in
front of the exhibits of fancy and ar
tistic work. Without exaggeration
they were both excellent. The most
elegant were two classical pictures
painted years ago by Major Paldi. of
course not entered for premiums. The
paintings by home talent were gener-s
ally very good indeed. In map draw,
ing and other lines in their class, the,
children did themselves adecided credit
The maps were all good and the decis-
ion must have been moted.
=
To mention any articles in particular
would be a slight to the rest. 1t was
all pretty and proves decidedly that
taste and skill are not by any means
confined to cities.
The most complete and credible dis
play was undoubtedly in vegetables
and cookery. Without any doubt it
would rival any given in the state. 1t
was said by unprejudiced judges to
have been better by far than that
shown at Port Huron. The space al
lowed TO it was inadequate to contain
it. Some vegetables were of immense
proportions, and the showing of fruit
was very comprehensive. In cookery
moreover there were over 80 loaves of
bread alone; and the canned fruit was
handsome. The amount of butter
shown was astonishing. There were
over 40 gallons in crooks alone besides
innumerable rolls. The contest for
Holden a Warnings prize shawl, given
for the best 2-gal. crock of butter, was
hotly waged.
The exhibition outside was none the
less complete. The great numbers Of
fine buggies and farm implements
shown by
II. MOORE
will surely exhalt him in the estima
tion of buyers.
Never has so much live stock been
shown at one of our fairs as was shown
this year. The accommodations were
too limited to care for all that were en-
tered. Fine-bred horses could be seen
tied in all sorts of extemporized sheds
on account of the dearth of stable-room
The exhibit of sheep and cattle was al
so very large. Although, as regards
the "fine points" of breeding, it was
perhaps inferior to the exhibits of
larger places, this was made up in
numbers and in grade of wool. A mag
nificent Leicester buck, shown by Will
lam Grimes was probably the largest