Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-10-06
The County Fair.

The County Fair.
Those who were present at the Coun-
ty Fair on Friday last must have heen
agreeably surprised at the variety of
entries and the unmistakable feeling
manifested on the part of the citizens of
our county, to sustain the society and
make it the means of advancing those
interests it was designed to encourage
and develop. Many of cur farmers
have refEained from joining the society
fearingits destiny would be like that OF
the old one. But such should no lon
ger delay; the present society has been
in operation three years, and yearly has
increased the number of its members
and the Importance of its exhibitions.
In the absence of the premiums awar-
ded (which viii appear next week } and
failure to take fuA private memoran-
dunn, we are unable to speak of the ar
tieles exhibited and the exhibitors as.
particularly as we desire.
The number of entries were, of farm
ing implements and domestic manufactu
res, SO; cattle, SO; mules, a; horses, 81;
sheep, 4; swine, 4; products of dairy,
10; grain, &C., 1O;vegetables, II; fruit,
80; fancy articles, IS; horticulture, a;
poultry, 2; the amount of premiums
awarded S129, so. The collection of
fruit was the largest and best assort-
ment; the collection comprised apples,
ounces, peaches, (some very fine by
Mr.. Guthrie, of Ohio township) grapes
DC. Indeed we doubt whether those
counties of our State more famous for
fruit growing could exhibit a greater
and better variety of apples than those
presented by Mr.. Middleswarth and Mr..
G. Davis, of Clay township. and Mr.
Guthrie of Ohio, and probably others,
whose names we did not learn. In cat
tie and horses the exhibition was large
and fine. There has not been that at
tention given to stock in Gallia county,
as among our more wealthy neighbors,
but there is a desire and determination
to improve in this respect; and we doubt
not that every annual fair will demon
strate that this determination is being
carried into execution. There was not
large variety in the Horticultural de-
partment. Mrs. Regnier, Miss E. Math-
ers and Miss Agnes Grayum presented
some beautiful flowers. Among the
fancy articles the needle work by Mrs.
Black, the wreath of hair flowers by
Mrs. Vance and large lamp mat, by
Mrs. Holcomb were much admired. Of
the articles of domestic manufacture we
cannot particularize-the articles exhib-
tied were quite numerous and attracted
much attention. Mrs. Smithers and
Mrs. VIM. Waddell exhibited some
choice specimens of the products of
their dairies.
We wish we could speak more fully
of the fair, but are without the material
and time. The grounds selected, the
market house and adjacent grounds,
were thronged most of the day, the
number of visitors being much larger
than on any former similar OCCASION
We cannot refrain from expressing the
wish that a larger number of the ladies
of Gallia county would interest them
selves in the exhibitions. Those named
above have always manifested their de-
sire to do their duty in sustaining the
society. We sincerely hope their ex-
ample will be more generally followed.
We shall next week publish the list of
premiums awarded.