The Yale expositor., 1897-09-24
ANNUAL FAIR!
The Sixteenth Annual Fair A
Thing Of The Past.
Although The Exhibits Were Not Extra,
The Ball Games And other Sports
Were Very Interesting.

The Ball Games And other Sports
Were Very Interesting.
The sixteenth annual fair of the
Yale Agricultural Society has passed
into the annals of history. The
weather this week has been simply
perfect, neither too cold or too warm
and the only thing that we could have
bettered was the dust, which, with Il
shower of rain on Monday, would
have been nicely laid, instead of roll
ling in clouds over everybody and
everything.
Yale has had so many large crowds
| this summer and fall that it seemed
the first and second days as though
everyone had enthused enough and
were not interested to any great ex-
tent in the fair, but the last day was
better and the grounds were well
filled. A long list of special prizes
had been gotten out with good deal
of enterprise on the part of our mer-
chants and business men and they
were printed in the premium books,
also published in last weeks Expositor.
This special list created considerable
interest and need not at all be
regretted by citizens who offered it as
it is sure to tell in the interests of the
fair another year.
The floral hall was crowded most of
the time. 1t was nearly impossible to
get close enough to anything to eX-
anime it and if our report of this
place is poor, let it be laid TO the fact
that an editor never pushes or crowds
himself in but is always of retiring,
modest disposition, pre.erring to be
trodden upon and never asking lead
ing or impertinent questions. How
eyer, upon squeezing ourself in at the
west door we did notice an elegant
display of furniture along one side
placed by Wilson d Son. For three
years at least and perhaps longer, this
firm has occupied II space in the hall
and has had u nicer, more up-to-date
display each time. We like to see our
merchants show their wares and wish
more of them would patronize the fair
in this way. Around the corner in the
south wing was an array of clothing,
ladies' wraps and other articles of dry
goods from the big double store of
Ballentine. Next came fine outlay
shown by Losey & Doelle. our jewellers.
A large show case displayed nicely
wing the space was taken up by paint
ings and crayon work shown by Clar-
ence Holden and sewing machines by
A. w. Ferguson. The east wing was
entirely taken up by the ladies' de-
partment and we find that every year
we are obliged to give more credit to
the ladies for their untiring efforts in
filling up their department, than to
the men, but it is ever thus and we
point with pride to the beautiful hand
iwork of our wives, sisters and sweet
hearts.
In the north wing the numerous
loaves of fine, ,toothsome looking bread
and the crooks of delicious butter at
tested to the skilled hands of our cooks.
The array of canned fruits, jellies.
pickles, honey, etc, was not as large
as some years but very good indeed.
The display of apples, pears, peaches,
grapes, etc., was very fine and large,
despite the bad year for such things.
The vegetable show was also good and
looked very tempting. The grains,
seeds, etc. showed up to good advan-
tage and took the attention of the far
mer. Going out the way we entered
we found the space on the north side
of the west wing filled with wares from
the harness store of James Wallace,
another enterprising merchant of our
town. We must not forget to mention
that the center of the hall was hung
with many quilts of divers makes and
designs which beggar description; and
we also noticed few extra nice plants.
Outside the grounds fairly swarmed
with people around the many stands
erected for the purpose of filling up
the inner man. The merry-go-round
flourished and the trio of young men
selling notions from wagon made
music for all with their tunefu (0I
voices. The poultry show and stock
was not up to the average. and in this
particular we regret that the citizens
do not take more interest.
The officers for the coming year are
Daniel Foley, president; James Nc
Coll. treasurer; John Wark, secretary;
directors for three years, A. w. Fergu-
son, |. II. Wadsworth and Lester Clark.
The receipts of the fair this year
amounted to nearly $500 but as yet we
are not in position to say whether the
premiums will be paid in full.
The Noble Challenge Bicycle Cup
race was won in two straight heats by
Pearlie Grinnell who has since been
showered with congratulations. There
we're only three entries in this race,
Pearlie Grinnell, julie Hennesssy and
Frank Minnie.
In the five-mile handicap bicycle