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Show 1 HOLD A FAIR. It is many years since a county coun-ty fair was held in this city. . In the old days of the '703 and '80s never a year passed without suck an event. Our farmers and artisan art-isan gathered with their products pro-ducts and manufactures in the tabernacle basement and tithing office yard, and put forth such an! array of grain and vegetables, ' horses and stoe'e, fruits and flow- j ers, carpenter work and fancy I work, as was never bt'lore seen. , In those old days there was great pride in horre industry, and prizes and diplomas were awarded in ( profusion to stimulate enterprise 1 and industry, and good results ! were observable in many ways, j We suggest that a county fair would be an excellent thing at1 the present time. It would bring ! the residents of the county closer ! together, display their products, i and teich one the other how the ', jbest results are obtained in all j 'the walk. of. iinlusav. i |