The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-10-12

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| ity. The Suffolk boar, owned by Mr..
MELENDY. was pronounced good speci.
men ;of that popular breed; and two pigs
Of the same class, owned by Col. SHER-
WOOD, of New York, were as handsomeas
pigs can be. There were also fine Leices.
ter pigs from Delaware and Butler coun-
ties. and good lot of Berkshires, but no
one could find out their owners without
great difficulty, owning to q foolish rule.
prohibiting the. alfixing Of the owners
names to articles entered for competition.
This ,mustbe reformed. aa.
The, Poultry Show was quite large and
we'll arranged. We noticed. however,
that large number Of the fowls appeared
to be halfbreeds, or inferior specimens Of
the Shanghai and other Chinese varieties.
Some, too, were Of the largest and finest
scriptions; Of this kiEd were number
Of coops said to belong to P. MELENpY, as
we'll as some others, whose names we did
not learn. =.
Dairy and Farm Products occupied a
fine. large tent, but were not sufficiently
abundant to do credit to the rich Miami
valley. The show of the butter was re-
spectacle in quantity. aud excellent in
quality. Cheese was less abundant. and
not remarkable for quality, we should
Judge from a hasty Inspection. Flour.
bread, honey, starch. preserves, pickles.
"portable soup" and other articles Of food.
were here; and few good samples OF
grain and seeds. Garden vegetables were
good. but not abundant, and the best, we
believe, were from our friend Mock, of
Columbus.
FLORAL HALL. was The first point of at
traction. as usual, to visitors. IN front.oi
| this was beautiful, fountain, with its Jets
Of pure water sparkling ..in the sunbeams.
exciting the admiration of all spectators.
This was the work Of G. w. PR1cnARD D
& Co.. Cincinnati. 1t wbs supplied with
water by small wheel and force pump al
the hydraulic canal near at hand. Inside
the hall was a very pretty. but not very
extensive display of flowers and fruits.
There being no professional florists nearer
than Cincinnati, and the Horticultural Fair
o. that city being held al the same time,
Of course much could not be expected in
this line still it wss by no msssss a Ia.
ure. OF fruits there was fair show, but
not such as the Miami Valley ought to
have produccd;sand had there been no
exhibitors from abroad il would have been
quite disgraceful. Messrs, ELLwANeER
& BARRY. OF Rochester. N. Y, exhibited
$50 varieties Of pears, and some apples,
plums, grapes, &C., and Messrss FuoRp.
SMITH & HANcHErT, of Syracuse, LAO
varieties Of pears, and. a good collection
Of apples, &c. R, BUCHANAN, Esq. .oI
Cincinnati. bad large collection pf ap.
pies. some pears. and fine grapes. -
HoFFEER. Esq, OF CumminsvlIe, exhibit
ed splendid bunches Of house grapes, and
some rare plants, &c. a. u. ERNST, J.
/ V. PETTIcoLAs, and several other gentle,
men also exhibited fine lots Of fruit
Messrs. HEAVIER and RICE. Of Cincinnati
exhibited some fine Dahlias, Yerbenas,
and other flowers, but most of.the- floral
display was from the ladies Of Dayton;
among whom we name as prominent, Mrs
JENNISoN, Mrs. STEELE. and Mrs. PtRRcE-
but many others deserve also 10 be men
toned. .y,s.s.s .,f't..i.. - = Ig
/ In, Manu- factarers Hall, the. first thing
that,slrnck the attention, Jwastlle amount
of empty space upon. the tables. Much
surprise and regret was expressed sat the
! apathy Of manufacturers on the spbject.o
texhibiting lbsirs wares but we presume
there can be some explanation given, and
we should be pleased if. some Of this class
Eof our readers would inform US of til.
reasons Tor their refusing 10 exhibit. There
were some good articles. in:this hall, bu
as no names were attached. we shall no
mention. them in detail, Notice OF a few
articles will be found in s,tie Ladies' De
partment. III, @ s>sY 4 n.
Mechanics Hall was but little better
filed than the others.s and did not seem
to contain mucht that was new or striking
There was the usual complement of stoves
and articles ofahardware, mechanics tools
, specimens of carpentels' and coopers
work, &C., &C., Among the novelties was
I..CoFFEEN' Patent Ice Cream Freezer
which is a very ingenious and portable
q affair, and quite effective, we should Judge
by the facility with wich it furnished well
frozen-cream. There were also several
new ,churns. but not Of much promise
and we think the committee did right in
awarding the premium to .,''DAy1s' SeH
, Adjusting Chnrn.'a'sa a4s ss.ss.
g Implements and Machines were numer.
Gus ands of good qnality-not many o.
them really new, but nearly all presenting
some evidences of improvement And
here again I'VE have to regret thatlsoifew
of them had any marks to designatesthe
name Or residence sol the manufacturers
much, ,of.the advantage OF the exhibition,
both to spectators and exhibitors being
lost by this omissions There. was fine
displaysof plows--most of them from Gin
cinnati, and Of very superior workman
ship, as we'll as good patterns. The inn
I provemenis that have been made i'm the
shape and qualitysof plows in Ohio during
the past six or eight years, are; quite strik.
ling. Harrows. cultiyators and rollers. al.
!. so,s were numerous and good-suited fol
almost every imaginable kindyof crop and
4 soil. ,and giving evidence that some farm
ers, at least, are adopting mDre thorough
/ systems of tillage than formerly. Grain
drills. seed sewers. and corn planting ma.
chimes were abundant. and most of them
we should Judge excellent; some Too were
new to us. but we could, not judge of theil
Il value without seeing them in, actual use