The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-15
PEACH DAYS CHARMS
BIO CROWDS IN ATTENDANCE.
Every body ha. . Chance TO FIJI Up on
Fat Juicy Fcaches.-Grnnd Junction
shows the Usual en-Iianded Hos
pitallty.

Denver, Sept. IA special from
Grand Junction TO the Republican
says:
Early this morning before the Chat
fee salute frightened the big red peach
on tile little green tree. Il. a. Orr drove
In from his little place with hay
wagon loaded with 5000 pounds OF
peaches that was the starter. Before
many people We're up the fruit men
had all his wealth of delicious sweet
ness heaped up In the long open shed
In the park. 1t WAS n beautiful thing
to see before the crowd got at II. Tie
peaches given away Were not tile lenr-
ings merely OF the crop, they We're just
as line ms any grown In the little orch
ards. except. OF course. the very pick
OF them, all OF which WAS reserved for
the display. Behind th. great heaps of
the red and yellow peaches were piles
OF other fruit, 25,ooo pears, 100000
plums and prunes and 10000 apples.
AS the sun shot its first warm rays
into the still shadows OF the park 1t
sent rich rolors and beauty into these
heaps of fruit, and made ~ tempting
Il show as ever an epicurenn dreamed
of. This was in early morning. by
noon people had discovered the show.
Tonight there is no snow left. Peaches
are popular. Close by tine free fruit
shed was the pavilion where the choic-
est of the choice WAS displayed. 1t
was Il wonderful exhibition. A most
surprising ole TO people who did not
know what there is out here in the
little valley. Such wealth of varied
color and tempting smeIls was never
seen before. surely.
The pavilion is 80 feet long by 30
wide. II Is boarded mp the sides and
is covered with canvas and sits among
the shade trees of the park. Inside
to-day there WIS Il wealth of fruit.
Stretching nearly around the pavilion
just below the slope of the roof were
the words, Grand Junction Fruit
Growers Association worked in
pluins and crab apples. In the center
OF the tloor space WAS Il fountain, the
spray falling upon ana keeping bright
and fresh II splendid heap Of water
melons, cabbage. squash. pumpkins.
rhubarb and other garden truck. ON
every side Of this fountain stretched
the tables of fruit. Walking around
the pavilion from the north entrance
the visitors inspected each exhibit in
detail
When enting time comes there is
not much trouble for there are lunch
stands under every shade tree and free
peaches ARE so plentiful that they are
rolling around the streets. Any man
who offers 1" buy peach thereby of
fers n deadly Insult 10 every citizen
Of Grand Junction and the only ap-
ology accepted is the immediate con
sumption of seventeen big peaches re-
gardlcss OF all the horrible consc-
quences involved in eating them. 1t
is n good thing for the visitors that
Peach day comes but once year,
The programme for Peach day did
not amount 10 much. There was none
in fact. There was parade and II
fine hose tournament, but these were
rather side features of the meeting of
the Knights OF I'ythias grand lodge.
Governor Waite spoke this afternoon
but he did not say much about peaches
but II did not matter for the exhibit
talked for itself. Fifteen tons of
peaches We're given away. This is not
n dream of IL peach victim. 1t is n
fact one OF the big features of Peach
day. Fifteen tons amount 10 nearly
125.OOo peaches. 1t gives man SOME
thing to think about.