The billboard (July-Dec 1898)

I l« fi so OUR FAIR LIST. Locomotive Collision Will Probably Be a Feature. , There Is a possibility that a head-end col- lision will be among the attractions at the State Fair tibia fall. The matter was dis- cussed at a meeting of the Board of Direct- ors of the Minnesota State Agricultural So- ciety. June 8, at the Secretary's office at toe fair grounds. Incidentally the Board elected a new Treasurer, and outlined plans tor making the fair this year especially attrac- tive. . The members of the Board present were: President John: Cooper, of St. Cloud; Vice President Wyman Elliott, of Minneapolis; Vica President D. R. HcGinnis. of St. Paul; D- P. Watson, of Morris: A. H. Letson of Alexandria; W. M. Liggett, of St. Anthony Park; J. M. Underwood, of'Lake City; C. M. Cosgrove. of Missoula, and Secretary E. W. Randall. The resignation of A. B. Moffat, of Man- kato, the Treasurer, was accepted, and F. J. Wilcox was elected as his successor. Ma]. A. G. Wilcox, of Minneapolis, was selected as press agent, and Br. C. C. Lyford of Minneapolis, was designated as official vet- erinary surgeon. , Secretary Randall urged upon the Board the necessity for a cheese room to be Dullt In dairy ball for the better protection of the cheese -iisplay, and for a suitable yard ior swine. Both recommendations were adopted. It wa» decided to add another class to the premium list Hampshire sheep, with, the same premium as other classes. The fair will open on Sept. 5, and the , Board made the following disposition of the .week: Monday, Lwbor day; Tuesday, Min- nesota State and Territorial day; Wednes- day, St- Paul'day; Thursday, Minneapolis day; Friday. Farmers' day, and Saturady, Children's dsy. There was a general discussion of special attractions, and Secretary Randall proposed a head end collision between monster loco- motive-. - as a feature. Some of the Board were inclined to agree with the Secretary, while others deemed the scheme impractic- able, but it was decided to investigate wie matter. The Secretary was instructed to correspond with a man from Louisville, who offers to product five trained riderless horses which he was willing to guarantee would put up a genuine race that would discount the Happy Jack and Marion Mills speed exhibitions. Board adjourned to meet on the first Fri- - day in July. Then the race entries will close. The Secretary reported that the premium list; were in good demand, and every Indica- tion pointed to an unusually successful ex- hibition. OHIO. NEW FAIR BUILDINGS.—The building committee of the State Board of Agriculture has accepted the plans of H. A. Linthwaite for three new buildings to be erected on the State Fair grounds on the newly acquired tract of land adjoining on the north. The new buildings are to be of combined frame and brick construction, costing between $35,- 000 and S40;flOS. They will take the p.ace of the present stock <&eds. though they will not be completed in time for this year's fair. The buildings will be used for cattle, sheep and sw*ne exhibitions, designed in accord- ance with the ideas of Secretary Miller. MAINE.' THE STATE FAIR. (From Our Regular Correspondent.) Lewiston, Me., June 4. 1898. Extensive plans are being made for tbe Maine State Fair, which will be held in this city the 1st of September. Many improve- ments are to be made at the grounds. Secre- tary Clark, who is now serving his first term, bus already secured a list of entries whi-h will insure Borne of the finest reces ever seen at the fair. In connection with President Pompilly. Mr. Clark is arranging for an en- tirely new line of special features. Mr. Clark is of the opinion that the Msine State Fair has got to keep in line with the progress made by other fairs or else it will lose the prestige which it has held for so many years of bring one of the few great agricultural fairs in the country. Mr. Clark believes that the time will come before long when the f.