Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12


which was held the past week, from
TUESDAY until Friday, was as usual, {
great success. The attendance was
not as large as in former years, on ac-
count of threatening weather, on Wed
nesday and a very heavy rain on We'd
nesday night The fair was excellent
and notwithstanding the very dry sea
son, there was a splendid display oi
all kinds of grains, farm products and
live stock.
The midway was filled with the
usual side shows and stands selling
all kinds of devices and where one
could get anything he wanted in the
line of eatables and soft drinks.
The merry-go- go-round with its old
tunes did a good business and the rain
or the soft track did not stop it's run
ming.
The displays in the main building
were arranged about as on former
years On the lower floor, near the
north stairway were the grains
wheat, rye, oats, buckwheat, barley,
etc. The display was very fine and Of
exceedingly good quality. The corn,
notwithstanding the lateness of the
season, before it began to make head
way in its growth, was equal to that
shown on former years. The stalks
were from twelve to fourteen feet
high and the ears well filled out. The
exhibit of grasses was exceedingly
fine, as was also the alfalfa. 1t was a
good year for peas and the display
showed twenty-three varieties.
Down the center of this floor were
fruits and all kinds of vegetables,
showing a great variety, and as
healthy a growth as can be found
anywhere in the state. The display of
potatoes was not equal to former years
as the crop in almost all parts of the
county is a failure. There are places
in the county, however, that have
turned out very good crops, and there
were some fine spuds on hand. On
this floor was the asylum display
which was unusually attractive, with
its decorations of flowers and various
growths. About all the good things
one can think ofWere il the collection
The Marathon County School Of Ag-
riculture and Domestic Economy had
very attractive corner, showing what
that institution can do and was doing
The towns of Weston, Ringle and FL
deron had individual booths in which
were splendid displays of what those
towns can produce.
L. H. Cook, county clerk, had a dis
play showing what can be raised on q
city lot. 1t consisted of vegetables
| flowers, etc.
There were booths occupied by the
| following firms: Frank Kurth, hard
ware; Chas, Helke, furniture; Hoosiel
Kitchen Cabinet Co., cabinets; Sell
Bros, hardware; Peth Candy Co., con
fectionery; H. S. Wright, victrolas ant
musical goods; Farmers Cooperative
| Packing Co., a booth advocating pas
teurization; Marathon ShoeCO shoes
V. G. Ringle, motorcycles.
One of the places about which peo
pie gathered was where the cheese
butter and honey was displayed.
On the upper floor, the Wausar
Broom Co. had one corner, and there
were booths by H. c. Bonsa, knitting
Colby. photographer; Porath & Schlae
| fer. shoes; Johnson's Electric Shop
electrical goods; A. NJ. Peterson, pic
| ture frames; Mrs J. W. Coates, Edi
son machines; Wausau Gas Co., stoves
and gas fixtures; Toburen, phOtogra
pher; Wausau Canning Co.; Phillip
florist.
On this floor was also a booth givel
over to the Wausau Business colleg
and University extension work
the art department which had an ex
cellent display of paintings and work
of art; rural school exhibits; tiowe
display, and the domestic department
cooking and canned goods. The en-
tire center of the building was give
over to the display of ladies fame
work. as on former years.
| One of the most interesting display
in the building was the old relics an
curios, in charge of Mrs. Elizabet
Holman. There were found here lin
ems over 100 years old; china, yer
old. from England, Austria, German!
America, Sweden and other countries
Beautiful pieces of silk, over 100 year
old. silver and pewter goods, very OLE
Books. done before the time of print
ing. Indian and war relics. A bah
dress, the one who wore it was no
over sixty wears of age, and was
the fair. Confederate money, spinnin
wheels. and stems from many countrle
Mrs. H. Z. Hawley had the largest II
dividual collection, showing many IL
teresting things; among them tC
bacco set used by her father, Benz.
! Berry, who came here in the forties
it was a set which had been hande
down to him and must be nearly II
\ years old; a map of the U. s., of 1885
an iron boot-jack owned by DR.. W. !
Gordon. who resided here in the SOS
I a compass used by B. F. Berry and
shaving brush and bowl which b
used when he came into this pinery
a needle book which was carrie
through the civil war. with the orig
8 nal needle in it; Chippewa India
& head belt made here i'm 1910, sever;