Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-09-23
COUNTY FAIR
WAS A BIG SUCCESS

tary's office on the Morgan county
fair ground.
Time: Last Wednesday morning,
! Sept. Is.
| Enter: John D. Barkhurst on
whose record and achievements rest
many laurels, and who Tightfully
| boasts "Ten Years" as he thinks of
his service as secretary Of the fair.
After a few remarks to the board
judges, exhibitors and to a few 9TH
ers assembled. he introduces DR..
James Ball Naylor, the bard of the
Muskingum, who delivered an inspir-
ing address which ended in the poem
from which is taken the quotation
heading this column.
Such was the first gun" of the
| 73d annual Morgan county fair. In
the front ranks of the crowd stood
President Harry F. Carter, gazing
out over the landscape, still looking
| forward to a greater fair. Picture
him in 1913, new member visiting
the fair ground with the board, just
after the food took everything but
the mortgage" A couple of years
| later, he became president. Then
he began working with his board and
building fair which stands today
as an educational and social institu-
ton of which the people of Morgan
county are proud. And it is evil
denced by the way that Treasurer
r. X. Longley reported approx
imately 5000 admissions paid on
Friday. When was there larger
crowdo
Who ever saw $50 much stuff" at
the fair? Space along the midway
was crowded with tents of conces-
| slonalres; every stall, coop and pen
was filled, and all booths in the art
hall were filled with exhibits, but
| one. Not only was space taken, but
each space contained an exhibit of
educational merit.
For the entertainment of fair Wis
itors, a free attraction was secured
in the Hampton family of colored
| musicians and the gentlemen banjo
lists from Logan, and the latter play
| ed and sang many familiar ballads
and several folk songs common to
the Ohio valley. The youngsters in
| the Hampton family are born mu-
| sicians and can execute the Charles
ton,. Bobby Jones, Dixie Strut, and
| other dances to a high degree of per
fection. But hold! The Malconta
band was there in all its glory, some
music all the time.
The cattle show was UP to par or
above. The Shorthorn show was
enlarged somewhat by an out of
county herd, that of L. W. Elliott &
Son of Charlottesville, said herd
containing the grand champion bull
and female of the show Some 9TH
| er exhibitors of Shorthorns were
Glenn Bros, Cheadle. Mccormick
and Ferguson, all carrying herds of
good cattle.
The champion Hereford bull was
Bullion 40th, shown by J. V. Rut-
ledge. He formerly headed the herd
of G. E. Richardson & Son, said herd
furnishing the champion female of
that breed at the show. Bullion
still carries his show form in spite of
the fact that he is considered to be
in breeding herd condition. A good
quality to breed for. isn't it?
At the big state fairs, the Royal
and International, a common dialect
heard among beef cattle herdsmen is
that of the Bonnie Scot. The Nor
gan county fair has now had that
honor. Mr.. Williamson who herds for
Earle Dougan. showed the good
Polled Hereford bull for Dover Bros.
Mr.. Williamson "came over" from
Scotland with a string of Shorthorns
about 20 years ago. In the ship
ment was the best bull bred at Upper
Mill, Upper Mill Omega, a Shorthorn
bull of Canadian Shorthorn fame.
Mr.. Williamson has been herding
'ere-fords" for the last few years
Drive out to Deerfeld and see him.
The Jerseys were a choice lot this
year and exhibited in respectable
quantity. Had the board any assur-
ance that SO large number would
have been shown, a special Jersey
judge would have been secured, re-
specting, however, the judgment of
Mr. Brown who tied the ribbons for
the fawn colored breed from the
Channel Islands. Coulson and Van
Fossen of Pennsvile showed the
champion female, Mayflower, a nice
type two year old COW. She is bred
strong in the blood lines of the A.
B. Johnson herd of Trimble. Coul- !
son and Van Fossen also showed the !
champion Jersey bull, Valindas Ted, !
a smooth, high qualified Island type |
bull. G. o. White took several firsts |
in the Jersey show. Other exhibitors |
were E. c. Bowman and Jesse |
of Chesterhill, H. A.
Morris of Roxbury and J. H. Stalker !
of McCoEnelsville. Come again next |
year boys, We'll have real show for !
you, purple rosettes and everything. |
The horse men made good eX- !
hibit this year. Mont II was the
champion Belgian stallion. He is as
likely a piece of masculine horse |
flesh as has been on the fair ground |
for some time. He is clean limbed,
active for the average Belgian,
smooth and solidly muscled.
Sheep have made Morgan county
famous. The country is looking to
Morgan county for good Merinos.
They have been we'll advertised by
Fawcett & Hill, Richardson, and the
Al sheep club members, who start
ed the sheep club show at the Ohio
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