C4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 6,1980
It’s an American in
stitution; the county fair.
A potpourri for the senses,
the sights, sounds and smells
of fairs fill a warm place in
the dreams of children and
the memory of adulthood.
Flashing bursts of
brilliantly colored lights,
throbbing rock music and
the wheedling call of the
chance game barkers
pulsate over the froth of the
fair, the inevitable midway.
Generators roar and motors
hum as ferns wheel buckets
soar skyward, screams of
terror and delight trail off
behind zooming roller
coaster cars and kids bounce
with ecstacy on that gran
daddy of giant jumping
mattresses, the moonwalk.
Less adventuresome tod
dlers, on their first carousel
ride, clutch the painted
horses in serious self
consciousness, while doting
grandmothers gnn and wave
each time the ride comes
around.
Calone-laden junk food
reigns supreme, enticing
fairgoers with nch smells
that hang heavy over sun
warmed blacktop and dusty
grass. Treat your tastebuds
and make a selection from
the bounty: onioned and
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peppered Italian sausages,
funnel cakes fresh from the
hot fat and fancied with
confectioner sugar make-up,
spicy pizza dripping with
tfuck tomato paste and
cheese that stretches away
when you bite in. Finish it off
with facefuls of cotton
candy, that spun-sugar cloud
with a cardboard handle.
But beware of the child at
your elbow gluing himself
together with the bright red
candy apple.
Color and fragrance of a
different sort envelope
visitors who step through the
doors of the horticulture
displays. Grapes of dark
purple and bright pink
brilliance view for attention
over plates of juicy red
tomatoes, fat and smooth
orange pumpkins and
tastefully arranged baskets
of multi-hued gourds and
Indian corn. Off to the side is
food for the soul, entries of
posy perfection sending out
flowery perfumes from their
crayon-box assortment of
shades.
But for me, the heart of the
fair is the stock barns.
There’s an atmosphere of
friendship, of camaraderie,
wrapped within its blend of
hay, sawdust, manure, fresh
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families. “You need your cars for everything. And you
have dnve-in movies and dnve-in restaurants.” With
gasoline costing nearly $4.00 per gallon, French people
are more conserving than Americans. Veromque said,
“We learn to walk and to nde the bicycle. ’ ’
Eating in the United States is not like in France, and
while she talked briefly about the differences, Veromque
shrugged them off, saying, “It is not important.” 'lhe two
things which struck her most sharply were the abundance
of sugar in the diet and the different kind of bread. She
said, “There is sugar m everything - there is too much
sugar. Our bread is very different. In France everybody
eats the same things. We are more traditional in our
eating. Bread is very important in our meals. We eat our
meals, plate by plate, not everything at once.” Veromque
has promised to cook a meal French meal for the
molasses feed, soap, oil,
leather halters and arena
dust.
Here the drawing card is
pens of finely-bred cattle,
shining with their washed
coats, bedded up to their
bellies in gleaming yellow
straw and being treated like
royalty. Sheep nibble
delicately at choice feed,
content in the knowledge
that their thick, curly coats,
teased to show-off fluffiness,
have never looked better.
And pudgy pigs, grunting
with contentment after a
cooling bath and a tasty pan
of ground com, flop down in
a comer to snooze away
their stay at the fair,
oblivious to little kids who
hang in over the pens and
poke them in the hams.
Poultry cages explode in a
cackling, crowing, gobbling,
quacking and cooing
songfest, the residents
seemingly chuckling among
themselves about the
strange things you see at a
fair. Only the bunnies take it
in silence, preening them
selves and resting in quiet
elegance under the
smoothest of fur coats.
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And then suddenly its
over, and the buildings grow
silent and windswept for
another year.
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Suydams, including individual courses, and the whole
family is looking forward to it. A
She said she thinks foods are cheaper here, but adied
that American families seem to begin with more
processed foods. “We make our own mayonnaise - without
sugar,” she stated
While she has not spent much time shopping, she said
paper and books appear to be cheaper here. She said
France must import all its paper which makes it very
expensive, and she added that one American newspaper
would make 10 French newspapers.
A visit to an Amish neighbor was interesting for
Veromque. She said, “Their way of life is quite in
teresting. Perhaps there is something that we can leam
from their experience. Perhaps they can teach us to use
less energy. I don’t find them backward m their farming.”
Evelyn said Veromque was mtngued with their wind
mills, and feels they are a sensible use of the wind.
Veromque’s English is quite good, making it easy to
communicate. She pointed out that many words are
exactly the same, although when pronounced in French
they sound very different. After two weeks here she is
feeling a little more confident about her speaking, but she
has her dictionary handy and frequently refers to it to
make sure a meaning is understood.
She had a further word on government regulations
which should cheer Americans who sometimes thiniAe
government is involved m every aspect of life. “You
remain freer here. We have more government than you
do,” she stated. She gave two examples of laws m France
which are not found in this country. French people are
required by law to wear seat belts and children are not
allowed to ride in the front seat of a car, restrained or not.
Veromque said she chose to participate in this program
arranged through her school because, “I was curious to
see the life in this country.” She said she had no pre
conceived ideas but was ready to see for herself.
Currently, there are seven French students visiting on
farms in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Other students from
the school are in other countries of the world, ex
periencing farm left there. Veromque could have chosen
to go to any English or Spanish-speaking country since she
knows both languages, but she is happy to have the op
portunity to visit the Umted States.
When she returns to her native land on September 17,
she will have had a close view of farm and family life in
Lancaster County and an experience which she’ll
remember always.
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