Southern Illinois Journal

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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
FLORA, ILLINOIS, Ft^lpAY, AUGUST 28    1908
NUMBER 33
HOlilE COMING
BId Success Already Assured.
FIVE. BIG DAYS.
SBnday School  Day,  Democratic  Oay,
Republican Day,   Fraleroal Day,
aud Railroad and Chowder
Bay.
The different comnaitteeB having charge of .Iho F.nrmera and MercbHDts Carnival nnil Hoiiie Coining met at the City Ball on Friday eveniuR and eub- mitted reporta. In most inatancea the rsp.)rt8 were of tlie inont glowing cbar acter. Thia was particnlariy Iroo of tht; committee on preminma. Tbens showed an aggregate of individnal pre miuma offered ot nearly five bundred dollara. These embrace premiums of¬ fered on an immense variety ' of farm prodncta, fancy work, paintinga, and poultry and live stock.
OnCnlinaryProdacta—Mra. T.J. Friend On Palming and Art Work—Mlas Anna
Blalr. On Specinis—L. B..Keith.
The committee on moslc has employed Smith's llnoy Band fur.tbe entire Uve days of the carnival.
Tbe Dwiiei'S of stallions snd jacks in this vicinity are generally nilering ape¬ cial preuiliiius on the oflnprings of their animals, nud thia promises to b> an attractive feature of Ihe ocensinn-
J. F. Wlloo.ti cbHlriiian of the chow¬ der ooiiuniitee. has issued a reqniaition for at least five bnndred yonng squirrels five hundred ponnds nf chickens, one carcase of beef, one of lamb, and one of pork. These witb eouie two thonaand pounds of vegetables, are expected to make nbont fifteen hnndred gallons of cbl wder or safficlent fur twelve thona- aud peopla.
JakH and Herbert Lentz ot the squir¬ rel brigade went to Skillet Foric one day laat week to reconoiter, aud reported sqain-els as jiretty 8c«i