-ir will be held two weeks instead of one. and that half of the time will be devoted to ex- hibits and premiums for which the people from New Brunswick and the other provinces will compete. He believes that the line which separates Maine from the provinces is only an imaginary on«. and that in business the two peoples should be as one. and he thinks that, through the medium of the State fair, tbe people can be brought into closer busi- ness relations than ever before. GEORGIA. THE BILLBOARD WISCONSIN. We present this month the most accurate and complete list of fairs that we nave ever compiled. We have always had the best list but never before has it been possible to get as correst and comprehensive as it is this month. Any one detecting any errors or omissions may -have a year's subscription free of charge by reporting them to us. MINNESOTA. Receivers Will Restore Grounds to the Conditions Prevailing Before Troops Were Mobilized. The State Board of Agriculture came to Milwaukee June 1 to see the receivers of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society for the purpose of arranging for the annual fair, which is to be held next September. Receiv- ers B. B. Hopkins and Charles G. Cox had previously had a consultation with Judge Johnson of the Circuit Court, who has charge of the property, and from the result of this conference they were in a position to inform the members of the board that they could ob- tain a lease of the ground for the annual fair at a nominal price. "This price," said Mr. Hopkins, "may be Jl or it may be $5,000; but it will probably be Jl. You see, before the fair is held in 1S99. the mortgage will be foreclosed and the State will have to bid the property in for the full amount of the indebtedness. We also in- formed them that we would fix the grounds and the buildings up in as good condition as they were before the Wisconsin troops took possession of them for the purpose of mobil- izing. Mr. True has been out there and made an examination, and he estimates that this will cost about $3,000. No, the boys were not bad; there were no acts,of vandalism; they were simply brought there in a hurry and they had to get in. and to do this they had to tear out some of the buildings. I don't believe that another body of men couidi;be_ collected who would take possession of tbfe, grounds for camping purposes and do IesaF v; damage. The only wonder is that they did not do more damage. We tendered the use of the grounds to the Governor for the pur- poses of the camp, with the permission of the court, but the price for the use of the grounds was reserved. I suppose the general government will have to pay for it and make gcod the damage that was done to the prop- erty. "The members of the State Board of Agri- culture did not discuss the fair to any extent with us, nor was the co-operation of the Ag- ricultural Society with the board discussed. There "were present John M. True of Baraboo. H. A. Briggs of Elkhorn. J. . Thomas of Anson G. G. Cox of Mineral Point, George McKerrow of Sussex, Charles Linse'of La Crosse, and President S. D. Hubbard of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society. They Eromtse to give us the best fair we have ever _ ad in this State, and say they have a lot of new features which they are going to add to the fair, but they did not go into details, their object being to arrange with us for the use of-the grounds, and now that this is vir- tually, done I suppose they will go on with the work in earnest. M. KlCDoyan has re- signed as Secretary of the Board of Agricul- ture and Mr. Everett of Beioit has been elected in his place. We are going