-- — r •—-','• * * '•*• Olli7(-rSliv fiiWrrrw THE ANN ARBOR DEMOCRAT. VOLUME XXX. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, OCTOBER 1, 1897. NUMBER 10. hibits. Its managers and friends soon work sent to compete for spaca] Prof. It. (). Austin of Saline, C '1. THE DEMOCRAT. realized thai they could not maintain premiums. Prominent among these Dean and F. J. Dansingburg, of Ann THE FARMERS' DAY the organization on wheels; so after are the essays brought for the valu- IHE CHILDREN'S OR Arbor. PUBLISHED EVEKY FRIDAY. ten years as a vagrant, permanent able cash prizes offered by the I> sro- The judges of the rhetorical contests grounds were purchased in Ann Arbor ocrat. There were sever il maps <>f- were Miss Mills of Ana Arbor, Mrs. CHAS. A. WARD, EDITOR AND PROP A Great Crowd at the Fair Sfbhools of the County Partici- and Improvements were commenced. fi red for the Register special, the besl John K. Campbell of Augusta, and Today. pate in the Exercises. Miss Fellows of Mooreville. TERMS: $1.00 PER YKAK. The capital which the association one being that made by Albert Men- had for the improvements was raised zel of Emery; a special feature of tills At 11 a. m. came addresses by ex- Gov. Pingree Still Missing —Public by two hundred of the enterprising map is that it shows the location of School Commissioner W. AV. \\ Delightful Weather and a Larg< 1 Marriage a Drawing Card—Special citizens of the county, each one pay- every schoolhouse in the coun y. meyei and M. J. Oavanaugh. There Great industry is shown in the lists Crowd—Grand Parade, Educational have never been more popular officials Sports and Races Interesting and ing into the treasury twenty dollars. Of words sent for Prof. Kempfs spe- Contests and Speaking-. in Washtenaw county than these Entered ;it Ann Arbor Postoffice as Second Lik9 the Weather "Warm. For this they received a certificate of Class Mall Matter. life membership. Much credit is due cial premium. Miss Cora M. Allen, of same eloquent gentlemen and the fair Plttsfleld, who won, had over 2,000 management was fortunate in secur- those pioneers tor the work which Today is School Day at Hie Fair a P. OFFICE: TIMES BLEG., S. MAIN ST. "Farmers' Day" at the county fair words which were made of the let- they accomplished and especially to the exhibition of the educational in ing their presence today. They wera proved as usual a Wg drawing card in the words "A trick and Zeid- the president, at that Time, of the so- h res is of Washtenaw county, whici pleasantly introduced by School Com- filling every nook and cranny of ih- ler." Mrs. Babbit! loaned the exhibit INDEX TO ADVERTISERS, ciety, W. S. Maynard. The society, was made under the direction .> missioner Lister and spoke briefly but grounds with a perspiring, happy a valuable water color plate of the after its permanent location, prospered County School Commissioner Lists forcibly upon matters of general inter- crowd. All forenoon the out-of-town of arms of Michigan, which was until the year 1870, when from bad was moat gratifying to those' who hav est to the educational interests of tin- SECOND PAGE. visitors were earning, hundreds of weather and oilier causes, the society designed by General Lewis Gass. county. Their remarks deserve to be 0 A Maynard, - - Groceries th< in spending the forenoon shopping the interests of the primary school A A Gas Go, - - Light and Fuel was in debt fourteen hundred dollars. Mr. Lister, school commissioner, who at heart. This feature, which was m given at greater length than our time Ann Arbor Savings Bank about town and going to the ground This increased from year to year ir.ril has charge of the exhibit, is very busy and space will here allow. Following Luncren Cycle Co immediately after dinner. produced for the first time at th< Fluff Rug Factory the debts and mortgage amounted to explaining it. and telling the admiri'i.v of 1895, is calculated to bring- th< these exercises came an excellent free THIRD PACE. la spite of the efforts of Field Mar- : mothers about what he thinks their concert by the Ann Arbor Music com- M Haller. - - - Furniture forty-eight hundred dollars, and t ie schools of the county into closer uuioi W W Wotmore, - Books shal "Billy" J unison, in whose charge mortgagee was demanding either his children should do. At the west end and to stimulate a generous rivalry pany. A E Mummery, - - I)ru.. Mann Bros, ... Drugs the matter of speakers was left, pay or the property. Men were re- o: the exhibit there is an animal of that cannot but bring good results tc After dinner Becker's Military band; Eberbach& Son, - Drugs neither Governor Pingree nor Hon. great interest, a live rattlesnake which John Baumgardner, Granite Works luctant to have their names appear as the schools. We may expect to