The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-03
RY VIM. r. sANeORN

A gentlemanly farmer from over
Economy way. arose in meeting at the
Corn Show this morning to remark:
Brother, the pig at 300 pounds Is
a hog
This to the present writer anent
his eulogium on the porky tribe IN the
Palladium on Thursday.
Wouldn't wonder If over esteemed
orn-growing and pig-raising friend Is
correct And yet, brethren. we have
never "met-up" with hog which
wasn't also pig from center to cir
conference, at any and all weights.
An Early Riser.
We can hardly imagine Frank M.
Jones, our genial co-conspirator In
boosting corn shows as Queen OF the
May No indeed, nothing like that.
of course, not in any number of years.
But Mr. Jones Am suttinly an airly
rizah," be it May or January if there
is a corn show on the days bill. We
Judge that he was out taking the
shutters down at four o'clock Friday
morning and had the place busted and
all het up by candle light.
At any rate the farmer who ate his
breakfast before it was humanity time
to be hungry found the doors open and
"Welcome" on the mat, no matter how
early he arrived And many came
early to take in this show of surpas-
sing interest to everyone who wants
to produce two or three ears of corn
where erstwhile one ear has been his
limit.
And that. gentle reader is really the
WHY of all corn shows in all places.
And by the beard of the prophet
lot of level-headed farmers in Historic
Old Wayne are going to do that very
thing in the sweetly near future. And
there are others of like mind, all over
the corn belt.
And isn't it comforting thought
that in some sunny future day. one
can buy a bushel of corn, Or a mea-
sure of meal for edible purposes, for
a little less money. In that happy
day one may perchance be able to en-
Joy a tenderloin or pork chop without
calling upon his wife's rich relatives
for help.
But again we digress. The corn
show awaits further description. sup
Elementary to the facts from herein
on Thursday.
Donors to the Premium Fund.
Inasmuch as a corn show cannot be
run exclusively on enthusiasm, 1t was
found necessary to raise lot or
cash, and to secure donations OF ar
ticles for award The business men
of Richmond responded in their usual
liberal manner as is evidenced by the
following list of contributors:
Grand Leader, mdse., IS; Palladium,
S25: B. & B. Shoe Store, cash. 81;
Druitt Bros, picture, SO; Holthouse
Furniture Co, mdse.. IS; Item, cash.
$40; Cooper's Grocery Store, mdse..
So: International Harvester Co, corn
cultivator. worth $40; American Seed
ing Machine company, corn planter.
worth $50; Dickinson Trust company,
cash, $40; Second National Bank,
cash, $40; First National Bank, $40;
American Trust &Savings company,
cash, $40; Union National Bank, cash,
$40: Milton Farmers Bank, cash, So;
Jones & Williams, cash, $40; Jones
Hardware company, cash, $40; Geo.
Knollenberg Co., mdse., $40; Dfckfn-
son Jewelry Store, clock, $40; Egge-
meyer & Sons, mdse, SIS; Reeds Fur
niture Store, mdse, S.; Romey's Fur
niture Store. mdse, IS; Starr Piano
company, piano stool, worth IS; Lee
B. Nusbaum' Store company, mdse.,
SIS; Fred Grothaus, mdse., IS; Hoosier
Store, mdse.. s4; Krogers Grocery
Store. mdse., 81: Weiss Furniture
company, mdse, Sc; Feltman's Shoe
Store, mdse. SIS; Thomas & VESSEL,
cash, So; Boston, Store. mdse., IS;
Haner's Jewelry Store. mdse. So;
Quigley's, mdse, S.; Jenkins Jewelry
Store, trophy cup, $40; Model Cloth
ing Store. mdse.. IS; Mashmeyer,
Granger company, mdse., IS; Seaney's
Hardware Store, casserole. $3.50;
Frankel & Harding. mdse., So; Pro-
gress Hat Store, mans hat, IS; P. S.
Twigg, cash, ST. laval Jewelry Store
soup ladle, IS. and carving set. $3.50:
Miller Hardware company, cash, So;
O. G. Whelan, mdse., IS.
Mr. J. C. Kline, county agent. Sc
cured the various donations and is
largely responsible for the makeup of
the premium list
Canning Club Exhibits.
The girls canning club makes very
creditable showing of table delicacies
In tin and glass. For instance, Miss
Helen Jones, of Hagerstown, presents
a display of canned peas, beans. mush-
rooms, carrots, tomatoes, rhubarb.
straw berries, pears, honey, etc.-four-
teen jars in all.
In fact the canning club display en-
braces pretty nearly all the fruits, ber-
ries and vegetables found in first
class grocery stock. with some of the
old-fashioned d-forpound" pre-
serves and jellies to tempt the ap-
petite. Long live the canning club
idea, in peace or war.
Among the other youthful exhibitors
in this class are: Violet Osborn. Alice
Lemon, Virginia Livingston, Martha
Webb, l.. Thurman, Ruth Hasemeier.
Marguerite Stevens and Louise Bent
ley.
JUDGE M. e. Cromer Arrives
The illness of Prof A. r. Wianco,
of Purdue, who WITS to have acted as