Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-03
MARATHON COUNTY FAIR
Big Event the Past Week-Surp6sse
All ExpectatiOns-Largely At
tended and Big Success

The Marathon county fair Of
| 1918 is an event of the past
Last week, August 27, %, 20, and 80
Wausau and Marathon county cele-
brated the annual fair week. Our
people got together, also brought their
produce, stock, poultry, etc., and had a
grand exhibition on the fair grounds
| SO that all could see what wonderful
things are raised in this big county.
; 1t was really the annual reunion of
the county and city folks and all bad
a good time visiting, eating, taking in
the attractions, etc. Many out of town
people were here, and the city was
crowded during the fai- days.
Last Tuesday was the opening day,
at which time the live stock was en-
tered for competition, tents erected,
booths made up, exhibits put in place,
There was no charge for admission to
the grounds in the evening and many
visited the carnival shows.
On Wednesday morning the weather
man forgot all about the big doings
planned and sent us dark, dreary and
rainy weather, and once in awhile Sc
we're electrical storms made their ap-
pearance, keeping hundreds and hun
dreds of people away, who had ex-
pected to go.
Thursday morning dawned beauti-
fully, and everybody who possibly
could went to the grounds in the
morning and remained until after the
fireworks in the evening. At noon
business was practically suspended
in the city giving every body an OPP
portunty of attending the big fair.
Automobiles by the hundreds were
parked all over and thousands and
thousands of people were out to see
the days program. Thursday was
known as "Wausau Day."
The last day being Friday, the
crowd was not so large, and all those
having stock and poultry on the
grounds, got them ready in the
afternoon to ship back to their
farms again. The displays in
the exhibition building were taken
down, and everything was cleaned up,
showing that the fair had come to a
close for this year.
All the stock departments we're
large and attractive premiums given.
The cattle barns were filled with beau
tiful herds. There was an unusually
large exhibit of sheep, also draft and
driving horses The hog pens were
filled and the poultry department was
equal to any ever had on the grounds.
The stock parade was interesting in
cluding some very fine herds of cattle
such as Brown Swiss, Guernseys, Jer-
seys, Red Polls, etc. A stock sale
was held on the grounds Friday
morning.
The exhibition building near the
entrance to the grounds was especially
attractive. The first floor contained
beautiful displays of grains, grasses,
vegetables, fruits, etc. Booths had
been arranged by various towns in the
county in which were displays of pro-
ducts raised in their respective places
Among the towns exhibiting their pro-
duce were Weston, Ringle, Marathon,
Knowlton and Elderon. The booths
had received careful attention and
were artistically arranged. The dis
play of grains included different var
ieties of wheat, rye, oats, peas, en-
silage, beans, clover, corn, etc. The
first floor of the building also had dis
plays of all kinds of vegetables i'm
aginable, such as, pumpkins, potatoes,
squash, cabbage, tomatoes, beets, car
rots, rutabagas, celery, beans, rhu-
barb, etc. Several varieties of fruit
were also noticeable. Apples, crab
apples, grapes, plums, ever-bearing
and other berries were
on the exhibition tables. Several busi-
ness concerns of the city also had
booths on the first floor displaying
their wares to the public. The display