Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-09-02
RAIN PREVENTS BIG FAIR
EXHIBITS AND ATTRACTIONS GOOD
Five Days of Rain Dampens the ArdOr of
All and Prevents the Attendance of
Customary Crowds and the
Carrying out of the Pro.
grams in Full.

and the people of this county last
week with a vengeance. For al
tn ough the fair was held over to
Saturday in hope that at least one
pleasant day might be enjoyed, old
Jupiter Pluvius would not listen TO
our entreaties but gave us hard, soak
ing rains each day, making the fair
grounds veritable mud puddle. and
preventing the carrying out Fof the
race program, as we'll as many of the
attractions.
The prospect on Tuesday for big
fair was excellent, and it was pre-
vented only by the weather. The ex-
hibits in all departments were large
and we'll selected, and the program of
attractions was good one.
Floral Hall presented this year one
of the finest displays ever seen there.
There were displays of needle work
by Mrs. j. W. Banning, of Ossian,
both in Hardanger and crochet work !;
by Mrs. f. w. Conover, handsome
display of Mount Mellick work,
Hardanger work, lace work, lick work,
embroidery, etc. lace work by Miss
Lizzie Haas, wrought iron work by
Miss Kate Baker; burnt wood work
by Mrs. M. 7. Engle, oil and water
color paintings by Mrs. W. S. Hay
ward, Mrs. f. D. Baker. Miss Grace
christopher, and Miss Kornmeyer
black and white work by Philip Hex
ON and Miss Agnes Ingvolstad, all of
which came in for their full share of
just praise. There were also several
novelties in Floral Hall. all very in
teresting, which space forbids our
mentioning in detail The usual dis
plays of the merchants of the city
were in evidence, each of them very
attractive and Hastily arranged.
Among those represented were Ben
Bear, gents clothing and furnishings
I K. l.. Haugen, furs, rugs, etc. Mott
& Co., furs; G. N Goddard, curtains
and furs; B. o. Marsh, Crown Pianos
j. @. Hexom, boots and shoes.
In Agricultural Hall the display
was not exceptionally large, but was
of the very best quality, and neatly
arranged. We can but mention
the displays. Those showing vege-
tables were The Symonds brothers,
John Elwick, HI. M. Cummings, Sam
Stepp, Mrs. E. B. Thompson, d. E..
Reed. Mrs. James Tillinghast, 9. A..
Reed, K. Graves and E. S. Thune.
In plants and cut flowers W. T. Sy-
monds. o. o. Lomen, Mrs. James Til
linghast and Mrs. B. F. Headington,
o. o. Lomen. Sam Stepp and E. B.
Thompson. In fruits W. A. Ander-
son and Isaac Johnson exhibited fine
line of apples, while o. o. Rodvang.
Valentine Barth. d. A. and D. E.
Reed showed apples, plums and
grapes. H. S. Smith and E. L. Beard
exhibited some fine honey, j. s..
Thomas some big tobacco plants. and
Mrs. o. o. Lomen, some baked bread
and cake.
The Live Stock department contain
ed one of the best exhibits we have
seen in some time at the fair. There
were thirty head of Shorthorns, shown
by T. j. Crawford, of Frankville,
Martin Hendrickson. of Glenwood, W.
N. Drake, of Freeport, and J. h.
Logsdon, of Decoran. Each herd
was headed by a fine bull. In Here
fords the only herd shown was by Up
ton Bros. q Krumm, of Cresco, with
Mr.. Krumm in charge. There were
eleven head of fina stock. with two
bulls. W. @. Reed & Son showed
some fine Aberdeen Angus cattle.
Each of these herds were high grade
stock, and the visitors had an oppor-
tunity to inspect as fine an assortment
of cattle of different breeds as is often
shown.
In Swine there was the best display
we have had for several years. John
Young. of Hesper, was on hand with
twenty -four head of Poland Chinas,
and John Richert of Hesper with
twenty of the same breed. while
Nicholas Richert of Hesper showed
some five months pigs and a SOW, and
p. T. Ramlo exhibited nineteen head.
W. N. Drake Of Freeport, showed a
dozen fine Duroc- Jerseys, and Martin
Hendrickson Of Glenwood fourteen
Chester Whites. 1t was altogether a
fine display of splendid swine.
The Poultry display was the largest
and best we have ever seen on the fair
grounds. l.. s. farrell and E. H.
Rodham, of Darlington, Wisconsin,
exhibited two car loads of fine birds.
In the display Mr.. Rodham had
eighty-fve pairs, with thirty five
varieties, while Mr.. farrell had
eighty pairs. o. o. Lomen showed
thirty-two coops and twenty varieties.
Taken altogether and considering
the inclement weather the displays