
FAYETTE COUNTY, Pa. — A 9-year old girl’s goodwill gesture at the Fayette County Fair opened some eyes and pockebooks. At the county fair, Harper Diamond sold her 270-pound pig, Cookie. Harper decided to donate the earnings to a fund for a new barn at the fairgrounds “I donated this money because I wanted to help for the next generation of 4-H so they had more opportunity,” Harper said. “After the sale of that, people from the crowd started wanting to add on to it, $1, $2, a couple added five, four,” said Harper’s grandfather Chris Diamond. “Next thing you know, the total per pound for the pig ended up somewhere around $96, totaling somewhere around $27,000.” The current barn is 50 years old and is scheduled to be torn down.