to give them ail the aid we can to make the fair a success." KENTUCKY. The Louisville and Jefferson County Me- chanical and Agricultural Fair which the colored people are getting up for the month of August, promises to be a greater success than the fair last year. The opening day. August 16. will be a great gala event, and the four succeeding days will be crowded with interesting features. The managers of the fair have the indorsement of the Board of Trade, the Commercial Club, the tobacco dealers and Mayor Weaver. Nine excur- sions are already provisionally arranged from other parts of the State and Southern In- diana. Two or three competitive drills of co.ored school boys are being arranged. BIUL POSTERS LOUISIANA. The Shrevoport Fair has been practically abandoned, and this is to be deeply regret- ted, as the fair at Shreveport this fall was looked forward to with much interest by our people. The business men and citizens gen- erally of Shreveport. it seems to us. are neg- lecting their own and best interests, as just at this time she should exert every effort to induce people to visit the city, and no better way could be conceived by which to adver- tise the place and induce people for a radius of many miles around to visit the city than by holding a fair and exposition. It is to oe hoped that the question will be again revived and the citizens wake up to their best in- terests. Rome, Mich., will try the experiment of a free street fair this Fail. The dates selected are September 28, 29 and 30. ;--iEafr managers who want a special attrac- itjoh that will attract should write the mar- 3elous Langslow. His address is 334 E. 13th "street. New York. Frank La Rosa, 48 E. 4th street. New York, furnishes high-class and novel attractions for lairs and expositions. "The Billboard" reaches more concession- aires than all other papers combined. During the month of June not a day passed without a re-order from the American News Co. and sometimes two and three were received in one day. The demand on the news stands at this season of the year is largely from privi- lege men, horsemen, fair followers, managers of special attractions, etc. An ad. in "The Billboard" pays. Short, pertinent paragraphs of news are so- licited from fair managers. We will pay lib- erally for articles of general interest for this department. .,-^1^. "The Billboard" is the official orgarr'ofUhe American Association of Fairs and ^Exposi- tions, and our fair list Is official. Ellen Vetter does a-wonderfully clever out- door act. See her ad. In another column. Buy your coupon, book and strip tickets from c F. Ausell 170 Madison street, Chi- cago, 111. The total attendance of the Great Inter- State Fair at Trenton, N. J., last year was 90.468, actual stile count. This does not in- clude admission of owners, drivers or grooms etc. Every fair manager should write the Don- a.dson Lith. Co. of Cincinnati, for a set of samples of their magnificent fair posters. Who are (Jp-to-Date, All Use The Williams Typewriter •. * ■ * Is a machine of the highest standard. Visible writing, simple and easy ,to learn —a child can operate it. Address EDWIN A. HARDIN CO. No. 519 Walnut Street, CINCINNATI, 0. INDIANA. The Secretaries of •wenty-flve of the lead- ing fair associations in the State met at In- dianapolis, and passed resolutions in favor of every »esociatlon within the State excluding from fairs all immoral shows. Fair associa- tions ought to be able to do this without lire aid of resolutions. Washington, Ind., will have a street fair this year. Seymour will have another street fair this year. Jeffersonvllle. Ind., will bold a street fair. No fair will be held at Kokomo, Ind.. this fall. Americans and American exhibits will be conspicuous by their absence at the Paris Exposition in 1900. The