CHAPTER XIV: FAIRS OF THE PIONEERS 



FAXES OF THE PIONEEBS. THERE WAS KEEN RIVALRY 

 IN THE FAIRS OF EARLIER DAYS. THE TOP-BOOT AND 

 "homespun" age. the FIRST MERRY-GO-ROUND 

 WAS SLOW AND WOODEN, SUITED TO THE OX-TEAM 

 AGE. SOME VERSES ON THE *'OLD COUNTRY FAIR." 



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