Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-10-12
IAN ENORMOUS SHOW.
NEVER BEFORE HAs sUCH A DIS
PLAY OF FARM PRODUCTS
BEEN MADE IN MEXICO.
THE FAIR OPENED AT 70 O'CLOCK,
Everybody is High in Their Praise
Both Of the Management Of the
Tair and Of the Fine Dis
plays on Exhibition.

t~@IS va &ANAaA>4o4s
At l2o'clockTuesday when the LED
GER cannon doomed out the an
nouncement that the Street Fair wa,
open, the clouds which had covered
the face Of old Sol, parted and the old
gentleman beamed down his appro-
baton and then drew the vail once
more over his face and said, sslet 'el
go at Dewey.D
Never In the history OF Mexico has
there been erich an enormous and
magnificent display Of farm products
made in Audrain county a. is nov on
exhibition In the booths around the
square.
On the west half OF the north ssde Of
the square IL 6 ane, large display Of
apples. One would think, In passing
this half q block display, that be wal
indeed In the 'sland Of the big red ap-
ple.n M. w. Pearson lie the superin.
tendent in charge OF this department,
which Is also for fruits, bat not many
besides apples are yet shown.
On the east half OF the north aide ID
the butter, lard and molasses display,
which Is under the direction Of ]. A.
Harrison. This promises to be q biz
display.
j. W. Rouse Is in charge Of the
honey display to the east OF this dis
play.
AT the northeast corner Of the
square is the old relic booth which il
kept charge of by ]. O. Ringo. This
booth is M Of the most interesting
ones around the square. Among the
curios there r a grown four legged
chicken, a 15O-year old bell owned by
George Kabrich, an amputating saw
used by General VOLTS surgeon and
nov owned By 81. K. Hinde; a meer-
schaum pipe made in 1918 and two
cacti canes owned by Irv Sims, and
a spinning wheel used BY VIM. Vests
mother.
The entire east side Of the square
is taken up by displays of all kinds OF
vegetables, which are under the
charge Of Thos. Gibson.
This display 10 probably the I'm
est and most wonderful OF all.
II rivals the finest description. The
enormous and finely formed potatoes,
the big radishes Gone weighs 14AIbs.) },
onions, turnips, ETC., etc., n indeed
good to look at. Some stranger while
looking OF this display said In q led
GER reporters hearing: nIf l were
a farmer and looking for 3 location
this would aettle the question: /
would not want a better country to
live inn
The entire south side is taken up by
individual farm produce exhibits and
they are fine, too.
On the west side is>a magnificent
display Of corn both on the stalk and
on. 1t Is a fine display.
T. J. KeIso is the man who holds .
SUPPLEMENTARY which most men
would be glad to hold. he has charge
OF the bread, cake and jelly display
in the Potts building on the north
side Of the square.
]. R. Lampson is In charge of .
large display Of poultry; about the
best ever shown in Mexico. A ban
tam and chickens attract much at
tention in his room which is in the
Central building.
at the art and fancy headquarters
In the Windsor Hotel Is some very
beautiful work in both lines. ]. ".
Williams lie superintendent at this
place.
Both ] P. Morris and Alfred Larsen
have good displays OF their photo
graphic work at this place.
THE TUa-oF-wAR CONTEST.
There was 4 long and strong pull
between Mexico and Audrain county
on the north side of the square at 2
o'clock for a cash prize Of $40. At
first 1t was thought by the Thousands
Of spectators that Mexico had won,
but the judges-Wat Woodbridge, H.
jacobson andN Is. Myers-awarded the
contest to the county team. Al Joe
Pratt, Of the town boys, was the first
pulled over the line, a Mr.. Pratt
afterward stated. The teams lined
up as follows;
County team-Uapt., VIM. johnson;
Joe Marshall, B. ID. Price, O. Weaver,
John Weaver, Dan billiard. L. ]. At
kins, 8. M. Silver, John Weatler, Done
Weaver and Joe Mongler.
City team-Captain, j. K. MCGOWAN;
Jim Sanford, John Wilson, JEFF Sims,
B. A. Powell, Joe Pratt, VIM. Poraw-
ski, Ben. Franklin, Andy Laws. A. NJ.
Trimbls and Eugene Dyson.
THE SACK RACE.
One Of the most enjoyable events
on the amusement programme was the
sack a 0 with the following entries;
Dat and Ed wilIingham, VIM. Jordon,
Frank Donnelly, VIM. Robinson and
AE-
Edwin LAWYER. Dat Wlllingham
finished first and Robinson second.
BEST BOY RIDER.
Out Of q field Of eight contestants,
Ralph Galloway won the prise for the
best boy rider. CLAY Freeman was
second. The other boys rode well.
FAT MEMS RACE.
At $50 O'Clock IN Tuesday Q tat
mems race was run between four
men who weighed two hundred pounds
or better. John Wilson, Of Mexico,
won the race easily with James Wea-
yer and 8. !. Atkins close seconds.
John Mcintyre ''also ran" A prise
Of 50 was given.
RED BUD WON FIRST.
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