Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-09-16
A SUCCESSFUL FAIR
A SPLENDID EXHIBITION IN MOST OF THE
DEPARTMENTS.
Delightful Fair Weather. Good Ball Games
and Races. Fair Sized Crowds and a
Pleasing Program Unite in Making
the Fair a Success.

The Winneshiek County Fair of
1908 was success. While the man
ayers of the fair looked forward to it
with some trepidation on account of
unfavorable conditions in some parts
of the county, yet they went ahead
and arranged the best program they
could under the circumstances, and so
far as we have been able to learn, all
who attended were we'll satisfied with
the exhibition. Most of the different
departments were we'll filled with ex.
hibits, and in the way of amusements
the base ball games were fine and the
races were also enjoyed by the crowds.
The weather could not have been bet
ter, and on Wednesday and Thursday
there were good sized crowds, but the
receipts were only about half what
they were few years ago.
In Floral Hall the display was large
and more varied than in several years,
especially in the fancy work line,
with so many exhibits that it is i'm.
possible to mention each. Among
them we might mention Mrs. j. A.
Jewel had an interesting collection of
entries which attracted much atten.
ton; Mrs. A. j. Swezey a beautiful
oil painting, and Mrs. Phil Schild-
necht several handsome water color
sketches Mrs. l.. B. Whitney ex.
hibited fine collection, chief among
it being dress in eyelet embroidery
Miss Ida Winger of Calmar showed a
dainty baby's dress and cloak that
was admired by everyone, among a
collection of beautiful things. Mrs.
j. M. Bernatz exhibited lunch cloth
in Battenburg and eyelet work, Mrs.
L. L. Caldwell pillow in Wallachain
embroidery, Mrs. John W. McKenna
baby's dress in eyelet work 4S years
old, all of which were worthy of spe-
cial attention. Phil Hexom as usual
had a fine display of art work in In.
dia ink and crayon. showing the con.
slant improvement he is making
Among the merchants display were
tasty exhibits by Ben Bear of men and
boys suits, overcoats, shoes. suit
cases ETC., Mott & Co.. case of
handsome silks and laces, lace waists,
ribbons. ETC., K l. Haugen rugs and
carpets. II. p. Johnson home made
harness, robes, ETC., Ruen Cloak Co.
ladies suits. jackets, coats, etc. B
.. Marsh had fine display of pianos
in she center of the hall, with a
Grown piano player which he kept
continuously furnishing beautiful
music for the crowds. f. j. Rosen-
thai also had an exhibit of sewing
machines
Perhaps no exhibit at the fair at
tracted more attention than that of
the public school. showing the ex-
celIent work done in drawing and
manual training.
The effect of the hail storm which
laid vast the gardens of Winneshiek
county last June was very noticeable
in Agricultural Hall, for here the dis
play was small compared with former
years However, Isaac Johnson of
Fayette county came up with his
usual fine showing of apples. "a
plates, and some beautiful Gladious
from imported bulbs; John Hart of
Locust exhibited 10 varieties of ap.
pies. some fine grapes and home
grown peaches; George Young of
Hesper also had plate of splendid
apples In the flower division there
were some beautiful showings by
Mds 0 @. Evans, L Tjllinghast, o.
o Lpmen. T. O. Tollefson and Miss
Josie Fossum, while Mrs. b. r. Head
ington h d fine display of potted
plants and Ed. Wicks cactus that at
tracted attention. John Harter. f.
r. Blou { and H. NJ Cummins' sons
all had splendid displays of veget-
ables, E. l.. Beard of corn, Mrs. o.
o. Lomeu canned fruit and o. j.
School of honey. Geo. p. Ode also
had an attractive exhibit of grains
and grasses from Canada, which was
eagerly examined by many.
Among the live stock, swine, as in
former years, predominated. t. J.
Crawford of Frankville showed 10
head. with fine yearling boar and
splendid litter of eight Meddler pigs |;
John Young of Hesper was present
with 20. ]. Y's Keep On, fine show
ing John Richert had Is head. with
his herd boar Perfect Corrector, be-
sides another fine yearling, and thir-
teen spring pigs; p. Il. Ramlo showed
the largest number. 26, mostly March
and May pigs sired by r. IS Chief and
Royal King John Lydon showed 10
head, with one 800 pound SOW that at
tracted much attention; Mr.. Sutton
had an exhibit of IL Duroc Jerseys,
with yearling sow, Sutton's Lady.
which is dandy. Taken altogether