The Dickinson press., 1895-10-19
The Fair.
1t Was a Great Success.

1T Was a Great Success.
We give below a full account of
the fair as one of our subscribers
saw it:
Upon entering the opera house
Thursday noon, l was most agreea. (
bly, surprised we all of us were. In
common with many others. l had
had an idea that this was to he like
all other church fairs and of not
much account anyway. But that
idea vanished never to return as soon
as l entered the hall.
The general view from the rea of
the hall was very pretty. Flags,
bunting, portieres and gay c0lored
cloth decorated the various depart.
ments and brought out the beauty Of
the various exhibits.
A large placard announced that
the art department was in the gal.
lery and I mounted the STAIRS ex.
pecting to find q few pictures. I'm.
agine my surprise to find a large art
gallery, prettily draped in cream,
good light, easy chairs, and, best of
all, a great many fine pictures.
The art department was a revela-
ton to many of your own people,
few indeed realizing that so young a
town and county could make such II
showing. Those competent to judge
said that the display was the best
ever made in the state. Oil pictures
predominated but there were many
crayons, lovely pastels and water.col.
ors, and a large exhibit Of free-hand
drawing by school pupils. This last
work, done. we are told, with less
than a years instruction in drawing,
was really fine and proved conclu.
sively to everybody that Miss White
is a good teacher and that the pupils
are making the most of their oppor.
tunities. Some original work in oils
representing the homes of N. S. Gus.
kelly and NJ. Connolly, of Oakdale, was
especially admired.
Reluctantly leaving the art gallery,
l descended to the main floor to
make a tour of the departments.
First on the right were fowls and
doves very much alive and enjoying,
apparently, the attention bestowed
upon them.
Next came exhibits of Ignite coal
in large chunks and also specimens,
smaller in size, from various depths
to thirty.two feet.
When I saw the grain / wished I
had brought some of mine and all
the farmers said the same. We
were all afraid u neighbours was
better and just the same with vege-
tables. But we'll all be on hand
next year. A string of poppy heads
was a novel and pretty exhibit in the
vegetable department. The vege-
tables were good and there were a
good many Of them, but as I said be.
fore they we're no better than mine
and 1 shall have mine there next year
The butter and cheese and the Gu
linary departments were draped in
white and were very fresh and sweet
David Jutzler had a fine exhibit OF
cheese from the Anken factory. One
cheese weighed one hundred pounds
There was no trouble apparently
getting Judges for the baking con
tests. I heard several hungry bach
elors volunteer. 1t must have beer
a relief to the general committee fol
how they had to work to find judges
for some contests-the baby show
for instance. But of that later. As
I stood no chance of getting a taste
of the lovely jellies, preserves and
pickles, the tempting cakes, pies ant
bread, I moved on and left behind
the tantalizing spectacle.
The next department was lovely
with plants. There were not 81
many flowers as there might have
been earlier or a little later when thu
plants had recovered a little more
from their fall reporting. But il
was a pretty display as 1t was.
What can a man say of fancy.worh
land in this department 1 found
myself next! It was pretty; ant
they told me this was very old ant
that was very fine, and the Other
very much the style. ! was afraid
would be asked to Judge and moved
on.
So engrossed had I been that I hat
not noticed the special sale booths il
the center of the hall until I turned
to cross to the other side.
Nearest the stage was the genera
headquarters presided over all the
time by the big doll and generally by
the general committee. I saw tn
ladies u%npacking some lovely flower
there. Some Of the boys said the.
saw the flowers too. Aprons, fame,
work and various other things wer'
sold in the next booth; and back O
that lovely things in tissue paper ir
all the colors of the rainbow.
Homemade candy-the best 20,
ever saw-was dispensed from tn
last booth. Free? Oh, no. But i
was worth all it cost. The only
trouble was when I went around f0l
some more Friday it was all gone.
Completing my round Of the sid
exhibits. I found on the west side
large exhibit by Drenkei & Davis
When Harry whispered in my eal
Friday evening the amount of hi
sales / wondered the other firms hat
not done likewise. We all bought Q:
him and he told us about his Christ,
mas goods. / would not wonder il
the advertising he got was worth as
much as the amount he sold.
Ed. Dodd's display, which was {
part of the natural specimen depart
ment, was the best I ever saw of the
kind. And the whole department
had the best display of agates, stones
petrifed wood, stuffed specimens.
etc. ever seen in the Northwest.
The exhibit of eggs by Walter Pei
ton was rich and rare.
Dickinson did not have to borrow
q band as Mandan did. Her owl
was on hand both evenings.
: The baby show occurred Friday
afternoon. And such a crowd ant
so many pretty babies! I pitied thu
general committee because the,
would I thought have such q time tt
find anybody who was willing to sac
rifice his physical well.being for tn,
sake of settling the contest. Blu
they just asked people who lived ia;
enough away so they did not know