Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-09-17
BLOOMINGTON
special Correspondence to the Herald.
THE FAIR.

THE FAlR.
The Bloomington Fair was a success
in spite Of a rainy Thursday. The
program for that day was set over to
Friday and Fridays program was put
on Saturday. The attendance Friday
and Saturday was good, considering
the roads and the postponed program,
and as consequence the society is a
little ahead of the game on the ex-
hibition.
The attractions were good and met
with hearty reception. Mount Hope
won the baseball pennant, defeating
the Patch Grove team Thursday by a
score of 10 to 3, and the Lancaster
team Friday, 10 to s. The tug of war
feature proved as popular as ever, and
the honors were carried off by Little
Grant. The team for that town
pulled Bloomington township Friday.
Saturday Mt Hope pulled Blooming
ton village, and then Little Grant
p0lle1 Mt. Hope, but of course Mt.
Hope had two pulls in succession.
DR.. Tanners Carnival Co. furnished
lot of amusement. Two high dives
from an So foot ladder into a small
net, and two fine balloon ascensions
proved very popular. Howard S
trained bears and dogs we're very
pleasing, especially to the children.
Col. Joe Greer's Wild West was as
we'll received as any part of the pro-
gram. We are proud of this home
talent part of the program. The
midway was full of stands and shows
and presented a lively appearance.
The green running and mule races
we're lively and furnished a lot of
fun.
The exhibits in all departments
were very good. The art hall was
we'll filed, and some of the exhibits
deserve special mention. The cattle
exhibit was unusually good. The
principal cattle exhibitors were L. NJ.
Scott & Son, McKevitt Bros, Ernest
Alexander, Rich Bros Lewis Wet
more Gay Landon, Henry Knapp, Lee
Brookens, K. W. Hedemann, Herman
Voss, Fred Cooper, Everett Baker,
Matt Petrie, John Patterson, Les Orr.
The horse exhibits also were above
par, the exhibitors being Thos. Nc
Namara, Lyness Bros, Peter Kinsler,
John Davis, Doris Jarratt, Everett
Baker, j. L. Erwin, Levi Ryan, Les
Orr, Hugh Harper, Leon Knapp, Fred
Foster, VIM. Tiller. Clarence Grebe,
Frank Smith. jim Myers. Six car
Iiage teams were entered and VIM.
Tiller won first place and Fred
Foster second. With eight single
carriage horses competing Doris
Jarratt won first place and Ed. Welch
second. Out of seven driving teams
Doris Jarratt's won first place and Ed
Welch's second. John Patterson got
first on draft team and Paul Humphrey
second. There was a nice show of
hogs, the exhibitors being Ernest
Alexander, Everett Baker, J. L.
Erwin, w. F. Alderman, H. G.
Vesperman, Lester Orr, Frank Atkin-
son, Lee Brookens, McKevitt Bros.
W. @. Taylor. Sheep-Peter Pagan,
0. II. Martin, John Patterson. Mil.
ton Cooper, Lester Orr. Poultry
Burnell Oates, R. w. Hedemaun, A
G. Tubbs, Roscoe Tubbs, John Mason,
NJ. Hoffman, John Davis, Donald
Brady, Lee Bailey, Jas. Baliantinse.
Lots of music was furnished by the
Bloomington, Brooks Stock Co. and
Tanner Carnival Bands.
The Union Cemetery Association of
Patch Grove fed the crowds and made
a fair margin of profit.
The Blakes Prairie Agricultural
Society is very grateful to the people
for their patronage and assistance.
The fair generally was voted a sue
cess by the patrons. With the en-
couragsment given the society will 60
on and put up a still better fair next
year. Probably the fair will be held
on the same dates next year.
LOCALS.
The Brooks Stock Company broke
the record at the opera house last
week. The public was we'll pleased
with the plays, and the players were
not inclined to regret the big business.
Clyde Scharfenstein, who holds a
responsible position with the Houston
Manufacturing Co., of Rockford, Ill.
has been home for fair week, and re-
turns to his work this Tuesday.