Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-08-27
BIG BADGER FAIR
AT PLATTEvILLE
Exhibition Of Products Of the
Field and the Shop.
SEPT. z, 3, a AND 5 The DATES

-Woman's Department - Baseball
and Vaudeville Attractions.
Again we bid a cheerful welcome
to the most delightful season of all
the year, when the summers work,
will soon be over and all look for
ward to a season of recreation and
pleasure
A fair is public enterprise, a place
where people may meet and exchange
views, study the improved methods,
meet old friends and make new &C
quaintances. It's purpose is to keep
abreast with advanced agriculture and
the trades that community will be
! able to take front rank and cope with
the revolutionizing influences and
| changing customs that are annually
taking place. And for this purpose a
time and place are set apart to bring
together the products of the field and
shop, that stimulus might be given to
those departments of labor upon
which rests our great national wealth.
With this end in view the directors
of the Big Badger Fair at Platteville,
Wis, Sept. 2, 3, and 5. have aimed
by all legitimate means to advance
the agricultural, mechanical and kind
red interests of the country, and by
an examination Of the Premium List
it will be seen thai the prize offerings
!, in each and every department are up
on scale of monumental liberality.
Indeed, there is every reason to an
ticipate that the coming fair will rank
foremost among the autumn exhibit
tions.
Woman's industry and handiwork
help in many ways to produce articles
that are important factors in the sue
cess of an agricultural fair.
A department of the fair, set apart
| for her productions, was wise
thought, as it enables the public to
get glimpse of the assembled prod
ucts of her skill and lets the world
know more of the achievements, the
| power and prowess of woman.
i We wish to have this department
grandly filled, and invite a large con-
tribution. Every body is asked to at
| tend and feast their eyes upon the in
| finity of tokens of woman's brains,
grace and 1oveliness.
In the Racing Department you will
be assured of a good speed program.
The different classes are we'll filled.
L L,
years fair. Races will be honestly
conducted and liberal purses will be
fairly awarded.
Baseball has been inaugurated by
the association this year, and excit-
ing contests are looked for between
| and Beloit.
The four big attractions are the
pick of the vaudeville world who will
entertain our thousands Of patrons
| daily. The Rossow Midgets, the Big
Little attraction; Wilson and Aubrey
in a double explosion Of mirth; Eng
fords in thrilling exhibition of hui
man intrepidity, together with Venus
and Apollo in their tingling rouse Of
exhilarating thrill.
Then there is to be a happy time
for the children. The Doll Pageant
will be one of the most fascinating
| features and will captivate the heart
in front of the amphitheater in the
early evening at the Night Fair.
| This feature the children will en-
| Joy, and when their little hearts are
| glad and laughter trips lightly from
/ their lips you must be glad and laugh
with them. The prettiest thing the
| sun shines upon is the smile of a child.
e, The sweetest sound that greets the
! grateful ear of man is the laughter of
the little ones Come thou with them
and be a child again.
/ Music has always been a necessary
adjunct to all varieties of amuse-
| ments, ard this year Henry and His
Band with Virginia Rankin, lyric So
prano, will furnish the music for the
Big Badger
There is no one insensible to the
| charms OF a concert band, and like
+, all features Of this big fair, the band
is upon a high class scale. This
splendid musical organization furnish
es music morning and afternoon and
on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
nights will give a fine band concert,
assisted by Virginia Rankin, lyric So
prano, on a temporarily constructed
stage directly in front of the amphi-
| theater.
| The Night Fair, which was inaug-
urated som few years ago, will be
popular feature again this year. The
grounds, lighted with their hundreds
of electric lights, furnish most pleas
| ing spectacle.
Come and bring your friends to the
Big Badger Day and Night Fair at
| Platteville, Wis, Sept. 2, 3, and 5.
Every effort will be made to provide
for the care and comfort of all who
attend. Consult your best interests
by patronizing our fair and you will