The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-06

the stock of big. sleek horses from the
Oakland farm; short horn cattle from the
Mountain Dell farm of Mt Pleasant, Utah,
John II. Seely. breeder and importer; the
famous Lincoln sheep from the flocks of
j. H. and E. w. Patrick of Ilderton, On
tario, Canada, and Ogden, Utah; yearling
ewes and RambOuillet sheep from the Box
Elder farm of W. S. Hansen of Collins
ton, Utah; the Excelsior stock farm, ]. r.
Allen and brother. of Draper, Utah; sheep
from w. d. Candland's ranch. Mt. Pleas
ant. Utah, and the Agricultural college
exhibit of sheep and swine
Farmers found variety of farm ma
chlnery TO inspect, for leading firms from
all over the country had their tents and
most improved farm implements to show
and demonstrate. The buzz and boom of
the machinery in motion added it's share
to the noise and life of the grounds.
One of the new and most pleasing fea-
lures was the art gallery in the annex to
the Manufacturers building. 1t was filled
with photographs, drawings, sketches,
other Inspirations from the minds of
Utah's artists. This section. in addition
to the fancy goods department, made the
big hit with the fair sex.
Midway Attracts Many.
The Midway is filled with amusements,
Its gaudy banners. seductively -worded
advertisements, leather-lunged barkers,
teries to be found inside the canvas
shows. They're all there. The Merry
Widow show. Nat ReisS' minstrels the
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est alligator in the world: La Loo" the
six-legged cow; Pick" the talking pony
with human brains; the merry go-rOund
Bulgarian palmists, clairvoyants, fortune
one other games to tighten the load of
the metal in your pocket
You also see your old friends-the pea
nut man, the popcorn man. the candy
vendors. the Jap ping-pong men, the ice
cold" and the red hot men and a host
of others. Penny arcades, peddlers, the
ing galleries. fish ponds and other games
of chance and devices to catch money all
did big business.
The Midway is the same old but neces-
sary institution 1t furnishes relief to
those overburdened with coin and fur
nishes the same open-mouthed amaze
ment for the rustic. The fair wouldn't
be all there if it missed the accompani-
ment furnished by the stentorian barks
of the sDielers.
Balloon Ascension a Thriller.
THE best ever was the way that the
thousands characterized the balloon as
cension and parachute jump. Aeronaut
Winter Ringer of Iowa furnished a fine
stunt when he scared up into dizzy
heights and made his successful jump
The big balloon. which filled up with
surprising rapidity, went up from inside
the race track 1t went almost directly
up over the grounds and AerOnaut Ringer
sailed skyward until his balloon was
mere dot in the heaven. His fancy but
perilous feats on the parachute bar while
he was descending furnished the real
thriller OF the day.
Vaudeville acts that were of real merit
were sandwiched in between the running
races The stage this year was situated
inside the race track and the spectators
in the grand stand and bleachers obtained
a commanding view of all the perform
anCes.
The feats furnished amusement and en-
tertainment in their variety. The three