The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1915-10-08
UNCLE!:RUFUS ON TIT B|GFAIR
Some Comments on the Third An.
nuaI Meilette County Fair Held
Here Last Week.

Well, the Big Millet County Fare i
over an we are all mighty glad we wa
thare. We woodent have mist seein
that er big turnup that Gin Hard!
"Growed in Happy Hollow Say
fer CROWN big things, ye jist can't
beet Millett county dirt no place
Glad Feller was runnin all over town
tryin to find pair of scales soz he
could take a pitcher shown Gin Har.
dy weighin the turnup soz folks can
see with there own rs that it weighs
22 pounds. frankie sed he thot there
ort TO be a tape measure in tn pitcher
TO show just how big acrost it was.
And Wilson sed that wuZ all rite two,
but how could we keep tn folks
whitch don't know how Millet county
soil produces, from thinkin MiSsus
Groom brot that big turnup with her
from loway? Sham Backer sed we
shood tx an affa-dayid signed by all
tn church members and let th Lit
tie Minister head tn list, an have it
subscribed and sworn to before Broth
er Kerlin, notary publick, whitch
wood prove that this a4Sed turnup
growed from a seed which wuz plant
ed on.Gim Hardys place in Happy
Hollow: that, the rains descended frum
tn tlleecy clouds which floats about
in tn true blue sky which belongs to
Happy Hollow. and did water and
cause sed seed to take root and sed
plant did thrive.an wax an flourish
in Happy Hollow till it attained the
aforesed dimensions an proportions:
aforesed turnup bein growed fer tn
specitick purpose ov maxim a big hit
at tn Millet County Fair at Wood,
South Dakoty, which it sure did.
Well, sir, talk about yer boosters.
! want tell yer somethin: They is
some wimmen in Millet county that
can beet some men by II city blocks.
They was little woman at tn fair
frum Rosebud Valley which is about
II miles over north ov Wood. Well,
MiSsus Ham was her name, wuz jist
workin tooth an nail fer to show
everbuddy what tn dirt over in Rose
bud Valley is good fer. An she done
a good COB ov it two. She had tn
biggest lot ov things showed by eny
one an she done most ov the raisin ov
it herself tow. Sed she sent off an
got all tn different kinds ov seeds fer
garden sass she Good think ov, an she
sure. worked like turk putin it on
display at til fair. We wuz all tick
led to deth to see her carry off tn
prize Of $25, fer she is sure a good
booster. Tn wurk she done getherin
tn stuff up an bringin it to tn fair
wuz wirth tn 25 dollars all rite, to
say noShhn' of raisin it. Missus Ham
sez it is wirth lots to her to be able
to make tn exhibit If fer nothin
else theh to show tn folks way back
east what wonderful stuff they kin
grow on virgin soil in Millett County,
state Of South Dakoty. The Hams
took whole hank of blue ribbons
home with em, an we say hooray fer
sich good boosters.
Say, fellers, tn folks all over tn
United States of Americky is watch.
in Millett county grow. Th' Dokoty
Farmer, (which is tn crackinest
farm paper we no ov) sent their rep
resentative, Mister Rudolph, clear
down frum Aberdeen to see what us
fellers is doin, an he sure seen enuf to
keep him thinkin fer some spell to
KUN. Tn fust thing he heered ov
after he landed in Winner wuz about
tn big Millett County Fair at Wood
an the next thing he heered ov was
about tn big things that grows in
Happy Hollow. Now whatta you
think ov that? Ut pays to advertise
in tn Pioneer.) He heered all about
the little Sunday School out in Hap
py Hollow: what good times they
have; how tn wimmen made up there
mind to build church; how all tn
fellers fell in line an is boostin tn
little church with all there mite, an
how tn wimmen Is maxim aperns an
fancy things and sellin them fer tn
church, an how they was sellin lunch
es at tn big Wood Fair, an sew 4th.
Mister Rudol IN lost no time huntin
up the Happ, Hallow head quarters
and agreed tjat Happy Hollow has
tn folks VIII. ch kin do things.
Missus Hancock KUN clear from
Lincoln, Mel. sky, to see tn big fair
at Wood all tu buy somethin frum tn
Happy Hollow Ladies Society becaus
they are build.n tn fust church in
tn county built by white people.
Missus Groom wuz imported frum
Ioway to help the Happy Hollow La
dies wait on tables, an also Missus ID.
w. Hanna frum Lexington, Nebrasky
formerly known as Miss Grace Brown