Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-09-20
/ DAY At STATE FAIR.
Burnett" Hears of the Glories
Of Villas County.
TEE CITY PEOPLE PRED0MINATE.

ures Eliminated Hogs That Eat Out OF
a jug Ex- Governor Upham Sees the
Races ard Talks sense-A Drop OF
Nater Under the Microscope - Dog
Fanciers Who Wear Loud Clothes.
Madison Wis, Sept. 19.-The state
fair attracted many people to Milwau-
kec last week. The grounds are all
that could be desired-an immense
alea Of which the mile track and it's
inclosGre and a noble grand stand are
the features. 1t is about six miles from
Milwaukee and the attendance is al
ways largely stamped with Cream
City impressions.
One sees country peoplc-family
groups and AL that sort of thing, es.
pecially about the cattle stables the
ruralist can be found. He is genuine
~ interested there. Rnt look the crowd
over, take 10000 or $4,000 watching
the horse races. and it is not the
country patronage that the fair man
agement dreams of and longs for.
Az Honest Show, However.
1t must be understood that the OBJ
jectiohabIc features have been pretty
well stripped from the show. The
honest intent is to make it an agricul-
tuTal exhibition. Gambling. pools, etc,
have been wholly oppressed. l saw
some wheels of fortune but they were
outside the gate. Inside there was a
midway" where an idiot girl with a
head rs small as two billiard balls was
exhibited as the wild Australian
child" and Il cheap lot of side-show
takers. negro banjoists and two dane
H., girls who Shiycred in the cold blast
in ballet costumes. These might well
% suppressed in view of the fact that
the fair is under the auspices of the
commonwealth. But vital it was an
excellent fair. There were goOdly eX-
hibits Of things raised on the farm
ana choice stock.
Hogs That; Can Beat "A Freight Train.
The open fields were occupied by
exhibitors Of farm machinery, feed
mills, wind mills-all the parapher-
MALTA now necessary to agriculture.
The wire fence alone had half a dozen
opponents, II concern i~nclosing a lot
OF southern Observation-Disclosures
they are styled in Dixie. They are the
%lcaneSt, most wolf-like animal one can
imagine. Ii is said that in point of
speed they will give a freight train a
close rub There may be bacon on
them, but not an inch of fat. 1t seems
ms If some natural law had operated
to cut down flesh at every point, and
the SnOut is long and thin enough to
eat corn from Il jug.
The Villas county collection was in
charge of Il preacher, Mr.. Todd and
his wife OF Eagle River, and to hear
Tie good man talk one would think
he had already reached paradise. He
pointed to Il threc-poud trout and Il
fOrty-pound muskallonge that Judge
Colman caught, and eagles and mai
lard ducks, and then to the comforta.
Die pumpkins and the clean potatoes
and the native grasses and clover,
which, he said stood , feet high and
even J feet ut second cutting.
And from the top Of the exhibit
looked out the head. of Il porker that
weighed 100 pounds-at least the
preacher said SO. And for the life of
me | wished we might all leave the
worries of city life and go up there
beside the thousand lakes and buy a
few acres Of land ut from SIPS to SO.
and grow Old togethA n in plenty and
content. LII Il glass ease there were
two fawns. beautifully preserved in a
setting Of greenery (the price was
500. AMI then Mr.. Todd said he had
seen deer within the limits Of Eagle
river.
Drop of Water MagniGed.
The little microscopes through which
Il may become a scientist (the man
s&id) went rapidly at 81 each. Nothing
Affords more pleasure and instruction
tl!an a microscopic lenSe and every
family should possess one. The
salesman touched a drop of water to
the tense ana the yeomanry peeked
into he little sea in which scores of
i%nfusoria Wriggled. The people
thGught it a horrid sight and agreed
never to drink water again, little re-
nlizing that # they could see them
selves. indeed any atom in nature, il
would be found glowing with life of
myriad forms. And kindly life. too.
for there are friendly bacteria as well
as deadly, and without the former the
world of nature would soon be pos
SeSsed by the demon wrigglers and
then what 4 sorry old world this
NOulu De, 10 De sure.
$50 for IA Pup a Few Days Old.
1t cost an extra dime to get into the
dog show. but it was one of the best
features Of the fair. The 800 thorough
bredS were housed by themselves
great ST. Reconsideration Secretary
Ed Meisenheimer of the kennel club
cultivates-one of four brothers, all of
whom love dogs, veritable lion DOGS.
whose youngest pups are worth $40
or 500 each, Poodle dogs, which YOU
and | wouldn't have in the house. vet
with Il pedigree longer and more au.
thentic than Willie Astor's; hounds
which EaNed long and deep, like the
boom of a foghOrn; faithful. grim, per.
Sistcni hounds that follow the trail Of
n FOX 70? days until the dogs fall faint
from exhaustion. There were bulldogs
there. morOSc. clean. muscular brutes
that will die before they surrender. if
their cruel masters put them up to it,;
all sorts OF dogs, in fact.
Then there were the men and WON.
ON who fancy dogs, dressed in plaids
rafting chains aud wearing diamonds.
Wonder why it is that so many peopIe
who take to dogs. mans best friend.
"ApAS WIN NHt HOISS, dupc IDp
loud in dress and manner? But this
IS 40 time for ~soliloquizing.
After all the live stock is the charm
of 4 fair. Even the most confirmed
city a can but admire the perfec-
ton to which horses and cattle and
evenpigSarc brought by skillful breed.
inc. II u %parentage was as care
fully studied, we might all be in con
grcSs, which would, of course. be sui
cidal tu legislatures aud common coun-
ellis.
MiIIIonaires Wh0 Raise stock.
The great field is lined on two sides
With buildings. On the one side are
n dozen great barns. Here are kept
tie horses and cattle. On an adjoin-
Mg side are Il dozen long sheds-here
are the pigs and sheep,
\ noticeable change from the old
days-it is along the economic law of
r0nS0lidation-iS the fact hat the in
niyidual farmer with his crack" cow
or heavy hog cuts no figure at the
modern fair. When we were boys the
whole town went to the station to see
the beast shipped for the fair. The
row or the pig was the glory of the
community.
But nowadays the prizes are taken
by somebody's herd or stable" of
ten a millionaire. who presses an cleo.
tric bell and writing 4 blank check for
thousands of dollars. tells lis secre.
tary to build up the finest herd of Jer-
Seys or speed horses i'll the land. The