The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-06
Thousands of People Coming
To Richmond to Be the
City's Guests During Har-
vest Carnival.
AGRICULTURAL PARADE
WAS FEATURE EVENT,
Exhibits Being Conducted in
Various Sections of the
City, Complete Estimated
Attendance, 5000.

The Richmond City band at the cor
ner of Ninth and Main streets this
morning announced the formal opening
of Richmond's first fall festival with
the blare and rattle of a catchy march
ing air.
Early this morning people from every
section of the country within radius
OF thirty miles of Richmond began
pouring into the city at an early hour,
and by noon the Main street and the
north end business sections OF the city
were crowded with people. Every rail-
road train and every traction car was
burdened with people Richmond bound.
Every road in the county led to Rich
mond and the roads were filled with
rigs carrying merry making farmers
families, or burdened down with the
produce of the rich. black earth OF old
Wayne county. Many vehicles bore
squealing hogs or cackling, indignant
chickens. Mounted men drove in their
prize cattle or led their entries for the
horse show.
1t is estimated that by noon today
there were fully 5000 thousand out OF
town people in the city, and after the
big live stock parade, the gaily decorat-
ed stores were thronged with people,
repaying the merchants hundred fold
for their generous donations to the fall
festival fund. Never in the history OF
the city has Main street or that section
of the city in the vicinity of the Penn
sylvania station presented more ami
mated or gorgeous appearance.
Promptly at 10 o'clock the big live
stock parade, which had assembled op.
posite the court house, began to move
east on Main street. Thousands of peo-
pie lined the street on each side and
every window along the line of march
was occupied by interested spectators.
The parade consisted almost entirely
of the horses entered in the horse show
In the column was almost every class
of horse from the immense percherons
to the diminuative Shetland ponies. II
was fitting display to bear out Wayne
county's proud boast that 1T is one OF
the best .'hoss countries" in the union
There were 14O head of horses In the
parade and there was also a small mum
ber of cattle
Exhibits Excellent.
After the parade there was grand
rush for the business places and for the
various show places. One of the most
popular places of exhibit was the
South A street market house. Within
this spacious building is gathered such
q collection of vegetables and fruits sci
dom seen on exhibition in this section
of the country. The gigantic squashes
and pumpkins, the splendid looking po
tatoes, corn, beats and other vegetables
too numerous to mention was most
convincing argument that it takes more
htna six weeks drought to effect the
bounteous crops of old Wayne county
In the fruit exhibit the apples ant
ounces attracted especial attention
About the only poor display in the
fruit exhibit was the peaches. These
showed that the crop this year was
way below normal. This afternoon
the judges will inspect the vegetables
grains and fruits and the awards viii
probably be announced tomorrow.
The swine exhibit. which was ex
pected to be poor, was one of the pleas
ing surprises to the promoters of the
fall festival. Nearly every one of the
numerous stalls under the awning tC
the west of the market house wa:
filled with splendid looking porkers
and they were the center of attention
Nearly 100 hogs are exhibited and the,
included several different breeds. Thi:
morning their eare-takers were bus,
giving the highly indignant animal:
their baths and their squeals of protes
could be heard to Main street. TIL,
prize winners will be announced to
morrow.
The poultry show at AT Nortf
Eighth street. near the corner of Nortl
E street, is one of the most noteworth.
exhibits of the festival. There ar,
thirty-two species of poultry represent
ed there, and all told there must b.
between 500 and 800 chickens in tn.
numerous display cages. There are ais
about 100 pigeons on exhibit. some @
them being of the rarest specie. Th.
big store room was filled throughou
the day. Poultry and pigeon award
will be announced tomorrow.
At 1:30 this afternoon the big crow
on Main street fiocked to North :
street. after the Tenth infantry ha
PAST Eleventh and Main streets. to sc
the run of the Richmond fire depart
meht, the best of its size in the stat
OF Indiana. The start of the run We
wagons shot down the street, one at
time, like lightning bolts until Mint