The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-20
After ..the NEalneat rhlnr..

You can see from the newspapers that
our last county fair was q roarin big
success. Everybody was there for miles
and miles around. The gate money
piled up scandlous fast, and conse-
quentially the fair is nov out of debit
ahead of the hounds, with no fences to
climb.
In these days of hard and hard times
you mought maybe wonder how that
come to pass.
Well, the fair come out way behind
the music last year, andi it took our level
blamdest to raise the necessary managers
to give another performance. But in
the main time old man BunkWeather-
ford had been elected to a place ON the
board. And when they met to count
hoses and figurate on the question
whether to take out and quit or pro-
coed with the performance, and man
Bunk riz up, he did, and took the floor.
"The mainest thing which we want,
fellow citizens, is the crowd and the
money which the crowd would conse-
quentially bring In" says he. "We
don't need no marvelsome big show, but
we must have horse races-good horse
races and plenty of horse races-high
steppers and record breakers.
"Iknow human nature as she is in this
country" old man Bunk went on, land
everybody loves to see a tip-top good
horse race Give us plenty Of fast
horses, and races steady and constant
every day, and we are bound to draw the
people, and when the crowd comes it
will bring the money.
Understand me now, I am for the
county fair, and you can put me in the
fght-boots, blanket, saddle and bride.
We can't give up the sfdeshowsS but yet
still at the same time the mainest thing
is the crowd and the money. In or
derment to let all farmers in we must
have q few big punkins and a hamper
basket of corn-red and yaller corn,
with the Ghucks turned backwards SO
it will look pritty. On them general
grounds the farmers can come to the
county fair and bring their folks. pay
the gate money and-see the braces.
"Then we must have at least one
large and lovely quilt and a whole
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30 the ladies can turn out in great
droves to take in the fair and-seet the
races.
Moreover, fellow citizens, J ruther
think it mought be best to scrap up a
few fine chickens and fantAil pigeons
and pigs and animals and things to
please the children, youundefstand' SO
the old folks can turn out anonymous
ly and bring all the children to view the
sights and-see the races. II never
would do to give up the show for good
and all, but the mainest thing is the
crowd and the mOney-and the races"
Well, the board had all to win and
nothin to lose, SO with q risin vote they
passed the movement made by the
level-headed gentleman from the Flat
Woods. They went in for horse races
and let the fair mostly take care OF it,
self. They had the fastest horses and
the most races in all the recorded his
tory Of the county. There was q little
something scattered around in all the
various and sunday departments-jest
enough to call 1t q fair, so everybody
could come and bring all their kinneryr
for the honor and glory Of the grandest
and most loveliest country nthe broad
bosom of the earth, and to see the races
At the people, at the people, at the PEG
plel
From thu way things turned out thu
fair was give up to be q tremendous biz
success. And to everybody on tn
grand stand 1t is az plain as painted
horse rack in ten acres Of burnt wood
that old man Bunk W~ether6ord's sec
ont wife's husband totes a head as BIZ
as a hamper basket and as level as
squash.