The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-09-14
COUNTY HFFAIRS
TWIN BRIDGES FAIR AFT
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TWIN BRIDGES, Sept. p Special
CorrespondenceE-The excitement lee
essarily attendant at the annual fair
has subsidized and the old routine of bus
mess is again in order. The rain came
Rs usual and made its regular exhibit
and was awarded a blue ticket. One
might suppose that these storms were
on the program but such is not the
case. Formerly the fair was held dur
ing the latter part of the month and
rain came just the same. The weather
prophets said, 20 put it before the
equinoctial storm and you. will be all
right This year, it was placed
three weeks earlier and at the time
when
Fair Luna cast her gentle beams
Upon Il placid mountain streams;"
but it rained then and it rains now.
Be that as it may, our people showed
their usual enterprise. The first two
days were
Cold and damp and dark and
dreary,"
but on Thursday the clouds rifted.
The attendance was fair this day but
would have been better had it not been
for the dampness and cold wind. Fri
day was a typical day and people APP
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2OOO people were present.
The displays were better in some in
stances than they were last year and in
others were not so good. The Art hall
mad a pleasing appearance and many
aainties were e One noticeable fea-
u was that 0 n of our own mer-
chants had any exhibits except Mrs.
Pennington, the m%illiner. Strange,
isn't it?
The Agricultural hall looked as if
its ''better half had deserted it and
the ''other fellow" was trying to SUBJ
sist on a grub-stake. This condition Of
affairs is very excusable, however, for
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stimulate Vegetation very much.
The stock department vas we'll rep
resented so far as quality is concerned,
but the quantity vas not what vas an-
ticipated. No doubt the rain had its
influence here as we'll as elsewhere.
The pigeon shoot attracted some at
rention but they took place 80 far from
the main ground that few went to see
them. Charlie Morrison won the Mad
isen county banner and Frank Conley,
OF Deer Lodge, won the cup.
The side issues Were prominent teat-
ure. George White gave a dance ey-
cry night in his new hall. The Burke
Comedy Company held forth in Good
lemplar hall for five nights. Business
vas so rushing that one had to stop to
Think which show to attend.
a geyser party consisting Of Mrs.
Closton, Mrs. Mahan and friends from
Suite, left last Monday. They will be
joined in sight seeing by the Wilhart
puioy "utSAi lS'p AuCSoNy' NILS "A. L
Wheat and daughter Mabel we're with
the latter, but were called back by the
serious sickness of Mr.. Wheat. At
this writing, Mr.. Wheat is some bet
ter.
Mrs. Stark, the enterprising hotel
keeper on the corner, has been very
sick during the week but is now con
valescent.
Prof. Edgar Birchard was overcome
in the street last Saturday, by uncon
seriousness, the result of a generally run
down system and over exertion. lie
remained unconscious for several hours
but Don rallied. He was tenderly
cared for at the home Of his brother,
Prof. G. w. Orchard, and Sunday
afternoon returned to Laurin quite
weak but on the mend.
Benjamin Franklin Yerkes ESQ, O
BozeMan, was in our midst during the
fair. We don't know whether the fair
or something els led him this va y. He