Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1914 — THE COUNTY FAIR WAS GREAT SUCCESS [ARTICLE]

THE COUNTY FAIR WAS GREAT SUCCESS

School Function Was Largely Patronized andJVlore Than $lO6 Was Taken In. The “county fair” at the school house Saturday night proved a great success and a hearty good time was enjoyed by all who attended it. There was a varied array of attractions- and so many that none could fail to find something to please them. The senioT girls of the home economics class sold cake,s cookies and pies from the daisy booth, the eighth grade dispensed lemonade, peanuts, ice cream cones, etc., with much enthusiasm. The sewing exhibit of work done in different classes was of interest to <ali, as well as the manual training and corn exhibits. In the com show the prizes were wort by Lelia Paulus, who won sweepstakes, best individual ear of corn and best exhibit of yellow corn. Stuart Short won second on yellow corn and Gravalous Hansson won first on white corn. All of the parts in the various shows were quite well taken and much originality was shown by the boys and girls. The largest show on the “grounds” was the minstrel troupe, which, with the orchestra, made up a group of twenty persons. Other clever attractions were the merry-go-round, the knock the nigger baby down stand and ‘•Mazypa,” the freak of nature; the Indian fortune teller, the museum, the rogue’s gallery and the Hamberg stand conducted by the freshmen girls, where real ham'bergs were fried while you waited. Credit for the success of the affair is due to those who had charge of the different stunts. It was given under the auspices of the domestic science and agriculturedepartments and the money is to be used for buying additional and needed equipment. It can not be told at this time how much was cleared, but over SIOO was taken in and it is probable that above SBO will be clear money.