next meeting of the American Associa- tion of Fairs and Expositions will be held at Omaha. Oct. 26 next. Every fair Secretary in the United States should attend this meet- ing prepared to enroll his association or so- ciety on the membership list. The New York State Fair has decided to use nothing but special work this year in tbe way of posters. The Donaldson Lltho Co. of Cincinnati has the sketches well under way. The paper is on an entirely new plan. That it will be handsome goes without speak- ing. The fair at Waycross, Ga., this year will be much larger in every way than, that of last year. THE LARGEST BULLETIN IN ST. LOUIS. One of Williamson's Triple Deckers. This famous sign is located at 18th and Washington Ave. It it 24 ft. high by 70 feet long, and and stands 34 feet from the ground. ^^ LIST OF 1898 FAIRS. A This list it revised and corrected month- j fly. Secretaries are urgently requested to I > send in theirdates at the earliest possible < > moment after they are claimed, and to ' > A notify us promptiy as to anv change. W q> Rosters and dates arc published abso- V 9 lutely Free of Charge. I I <£ M $ Copyrighted iSoS. Alt righis reset ved. $ EMM MHMfe—« <€<£* ALABAMA. ANNISTON—Oxford Lake Northeast Alabama Fair Association. Oct. 18 to 22. W. F. Hlg- glns. pres.; Dr. T. W. Ayers, secy.; Geo. W. Elchelberger. treas. ABKAN8AS. PINE BLUFF—Arkansas State Fair. Oct. 18 to 28. BRADFORD—White County Fair Association. R. D Jones, pres.; A. N. Hodges, treat.; \V. A. Hodges, secy. CALIVOBNTA. LOS ANGELES—District Agricultural Asso- ciation No. 6. Oct 6 to 22. John C. Lyncn, San Francisco, pres.; Henry T. Fleishman, treas.; Lewis Thorne. secy., 226 S. Spring st. MARYSVILLE — Agricultural Association, District No. 13. SACRAMENTO—California State Agrlcul-' tural Society. Sept. 6 to 19. Ed. F. Smith, secy. SAN JOSE—Santa Clara Valley Agricultural Society. STOCKTON—San Joaquin Valley Agricultu- ral Association. No fair in 1898. F. U. Cobb, pres.; C. E. Doan, secy. WOODLAND—Agricultural Association, Dis- trict No. 40. B. M. Barney, secy. COLORADO. CANON CITY—Fremont County Fruit Day. Sept. 20 and 21. F. M. Harding, pres.; N. F. Handy, secy. DELTA—Delta County Fair Association. C. E. Mewer, pres.; J. W. Sanders, treas.; H. H. Smith, secy. GLENWOOD SPRINGS—Farmers' Club of Pitkin. Eagle and Garfield Counties. Sept. 28 to 30. W. L. Grubb. Carbondale. pres.; Ed. Stauffacher. Catherine, treas.; G. H. Bell, secy. LOVELAND—Loveland Free Street Fair As- sociation. SepL 27. 28. O. D. Shields, pres. and secy. MONTE VISTA—Monte Vista Driving Club and Agricultural Association. Not decided. N. H. Chapman, pres.; R. B. Wallace, secy.; John MacArthur, treas. ROCKY FORD—Arkansas Valley Fair Asso- ciation. Aug. 31 to Sept. 2. R. C. Maltby, pres.: W. T. Wallace, secy. TRINIDAD—The Las Animas -County Fair Association. Sept. 21 to 23. -Murdo Mack- Inxle. pres.; W. J. Caldwell, treas.; Jas. McKeough, jr., secy. CONNECTICUT BRAUFORD—Agricultural and Horticultural Society of Brauford. September. Edwlu Doolittle, pres.; Win. R. Foote. treas.; John P. Callahan, secy. BRISTOL—Bristol Fair Corporation. Not de- cided. Ard Welton. Plymouth, pres.; B. A. Peck, secy.; Mllo L. Norton, secy. BROOKLYN—Windham County Agricultural Society. Sept. IS to 15. Chas. W. Gros- venor, Pomfret Centre, pres.; T. B. Sibley, Danlelson. treas.; Jos. B. Stetson, secy. COLLINSVILLE— Farmington Valley Agricul- tural Association. September. Oliver F. Perry, pres.; B. F. Case, treas.; E. A. Hough, seer. DANBURY—Danburv Agricultural Society. Oct. 3 to 7. G. W. Rundle. secy. ENFIELD—Union Agricultural Society. Sept. 28-29. Olln S. Olmsted, pres.': Milo Hamil- ton. Ellington, trees.; C. A. Thompson. El- lington, secy. GRANBY—Granby Agricultural Society. OUILFORD—Guilford Agricultural Society. Sept. 