Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-08-25
GREAT FAIR DRAWING NEAR.
But Three Weeks More and Seventh Annual
Exhibition at The Fair Grounds Will be
In Full SWing-WiII be Great Show.

1t less than three weeks now. and
Tne time IS getting shorter every dav.
III you nave any pumpkins, potatoes.
corn, beets, onions, cabbage. apples or
grapes, make your arrangements nov
to be there with the goods. The Apri-
cultural building is completed. and is
large enough to hold the best exhibit
west OF Richmond. It's going to be we'll
nlle1' TOO every foot of the eleven
nunGred square feet in the building. IL
you haven't catalogue, a postal ad-
dressed to the Secretary will bring Won
one the next day.
II you happen to be a lover of the
cackllng, .quacking, gobbling depart
ment, you'll find everything at the Fair
you can desire. The whole space under
the grandstand will be devoted to this
and all breeds and strains of egg nro-
ducers Will be represented. At the time
Ihe catalogue was printed, the prerni-
oms IN the poultry department had not
oeeh entirely completed. However, a
revised list has been gotten ont and ia
now ready. Drop a card to Superinten.
dent Ewing Lawson, Burkes Garden. or
70 the Secretary at Tazewell, and You'll
get copy of this list
survey OF prospects would be in
complete without mentioning the horse
snow we are going to have, especially in
the saddle and draft classes. If yo,1
want to buy or sell number one horse
the Falr is the place. Hundreds of
norses Will be exhibited in the different
rings, snd numbers of prospective buv-
ers Will be there on the Iooxont e.
something good. Tazewell has a rem
Iatlon Tor her horses, and we want to
keep it up. oii' ~
For fear the children might think
there Will be nothing for Their amuse-
inent, We have gotten from the Serre-
tary a list Of some of the good things in
store for them. OF course. there will
be the usual number of whistles TOW
balloons, whips, trinkets and souvenirs
only they will be painted in more strik,
ing colors than ever before. The lemon
aoe, orangeade, peanut and popcorn
STANDS Will serve the hot and thirsty
ana Keep the unoccupied busy. Del
cious lunches will be right there hot ~.
COLO, When you get hungry. And that
Mldway-whewi The biggest thing of
course, on the Midway will be the i'm
mense Ferris Wheelthat's coming down
from pennsylvania, and the noisiest
thing will be the right-up- to-now rnerrv-
go-round. The cane racks, knife racks.
| jingle boards and candy wheels. WITH
their lively ''the cane YOU rings the
cane you carry away" and try your
| luCh' poys, Try your luck, will furnish
amusement for the youngsters. The
goldfish wheel will furnish you with a
real, live goldfish to carry back home
as keep sake. For young and old we
are going to have the celebrated edu-
Gated horse, st. Gauden, which has been
shown at COney Island all summer. You
can look for treat here. About the
very funniest thing, though, will be the
African Dip" Everybody wants to
know Just what an African Dip" is
whether it's a kind of an animal. a
piece of machinery, a game, or Just an
ordinary 'colored person" If you
things, and more, you might not be very
far wrong. But the AFRICAN Dip
will be demonstrated, shown, PLAYED or
exhibited, or all, and if you want to and
out just what it is, go to the Fair Sep
tember 13, Ia and 15