Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1910-11-25
CHAPTER XVI.
The County Fair.

| For nearlya week before the date
Of The County Fair" preparations
tor the event were going on at Holly
hurst.
DR.. Gardner selected and arranged
specimens of his finest fruit-apples,
pears, peaches and grapes-while
| Mrs. Gardner sent these fruits in an
other form-in Quivering translucent
| jellies, and in tempting preserves.
Perez took charge of the animals, and
Went over with the COWS, including
the little Jersey, Glover, a few sheep,
and remarkable pig, that had not
| of pigs in general but had been rails
led in accordance with improved meth
DDS. Reginald, with the help of Tim,
boxed up the fine Plymouth Rock
poultry and other handsome varieties
for exhibition. Sophronia sent over
balls of fragrant butter, the concen-
| trated product Of CloVers skillful
manipulation of clover fields, and
sheets of golden gingerbread, dear to
| the appetite of youth. Rose secured
the fields and woods for bright leaves
and varieties of wild flowers, which
she made into graceful bouquets, and
sent together with some choice asters
from her garden.
Life at Hollyhurst was too busy
and too varied to allow much time for
what is termed fancy work." but
occasionally Sophronia contrived to
| send a mat or tidy, and Mrs. Gard
ner a dainty bit Of fine sewing, for
she had learned to sew in her youth
before the widespread distribution of
sewing machines and ready-m ade
clothing.
The fair was held in Brampton,
and lasted two days. On the first
day the interest conferred mostly in
the exhibition of products, on the sec
ond day in the dinner, the side shows,
and the horse race.
ANOOS dSNOlh painful dCA luI1SI anu
Reginald in their tour about the
grounds to see the animals. They
were interesting to her, not only on
account of their fine points, but in
and for themselves.
She even went to the ploughing
match, for she liked to watch the
iy,c
comparatively rare in the land-with
their large, calm eyes, and their meas
ured, cumbrous movements, as they
plodded on or turned slowly to re-
spond to the shouts of Gee, -" "Haw,"
'Haw," Gee"
Reggie" she said, what do you
suppose these animals think of all
this, cooped up here in narrow quar-
ters, with crowds of people looking
at them?"
Il don't know" he replied. II
would like to get at the thoughts of
one Of them. Perhaps we shall, If
Gamers experiments amount to any
thing. 1t is one of the things l must
study up, too"
"Sometim es," she continued,
when l am with Duke, or Don, or
Glover, or any of our animals, l feel
as though they were saying, we don't
understand what you are doing this
for; your ways are quite mysterious,
and often they seem quite foolish,
but we put up with them because we
are fond of you"
Then they went through the hall
where were the mammoth squashes,
the baskets of potatoes-large and
smooth-the rich red mounds of to-
matoes, the crimson cranberries, the
hard, sound apples, the soft-cheeked
peaches, the purple grapes with their
misty bloom.
The upper hall was filled with the
| products of woman's work. There
were rugs and mats of all shapes and
sizes, quilts made up of many pieces
and in many patterns-log cabin,
block, star and diamond-tidies of all
| the materials known to the feminine
mind, countless cushions, and bags
for every conceivable and inconceiv-
able purpose.
1T tires me to think Of all the
weary hours 1t must have taken to do
these things, and of the millions and
millions of tiny stitches that have
been put into them" said Rose. So
leaving her mother and Sophronia to
linger over the bewildering display,