Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-12-28
WITH THE ARISTOCRATS
OF THE FIELD

OF THE FIELD
It is the experience of many of
our farm folk, who depend upon the
soil for a living, that their meager
income is SO scanty that life is one
of ceasless toll, even becoming
drudgery, and their only break is
when they attend a public sale, or
get to attend county fair. This
class make upaquite percent OF our
rural population. And we have
those who succeed very we'll finan-
cially on the farm and have by them
considerable of this worlds goods,
yet they have become plodders, and
have little or no desire to take even
the semblance of a vacation, but
choose to spend all their time with
in the confines of their possessions
On the other hand, only very recent
ly, hundreds of thousands of farm
ers, noble men of the soil, whose
hands were brown with toll, took to
the railroad, the auto, and the bus,
and arrived in Chicago, climbed the
double fight of stairs to the "L"
and the next hour or so, oxfords,
slippers, work shoes open-toed
pumps, bIuchers, kangaroo and calf
skin were MASKING the sawdust and
tan-bark in the biggest show that
was ever put on in this, or any 9TH
er country under the Shining sun.
Back in the late COS, when all
America joined with the city of Buff
falo, N Yin making a great expo
sition of the products and resources
of the countries of the western hem
isphere, Chicago started new fea-
ture at it's great stock-yard by CIV
ing stock show. Most everybody
today has heard something about
Chicago's world famous Interna-
tional Live Stock Exposition. Ad-
jacent to the great stock yard an
immense building with 20 acres OF
brilliantly lighted floor space is
found the aristocracy of the field
from nearly every state in the union,
Canada and over the sea are
herded together in deep new beds of
straw. They are scrubbed and man
toured and combed until they shine
like farmers boy logged up for
Sunday school. In the center of a
vast amphitheatre, which encircles
spacious arena, is paraded the,
choicest members of the animal
kingdom-horses cattle, sheep and
swine, to the delight and cheers of
thousands of enthusiastic visitors.
This amphitheatre and the use to-
which it is put, is to this country
what the coliseum was to Rome -
but for an entirely different purpose.
no gladiatorial combats, or Chris
tian martyrs to be eaten by hungry
lions. Instead, a vast multitude Of
civilized people whose ears are hear
ing, and whose feet are pulsing the
time of stirring band and orchestra
music, while their eyes are behold
ing the proud march of the Percher-
ons and Clydesdales and all others,
passing in review. making the
grand entree of the travelling circus
look little and insignificant. If you
have the idea that this show is
nothing only a big, stag party, you
have another guess coming. Paint
de lips. silk dresses and monocle
are as much in evidence as crooked
canes. rim trim. and cookie duster
mustaches and patent-Ieather shoes.
While we have never been interest
ed in stock. what is this Interna-
tional Show to you Mr.. Stockman
who know what you are talking
suitably arranged on the ground
floor, the sheep and hogs on the sec
ond floor, and the display of corn
and wheat and other grains, on the
third floor Men who have eXcelled
in live stock. or other agricultural
pursuits are called "kings."
Ohio had no corn kings" but
her sister state, Indiana, stood high
in championships. Illinois, first;
Indiana, second; Iowa, third. This
International Exposition is the
place to see kings and princes that
live on hay and grain, and thou
sands of samples of seeds from var
ious parts of the world-from Can
ada to Australia and Argentine. Not
the least at this show are the hun
dreds of members of the All clubs. /
Today they are bright-faced boys
and girls: tomorrow they will be 4
Americas farmers. They too, are
capturing a lot of the prizes.you re- |
member Irene Brown, the Illinois
school girl who last year captured
the grand champion title with her
baby beef Aberdeen and this year
it was lGnky Texas boy with his
Hereford. Another feature,-if you
don't know how to ''eat TO live
and many of us do not, (if grave
yards could talk they'd tell you so) !
This Chioago show will teach you
much aicne that line. Besides
when ven visit Chicago you are see
ing a city second to New York, and
it is . show itself. Most everybody /
seemed to be busy.-at least they
carried laad-pencil behind their
ear policemen and conductors
were verv rolite. We asked some
Of them how they came to be that
wav? 1--WE have to be-" was their
reply We insisted that they had
practiced it until it became second
nofure to them. Big show, big city, |
all worth while.-Silas Thorla.