Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-10-26
DESCRIPTION OF STATE FAIR.
Written by Fergus County Boy at th'
School for Feeble Minded Children,

II. w. Kraus, of Stanford, has re.
ceived a letter from his son. David,
who is in attendance at the school
for feeble minded children at Bould.
er, Mont. in which he tells of the
school and the course Of study at that
place. The boy is now 10 years odd
and has been deaf from childhood.
He did not know the sound of word
and was entirely untaught. He has
been at the school now but a short
time and his development Is wonder
ful. The following composition was
written by him after a trip TO the
state fair at Helena:
Saturday, Oct. s. l904.--Last night
some pupils were very anxious to 80
To the state fair. This morning We
left here for Helena al 11:15 a. m.
Mr.. Brown, a teacher. went with us
and also Misses Martha and Lucille
Menefee. We enjoyed seeing the old
places, smelters. etc. we talked with
each other. We reached Helena at
II: 10 p. m. and We met Mr.. McAlOney
and Mr. Schoolfield at the depot. We
We're in a hurry TO get to the street
car, which went to the old Great Nor
thern depot. We reached the old de-
pot and got in the train for the state
fair. We reached the lair at 1880 p.
m. and We were interested to see
around the fair. We went for our
lunch. After our lunch We went to a
large house and We saw many different
kinds of apples. plums. many different
vegetables and many different grains.
Miss Bessie Harris. Mr.. Brown. Mrs.
McAloney and Miss Lucille Menefce
went to town to shop. We went
around the state fair. We saw the
ores, gold, silver, copper and quick
silver. They were pretty and bright.
We went to see the press and print
ing of the papers. A lady gave us
each a nice calendar.
We saw hardware, tiling and paints.
The paints were of many different col.
ors. We saw these before. We were
anxious to see the radium when we
started to Helena. We saw II and
we wondered that the radium could
make fire in the dark. | was glad
that saw il. We said we never saw
II before. The radium was a small
thing. II was a wonderful thing. We
went up to the top Of the house and
We saw many pictures, dishes, some
minerals and jellies and fancy work.
They were nice: We were interested
to see the pictures drawn by Mr.. Rus
sell, the cowboy artist. We went down
| 10 the bottom of the building.
We were going to see the cattle and
horses but the rain fell so hard. We
returned to the house and stayed there
until the rain stopped. We were sur
prised when rain fell there. We had
thought we would have a warm nice
day all day. After the rain stopped
we went to the cattle and horse stable
| We went TO see the Angora goats,
hogs. sheep and pigs. Angora goats
are nice and they have nice wool. The
hogs and pigs were fat, and | think
a hog would cost $25, because 1t looks
good and fat.
Then we went to the horse and cat
tie stable. The horses and cattle are
very nice and the horses are very
strong. Some are small and nice. We
| liked TO see the horses better than the
cattle. Then we went to the track
to see four men riding on horses. We
were anxious to see who won. A man
and his horse galloped very swiftly.
We liked TO see the soldiers In
rough riding. They were good riders
They dressed in uniforms.
After Sis p. m. we left the state
fair for the old depot. We reached
the depot and we walked on the side
walk, where the people walk TO the
union depot. Mr.. McAloney went tc
town 10 meet his wife, Mrs. McAloney
They returned to the depot. We al
went to the train for Boulder. The
cars were crowded. We reached Boul
der safely. We wanted TO stay In
Helena all night, but we had to &c
To Boulder because we have Sunda,
school. We were glad to make tn,
trip safely. We had nicer time thar
we had last year.
Broke Into His House.