The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-21
THE FAIR.
The Crowds We're There
And All Will Remember the
First Midsummer Fair.

Not a complaint was made in re
Igard to the weather. 1t wasn't very
dusty, although everybody hoped Il
would rain early in the week. Wednes
day the crowd was not large, and
when the ampitheater was pretty
nearly filed, there was a scarcity in
the other buildings, but Thursday
the entire county and part of Unior
turned out, and it was almost impos
sible to get seat on the street car
Some of the displays were splendid
There wasn't the usual. amonnt OF
canned fruit and jellies, but there
has been a scarcity of fruit this year.
which in a measure accounts for the
falling off.
We hope the faithful ones were
abundantly rewarded with stacks Of
blue cards, then they will work harder
for display next year. There was
room to spare, where there should
have been beautiful plants and iow-
ers. Dissatisfaction among exhibit
ors seems to be the cause of this.
The. Art Hall, which was literally
piled up with woman's handiwork two
years ago, has a pretty display this
year, but a great deal more could be
taken care of. Some say the new
ruling prevents the same old work
being entered year after year, hence
the falling OF; Others, that gifts
made for Christmas are generally
brought to get a premium, and the
fair being earlier this year, the gifts
are not ready. We think there is
something in this. The women folks,
many of them who in the past have
prided themselves on their handsome
work, are out on a strike. and do not
hesitate to say why they did not en-
ter many pretty new things they
might have brought.
There are some beautiful displays,
lace work and embroidery being most
prominent
But the educational exhibit-a new
lfeature-there, no one complains,
and every one who loves children
should stop several hours at this
point. The primary exhibit Is an
eye opener to those who have no lit
tie folks. The fine penmanship, map
drawing, clay modelling, free hand
cutting, paper weaving. tapestry
weaving, mathematical problems
solved by Logan county's young folks
make the older folks proud of her
schools. Attention is called to the
drawings by Ernest Shawver, of Har.
rison township. of the United States,
showing the growth by expansion, as
being the handsomest map in the
hall.
The pen and ink drawings of Willie
Huston. son of Mr.. W. C. Huston, OF
this city, are the work of born
artist.
Bellefontaine, Degraf, West Lib.
erty, West Mansfield, Huntsville
IQuincy, and the townships of Lake
Union and Miami have fine displays.
For the first year it is beyond all ex
Ipectation, and represents a grea,
amount of labor of teacher and
pupil.
Bellefontaine took first premium
on the best display in Educationa
hall, as her schools alone have a pro
fesssional teacher of drawing, and
her larger number of schools gave
her An opportunity to make greater
display. But her display was some
thing to be proud of.
| Several of the towns made mos
creditable displays on different lines
but there were no premiums Offered
on these, except in the "best dis
play" class. In the fine displays OF
these lines, Huntsville school de
lserved special mention for theil
Idrawing, Quincy for display of nativ,
woods, Degraff for fine weaving b.
children, West Liberty for pape,
work and solution of difficult prob
lens in mathematics, Union town
ship for creditable exhibits from ev
Iery school district, Bellefontaine pri
maries for fine work in clay modelling
&c, &c.
i Everybody was delighted with tn,
educational exhibit, and next yea
There will be great advance.
The cattle exhibit was very good
There was fine show of Jerseys, a
good exhibit of short horns, and th'
best group of polled Angus we eve
saw at the Fair. Mr.. Andrew Iricl
took first premium on Jersey co.
and on Jersey calf, his COW beating
three Champaign county cows tha
} are being exhibited at Fairs aroun'
the State. 30
There were a number of fine speci
mems of Percheron horses. Mr.. L.
Bell, of Bokescreek, got premium
on best Percheron stallion, mare, tw
year old, yearling and three months
old colt. The latter at three month
and Is days weighed $40 pounds, an
was as symmetrical an animal as w
ever saw. His yearling. Il year oil
the 1st of Junel, weighed ,240 pounds
His two-year-old mare weighed l, 46
pounds. Mr.. Bell was very proud O
his blue cards.
There was good display of shee
-delaines, cotswolds, shropshires An
black face-but it does appear to u
that there is not enough pains take