The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-11-15
FLED WITH YOUTH
advancing Years DESTROYED mu.
sion cf 0It-Ilnie Fair.


Th~ fair stways Appeared as shA
same date Aat ut the saEa@ place In
the particular town eaeh year. In ehe-
di~ae@ to sosase mysterious calendar
thar probably a%vsr xet into print. hoe
thar. n@yeEtteless. wss pessesfiy wei
known tn tae shaw folk No u1s
knew cx1rtsy. ar cared exnrFfr,
whence these she~men and sfeu
women cane. They s~vxsss to eagn-
rgisa a seritabss perlpatetie army.
whose whole daty @as 10 travel fr0-a
ere eaa Of Great Britain To the other
and entvTtata and sastruct less rursa.
cate peopte. Jadging frcn the gtaF-
Ing posters GA thwir wag0us, bgt more
particularly frosa the huge paiullnxs
which adorned their shew frvaks.
they had travelled 10 the uttrrtn9ss
parts Of the earth. In order tn fsn1
the subjects fur thelr unique and re-"
fined entertainment" aud had beva re-
wafd@d by the patronage Ut maet vi
the crowned heads al Eareps and The
presidents of ths Amerfcaa republics
They rude fur the snast part In shewy
caravans. adorned with pletures and
seat iisti~ white curtains dvswa
across litsis windows. and topped by
smoking ehlmn~y~ uv they drove
wagons piled with properties. " vaas
the sreat ends Vt which could b. LEI
down ard tsanxfosxasd into m ilarns~
Ing shaw treat white the opposite
cod eoald b. mystrvsousiy eionGas-d.
and isl Tiers sprasx inso being. with.
Ia th~ space II = fev minutes, q long.
tubular riffs gallery!
The newe Ut the arrival At the ffrM
wssua. ee thu iirss Eilded esrsvan. or
Of the setting up u the hsss tens pole,
thu sase sign sad symbol of the enns-
Ing of the annual fair. WAS always .
~eaFc~ If intense Interest and esgss~
taney TO the youns seneratiea In tho
town. stnSglisy dssaehtnents n
boys aud girls wnQid seon be mo.iax
toward The fair ground To ~ FIRST Inn
pressions Of the pleasure To eoass.
And when the op~ninS day Of the
fair had actually arrived. or, better
attn. when the day Of days. which vas
market day. had come, ard tho
grounds were psekrd With people, and
one had already ",tone" the circus
twice, watched the sxxsoas street
procession Ut lords and ladies" ami
howdahed elephants ard had almost
beggMred oneself for the sake Of sess
ing the greatest wtid,heasi show in
the world. with the only live gorilla |
h. captivity" at feeding time, which |
Ut course was the most expensive
tine, there was nothing 10 DO but 10
go through the fatr nnee more The
last penny for that day bad heen
sc~nt. Ii was true. but one Nigh,
have the good fortune to come aerosx
In so,ne corner or hy~ay ef ih~ satT, !
the awesosne person who "Ne fire"
or the wonderful man who lifted
heavy weights Nke tpp., or "swas
lowed swords
Never, ~ II &eemsi. could there hs
- much for nm. to do or to cnhy /
neyer could thars he again. or any. !
where 'slss. ~ much delight "A wnsf
crowded into thoSe avenues ut moist
by siay and noise and flaming uapA,hs
lights by might. whore dozen hrusea
hands played simultaneously. a dogs q |
otgnas scream~i sad trumpeted and
dozen big drums bshgsd from the
steps " thu shows. where hundr~ls
OF rnttlca ratified ana Wsnsor.aG
voices beloved To she cru~ds to pat.
rnA!Ec this ana TO look n, that.
That the olatln,a fair was Away
sure IN be much tha sAtnr. year aftei
year. IA no< much detraet from iss
eyes II those youthful patrons ahs
haa b~vn saving up" for weeks Ia
snfNy til prospective delights Yet "
II true that, rs tttSla wsnt rast, A''a@
thnx of the charm ot ,he satr wat
stth X, Tho Kings" ani "gaeentN
sts,tn.s! i, H. f,S~* royal, the gald nanN
tsa~el ths saers marr ssrlsh the
tssc Wore apparent. the muStc ue@rs
tasopslaueas nnd the show people less
lattrs~tias Thea II VAS that tbs
interest Jagged, sasillnstuu crypt Ia
ana MT last the fair evassSi to attract
II had. indeed. bseswae very ords
nary th5ag