Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-09-03

Al AAuA9 tlO CAAiUAO Wdo large ouS
up to it's usual standard. w. A. An
derson and Isaac johnson, of Fayett'
county, each had large displays. thu
former having 70 varieties of apples
and the latter go, while each of then
showed five varieties of pears, eigh,
of grapes, eight Of plums, also late
raspberries and coffee nut beans. Johr
Finn showed % varieties Of apples
and four of crabs, while good ex'
hibits were also made in fruit by Mrs.
E. B. Thompson, John Elwick. F.
Broghammer, o. o. Lomen.
The amateur flower exhibit was 9
beautiful one and called for much
commendation. Among the exhibitors
were Mds. Headington, Thompson,
Eda and Lomen.
Some fine exhibits of canned fruit
were also made by Mrs. Lomen and
Thompson, some butter by the latter,
and fine honey by H. S. Smith and E.
L. Beard.
In the same building was a display
of three Royal furnaces and Junior
Bucks steel range, by D. E. Reed &
Son, also an exhibit of United States
and De Lavel separators.
ATTRACTIONS.
The attractions provided by the
management Of the fair were never
better. In fact they presented a pro-
gram each day which filled the after
noon with amusement for the visitors,
and in this respect the fair was per.
haps the best we ever had. The Toll
bert combination included running
races of different kinds, among them
Roman chariot races, hippodrome
races, riderless horse, horse ridden by
monkey, etc. Their part of each
days program was looked forward to
by the visitors with pleasure. and
they did not fail to please everyone.
The chariot race on Thursday was one
of the finest exhibitions ever seen here.
In this race they equaled the worlds
record, So seconds for half mile,
which was previously held by them.
This attraction is at the Minnesota
state fair this week.
Baader and LaVelle, the champion
trick bicycle riders, who delighted the
crowds last year, were better than
ever. The many wonderful and diff.
cult performances which are given
with such pleasing grace and agility
BY them, place them in the front rank
Of entertainers.
The automobile races each day
against time by j. E. Lappen proved
an interesting attraction to many who
had not seen such exhibitions before.
Balloon ascensions were engaged, to
be made under the management Of
VIM. Hurd, but he was unfortunate
in having his balloon burned up the
first day when nearly filed, so that
this attraction had to be dispensed
with. However, on Friday he secured
Perry Madden to make "slide for
life" down an inclined rope fastened
to the windmill on the grounds, hang
'eg by the teeth to the pulley rope.
The base ball games between Fort
Atkinson and Ossian were perhaps
leading features Of the fair, for there
was close rivalry between the two
towns, and both had excellent teams,
including some Of the best players Of
this section. Fort Atkinson won the
game on Wednesday and Ossian the
games on Thursday and Friday.
In the line Of amusements permitted
on the grounds there was an electric
theatre, showing good moving pic
lures, the spotted family, the monster
steer Jumbo, the streets Of Cairo,
CISCO the snake eater, etc. all of which
did good business. OF course there
was the usual number Of lemonade
stands, etc.
STOCK.
The stock exhibit this year was not
as large as usual, but there were good
reasons for it. The prevalence Of hog
cholera in the vicinity of Decorah i'm
pelled the managers Of the fair to take
the right course in announcing that
there would be no exhibit of hogs.
There were many who were naturally
enough disappointed in not seeing the
swine exhibit The late season and
the busy time for the farmers was re-
sponsible for the small stock exhibit.
There were two splendid herds of
cattle, T. ]. Crawford and j. H. Logs
den, each of whom exhibited nine head
of Short Horns, animals of excellent
grade.
In the sheep exhibit A. T. Holton
showed nine Shropshires, VIM. Malli
nine head of Shropshires and grades,
E. L. Beard one Shropshire and one
Coltswold.
The exhibit of horses was also small.
G. Pattee showed the colt Prince AL
bert Kidd, L. j. Anderson Belgian
and Percheron stallion, and Harms