Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-09-20

last year, Such enterprise in the face
of weather that was capable of any
thing" calls for pride and congratu-
lations.
Not in the history of our society
has finer farm and garden display
been shown. Entries : trifie more
than last year and quality superb in
all respects except potatoes. 1t was
a year of monstrosities: Huge squash
and muskmelon, Is foot cornstalk by
viii Norris, mammoth red and man
gle beets by Clark Wheeler, l3-foot
sun flower with l3-inch flower by WI J.
Atkins, 3-pound tomato by Mrs. Mo.
Lees, 4-foot tobacco by l. p Peterson,
30-pound watermelon by Ole Traastad.
Sebion q Son and Arnt johnson show.
ed collections of sheaf grains; Theo.
Stoleson Is varieties of potatoes.
These gentlemen and Clark Wheeler
were the three larges. exhibitors in
this department
A water soaked syrug and a hot
aud-dry- as-tiDdS- 'amuIer handed the
fruit growers knoutg and naughty
proposition. One hundred fewer en-
tries were made and the horticultural
product as a rule was small and scabby
as compared with some past years.
No. 266, Arnt johnson, showed TWEEN
~ varieties of apples; No. 275, Thema
Jacobus, twenty varieties of apples
and crabs; 23l, Geo. Henry and 1876,
]. II McLees each five varieties of
winter apples.
Possibly the asylum agricultural
booth was not as CLASSY Il show as
when Superintendent Buffers is per-
sonally on the Job, but nevertheless
it was such as TO be decidedly a cred
it to the big Vernon county institu-
tion.
The shortage of fruit and the high
cost of sugar were plainly in evidence
in the canned fruit department, but
the baking and pastry entries were
much more numerous than last year,
and the total of 396 is a substantial
increase.
Entries in domestic manufacture
and ornamental fell short of some
former years in quantity, but as for
quality-well, we don't see how il
could be better The crochet work
was especially good. 1t is fatiguing
to even think of the countless hous
of patient needle-plyine represented
in this department
The art departments showed mark
ed increase over last year-pasutings,
pastel and oil, and burnt wood work
beautiful and original. The floral of
fering we're simply past describing,
exquisite in their loneliness of bios
som and foliage and the center dis
play made floral hall delightfully."- pre-
sentable.
General educational exhibit of our
county schools was marked by much
higher grade of workmanship through
out. Through the corn and aston con-
tests, the childs' department and the
educational exhibit, our county youth
is accorded place alongside of the
grown-ups that is merited. entirely
proper aud TO be encouraged Par
ents, keep the children interested in
these competitive exhibits. "As the
twig is bent, so the tree inclines.
Especially would We like to see a bet
ter filed childs' department. II was
smaller than last year 10y twenty en-
tries. And the fine manual training
and domestic science exhibits of past
wears made by our city schools were
also absent.
The Brown Music Co. RECALLED the
crowd with much appreciated music
fr0u a Nictrola and player piano.
Kuebier Hardware showed among 9TH
er things pipeless furnace which
fair visitors thre atened TO place in
active operation To render the tenn
perature of the hall less disagreeable.
T. c. KnudtsOn displayed cream sepa-
rators: Chas. 5. Slack a miniature silo,
feed mill and silo roof. Q. f. Davis
had his usual Chi-Namel booth. The
w. G. T Y. prepared little coy
rest corner decorated with banners
setting forth arguments for temper
anCe.