The Yale expositor., 1901-09-20
Deckerville's First Fair.

\ representative of The Yale Expos
itor attended the Deckerville fair last
week, and has this to say about the
little town in the Thumb and its fair:
that although it is as yet comparatively
in its baby clothes, yet it has more
spunk and get-there to the square inch
than any town twice its age and size
along the line Of the i. NJ. II. r., and
this their first fair gives evidence of
the fact.
1t is not over three months since the
first serious thought was entertained
towards having a fair, and in that time
joint stock company was organized,
stock to the amount of 81, 400 was sold,
20-acre lot bought, and half mile
track graded, an exhibition hall having
four wings and second story for a
floral hall, 564 feet of cattle sheds erect
ed and in good shape for the opening
day last week Wednesday.
Tuesday night and Wednesday fore
noon rain fell in abundance, but that
did not stop the farmers from flocking
in to town. Wednesday night it rained
all night but cleared up nicely in the
morning, and by noon it was conserva-
lively estimated that not less than 5000
people were on the grounds, every stall
being occupied by a good class of cattle
and horses (above the average), exhibit
| ion hall being far too small to make
good display of everything offered. AS
it was, butter, cheese, fruits, vegetables
and all kinds of cereals made an excel
lent showing, demonstrating that
around Deckerville they have soil
that only needs the tickling of hoe to
produce an abundant harvest, while
hn xrrith he nf ~ oil
kinds of handiwork peculiar to them,
made display that was simply be-
wildering. In all there were 900 entries,
proceeds nearly $1,000.
The ExpoSitor has no particular bus
mess to offer any advice, yet cannot
help suggesting that fakirs of all kinds,
especially those that rob the poor fools
so numerically, are not desirable
acquisition to any public function where
so many young people congregate. The
authorities that so promptly, when they
| found out the scope of the business,
| fired them off the ground, deserve credit
| for the manly stand they took. Money
cant tear up the bad seed these rascals
SOW even in one day in a community.
Deckerville people are justly proud
of this their first fair, and generously
and cheerfully give the pushers great
praise for the work done, amongst
whom are mentioned particularly,
Thomas Black, former resident of
Yale vicinity, ID. II. Brown, Yale boy,
and j. =. Smith, of the Deckerville
Recorder, who had his hands more than
full acting as secretary to the associa-
ton. We noticed Daniel Foley, the
sage of Emmett, and ex-president of the
Yale Agricultural Association, present.
Dams fame as judge of cattle has
reached beyond the limits of his home
association and this led the managers
to secure his services as Judge in that
department. It's pity that while Dan
can tell the good points so accurately
in four-footed critter, that he has so
long and so persistently neglected to
put the red ribbon on one of his own
kind. Dan has made lots of hay for
himself while the sun shines but he has
sadly neglected to make love when the
moon shines.
The merchants, with one or two ex-
ceptions, showed their interest in the
fair by making exhibits of their spec
ialties in a very neat and attractive
manner, which reflects credit on their
enterprise and which will, no doubt,
produce results favorable to an increase
| in business-as it ought to.