The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-10-11
The Hennepin Fair.

he attendance was cNCteuiisN 'ait ''' So
passing tina, a, any previous iai'-and could not
have fallen shor, Of three thousand.
The first day was principally occupied IN enter
ing articles for exhibition, full sccoun, OF which
is given in the reports Of the several viewing COM
mi,tees which we publish niull below.
All the articles Of domestic manufacture, fruit,
vegetable dairy products small articles OF m'chan-
ism drawings, paintings &c, &c constituting the
ornamental part Of the exhibition. were system
aticaly aud ;as,ealy displayed IN the court house.
which was handsomely decorated with evergreens,
bouquets. paintings. eugra,ngs, appropriate mot
toes, flags. banners, and mirrors, rendering It one
of the mos, inviting places We have ever had the
pleasure Of visiting.
On the .eeond day The d5ogs or ihe court
/ house were thrown open for the admluance otv'
silors, and in few minutes the house was crowded.
With every description Of humankind, and contiD-
I u-d so Changing the crowd every half hour until
/ ! o'clocl., p. m, when procession was formed,
under the direction of Capt. keiser, Marshal OF the
| day, and marched to the dinner table under an al
: bour adjoining Mr.. Waughs Hoie!.
! The Granville brass band was in attendance and
deserve much credit for their truly admirable per
formances We regret tia, we did no; Obtain the
name Of their able leader. we are informed that
he is one Of the mos, accomplished musiciansn the
state
Afar dinner procession was again formed and
proceeded 10 the grove 10 hear the address,
Unfortunately, Prof Turner. of jacksonville,
who had been engaged to deliver the address was
not present, Tor reasons which will be found n the
following note from friend Of his, which was
mailed a, Somers, Conn Sept 3),h, and addressed
to Nj Ralph Ware, Of Granville:
Mr. WARE, Dear Sri am requested by our
mutual friend, Rev J. b. Turner, 10 inform YOU
thatin the providence Of God, he wi! BE- una5l" to
meet your society at us annual fair, rs YOU and ne
have anticipard, in consequence Of InISpOSltlon,
being unable 10 leave his room for the present, and
Is under the painful necessity, 10 day. of informing
YOU through me, tina, he must be denied the Plea
sure he had anticipated in being with YOU az your
anniversary aud will write YOU more fully on the
sui iect when he is able Respectfully, youIs,
Scmers, Sep, -. 1850. MARrU, WOODWARD.
This letter was received At so late an hour that
the executive committee were unable to procure
a substitute, and when about Departing OF having
an address at al Owen Loyeloy, of Bureau county,
came forward and relieved the committee from
the dilemma into which they had been placed 90
Without moments preparation, he mounted the
stand aud addressed the multitude IN an abe man'
ncr HIS remarks were both interesting aud prlc.
teal, nnd although they may have lacked that nb-
soutely essential chapter in orlrcns OF this Kind,
long and painfully profound dissertation upon the
probable truth or uniTuth OF the ihgusa nt.and.one
theories tia, ore constantly going the rounds. he
made for this deficiency with choice variety Of
good humor and well selected wit so that,
taking his speech all through, and considering the
circumstances under which it was made, it was
about the best thing We have heard loT ong time.
After tn. address the various viewing Commit.
tees reported as b,lows;
HORSES
The Committee on work horses carriage horses,
&c. submit the following Report:
! Permit US to congratulate the society on tie
Increasing interest man.'r-' a u- ssocia'un aud
! the decided lmpoyeni' 'u D. nr dcpartmsn's
| Of its exhibition aud ~ ,''iUre rem. rs
! tie great leading branc! 80 ir.'r ttc.
the rearing Of the hur-r .Ht ... i.,. zion 10 Ia
Dor, must constitute ~ imp.ral. ..' interesting
branch Of study. And notwithstanding the hull
ding Of rail roads seem. 20 h. the order of the
day land we wait with auxios, .ulicitudc TO wit
ness their track acros. the length and breadth Of
out State) yet,hey are adapted To- the great inter
est, Of commerce and intcrcommuncation
Tie black steed with iron muscles and heated
. breath, feeding upon an under stratum II btn-
minuu. coal, may perform lis task unwearied with
quiet power and despatch.
Sill the sagacity. fidelity, and I may add
friendship. Of the horse enjears hun TO his mas
ter He can climb our mountains, traverse our
yallics, eros our praries, swim our streams pro
pei our machinery. rlow our land, SOW our grain.
harvest uuf crop, cut our hay, thr-sh and market
our produce, draw our carriage, md then mount
Iii. back aud in the chase he'll hy'
! And although some may indulge their fancy in
the visionary project Of steam plows and erial
carriages, your tyDuHiHss believe that tie horse
will long be found, as he ever has been the most
noble and useful animal in carrying cut the moe
practical and sociul relations Of life.
The exhibition Of work horses has been very
fair and quite number Of heavy spans have come
under our notice; and although the committee
were not entirely unanimous, they have awar.
dcd the first premium TO Mr.. Aaron Whitaker,
/ for n span OF sampson mares as work horses.
/ And the second to Geo. Macory for span Of
snaps.
/ A fine span were in exhibition By James Ross
span Of considerable meri, by VIM. Pat,en, and
other spans BY many others
/ IN carriage horses there was but little coulpe.
tition, and we have awarded the first premium to
A W. Pitts OF Peru, and the second to James
Nandoren.
On single horses the frs, premium was award
Cd to Z. b, Weston, and the second to W A. Pen.
nell
= There we're bu, two saddle horse. exhibited
The FIRST premium was awarded to Charles IVES
ton and the second TO Ebenezer Henderson.
OF wear old colts there wa. very mea.cl
show, rs only were shown rs which were large
and fur The committee think IL not unreasona
Die 10 expect as many rs 90 at such an exhibition
the same remark is true in reference to . year
ODDS aGd among yearlIngs, there was no competi
tiun.
, 1t Is indeed strange that IN four counties when
tina rearing If horses continues an important
branch Of farming only Que yearlins colt should
be exhibited
On year old colts they have awarod The fr.-
premium TO Isaac Sprngue and the second TO
Dmmcs
On two year old, the frst premium to Sidney
rulsifcr
On yearlings to II. p White the first premium
1 mo compstion)
very large aud excellent colts were examine,
by the committee, and it has been with some diff
fculty that we have made our award
The first premium has been awarded to Charles
Weston, aud the sccon dto James Ro.s. both ,uaI
colts
D In this matter we may have erred hut the a
bove is the best Of our judgment which is respect
fully submitted S.W WESTON