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Show (j ' 11 1 A Provo Market Day The following artiple )s Max Zimmerman's description of h market mar-ket day. He proposes to givi Provo a "cracker-Jsok" market day Saturday, December 5th, If he gets the proper support from the tner-chautsi tner-chautsi "Market days, fair day! and court days, as they are called, have become quite an institution. True, they have long since grown away from their original object, but so firmly rooted has the custom be-canie be-canie that like the old English customs cus-toms which form the basis of our common law. Those of the south, of course, are familiar with the activities oi court day or market day, but a northerner, not famllar with a market day, visit a small burg on that day, he would suppose that the little burg waa transformed into a busy city. It is a day on which the farmers through tin entire county bring their stock and produce pro-duce to market, talk over futurt crop prospects, eta 'Naturally wherever a large crowd of people assemble there will be found increased business activity to the visitor. Market day U exceedingly interesting. The o-dinary peaceful village U transformed trans-formed into a busy noisy city. Cattle and horse buyers, the traders and shopper, commission brokers, etc., n herd of solicitor for every patented article made, solicitors, etc., as you find at a county fair. In cer'sin counties which are celebrated (or their fine breed horses and mules, agents representing rep-resenting many of tin foreign armies are on the ground to buy and pay the highest spot cash price for whatever suits them. Aatfie morning advances the crowd increases in-creases until the towu square i full to overflowing. Off to themselves them-selves are gathered the horses, some for sale, others for trade.. A professional pro-fessional auctioneer is selling horses and cattle, that the farmers may want to sell at auction, and so quickly Is nil the trading done that before noon the last animal has been disposed of and then tli people flock to tho stores. The merchants reap the big benefits of the day a each merchant on market day has some kind ot a bargain counter and each merchant trye to outdo the other on sales and displays. In the afternoon the tryout of the new crop of colts is in order. As the young colts are led back and forth many priws and premiums are dis tributed. The local band is engaged en-gaged to discourse musio so as to put vim and ginger into the day. As the day draws to a close the farmers gather together their scattered scat-tered families, tbey going back to the farm only to get ready for the next market day. It brings business busi-ness to the town and is a great thing for the farmer and the merchant." mer-chant." , |
