Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-22
INTERESTING NEWS
Of BELONG PEOPLE
MANY YEARS AGO
TAKEN FROM THE FILES OF
SEPTEMBER 25, IS79-EX-
CELSIOR FAIR

The following items were taken
from our files of September 25. 1879
They will be of interest to all Bedding
citizens:
The Excelsior Fair
The chief interest of the past week
was the holding of the Excelsior Ag-
riculture Fair on the grounds of the
association at the neighboring village
of Otisco The Fair opened on We'd
nesday, but the second and third days
were the days of special interest. On
Wednesday night considerable rain
fell, and Thursday morning was eX-
ceedingly unpropitious. The day had
not far advanced before the clouds
gave way, the sun shone out with
brightness, and by noon quite a large
number We're in attendance. The veg
etable department, as was to be eX-
pected, was exceedingly poor. The
dry weather of the summer had rem
dered creditable exhibition in this
department impossible. There were,
however, some very excellent samples
of early potatoes. The fruit depart
ment presented a very fine exhibit of
almost all kinds. No former Fair of
the association has shown a greater
variety nor better quality of fruit.
The display of stock was creditable.
Henry Lessiter Of Grattan had ON eX-
hibition II head of cattle, and as sur
prising as it may SEEM every one was
decorated with a ribbon-nine of
them carried off the blue, and eight
the red. This fact is very compli-
mentary to Mr.. Lessiter as stock
grower. His sheep also carried off q
large proportion of the premiums The
usual variety of horses was at hand.
We have not the space TO enumerate
the awards. In the stallion race,
which came off on Thursday after
noon, Gold Dust, owned by DR.. Peck
of Lowell, took the first premium, and
Elmore, owned by C. J. Church of
Greenville, took the second. At the
trial of speed open to all, which came
off on the afternoon of Friday, Tran
sit, owned at Lowell, took first money;
Gold Dust, second; and Little Fred
third. In running race Lady For
sythe, owned by Mitchell & Forsythe,
took first money. The mechanical de-
partment was we'll represented. Beld-
ing parties were prominent in this
display. W., l.. & W.. had samples
of doors, blinds. moulding and window
frames, and the taste displayed by
their workmen received special COM
ment. Jas. Callaghan had fine dis
play of harness. arranged in tasty
and attractive manner A. +. Weter
was on hand with a fine variety Of
jewelry and a display of sewing ma
chimes. Our marble shops were both
represented by fine samples of work.
The monument on exhibition by Jer-
sey & Murray attracted much atten-
ton. The material, Tennessee mar
bic, was novel to large numbers, and
the work upon it displayed superior
taste and skill. The monument is to
be placed at the grave of Mrs. J.
Westover. recently deceased. The
marble referred to is susceptible to a
high degree of finish, and is said to
be very enduring quality Of stone.
The slab on exhibition by Sprague &
Savage was superior in design, and
equally so in execution. In short, we
may say that there are few towns in
the state that can boast of better
work than is sent out by these two
establishments. No premium was
awarded upon these, but the commit