Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-07
New York Press.

for cidar. His mouth and throat are
badly infamed, and he is still hoarse
but Is doing web.
This reminds us that on the 4th day
OF July, 1S55--flfty years ago--in the
year when the original prohibition law
went into effect, the writer Of this
essayed with his friend Tom Updegraff
to celebrate the glorious Fourth. 1t
was in the charming little prairie vii
lage of Garnavillo, the county seat at
that time, when Tom was studying law
under his brother-in-law, Elijah Odell,
the father of our noted Des Moines at
torney, w. r. Odell. There was not
single saloon at Garnavillo, but good
OF christ Eagensick. the merchant Of
the village, had some good cider. The
printing office and the law office We're
directly over his store and so 1T was
not difficult to procure some OF tNe ap-
pie juice. 1t was excellent; 1t was so
good that 1t tasted latter more" 1t
was not too sweet, but it's tartness
made 1t all the more palatable, and
Tom, who had been under the protect
ing wing of his brotherin-law, then
the leading light of the Methodist
church Of all that country, was not
accustomed to so much sprightliness
as the tumbler after tumbler full OF
the cider which he drank engendered.
and he became happy, gloriously hap
py, Just as happy. as patriotic citi-
zen of this, the greatest country on
earth ought to be. That his ejacula-
lions and "whoopees" were as vocifer-
Gus as those when in congress he OPP
posed the Vaccinations Of the grafters
of that time, was certainly pardonable,
but seeing Sheriff Drips coming our
way the writer coming from Dubuque
and more used to mild beverages Of
that sort, recalling the sage admoni-
ton that prudence is the mother of
wisdom" or the other saw of Hudi-
bras, "He that fights and runs away
will live to fight another day." sue
ceeded in getting Tom and ourselves
into safe quarters on the imposing
stone of the Clayton County Herald.
Cider never tasted good to US since.
but our distinguished friend Tom does
not seem to have lost his taste for it.
However, we are heartily glad that
our friend and boyhood comrade is all
right again. Shake, Tom.
PASSING OF THE OLD FAIR.
[Cedar Rapids Republican,
The Vinton Eagle calls attention to
an advertisement of a fair to be held
in neighboring county. The people
were urged to attend this fair because
more comedians and clowns than ev-
er before engaged in an open air per-
fornra nee" were to be seen. Another
special attraction was called "Jinks'
Babboon Circus" Not a word was said
about stock exhibits or displays Of
farm products or anything Of that
character.
The old fashioned country fair has
passed away, perhaps never to return
The horse racing feature IS about the
only feature of the old fashioned fair
that has been retained
The decadence of the county fair, for
that is what it is, dates from the
worlds fair of 1898. The Midway
feature of that great exposition, while
it was intended merely to be a diver
sion and in some respects an instruc-
tive one, has from that day to this
been initiated so far as it's most dis
reputable features were concerned by
those who make UP the programs of
all sorts Of outdoor entertainments
Undoubtedly it is what the people
want or else the box office receipts
would give the managers to under