28. Lewis Wilcox, pres.; A. H. Phelps, secy. iiARWINTON—Harwlnton Agricultural So- ciety. Oct. 4. Thos. Q. Hogan, pres.; Pat- rick Hogan, Jr.. treas.; A. W. Buell, secy. HUNTINGTON—Union Agricultural Asso- ciation. SepL 21 and 22. W. E. Plumb, pres.; D. S. Clark, Long Hill, Conn., ..i. re **- : s - T - Palmer. Shetton. Conn., secy. MERIDEN—Merlden Agricultural Society. NEW MILFORD—New Milford Agricultural Association. Sept. 6 to 8. J. H. Cochrane, Box 636, secy. NEWTOWN—Newtown Agricultural Fair Co. Sept. 27 to 29. T. E. Piatt, pres.; H. O. Curtis, Sandy Hook, treas.; P. H. Mc- carty, secy. NORWICH—New London County Agricul- tural Society. Sept. B to 7. James A. Bill, pres.; Chas. W. Hill, treas.; Theo. W. Yer- rlnsjton, secy. HOCKVILLE—Tolland County Agricultural Society. Ed. F. Badminton, secy. V.! M . 8 .P URY —S"n»oury Agricultural Society. STAFFORD SPRINGS—Stafford Spring Ag- ricultural Society. Oct. 5 to 7. C. E. Den- nis pres.: H. S. Abell. treas.: Chas. F. Iicckwlth, secy. SUFFIBLD—Suffleld Agricultural Society. Not decided. Waldo S. Knox, pres.; J. O. Has- .„.'";• t'eas.; A. N. Graves, secy. Socl ORD — Wal " n » fonl A WILLIMANTIC—Wllllmantlc Fair Associa- tion, Sept 27 to 29. Wm. P. Stevens. Pres.; Frank Larrsboe, treas.; F. A. San-; derson. secy. «,l N 5T BD —Wasted Agricultural Corporsfn. WOODSTOCK—Woodstock Agricultural Socl- ety. Sept. U to XI. H. WVHtbbwd, secy. THE BILLBOARD U ■ Walllngford Agricultural DELAWARE. DOVER—Agricultural Society of State of Delaware. Sept. 13 to 16. Geo. A. Milling- ton, pres.; Lewis Scbabinger, treas.; A. N. Brown, secy. FLOBIDA. LAKE CITY—Florida Tobacco Fair Asso- ciation. October. F. B. Moodie, pres.; Thos. S. Chalker, treas.; S. Uotler, Thomp- son, secy. ST. PETERSBURG—West Coast Fair Associ- ation. E. H. Tomllnson, pres.; A. McLeod treas.; H. L. Whitney, secy. GEOBOIA. ANGUSTA—Nov. 28. HAWKINSVILLE—Nov. 15. MACON—Carnival .Association. Oct. 11 to 14. E. A. Waxelbaum, pres.; M. H. Tay- lo. treas.: M. P. Callaway, secy. MARIETTA—Cobb County Fair Association. Autum. W. L..Richardson, pres.; John L. Manning, secy. ROME—Oct. 18. THOMASVILLE—South GeorgiaAgricultural and Mechanical Fair Association. Oct. 25. Judge H. W. Hopkins, pres. VALDOSTA-Nov. 8. VSrAYC J lOSS — Waycross Fair Association. No. 1 to 6. L. Johnson, pres.; Warren Lott. treas.; W. W. Sharpe, secy. IDAHO. BOISE—The Idaho Inter-Mountain Fair As- sociation. Oct. 3 to 8. E. W. Johnson pres.; J. H. Anderson, treas.; W. S. Walker secy. SALUBRIA—Washington County Fair Associ- ation. Not decided. I. R. Smith, pres.; R. E. Wilson, treas. and secy. ILLINOIS. ALEDO—Mercer County Agricultural Society. Sept. 20 tb 23. John Brady, pres.: J. F. Henderson, treas.: Edward Dool, secy. ANNA—Southern Illinois Fair Association. Aug. 30 to Sept. 2. M. V. Eaves, secy. ATLANTA—Atlanta Union Fair. Sept. 6 to 9. E. Stubblefleld, McLean, pres.; J. P. Hieronymus. treas.: W. B. Stroud, secy. AVON—Avon Fair and Imp. Association. Aug. 23 to 26. D. R. Bowton, pres.; F. D. Rea. treas.; Julian Churchill, secy. BATAVIA—Kane County Fair Association Aug. 30 to Sept. 2. Wm. T. Pratt, pres.: J. F. McNair, treas.; E. C. Pratt, Aurora, 111., secy. BELVIDERE — Boone County Agricultural Society. Sept. 6 to 9. John Hannah, pre=.; E. E P. Truesdell. secy. . BUSHNELL—Bushnell Fair Association. Aug. 30 to Sept. 2. John R. Camp, pres.; James Cole, treas.; Louis Kaiser, secy. CAMARGO — Douglas County Agricultural Association. Sept. 6 to 9. Wm. lies, pres.; G. C. Jeffers, treas.; A. Hayward, secy. CAMBRIDGE—Henry County Agricultural Board. Sept. 19 to 23. T. Boltenstern, secy. CAMP POINT—Adams County Agricultural Society. Sept. 12 to 16. Geo. Y. Downing, secy; CARMI—White County Agricultural Board. Sept. fi to 10. Elvis Stinnett, pres.; R. L. Organ, secy. CARROLLTON—Greene County Fair