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Show Lack of Competition. Tho old squire was narrating his experiences with county fairs. "You never had much to do with managing them, perhaps," he said. "Well, I have had a great deal. It takes a lot of head work, I enn tell you, to think up popular features, outside of the big steers, the fat hogs, tho mammoth squashes, the poultry, the preserves, the lace tidies and the agricultural horso trots to draw the crowd. "I remember ono year," he proceeded, proceed-ed, "when we got everybody's Interest excitf-d by announcing a prize of a gold-headed cano for the homeliest man In tho county and a silk dress pafrri for tho homeliest woman, Aft r a spirited competition the cane was awarded to Col. Van JesBiip, tho landlord or the vnn Jessup hotel." "Yes, 1 know him," Interrupted one of the listeners, "nnd I've seen tho cane. Who got the silk dress for being be-ing tho homeliest woman?" "Nobody. There weren't any entries." en-tries." Youth's Companion. |