Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1852-10-28

tea set. We have spoken of this ware before.
large crowd was always standing round the ''Per.
cussion Seal Press of P. EVANS Jr. This is one of
the convenient and useful s articles on exhbi.
on 1t is used with greater and less consumption
of time than any press before invented seems
to be the ne plus ultra Of seal presses It is light, ee.
gant and durable, weighing only about pounds and
can be carried in tbs pocket It is cheap oosea and
press all complete costing only five doars-consider.
ably less than half the price of the old press All that
required produce impression equal to the weight
of ton, is quick hard blow with the open hand
Every business man should have one. vsjen of this
city, has them for sale.
Among the threshing machines, the "Improved Ma.
chine for threshng and cleaning GRAIN" from the man.
ufactory of A. Gaar & Co., Richmond, attracted the
most attention. It was beautiful specimen of work.
manshp and awarded the first prize-a silver cup
the best thresher exhibition. On Thursday it
threshed several bushels of wheat the rate of
bushel in 40 seconds, Eighty bushels in an hour.
Probably the best specimen Of neat and elegant work
D,anship on the ground buggy manufactured by
r. r. Gaston, of this city. The wood is ALL nearly
all hickory, and is painted but vanished and polish
ed. The slightest defect in the wood workmanship
could thus be readily detected but believe there is
the least in either 1t altogether the beau
tfu carriage at the Fair and is highly credtabls the
skill and taste of the manufacturer.
The best Saddle deposited by G. L.
Fears, of Connersvilie The price asked for it is fifty
dollars and from the labor which evidently must have
been expended upon it, the quality of the materials
used and the which the Saddle would apparently
afford both horse and rider inclined think
fifty dollars low price for it.
A Spinning Wheel invented by Mr.. Matheny, of
Dearborn county and exhibited by Joseph Stoops of this
county, who the right, attracted much attention
from the farmers wives and daughters So did i'm.
proved Hand Loom, exhibited by Quackenboss & Da-
Wis, of Morgan county. These machines gave evidence
that in the good old Spinning wheel and cottage
loom, J" much improvement can be made.
Locomotive Lamp, manufactured by ocOtt & Bro
ther, Rochester New York. appeared to be well fitted
for what it designed-to give brilliant light
fire proof Safe, from the mandatory of Duryee, For
syth, & Co., Rochester, elected much commentator
from business men.
s. Rea of this city, exhibited in two large frames,
Daguerreotypes of the members of she last Senate and
House, Of this State Also, kenesses of many Of the
young ladies of this cty-beautifn of course, or they
would not have been ikenesses These Daguerreotypes
were executed Rea's best style which equivalent to
saying that they cannot be excelled in the world.
Mr. Webbing, from Connersville, also exhibits some
excellent Daguerreotypes Many of his pictures very
nearly if not quite, equaled Rea's and highly
creditable productions.
Messrs. w. H. & H. E. Carr of Rushvilie, J. Sui.
grove, of this city and R. st. John, of Terre Haute
each contributed specimens of splendid Harness. Mr.
A. Wigguton & Brother, of Martinsville, exhibited
beautiful Ladies' Hoped Saddle, which was much ad-
mired.
A stave and some Flour Barrels-the best We ever
saw-and lot of lasts, exhibited by R. Osgood,
Of this city. ., -
Mrs E. Kirk, and Mrs. Miller, of this city, exhibited
some deGr Bonnes" as the ladies said and other elk
ins for the ladies' the of which did know.
One between cloak and sack GOAT, mark.
ed 's5OO0," and many bachelor inconsinently bless.
ed himself for his ceibacy as he passed it.
Cases of fancy articles and periumery deposited
by Messrs. Craghead & Browning, and J. P. Pope &
Co., Druggists, of this city.
Mr. Roberts, Druggist, of this city, had on exhibition
bottles of excellent Cologne, manufactured by him.
number of ladies who appeared to be au fat in the
matter said il the best they had ever seen and,
though not much OF Judge in such things, we fully
agreed with them. The scent is the most fragrant
ever inhaed-equa that of the most delicate flowers
Cologne made from the recipe, Mr.. Roberts in
formed u.s. has taken the prize the State Fairs
in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York.
Messrs. a. NJ and p G. c. Hunt, Dentists CT this
city, exhibited specimens Of their work. which,
we heard lady say, almost tempted her to have all
her teeth pulled, and her mouth filed with those of
Hunts manufacture-they looked so white, even, and
natural.
Pamps of all sorts plentiiully exhibited. The
'Hydraulc Force and Lift Pump" manufactured by G.
D. Wlnchel Sc Co., Cincinnati, being the most novel in
its constructure, attracted the most attention.
The foregoing only lew of the many articles on
exhibition and are such as attracted attention in
passing The Executive Committee failed make any
for the accommodation Of Reporters and
the exhibitors, in many instances not present,
that many articles which merited notice escaped
tenon This peculiarly the case with the horses,
and the fruit and vegetables.
The fair passed off pleasantly; the weather fine
the whole time, and single serious accident &C.
cured Some pockets picked, and some money and
other articles were lost, as to be expected, but
probably inconvenience followed to the suf
ferors We believe all nearly all who visited the city
found some kind of accommodatons--as good could
be expected considering the crowd which on Thursday
was estimated be from Al, 900 to so 900 persons.
We have not heard what the receipts were, but pre-
sumo they considerably than enough to pay
expenses l
We shall publish list of the premiums as soon as
we can get them. 3 1 s
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