Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-09-20
Az THE FAIR.
MERCHANTS DISPLAY SURPASS
PREVIOUS EFFORTS.
stock show Fully up to Standard-PouItry
Fanci"rs Delighted agricultural Dis
play Fine.
From Thursdays Daily.

Those who visited the fair today will
not come home disappointed. Great
effort has been expended to make it
first class in every respect. The attend
ance up to date has not been up to the
expectations of the managers, but it is
through no fault of theirs, as every
courtesy has been extended and every
means within their power expended to
make it the grand show that it is
The Art hall is simply magnificent
Every merchant has tried to outdo his
competitor and as result some hand
some displays have been made Nearly
every class OF mercantile business is
represented. Entering from the south,
resting on our lett, we find a fine dis
play OF clothing and gents furnishing
goods by NJ. Altman X Son, while still
further west is another large display in
the same line by &. Wolf X Son, occu-
pying the southwest corner. On or
right the display OF the Indiana Novelty
/ Manufacturing company, and on the
right hand corner as we turn north
again a showcase full of silverWare.
! jewelry, etc, of J. II. Losey. KS we
walk along north on our left is the dis
/ play of Shaded X Reynolds, druggists,
and the Smalley Cycle works, while on
our right and resting on both main
! aisles are the handsome displays of W.
+. Leonard, chinaware, and J. W. Hess,
fancy goods. Just across the main
east and west aisle beautiful display
OF millinery goods greets us, the exhibit
of Dial to the left Baker Il Mckinney
| have spared no pains to make the first
booth as attractive as possible with a
fine line or boots and shoes. Next to
them is ". Lauer Il Sons clothing dis
play. George Ninall occupies the cor
ner with full display of fancy gro
ceries. Turning east again on our left
is very neat and novel display of gro
ceries from "The When;r to the right
is +. Spangle's elaborate display of
Jewelry, optical goods and musical in
struments. The Art, Fancy Needle |
Work and Children's departments oc-
cupy the whole east side with profu- |
sion of handsome and artistic work |
that is we'll deserving of several hous |
time.
The Horticultural hall is equally III
teresting, being well filled with fruits,
vegetables, grains and other products Of +
the farm which are of vast interest to /
the student in that line
In large tent, located near these two .
halls. is found d handsome display OF
buggies by Warner x Keyser OF Argos.
The sheds are well nled with cattle,
while the sheep and swine pens are
oyerlowing with specimens of tne
finest breeds.
The poultry exhibit is one Of tie
leading attractions and is well repre-
sented.
The races have all Oeen filed ana To
days program is good one. The 2:iO
class trot yesterday was won 10y James
:; Lady L. second; time, 2:39l :, 23914,
2:39ls.
The hippodrome was excellent and
those who witnessed it were delighted.
The first was Roman standing race
between Levi Dillon, of Cleveland, and
Prairie skip, of Montana, resulting in a
defeat for the former. Montana Kid
gave splendid exhibition of rough
riding, after which Prairie Skip rode a
bucking broncbo to finish. Their
last feat was the tandem running race
between Levi Dillon and Prairie Skip,
which was interesting and exciting
enough to please even the most exact
ing.
Altogether the fair is a glorious sue
cess, as far as exhibits and amusements
are concerned. The only thing needed
to make it a complete success is the
large and liberal patronage it deserves.
Tomorrow is Plymouth Day. business
houses will all close i'm the afternoon,
and there is every indication that there
will be large attendance.