Associ- ation. Oct. 11 to 14. C. W. Holnback, Rockbridge, pres.; B. C. Hodges, treas.; S. E. Simpson, secy. CARTHAGE—Hancock County Agricultural Board. Sept. 5 to 9. J. W. Graham, Bow en, pres.; J. C. Ferris, treas.; John F. Scott, secy. CATLIN—Vermilion County Agricultural and Mechan. Association. Aug. 30 to Sept. 2. Thos. A. Taylor, pres.: Frederick Jones, treas.; S. A. McGregor, secy. CHAMPAIGN—Champaign County Agricultu- ral Board. Aug. 30 to Sept. 2. H. H. Har- ris, pres.; J. Mawley Clark, treas.; John M. Beers, secy. CHARLESTON—Coles County Board of Ag- ricultural. Sept. 13 to 17. R. Alexander, pres.; W. V. Miles, treas.; John W. Glass- co, secy. ELM WOOD— Elmwood Fair Association. Aug. 23 to 26. W. J. Smith, pres.; C. F. Graham, treas.: C. A. Snyder, secy. EDWARDSVILLE— Madison County Farm- ers' Institute and Street Fair. Oct. 12 to 15. John Stolz, pres.; H. C. Gerke, jr., se*.y EL PASO—El Paso District Agricultural Board. Sept. 12 to 16. Edwin Chllds.pres.; A. H. Waite. treas.: Geo. R. Curtis, swv. FAIRBURY—Fairbury Union Agricultural Board. Sept. 5 to 9. Dr. S. M. Barnes, pres.: L. B. Dominy. treas.; O. S. Wester- velt, secy. FREBPORT—Nortneru Illinois Agricultural Association. Sept. 6 to 9. H. P. Aspinwall, pres.; J. B. Taylor, treas.; Jas. R. Cow- ley, secy. GALENA—Galena Fair Association. Oct. 27 to 30. W. T. Hodson, pres.; W. Earner, treas.: Frank Bostwlck. secy. GOLCONDA—Pope County Agricultural As- sociation. Oct. 6 to 8. John R. Smith, pres.: Edward B. Clark, treas.; "Barney Phelps, secy. GRAYVILLE-Aug. 30 to Sept. 3. C. H. Ox- man, secy. GRIGGSVILLE-Illlnois Valley Fair Asso- ciation. C. W. Simmons, pres.; J. W. Strad. treas.: J. F. Hatch, secy. HILLSBORO—Hlllsboro County Fair and D. P. Association. Chas. W. Bliss, pres.; ,.™™ A ' Cre8S . treas.; Edw. A. Cress, secy. HOMER—Homer Fair. Aug. 23 to 26. H V .Taylor, pres.; C. D. Babb. treas.; J. Ben- nett, secy. HOOPESTON—Hooperston Fair and Trot- ting Association. Aug. 22 to 26. J. A. Cun- ningham, pres.: J. H. Hamilton, jr.. treas.: Dale Wallace, secy. JOSLIN—Rockland County Agricultural As- sociation. Sept. 13 to 15. Hon. Wm. Payne f^V ™\.. Scb .V er - Jr " Port Byron, treas.. L. J. Whiteside, secy. KEWANBE—Kewanee District Agricultural LA HARPB—La Harpe District Fair Associ- ation. Aug. a to 26. E4. Wilcox, pres.; C. H. IacrahuD, treaa.; W. & Miller, aeoy. MT. STERLTNG—Brown County Agricultural Society. Aug. 1 to 5. Geo. A. McDannoId, pres.; H. A. Perry, treas.; G. L. Brock- man, secy. MT. VERNON—Jefferson County Agricul- tural Board and Fair Association. Sept. 13 to 16. Geo. W. Evans, pres.; S. H. Wat- son, treas.; Fred. P. Watson, secy. OREGON—Ogle County Agricultural Board. Sept. 6 to 9. Chas. W. Sammis, pres.; John Sheaff, treas.: Benj. Chaney, secy. PANA—Pana Union Agricultural Society. Aug. 29. H. N. Schuyler, pres.; Robert Johns, treas.; Lou Roley, secy. PRINCETON — Bureau County Agricultural Board. Sept. 6 to 9.- H. E. Waddell. pres.; C. A. Palmer, treas.; O. Wilkinson, secy. ROCHELLE — Agricultural and Mechanical Association of Rochelle. Sept. 20 to 23. C. E. Gardner, pres.; A. B. Sheadle, treas.; Francis E. Dresser, secy. ROCKFORD—Winnebago County Agricultural Society. Aug. 29 to Sept. 2. D. W. Barn- ingham, pres.; C. O. Upman, treas.; J. B. Whitehead, secy. LA SALLE—La Salle D. P. and Agricultural Fa«r Association July 19 to 22. N. W. Duncan, pres.: W. Biergenburt. treas.; M. Cunning s"cy. LB ROY—Le Roy Fair and Agricultural As- sociation. Sept. 5 to 9. J. W. Birney, secy. LIBERTYVILLE—Lake County Agricultural Society. Sept. 13 to 16. Byron Colly, pres.; E. W. Farkhurst, treas.; Jas. M. Wood- man, secy. MACOMB—McDonough County Stock Agri- cultural and Mechanical Association. Aug. 15 to 19. W. O. Blalsdell, pres.; Geo. Gadd, treas.; Frank R. Kyle, secy. MARTINSVILLE—Clark