Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-17
MAKING READY FOR THE COUNTY FAIR.
Some Facts and Suggestions About Big and Little
Fairs.

l have latsly seen a great fair, prob
ably the greatest known in the worlds
history. spent five days in the fair
and got very good general view of it.
1t is easier to get over than the Chicago
exposi6ion and the average visitor will
do the fair quite we'll In fiva days. The
st. Louis Exposition is great educator
and would like to see LOT of young
people visit it from the country. A
week spent there is as good as term
in school. You say, Cant afford 1t.
Any bright farm boy ought to make
enough money in August to take him
there for a week Drury college of
Springfield Missouri, has arranged for
its students to spend five days at the
Worlds Fair for $l2 90; railroad T., ad-
mission 81 So lodging and breakfast
80. 80, incident8ls, street car fare and
luncheons $3.50 The Vernon county
students can go for double that amount
very nicely. Ticket S11, six days feed
S4. 80, room s.. so, gate 50 so, trolley 81,
pike 81 so, total s25.
There is another fair nearer home, in
which we all have, or ought to have,
fair, September Is to 16, is far differ
down on North Main street, where Tom
Potts now resides. John Dawson has
been to all the foruy seven fairs held in
Viroqua, and will be a guest of honor
at the coming feir We are going to
have big fair, out not nearly SO nice
one as we might have because we
don't all pitch il and bring exhibits.
wish some of the c. A. r. visitors lv-
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a run down on the steamer TO the bar
rem rock bound island of Nantucket in
August. when they hold their tair. The
island il 4 by 6 miles and the soil sterile,
vet our Vernon county fair with all our
wealth of soil fertility never had as
good an exhibit as | saw there In the
CITY rink one night. Every vegetable
was washed and dried and laid on long
tables covered with bleached muslin.
We have q fine new building and we
w ant every exhibit to show off as beau
TRULY as possible. Why not have the
vegetable exhibit displayed on white
background this YEAR, will try and
have the fruit exhibit tastefully ar
ranged and the lady superintendents
will use exquisite taste In arranging
their exhibits. We workers in the fair
bnilding had a grand good time last
wear working to beautify the building,
and we hope to enjoy it this year. We
dined together and helped each other
and were sorry when the fair was over.
There are q good many tents In the
county and a good many families who
feel unable TO pay hotel bills three days
while at the fair. Why not bring along
the tent and some 'grub" and camp in
the fair ground after getting permission
of the PRESIDENT saw fifty tents In the
Maine state fair occupied by families,
and over thirty little houses also occu-
pied. :,
Charley Tenney we, hope you will
bring those Blackhawk relics with You,
and exhioit them. Get all you can. MIR.
Alexander will add his relics and will
loan the famous cannon ball that all tie
newspapers told about Ii would be nice
to have an exhibit of what a fisherman
finds in his net when he draws 1t IN the
Mississippi. Also an exhibit relating to
| the clamming industry.
Everybody will be glad that the fair
management forbids the sale Of confetti
| on the grounds, and also its use there
want to ask all fruit growers IN the
| county TO bring plenty of exhibits in
| that line--apples, crabs, plums and
grapes. Maybe you will see some OF
your exhibits in the horticultural hall
at st. Louis. It costs nothing to enter
any exhibit at the fair except horses,
c1ttle, sheep and swine, 30 bring on
your exhibits in other lines, and espec-
tally the fruit, as hate to brood over a
dozen plates OF apples like a sitting hen
and get eight dollars for so doing.
c.. V. PORTER.