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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 435, 18 February 1909, Page 3

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SOME SCENES ON ( "PEOPLE'S DAY " Jesnt WHENI) , , '• - Clear, v early, - ' mOTning—"four.- by ; the ■ olook"—bat tho cherished peaco of these ... ' early . hour3;;iri the.'township .is .broken', by thij-sounds, of; dogs.,.barking excitedly, :the '-. - \'orackingi of.>hips;. the.calliug.of men,;and the uplifted.J'voibes .'of -.protesting:' aniriials.: ■?;: ,The..:soft;(pa / dding : ;''of ihbofs^ roads, .accompanied. by' the .deep moaiiing, ;jand;irproiphged,; bellowing ; &.&;:■ of-reluctant .- cattle reach- one's! ears' through; . ' the;'open•; window,/piis's by, ; arid are ;lost : iri vf:~^;¥,' , ;tlie; | yistancei f '' I ;NQ;''sbbuer ; -';arb;'; they of j^.l-'^hearirig^thani-the^irisisfe^ ,'r ' ing of a mob. of sheep makes' itself heard, ■ aridithe;se : jpbpr - ; ;victims ;of ;-'mari grounds:" ,Theh' ; ' sonio'; horses,. satin-smooth V-and- shming; . 'prance :gaily .'.by.','- .Their • fato' ; : . : : 1 is: a-;;kindlier..'one, for' before.. them;, lies, a V ;;timeV<jf :bxeit em an active'lcbitf;;] ; petition;'; and./'spiriei l -beirig'/bldi'cariipaigriefs,, ' . quite'.look';' forward :-.'to '• tli'oir' coining.' lot. , ', Gradually, all these b'elated;exhibits,',animal ) , Inechaiucal;;fand^;btherwisej-;;;find.';-tlieir l -,^:fel^^the^erie i l ;of;;tl^ir;;bbnilHg t ;tHTmphs,';'cbm-; i' r -.;:?;;''-;-m"endatibhs', : ;.'brr?inu^^ v a', little' whilo" : ii^ ;i giiris':»aMeridanc^ ; ;;iiriffing i more moments of J precious sleep 0~ town, 'becomes . from'''all : '-f:-;W 0 -and'i'jAptor^.fe'ais'-^^fire;-;dasliing. : 'about: Si;; : everywhere pepple are' -^BrMyng l, bne;;anbthervVa^^atherin| ';iritp : 1 J J.oife:time^in : 'c"lall^;^her , year^:perliaps, :^ ;"wheii ; l.vJ friehds;; l frpriiv;distanti parta /;bf the;;provirice^j;|lt^is;irthe; : vf-J: on :-7 and l-iiieetirig;pla ce for 7 ini ny''/ a l ';settler's.,'.'^fe';;i^' ; ft^ Plug' and; visiting,• : iwhilb : .her' good mari at-; , •, tendf the fair'during tlie -days that follow. • Her. enjoyment is; ; a:i ;bompared to ; >4 unlimited';op;. ■ portunitiesto exchange' yarns' with his' y:S:. ! .;-;;c'r;°hies,v^ .; ■ methods to-discuss ;(they;say so), and argiip latestj. : machinery .^'be . : .politics •to talk; over j and above all, oppor;:V..'.tunities ,-jfcpv make: good l dealsTy-frbirirhis,. point: • of .view ?, - One has. only .to see ,himy panama /i;;| back, of his ; haridj^gesticolatiiig^ciiS^^arriesuy; t^kingS& , vthree ;bj;h^r;'in§ri;:.;or/else: -,#:;i; ; iPullin'g/'aM 'some;'furi'fprtiw'ate;;a^ l V^:-;i;maliyP;;^oy.:thaV ; all.yp',;^ell^with:,'hijniK;v;if -. is if ia of-. an inquiring- turn -.of mind' ■ and [investigates.; for..!prieself.,'. Most women. ; t:makg JljirStfie;* -. other,,- ~j fbr; ;:IJ9 ~-■;. ■, a great, trial, when. ono. comes, to the fruit, , so: luscious-looking,; with, the bloom still: on; . ;. .Rio 'glass - or- .wire..netting, between- it,.- and . . :'onlyOno.;.pas'ses.„sadiy ori—tho . selr-com--1;.:;:': ■,;;.marid[ith'at ri enablesibrie^t6 ; dp i .'sb being, truly: adniirahle. l V,Th'e;?spones, .'bread,; cakesy . j and .preserved, fruits,'.fill ono-.'witK-envy—. '. one's own _ handiwork. was never 'like this, • -j : ;PU.®.- did-' not; r'ealis6;.;befpreythe>'Capacity . .- . for size' that , otlier people's...vegetables- pos-.-/S%-; sess. Exhibits: from ..the .gardens cultivated .: -by; the School ,'childrcn ;aro':,to bp seen, and • they, havo every reason',ts;b6 proud;of their, '~. produce; 'bothflower; and .vegetable: : . -,- - . ' Orio ; would -think, 'to- look at all tho ma:;:..'.;;.':;ohmery,':inVented;:}for/dairyfa^ -._Vv.I? :was a 'pleasant ? and '.easy -affair., for. them.- . • Surely ltfmust. be.whenthoreafesucluthirigs .;. ;. to • possess asmilking-machines; 'separators ; . that.do the/work- in a ; .few. seconds, a churn ..' that, : after : giving .a, twist;..to some, sprt of , a; handle; no . ;'. time .'without -personal > exertion; -- 'At-any . ... rate,:-their:.path-in:.lifp,.must,bo much •' . tteb things. 'Some ...- of'.tho* fumiture'tupied out .-by--tho local . ; ; .;. factorie3;-iß' . :.wonde^s , why people-seldgm : 'fully.;valuo,'what is mado ': i almest: under -thoir - oto ■ eyes—perhaps • bo- . .. cause' it'' has;,. net-:;tho :hale -of aiitiquitj','- and ■ ' -exhibit was. that of wool-.tops .in their :nat- . ;. / oral state, and-the.'matbrials, they are. made ; '■ into in Eriigland..'.Perhaps-the day. will.come '' ■. when'.Masterto'n,' too,. will have the whole . ' .process dono.in : its own.factories br niills. '. . . It-, was a.-.very. pretty sight :.to-.see the :horaeß.v^ith;ithoiri>nders, ; ;pr;elsb ] ini . . ' ride'. er . drive rpund -.the; ..ring';, in V;C';S<parade. ' All 'sorts and' sizes ;were-. thero-r - ponies,-- ladies'; hacks,shunters, lorry horses, E rea ' : with; shining fpoats;arid in the centre, savage and sullen-leplting,-;wereTsbveral;l)ul]s.^prie;felt;relieved;''to;lthink ; tf,;;,' ~ they, count as nothing.''iwhen the 'inartial spirit, is aroused;.as. was;,pvidenced only the ''jhvprevibiw';b^enirigi:'^Absence;.bf.3bodyCis>their - AmusGin'ents'were.; npt forgbtten, as 'there - wore ,*al] .sorts .bf ' sido -yliows—the -merry- •• '. gp.-round being-'particularly well patrpnisficl," , , - not'by children only,-'cithb'ri -Wherever one ' ■. .■-■ goes there is something t-o see or;-something : X;\, to be interested in; for show day in the | J,';;, AVairnrapa iis, made the;most of by- every one ' whether hb 'knows .anything .about farming