Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-07-07
OUR CELEBRATION.
Tile Fourth Passed Pleasantly and
Quietly IN tile Tern Cities.

Tile Fourth Passed Pleasantly and
Quietly IN tile TEN Cities.
After Il day and might of festivity
such as the 4th of UNNECESSARILY warrants,
the editor finds himself in quite a
predicament when, the following MORN
ing, the typos call for copy and he feels
as if sleep is the only thing he can do.
However, if he must write copy, it's Il
pleasure to note a perfect day even
| though his feelings are not now in
harmony with its incidents and sur
roundings. The Wood County Agricul-
tural Association had full charge of the
days entertainment except the dance
III the evening which was given by the
Fire Company. The weather was
delightful and the early morning
witnessed the arrival of. a large number
of people from the surrounding country.
Beginning with Saturday all arriving
trains were filled with friends and
relatives of our people who came to
visit and to help us celebrate. On the
morning of the 4th the Twin City Band
met the trains on the C. NJ. & St. P. and
G.. B., w. & st. Paul railroads and
escorted the crowds to the business
portion Of the city where they dispersed
to meet at the fair grounds at 80 D. m
At the noon hour our streets were
lined with people going to and fro, from
one point of interest to another. John
| Plenke with his Merry -go-round" was
we'll patronized all day. 1t was the
attraction for the children and they
| appeared to enjoy it TO the highest
degree. Peanut vendors and lemonade
stands studded the sidewalks in every
available nook and corner and reaped
a harvest of n1ckes and dimes. The
business blocks were dressed in holiday
attire and all was pleasure and excite
ment
BICYCLE RACES.
The program was opened on the fair
grounds with bicycle race in which
Simon Bailey, Carl Donaldson and
| Will Brazeau were entered. The
first and last named boys rode ''safties"
while Donaldson used high wheel
columbian. This of course placed
Carl at a little disadvantage. The race
resulted in favor of Baily having first
place, Donaldson second and Brazeau
| third. The race was exciting and a
pleasant feature of the days program.
Messrs. Simon Bailey, Ray Sherwood,
Irving Brazeau andJohn E. DAILY were
entered for the. free-for-all race and
held the above positions at the close of
the race. Bailey lisa rapid bicycle rider
He enters into the spirit of it with all
his strength. Bicycle riding is becom-
ing an accomplishment that any young
man may be proud of.
HORSE RACES
There were three horse races, the
green trotting, free-for-all, and running
races. They were all interesting and
exciting. In the green trotting race the
following horses were entered: "Gold-
dust" owned by A. B. Cotey, of Pitts
vile; Colonel b. tie property of J.
Q. Severns, of Rttstille; Frank 81
owned by NJ. Slattery of this city, and
"Jim Fish, owned by Arthur Sickels,
of Centralia. The three heats were
taken in the order named above and
"GOlddust" won the race.
In the free-for-all the following horses
were entered: "Leto Swigert" owned
by Mr.. Hill, of Hancock; "Hecto"
owned by Mr.. Kelley, of Stevens Point,
''Plunger" owned by c. Z. Spencer;
''Turk" the property of O. Dennis. AT
the close of the three heats the horses
won positions in the order above given.
In the running race only two horses
were entered that owned by Edward
Morrill, "Foxy" and Little George
the property of Mr.. Kelley. The race
was won by Little George" in two
straight heats.
BASE BALL.
The principal drawing card of the
days dOings was the ball game between
Necedah and Twin City. The Necedah
boys felt sore over the defeat on Sunday
and had strengthened their team with
Grant and krems, of Stevens Point,
who played 3rda and End bases re-
spectively in place of Niles and Lawson.
This made their club mixture of three
from the University Team, four from
Stevens Point and two of Necedah and
they were confident of victory, but oh
what world of disappointment this
is. The same boys welded willows for
the Twin City's and the same boys won
a second victory Tho the game was
not as good as on the day before it was
very close and required ten innings to
decide it. The feature of the game
was the little peace of diplomacy used
by Necedah in leaving the grounds in
the last half of the tenth inning with
Twin City at bat and man on third
and on second. The score was tie, 8
and s, Necedah had been to bat the
tenth time with O. Twin City had
advanced two men to bases and in less
time than It takes to write it, would
have got III the winning score when the