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Parent Issue
Day
7
Month
October
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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The annual fair has come and gone. Fourteen thousand men, women and childrön entered the grounds, admirod the exhibits and sports and visited with friends f rom all over the county. On ïuesday exhibits were placed on the ground and all things were made ready for the real beginning Wednesday morning. Wednesday'saUendance was about three thousand. On Thursday eight thousand were present and on Friday the numberdropped again to about three thousand. As one entered the fair ground he saw on the right hand the "Ocean Wave,'1 a sort of merry go round with an up and down wave motion added. A crowd was always on hand and some amusing scènes were witnessed. On the left was a large tent opened to all and provided with" several hundred seats. Here the Ann Arbor Music Co. gava free concerts: here Salvation Army meetings were held and addresses were delivered. Here persons tired of walking about the grounds could find a place to sit down and rest and the tent was always thronged. In the mam hall and floral hall one eaw exhibits of every thing f rom potatoes and squashes to fancy embroidery. Here was producá brought from (arm? all over the county, displays of work by school children, puintings and fancy work. Here too were ' booths of merchante where articles were diüplayed to advertise business and to gratify lovers of different lines of goods. Here also were special displays simply for the pleasure of those who desired to see something novel and interesting. Among these was the exhibit of war relies. Around this booth a crowd could always be found. Old weapons, including muskets, rifles, pistols" swords mingled with canteens, flags musical instruments and tattered blue auits which our citizens wore in the Eebellion. Three muskets were stacked near the front of the booth. One had the caplock of the civil war while the other two were old flint licked relies of earlier days. A placard announced that they belonged to the Pingree family. One had been carried in the Rebollion by our present Governor. One llis father had used in the war 1812 while his grand iather had used the other in '76 to help win Americanindependence. Another curiousity that attracted much attention was the live rattle snake exhibitedat the Register booth. Thia was captured in a swamp south of (Oontinued on pase four.) VERY SUCCESSFUL LCoiitiuuod from pago one.l town by Mr. Oscar Wheeler who coaxed it into his coat sleeve and brougbt it to Ann Arbor. Diiïo.rent persons thought ditïerently of the snake. One womon saitl, "Oh you dear littlc tlnng, [!d like to pet you i E it wasn't for that horrid glass. " Others would give a little scream and say, "Ugh tht horrid thing." A.nother feature was a chaise formoi'ly used by Gov. Cass in territorial days, when he was governor of Michigan. It belongs to ex-Sheriiï E. W. Wailace, who bought it early in 1860, when Gen. Cass was still alive, to authenticate the historyof the chaise It is said to be 75 year old, but it is in daily use and iooks substantial enough to last 50 years more. The attendant saysnothing on it has been renewed but axle groase, the tiros, the paint and soine leather fittings. In the way of amusements the fair issociation had a rood series provided. Fancy rifle and pistol shooting took place every day ; the races, tight rope walking and slcate dancing were go tá. On Thursday c ame the greatest attrac tion of all when Otis E. Killenbeck and Nellie M. Furguson were married. The wedding took place ia Iront of the grand stand. Tl. e stand was packed and erowds filled the track below. A lar ge platform drawn on wlieels was driven up and after pushing, tugging, hauling and almost fighting the erowd was pushed back enough to let the platform take a place in front of the grand stand where the wedding took place, Rev. Mr. Arnold, oí Ypsilanti, officiating. One of Friday's chief attractiorts resulted in a coraedy. A race was scheduled in which George Benedict was to run flve miles against fivo men each running one mile. Among the five were three University amateur runners. They were dressed for the race and had stepped up on the track when some one remarked that Benedict was a professional. The boy s had not thought of this but they knew that one such race would bar theni from amateur contests forever; they walked away and the race was not run. Several pupils from the puplic schools contested for the Register special prize for the best map of Washtenavv county. The best one was made by Albert Men zei, of Emery; a special feature of this map is that it shows the location of every schoolhouse in the county. Great industry is shown in the lists of words sent for Prof. Kempf 's special premium, Miss Cora M. Allen, of Pittsñeld, who won, had over 2,000 words which were made of the letters in the words "A trick and Zeidler." Several schools gave good exhibits.. and District Xo 4, Superior, taught by Miss Root won first prize. On the whole, the fair was a great success and the ofïicers of the association are to be warmly congratulatcd.

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Ann Arbor Register