The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-09-29
\ VERY FINE EXHIBITION
Merchants and Agriculturists Making
Attractive Exhibits.
SPECIAL PROGRAMS ARRANGED.
Races Beg,nning Tomorrow when the Card
Is W. ell Filled Grand Concerton
the Bills for Tonight,
with Display of
Fireworks.
fFrom Mednesday,s DailyD

Fireworks.
: (From Wednesdays DailyO
The fair is on in full blast and in spite
of the foreboding weather Of Monday
and Tuesday all space is pretty Well
filled and the fair is at least up to the
standard of other "ears-that is up To
the standard as to displays. In other
respects the exhibit is far ahead OF Tor
ner efforts The vaudeville show in the
afternoons and evenings is a new fea-
ture and the myriad of electric lights
which will illuminate the grounds, halls
and stands at night will convert the
homely cabbage into a rose and cause
the new tangled yellow tomatoes to look
like golden nuggets. The rain of Mon-
day and Tuesday left the grounds IN
splendid condition. The grass is down
and cinder paths have been placed
through the grounds. The track while
still heavy, will be in perfect condition
for Thursdays races. The races
promise to surpass all former events of
the kind given under the auspices of the
AGRICULTURAL society and alone will be
worth the price of admission.
The fair grounds from distance
looks much like a camp meeting. The
space between the grand stand and art
and horticultural halls is filled with
tents, big and little. At first appear
ance is"sized up" as a sort of model
temperance town, as there is wind mills
enough in the vicinity to supply our
army with pure water. Upon closer IN
spection, however, 1t will be found that
the wind mills, true to thir names, are
pumping wind.
Within the tents are all sorts of at
fractions. One man has big tent ana
advertises little photographs. Across
the way is little tent covering big
steer. The pop corn fritter fellow mas
a dozen assistants at work in one cor
ner of the tent village while the man
who throws a string OF luscious taffy
over a hook worked all day Tuesday
and Wednesday to keep up his supply.
over toward the horticultural hall
stands the large tents which shelter the
manufactured wares. Here the farmer
may see the finest blows made in the
world and that means that they're made
in Canton. In these big tents the gran
ger may choose a heavy farm wagon Or
q light fine spring carryall, while the
city man sees a big display of expen-
sive phaetons and surreys. Before en-
tering the halls should the sight seer
desire an elevated position for few
moments he can take a trip up ladder,
many of which are shown by Canton
manufacturers.
SCHOLARS EXHIBIT.
In the centre of the north end of the
art hall is most remarkable display Of
drawing done by the scholars of the
public schools of the city, and also by
those of st. Peters parochial school.
The work done by the youngsters is
almost marvellous. There are drawings
Iii, h,,tI hot II
modern and those of long ago, and
sketches from nature. Specimens are
neatly arranged and represent every
grade in the schools. The work of the
scholars of st. Peters school causes
doubts that the hand of child could
perform such miracles with piece of
crayon. No one interested in educa-
tional matters should fail to visit the
exhibit of these schools and examine
the work closely. Mr.. w. F. Gilmore.
Of the public schools has taken great
interest in the display and the exhibit
was arranged by his own hands.
Over in the northeast corner of the
art hall the ladies gather and gaze at
flimsy pieces of finery, which they han
die with the daintiest caution. There
are hand worked doilies, table covers,
napkins, center pieces and whole lot
of other things no one else but a woman
could guess at. The walls are literally
covered with these delicate articles and
women should inspect 1t while men are
warned to fight shy. On the other side
are hundreds of most beautiful pictures
done in water colors by Mrs. Theodore
p. Paxson, an enthusiastic and highly
talented amateur who yearly captures
bunch of first premiums.
And so the art hall is a pretty good
place to visit too. and when that has
been done and the dozen and one other
places of interest west of the track have
been visited it is time to go to the east
side and see the
LIVE STOCK.
Few fares can produce the live stock
to be found at the fair in old Molly
Stark. Here the biggest hogs, the big
gest chickens and the biggest and best
of every domestic animal or fowl in the
whole category may be found, and
found in abundance. On the east ri1e
of the track NAV be seen numerous
coops of wonderful chickens OF every
conceivable breed. Several stalls con-
tain hogs, one of which fills the stall to
the brim. There are hogs with rings
in their noses and more decent hogs who
turn up their nose at jewelry and grunts
instead of roofing for livelihood.
Around in the sheep pen are the finest
sheep in the world. Some of them look
old enough to have escaped the sacrifice
many centuries since but it's only
their appearance. They wear a foot
and a half of wool and, Tuesday after
noon, winked the other eve at a dozen
thin, half frozen sightseers who fingered
with the mutton while the rain poured
and the wind howled.
The usual display of fine cattle Is
made and in fact all departments in the
live stock section are pretty well filed.
The stables recently DESTROYED bv fire
are supplanted nv brand new ones so
that no space has been lost in the
stables.
Members of the agricultural society
forgot their orthodoxy Wednesday and