Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-11-10

to postpone the sair to Sunday, and
the day was as fine as one could wish
for. With a brisk norther blowing,
everybody felt invlgorated and it SEEM
ed that the people were determined
to turn out en- masse to show their
appreciation to the fair association for
getting up and maintaining the Comal
county fair. Early Sunday morning
wagons, carts and vehicles of every de-
scripton were vending their way TO
the fair grounds, and by o'clock the
fair grounds presented lively appear
ance. The grand stand at the race
track was filed to the last place, stand
ing room being at Il premium. and half
way around the race track people We're
standing three and four deep, looking
over each others shoulders to watch
the races which were announced to
commence at o'clock. Promptly at
that time the Sc arctary of the fair as
so:lation, II. simon. wioa the ;udges
for the races, entered the Judges
stand. The judges were Judge Vein
cyl of Seguin, Ben Gage Of Jlinco. WIN.
Stein of New Berlin, Louis Simon anS
Max Kruger of this city, with Mr.
Stein, an old hand, at the fiagstand
Some of the livestock was taken away
Saturday on account of the rain, but
there was still a fine lot of cattle.
horses and swine to look at. The
poultry exhibits were exceptionally
fine this year. One could see every
thing in the line of chickens from
the tallest Shanghai down to the small
est dwarf, and from the heaviest down
to the finest game. But the most beau
tiful of all was the exhibition hall
where the ladies had placed everything
in such an artistic way that 10 walk
into the hall was like Il dream out OF
fairy land. Fancy and nee1lcwork
paintings, drawings, crayOl work and
pot pants bewildered the eye. BY the
united efforts of the ladies they have
shown what can be accomplished
when all work together with vim
and vigor, and to them is in Il measure
due the success of the tdir of 1897.
For several years it has been demon
| stIated beyond question that the coun'
fine for agricultural purposes as any
in the state and the greatest trouble
| has been lack of railway transporta
ton for the farmers of that section tG
get their products to the market. Every
year, however, brings better facilities
for them, and Jasper county is des
tined to be one of the richest in the
| A., AZ 4.
tive for this assertion is the following
from the Jasper News Boy. That pa
| per requested the farmers to bring In
their extra fine specimens, and II
seems that 1t was deluged with pro
ducts of every kind. The following Il:
part or the article: Last week we
mentioned some fine pears and pota
toes. The pears are eaten, but we stil
have the IS 1-2 inch potato to prove
our assertion that Jasper is the finest
county in the state. But this weeB
| comes something that is hard to be
,ieve. and If we did not have many
witnesses and the thing itself we
would not publish the facts. Las
Thursday Mr.. II. j. Martin brought in.
10 town something that at Il casual
glance would be taken for large, long
watermeloli But an examination
shows plainly that it is an enormous
cucumber 1t Is 26 inches in circum
ference the short way, 81 inches ir
length and weighs % pounds. Mr.
Martin says that when it was young
1t exhibited no unusual appearance, bul
| it continued TO grow larger and smooth
er until it reached it's present enormous
size. Had it been allowed to stay or
the vine it might have grown few
inches more as 1t shows no sign OF
tuning yellow, Some one suggested
that picking works be started witt
this for stock, us it would fill many
bottle Just think of a cucumber
nearly two feet long and weighing
twenty-five pounds. Can any county
beat Jasper nowY
At Canada, Jackson count, fine
rains have fallen in the past few days
in fact, the hardest for months, and
the ground is in splendid fix for break.
ing new land, of which hundreds OF
acres will go into cultivation near Ga
nado this fall A great many North
and Central Texas farmers bought
prairie land here during the summer.
They are now beginning to arrive and
erect substantial houses.
The flower and fruit exhibition to be
held in Houston IN December is inter
esting the horticulturists aud credita'
bic exhibit may be exported from the
Alvin section.
The third annual chrysanthemum