Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1908 — STATE FAIR MATTERS [ARTICLE]

STATE FAIR MATTERS

Premiums Are Larger in the Total This Year Than Ever Before Offered. x 80ME DETAILS FROM THE LIST Silver Cups Cut a Figure as Prizes so» Live Stock Too Much Ice # Water Is Bad. Indianapolis, Aug. 14 —The premium list of the Indiana state fair shows that the prize awards have been increased in all departments and for the coming exposition, to be held the week of Sept. 7, the total amount is $58,6G3. The largest showing is for the trotting and pacing races, the sum being $21,900. The horse shows in the live stock pavilion will have a total of $10,538 in prizes, $2,107 going to draft horses, $720 to coach horses, $320 to mules and $7,391 to light harness horses and saddlers. In the cattle departments the premiums amount to $14,251, the beef cattle premiums making a total of $10,876 and $3,375 going to dairy cattle.., .. Encouragement for Dairymen. For the dairy and creamery exhibits the prizes amount to $2lO. In the sheep show $2,665 is offered and $2,060 will be distributed in the swine department. In the poultry show the awards offered amount to $2,499. For farm products the premiums reach $1,189, and on fruit $696. The prizes on plants and flowers amount to $830: bees and honey, $248; table luxuries, $209, and on fine arts, $1,370. In the cattle aud horse shows the increases tn premiums have beeiw especially large. Quite a Few Silver Cops. The giving of silver cups will be wore extensively followed at the com ing fair than at any Indiana exiposr tion in fifty years. About SSOO worth of these trophies will be awarded as special prizes. The American Per cheron society offers a SIOO cup for the best stallion and four mares shown at the fair. The American Breeders association offers a SSO cup in the mui« classes. A trophy for whicb many ar# expected to compete Is the SIOO cup offered by the American Saddle Horst Breeders’ association for the best stallion or mare in the horse show. Three of Them for Cattle. # Three cups will be awarded In the cattle shows. Mrs. Virginia C. Meredith, of Cambridge City, who is well known as a raiser of Shorthorns, offers a silver cup for the best Shorthorn heifer bred in Indiana. The Meredith cup was won by Gen. Solomon Meredith at the fourth Indiana fair, held in 1855, and the award was made to him on Shorthorn cattle. The cups are all for live stock of one sort or another. WARNING TO WATER TOPERS Man Loses His Speech Tempo -ily Because of Too Much Aqua Pura on Ice. Lawrenceburg, Ind., Aug. 14, —Much drinking of ice water owing to hot weather is believed to have been re sponsible for the loss of speech ot Thomas Moses, fifty-one years old, of Indianapolis, who conducts a restau rant In the Indiana fair circuits, known as “47% Broadway.” In one day he drank twenty-five large ttncupfuls. Tuesday evening he drank four cupfuls of water in succession, and tn a few minutes he complained of a peculiar feeling in his throat, \ Soon afetr his neck felt as if be numbed, and he found that he was unable to talk. He made known his condition by means of paper and pencil, and he was to the office of Dr. George F. Smith. Moss was unable to speak for several hours, after which be made himself understood by whispering. His ailment Is said to be rare, but he is expected to recover in a few days. Found Deadl Neck Broken. Morgantown, Ind., Aug. 14.—John Lewis Sickey. fifty years old, a substantial farmer prominent in politics, was found dead near his home with* broken neck. He bad been riding’s horse with a baiter and the animal came borne alone, causing a search to be made for Sickey. A widow and four children survive. He la the fourth member of the family to meet with violent death. Colt That Had Two Hearts. Anderson, Ind., Aug. 14.—David Moore, farmer, near this city, lost a four-months-old colt by death and as the animal appeared to be healthy and vigorous up till death a post mortem was held. It disclosed the presence of two hearts One heart was in correct position, but abnormally large. The jxtra heart was of normal slae, bat located back of the fiver. Rain Refreshes the Earth. Indianapolis, Aug. 14.—Rain in generous quantities was general throughout Indiana Wednesday night, and according to grain men the corn was much benefited, though it is too early to say as yet just bow much. The corn on the clay ground was especially in need of rain. Last Words Were “Let Me Alone.” Fort Wayne. Ind., Aug. 14.—Thomas Shaughnessy, fifty-seven years old. a ••ne-er-do-well,” fell down the river embankment and broke his. neck, only living long enough to remark, “Let mo atone.”