County Agricultural Association. Sept. 27 to Oct. 1. Justin Sweet, pres.; Harvey Hurst, treas.; G. H. Miller, secy. MATTOON—Mattoon Free Street Fair. Oct. 5 to 8. Frank Kern, pres. MENDOTA — Mendota Union Fair Associa- tion. July 12 to 15. Geo. B. Wilis, pres.; H. B. Cookins, treas.; Geo. H. Madden, Becy. ■ MONMOUTH — Warren County Agricultural Society. Sept. 13 to 16. Wm. Hanna. pres.: • Wm. B. Young, treas.; Geo. C. Rankin, secy. MONTICELLO—Piatt County Agricultural So- ciety. Aug. 15 to 19. Wm. H. Kratz, pres.; O. W. Moore, treas.: C. A. Gatman. secy. , MORRISON-^Whiteside County Central Ag- i ricultural' Society. Sept. 6 to 9. E. A. f Smith, pres.; J. J. Hurlburt, treas.; A. R. I Lewis, seo I MT. CARROLL—Carroll County Agricultural '. Boar d American Trotting Association. Aug. 3ato Sept. 2. Geo. F. Bucher, pres.; H. N. Griffith, treas.: G. C. Kenyon. secy. RUSHVILLE^—Schuyler County Agricultural Board. Aug. 8 to 12. Hon. Perry Logsdon, pres.; Orson Petti john, treas.; A. P. Rode- wald, secy. SANDWICH — Sandwich Fair Association Sept. 13 to 16. W. G. Beverldge. pres.; F. S. Mosher, treas.; E. Randall, secy. SAYBROOK-McLean County Fan- Associa- tion. Aug. 23 to 26. T. W. Beardsley. Gibson City, pres.: H. W. Dahl. treasT; c P. Easterbrook, secy. SHAWNEETOWN—Gallatin County Agricul- tural Board. Aug. 30 to Sept. 3. Martin Doherty, pres.; Marsh Wiseheart, seey. SHAWNEETOWN-Fair. Martin Doherty P^es.; John McKelligott, treas.; Marsh W iseheart, secy. SHELBYVILLE—Shelby County Agricultural Board. Sept. 6 to 13. Philip Parker, pres.: Chas. E. Kellar, treas.; Geo. A. Roberts, secy. SPRINGFIELD—State Fair. Sept. 26 to Oct. 1. J. Irving Pearce, Chicago,, pres.; B. H* Bralnerd. treas.: W. C. Garrard, secy. WHEATON-sAugl 23 to 26. WARREN—^nion Agricultural Society. Sept. 20 to 23. • J. L. Graham, pres.; C. F. Taylor treas : S. A. Clark, secy. '- WATSEKA — Iroquois County Agricultural Board. Sept. 6 to 9. J. c. Bruner, Buck- ley, pres.; Will A. Coney, treas.: L. F. Watson, sCjffy. WOODSTOCK — McHenry County Agricul- tural Society. Aug. 23 to 26. M. impleman, Marengo, pres.; Fremont Hoag, treas.; A. S. Wright, secy. WYOMING—Central Agricultural Society of Stark County. Aug. 30 to Sept. 2. J. w' Smith, pres.; J. A. Klock, treas.; J. M. Thomas, jr., secy. TORKVILLE — Kendall County Fair Asso- ciation. Sept. 7 to 10. H. P. Barnes, pres.- J. Armbruster. treas.; R. N. Newton, secy! INDIANA. ANGOLA—Stuben County Agricultural Asso- ciation. Oct. 4 to 7. Horace H. Van Auken, pres.; Orville Goodale, secy. BAINBRIDGE—Putnam County Agricultural Association. Aug. 1 to 5. Jas. W. Ed- wards, pres.; G. W. Starr, treas.; A. R. Allison, secy. BEDFORD—Bedford Fair and Trotting As- sociation. Sept. 19 to 24. T. O. Daggy, pres.; Jas. McClelland,-treas.; Geo. W. Mc- Daniel. secy. BLOOMINGTON — Big Bloomington Fair. Sept. 26 to Oct 1. BOONVILLE — Boonvilie Fair Association. Sept. 26 to Oct. 1. Clamor Pelser, pres.; A. L. Beeler. treas.: S. W. Taylor, secy. BOSWELL—Benton-Warren Agricultural So- ciety. Sept. 5 to 9. Henry Robertson, pres.: H. W. Dimmick, treas.; W. K. McKnight. secy. BOURBON—Bourbon Fair Association. Oct. 4 to 7. Geo. D. Ettinger, pres.; L. John- son, treas.; J. W. Eidson. secy. BREMEN—Fair. Sept. 27 to 29. John Huff, pres.: Henry H. Miller, secy. BR1DGETON—Bridgeton Agricultural Socie- ty. Aug. 22 to 27. F. M. Miller, secy. BIG FEATURE FOR FAIRS. A RIFLE EXPERT ON THE HIGH AND LOFTY WIRE. The strongest and best shootine act ever witnessed in America. It never fails to score a tremendous success, and is received everywhere with overwhelming ovations and enthusiastic applause. 1 in Lnngslow's performance is unquestionably the marvel of the century, and must be seen to be appreciated. For time and terms, address, MOINS. LANGSLOW, 334 E. 13th St., NEW YORK.