The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1903-10-09
Our County Fair.

II is with much pride and salts.
faction that we speak OF tho fall
recently held In Louisa as oul
fair. A few years ago a few pub.
lic.spirlted citizens thought IL
would be a good thing for our
county and her people to have an
exhibit of stock and products OF
field and garden. Such an exhibit
was made. The beginning was
small. Not much interest was
manifested, but there was enough
interest and encouragement mani
Tested to warrant continuance
Of the yearly display, and the ex-
hibit of fine stock, field product
ions, household articles, dairy pro.
duets etc, and the very large at
tendance every day is highly
gratifying evidence that the PEG.
pie Of Lawrence county are fully
alive to the fact that their best in
terests can lie advanced by these
annual displays. In spite OF dust
and heat the people came, and
these very people were themselves
unmistakable proof that we have
Joined the Grand Army OF I'M
provement and are going to keep
at the head OF tile procession. a
better looking, better dressed, bet;
ter behaved cFuWa-of people does
not attend county fair anywhere
In the state. Not the slightest dis
order was shown at any time, and
II any one had disposition to"fill
up" he had to do 1t with some
thing besides booze.
The display was larger and more
varied than any we have ever had
before. The variety was marked
aud striking. We had babies and
butter; pictures and pies; cows
and cakes; horticultural speci-
mems and horses; chickens and
cakes; roosters and roadsters,
ducks ana dozens and dozens OF
the pretticst maids and matrons
In the whole STATE OF Kentucky.
In fact, representive specimens
OF all that is usually sent to be dis
played at Fair were sent to our
exhibition. The attendance was
not confined to the citizens Of
Lawrence county by any means,
West Virginia sent many visitors,
and Ashland, Catlettsburg and
other towns We're well represented.
Very many visitors expressed
their surprise at the size and ex.
cellence OF the display, saying 1t
was far ahead OF anything they
had expected to see. Neither time
nor space permits us to say more.
We must refer our readers to a
report OF the awarding committee
It they would know what was dis
played and who We're winners.
The success OF the fair Is in a
very great measure due to Col. j,
II. Northrp and Mr., John q,
Barns, President and Secretary,re.
spectively Of the Lawrence County
Fair Association. Everybody
knows that to Col. Northup time is
money, but to make the fair sue,
cess he gave both with unstinted
hand. The association had alsC
the benefit OF his large experience
as a business man and practice
farmer, and 1t surely profited by II
Secretary Burns has been untirinl
and eminently successful In hi
efforts TO make the fair what /
was-the best display ever mad,
ia Eastern Kentucky. The fac
that merchants in Catlettsburg
Huntington, Ashland, lronton
Portsmouth, Cincinnati and othe
cities contributed so generously il
the way Of merchandise and other
wise is due largely II not entirely
to MIR, Burns efforts.
The Fair Association, throug
the NEWS, extends its thanks
these nonresident merchants iC
their liberality, and expresses II
appreciation for their kindness
and to Louisa merchants and a
others who in any way aided tn
Association.