Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23
OUR EXPOSITION LETTER.

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EDITORS DEMOCRAT The Exposi-
tion is still gaining in both attendance
and exhibits. The Page Wire Fence
Company and the Rock Island r. r. Co.
each came in with large exhibits this
week. Everything is now well filled
up. The Filipino village opened for the
first time on Thursday evening and is
very interesting looking outfit. They
are here in all their native simplicity.
Their houses are built of native mate
rial, frames of bamboo covered with
palm leaves or long dry grass. The
water butfalos they use for oxen are
queer looking beasts. The people are
small with quite an intelligent express
sion of countenance. Taeir cattle are
very small and they have the only dead
sure bacon hog. They are very fair mu-
sicians, playing both native and Ameri.
can national airs. In dancing they can
beat Sioux Indian Taken all in all
do not see anything in the people or
their manners and customs to be very
proud of but their country may be bet
ter than the people look to be.
The Hawaiian village attracts great
attention. They are very much smarter
looking people than the Filipinos but
that is not saying very much. They are
short, squatty people but heavier set
than the natives of the Philippine Is
lands. They are great swimmers and
are at home in the water. The girls will
swim like fish and will remain under
water for length of time simply mar
Vicious. They are also great musicians
and dancers and like the Flllpinos have
their tools and looms, making hats, bas
kets and cloth from kind of grass that
grows wild npon their native island. In
doing their weekly washing they all
wash out of one large dish like bread
bowl or tray made of wood like oul
grandmother's used. They sit upon the
ground and rub their clothes against tht
bottom of the bowl as women use {
wash board, using only water enough tt
wet the clothes. They do not need very
much washing as their clothes are few
and far between. They all go barefoot
ed and bare legged. The women wea
a large frill or ruflle around each ankle
also around each wrist, with arms bare
They have very nice hair which, wher
combed in native style, makes thei
heads as large as corn basket.
Boys, come to the exposition and SET
your youngest sisters.
The weather was intensely hot herr
during last week every day away up il
the nineties. 1t has also rained nearl!
every day or night for the past week
1t has been slow work setting up 81
exhibit as it was 80 hot we could no
work to advantage. l will be hom'
about the Goth for my main exhibit
and want you to impress it upon tn
minds of all your farmer readers t,
now send in the best of everything
they have good, either leave a
Cal. Atkinson's store in Manchester, O
send word to l.. g. Clute by card t,
Greeley, Iowa, and he will see it is caret
for.
Put name and address upon each ar
ticle so will know who sends it. AL
will get credit for it and medal If wOr
thy. want some fine wild grasses o
all kinds, good apples, potatoes, onions
squashes, big pumpkins, cucumbers o
anything fine. Don't let Delaware coun
ty get left this time for you have tn
stuff to beat the world.
L.G. CLUTE,
Supt. Delaware Co.