Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-09-04
FAIR A GRAND SUCCESS.
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Chester Whites, nine three weeks old
pigs among the lot elicting special
praise. w. F. Peacock, Burr Oak, also
had eight in pen, all except one being
under six months of age; w. n. Drake
exhibited thirty Jersey Reds, fine ones,
and II. l.. Coffeen four of the same
breed.
lncattleshorthOrns only were exhibit
ed. John Wingate's fine herd of
eleven were there, Will Kennedy show
ed five, j. III. Logsden five and w. N.
Drake two.
In sheep J. Donald & Son, of Canton,
Mimi, had eleven Shropshires, A. 7.
Holton ten and few were shown by
+. l.. Beard and VIM. Mali. w. n.
Drake also exhibited seventeen noun
tain goats, which proved a novel at
traction.
j. n. Mcmillan, of Hesper, showed a
line lot of Percherons in the horse ex-
hibit, eighteen in all.
In poultry some especially fine ex-
hibits were made by o. o. Lomen, 1. B.
Keller, A. NJ Thune and o. l.. Thune.
MACHINERY.
The exhibit in machinery this year
was visited often. Perhaps the most
prominent was that of the Winnesheik
thresher, the new machine manufacture
ed the J. d. Halves Co., which was
propelled by "a horse power electric
motor. Many people examined the
combination thoroughly. j. ]. Marsh
exhibited Deere Accurate Drop Plant
er, propelled by Root & Van Der Wort
gasoline engine, also buggies, wagons
and plows; A. A. Chandler & Son, the
Woodmansee windmill and Fairbank-
Morse gasoline engine; and E. A. Barsch
q Co. windmill. Three sizes of the
Laval cream separators were shown, as
well as the Iowa and United States.
M ATTRACTIONS.
The line of special attractions pre-
sented by the fair was exceptionally
good, and every one of them pleased
the crowds very highly. Perhaps the
one most applauded was the trick
bicycle riders, Bladder & Lavelle, who
far surpass anything of the kind ever
seen here. They are graceful, pleasing
riders, and the many difficult feats
performed made them the popular at
traction of the fair.
Again, we have never seen any
better balloon ascensions than the
three given by the Dockstaders. They
were double parachute leaps, a lady
and dog, and they assembled to very
great heights and made the leaps sue
cessfully.
The Palaros and Laytons, revolving
ladder actors and jugglers also come in
for their share of praise, and gave
performance each day that showed
that they are artists i'm their line.
The concerts given by the DEBORAH
City Band were of the same high
order as usually given by this popular
band, and were listened to by large
numbers. One of the features were
cornet solos by Miss Peters, of Cedar
Rapids, who is splendid cornetist.
The herd of buffalos was also a place
often visited and proved a very novel
attraction.
Besides the above were all manners
of tent shows, snake eaters, deformed
animals, y-go-round, lunch stands,
bowery dance, etc.
BASE BALL.
The base ball games were the best
attraction on the grounds, with the
possible exception of the trick bicy-
clists. Both the Waukon and De-
corah teams were In splendid trim, as
both had strengthened with profess
siOnal men, and those who witnessed
the games saw three close and very
exciting contests. Waukon was en-
titled to great deal of credit, as it's |
team contained only three profess
SIGNALS, while the DEBORAH aggregation |
was almost entirely foreign men. De-
corah won the games Wednesday and |
Thursday by the scores of to and IL |
TO 6, and Waukon the game Friday,
score Is to IL.
RACES.
While the races were possibly not as
good as we have had in former years,
yet there were some exciting contests,
and there were plenty of them to
satisfy the most of those who visited
the fair.
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