New-York daily tribune., 1851-10-02
The Ohio Farmers Fair.

'NlA llht - 'eAhiNil - l'ts 80 t'"A-
Toie Ed9ors Of The n y T16uHe
This has been memorable week for Co
lumbus 1t was eyiden; on Monday morning
that the public had rot forgotten that this was
the week Of the state Far BY Tuesday
night all the hotels and boarding houses were
full, and during tn balance OF the week private
houses, court houses and public halls OF every
description were filled at night, and ,c, many
did not obtain any sleeping accommodations AZ
all. The grounds had been ready for the re-
ception of articles intended for exhibition some
da,s before, and II !, the opinion OF all that the
ARRANGEMENTS We're better than those nj any
other fair ever held IN tins country. IL Is GER
taiuly difficult To suggest any amendment by
Wednesday noon every thing was ln It's pace
and the crowd within the lnciOsurc comf2rfqbty
compact. press OF business deprived me OF
the privilege OF visiting tine grounds bat once,
and that tor but o shor time. would OF course
be unable even II disposed, To notice IN detail
any Of the thOus and useful Or interesting things
exhibited. Among the machinery were steam
engines of smp' and nov, construction, mills Tor
grinding corn, either ,hcucd or M tie ear, bran
duslcrs, smut machines, q novel machine for
working ur boards INTO nbres IN imitation Of
curod iair for mattresses. amachlne for making
sp.Ints tor matches, together with numbers u
others that cannot even name tii1nniug IN
elements proper there was IN almost endless
variety PloWs b, the hundred. OF all kinds and
qualities. one OF which couDie oar share, WIN one
plow turning the grass and surface INTO the bottom Oi
the flrIOV. followed by another turning deep and
heavy urlOw on too Oi It. attracted much attention
hafrows. cuitIyaIuTs, rollers, rcaplne machines.
ihreshIug machines, whett-ians and drills. corn
shelters hoes axes, &C. &c IN great prO.usiOn aad
OF improved patterns and construction, many OF
which would well justify special notice, did space
permit. The display OF stoves was very great. Inc
augtr ana tool naaerS hdd some beautiful Spe HehS
The ONO foot tonpany, OF THIS CITY, haI "A large
assortment OF boautllri llaLe,, square, &c Turner
* Sons ot tIucILuaLi Cispl llstl inrgc ara spen-
Cid collection OF circular st"s. ana comp ny irom
Ko>,,, &, ono. Lad huc collection of "el!-made
butchers ald otuCr similar KNIVES. most eXtcn-
siyc assortment of beautiful pocAct.cu'lery nom
yCuT C.i'. attracted much attention NJ itanhs' ol
(i.cllIau exhibited "a large collection Oh iInc-toned
aut teaitfui bells. There werc carpets rIgsq uilts,
coultCrpante embroidery OF VARIOUS Kinds and De III
iIiul VoThmaL.L'p, SIX LanUktrcLieis and yesilnR>
from the aufa,fOnfs OF j. l.. Jones, Of Cincinnati,
and MI GA. oi Wheeling, that would bear compari-
son with any imported, besides an almost innumCr1-
be nst OF article, that IL would nave taken week
20 oXamiIe.
TAc exhibit on Of Horses Cattle, Hogs and sheep
MS yery good b appeared 20 me that the horses
are too lgul for heavy dram. There were some
splendid specimens of cattle bcth lat ana working
TIE hogs were n course gOoc, one boar wv oDuID}
weighing 81 lbs. One COtsWOld buck weighed 80
lbs The variety Of fowls was very great and well
worth examination, some Of them beautiful, but
Others ugly lcyond description. The hen feVer ap-
uears 10 be raging here I'll considerable violence
But | have already occupied too much space with
details The crowd Of visitors on Thursday aud
Friday was immense Any estimate OF their num-
ber. would be but loose guess. some idea may
b. fofmed nom the fact, that eight thousand and nne
dollars were received for tickets OF admission, most
Of which admitted families, and which did not include
tie tickets of exhibitors.
The address which was 10 have been delivered by
Hon. WIN. Allen. on Friday afternoon, was inter-
Tipted or ram One thing which VAS the SUBJECT oil
general remark, certainly matter Of hearty con
graduation Among all that were crowded to-
gethcr for three days not the slightest accident hap
pened, and not a drunken man was 10 be seen. No
intoxicating liquors were allowed on or near The
grounds. The arrangements and the order preserved
were perfect The farmers u Ono have great cause
10 be proud Of their Second Annual Far. Bu, one
unpleasant remniscence IS Left and that IS. that
Columbus must suffer M reputation, on account Oi
the SnyOCA prCpe Lsies Of some OF aer hotel avery
stable and boarding house keepers, who Tor much
p0orer accommodations than they usually ave,
charged double, triple or even quadrupe rslce ne
harpies would have shown more courage ana as
much honesty by taking the extra charge out oil the
pockets Of Their guests while they slept.
MI John Wise made another balloon ascension IN
company with his wife and son, on Thursday, and al
ter ascending beautifully passed of 10 the northeast
and landed about ten miles ifomthe CITY lie has not
vet published an account Of his trlp. Scioro.