Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-09

the owners of cattle.
Rudolph Busse Il Son, wagon makers
of Marathon City, had on exhibition a
farm wagon made by hand and manu-
factured Of Marathon county woods.
l.. L. Olds, of Clinton, Wis, who
acted as judge of grains, etc, did so to
the satisfaction of all In making his
deductions he used grain guage and
his Judgment stood unquestioned.
Mrs. L. K Wright, and Mrs. C. A.
Nutter took upon themselves the re-
sponfibility of acting as entry clerks
and illed their positions well. In fact,
Mrs. Wright was great factor in the
success of the fair as she is well posted
in all the departments, and has been an
able assistant to her husband.
The occupation of the old ticket
office as seeretary's office has made
things more agreeable and removes the
office from the noise heretofore ex-
perieneed in the agricultural building.
MIR. Wright was assisted in this work
in his Office by Il force of young ladies
and the work passed off smoothly. The
horsemen were paid their money at
this building at the conclusion of each
race.
The fair management di5i excellent
in giving to the people of the county
such a fair. The gentlemen spent
much of their time which they other
wise would have devoted to their busi-
ness, in working up an interest in the
matter, without any prospect of any
remuneration other than the thanks of
the people. They in turn thank those
leaders and gentlemen who kindly
acted as judges, superintendents, etc,
in the various departments, for they all
gave their time and personal attention
to the matter faithfully and gratuitously.
A little girl, whose name we are un-
able 10 learn, had a very narrow es-
cape from being killed on Thursday.
u crossing the railroad track near the
caught between one of the rails and the
plank crossing and she was unable to
extricate it. A train was approaching
from the west on the down grade and
Alex. Mcdonald, a special policeman,
detailed to watch the crossing, seeing
her peril ran to her assistance and
pulled her foot out of its trap and
thereby saved her life.
Those from other cities who visited
our grou'is.s state that without question
we have the finest fair grounds in the
state outside of the state fair park They
also spoke highly of the buildings aud
the neatness and general appearance of
everything, and went away with good
impression of Marathon county's efforts
in this direction.
TIE ladies of the NJ f. church served
meals upon the grounds during the
entire time, and those who sampled the
victuals on their tables speak well of
the quality, the cooking and of the
service to patrons. The small fee of
% cents was charged, and the ladies
made fair profit for the society, for
the patronage was large,
In coming from the grounds Thurs
day morning girl lost her pocket
book near the railroad track. 1t lay
by the side of the path, partly hidden
by weeds, until five o'clock in the even
ing when it was found by another girl.
Thousands of people had passed it and
failed to notice it. The purse was re-
stored to its owner.
The horsemen visiting Wausau this
year were the most gentlemanly lot
that ever took part in races at our
county fairs and were free from the
element that has made the followers of
the paddock to be held In bad repute by
decent people.
One thing noticeable this year to the
credit of the fair management was the
absence of grafters and fake jewelry
men. These always work to the detri-
ment of fair and though people of
sense let them severely alone there are
suckers who get skinned and then
blame the management for allowing
them on the grounds. 1t is hard to do
without the red lemonade, peanut and
popcorn stands but the film fam man
should be widely separated from a
county fair
Ia awarding premiums in the dairy
department an analysis was made of
the butter of the different ereameries
w.ththe following results: