The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-09-09

place both before and after taking"
Everything Is bare and new and
empty the people look tired and hope
less without the exhilarating strife of
hawking in stentorian tones, the
horses look tired, everything is busy
but quiet.
Asyo enter the fair grounds you
see horse leisurely pacing around
the track, as Indifferent as his driver,
apparently, whether he beat the
record on the morrow, or merely GO
ing around aimlessly to find q good
place to die. On the grand stand
group of little negroes play and laugh
and josh and talk knowingly of the
horses that pass. The little negroes
will not occupy the stand again this
week.
Down at the grove the race horses
are being groomed and grooms talk
necessarily. They talk confidentially
to each other, a language as meaning
less as Hebrew to the average listener.
Farther on are booths and tents.
Dirty men and tired women, sit
around small stands whore are dis
played an array of dirty bottles they
will look all right later on.) Children
play or sleep on piles of canvas, along
with the inevitable dog. At several
stands lemonade is being made and
the boys who have wheeled down
from town to see the preliminaries
are the only customers. Dining halls
are being prepared by up town people
and batch of pies sit, sole occupants
of broad expanse of table. Down
by the river little man and a wagon
are awaiting those who cannot resist
the desire to have tintypes taken.
He is small and quiet today, but-you
will not recognize him tomorrow.
Long rows of stock pens are built
and others going up. A bunch of
fifteen fine Durham cattle headed by
bull weighing over ton are already
in their pens, curried and blanketed,
while boys scrape and polish their
horns. Several sleepy horses stand
unnoticed In their open stalls. Two
wagon loads of huge swine and
squealing pigs are being unloaded,
while some chronic figure tiend in
sists that everybody guess the weight
of each.
These were the things to be seen at
the lola Fair Grounds yesterday.
The same groups appear at all fairs
and are necessary part of the
preparations. The fair promises ex-
ceedingly well, judging by the pre-
liminaries.
THE GROUNDS TODAY.
This morning decided change
came over the spirit of the people and
the grounds. The shower had laid
the dust every body had good nights
sleep and the show part of the fair be-
gan to arrive to take away the empty
look OF things.
At 10 O'Clock the stock display was
very good, more animals arriving
hourly. The cattle and hog display
is exceptionally good and the whole
department Is proud of the fact.
There is a good start made In the
fruit department and apples, pears
and grapes are on exhibition, which
1t seems impossible could have grown
in such hot weather.
Floral hall is rapidly filling up ADD
will wear It's usual businesslike
aspect. To be sure there is lots Of
room left-there always Island
every body should take down dis
play of one kind or another. The en-
tries can be made all day today and
tomorrow and it is lot of small dis
plays, not one large display, that
makes the show interesting.
Today, of course, is chiefly giver
up to entries, bat tomorrow morning
the big show will begin and picnic
parties will eat lunches in the de
lghtful GOODNESS of the grove, the
band will play, the exhibits will b'
looked over, the racing horses will
start and the fair will be under head
way. AT 2:30 p. m. wedding will
take place on the speakers stanC
amid the acclamations OF the multi
tude. In fact there are going to b,