se< led a grand cavalcade of the various M Sraebler, - Bicycles .James (YDonnen put in an appearance. was caught within four miles of town.. this feature become nine prominen fine stock and cattle exhibits s round Hendrick. ----- MMlinery officers and much less take an acii Schneider Bros, - - Bath Heaters So the expected flood of oratory did part in the mangeinen;. The proposi- The Saline Union school had a very in the exercises of the fair as its ini the race track. This was followed by Hurd-llolmes Co, Implements and Seeds not come. But this failure did not tion was sei'ioiisly considered whecWer complete exhibit as follows: Section 1, portance becomes more thoroughly un special sports, slack wire walking <iml Kenny it Quintan, - Plumbers dampen the enthusiasm of the crowd Hochren& Krause, - - Plumbers they should hold another fair or allow grammar grades—Product and physical derstood among the teachers and pat high stilt skating by Prince Schumann, J F Sehuh, Sewing Machines and everyone took in the other fea- a syndicate to gather in their proper y maps of Michigan, United Statss, rons of the schools. and Albert Waltz. These proved FOURTH PAGE. tures of the "big Fair" with keen en- Wm Arnold, - - Jeweler lor a song. Such was the state of af- Europe, etc.; drawings of fruits ,-IMII Early in the day the county school! highly interesting as well as novel and EE Calkins. - - - Druara joyment. The Ghequamegoiis gave an Bowers; drawings of animals; physio- proved these two young men artists in Utopia Millinery Parlors • Millinery orchestral pTC-gram -at 10 a. m. in :he fairs when Dean & Oo. stopped for- which were to enter the parade in Mrs J M Morton - - Millinery ward ten years ago and off (-red to fur- logical and botanical drawings; la I- competition for the prizes for the bes their several lines, of the first class. Business Locals. Ann Arbor Music Co.'s big tent. Frank gnage and manuscript work. Section FIFTH PAGE. nish the money to pay the floating displayed load of school children Tomorrow is Farmers' day, and the Mclntyre and Ray Warren each inter- 2, primary grades—Specimens of pen- Mack & Co, - - Dry Goods spersing the instrumental number* debt of the society and to pay the wagons, mottoes, etc., began to ar.-ivi biggest day of the Fair. The public Mack & Co, - Furniture premiums for the coming fair. The manship, letter writing, composition, in tastefully decorated floats. A wedding occurs at 2 p. m. SIXTH PAGE. with a couple of vocal solos. "She number work, colored drawings; kin- Ross Granger, - -. Dancing Always Dressed in Black," sung by money was Forthcoming aid the fair 10:30 the parade moved on the rae< W G Palmer, - - Drugs was a sucesss. The mortgage was dergarten busy work, including plait- course and passed twice in review be- The Merchants' Supply company Business Directory. the former gentleman, was the favor- ing, weaving, folding, colors and Sten- J F Scheberle - - Music taken up and divided into fony shares fore the judges' stand. have a handsome exhibit of the goods Arlington Hotel. ite. cil work. Under special exhibits were they give in exchange for trading A Teufel - - Harness, etc. which were taken by public spirited Eighteen schools were in line Rinsey & Seabolt, - - Groceries At 12 m. came dinner and Salvation citizens. Two years later the property specimens of high school botanical stamps in the central building. Iiauscbenberger & Co, - Manufacturers .-iiid physiological drawings and class 1'ittsfield, No. 27%. Miss Carrie Revel L O'Toole, - - Sewing Machines Army prayer meeting—the first of of the society on Hill st. having be- Oscar Burkhardt and Adolph Walk- which was the better attended, herbariums. Also county maps under teacher, won the first prize. Saline SEVENTH PAGE. come valuable for residence purposes No. 2, Miss Irene Young, teacher ei' also have a booth in this building J H Millers Son's, Ypsilanti; Groceries strangely enough. the Register special prize. where they dispense matter concerning EIGHTH PAGE. the society was Pliable to make a trade won the second, and Ann Arbor town E F Mills & Co, - - Try Goods The exercises of the afternoon began with Mrs. O. Hall by whicll it received No. 3, the third prize in this display the value of life insurance. Schairer & Millen, - Dry Goods at 1 o'clock, the first attractions be- Wm. Wenger has on exhibition two Wm Goodyear, - - Dry Goods the same number of acres at the pres- The schools that received honorabl Edwar Is & Dowler, - Photograpoers ing some excellent music by the Su- CIVIL WAS RELICS. handsome bicycles made at his shop J Ellarkin.s, - - Hardware ent site, returned all of its buildings mention by the judges for this displaj Wahr & Miller, - Shoes perior Grange band, a Hoiuin stand- and wiped out its mortgage debt.