Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-10-27
TEE FAIR.

stock Of he county, and also some fTOn sur.
rounding counties. The display in this line
was splendid great deal better than We bad
s1pected to see The Floral Hall was also
being 6llrd with 6ns and fancy work Of every
f. one who choose to enter their articles Some
magnificent articles were on exhibition this
I. yesr--bettei than has heretofore been offered.
The Hall was not opened for the inspection OF
fTsiters until the S, coud day. We seen some
Fsplendid articles in the Hall. But we had not
time 10 examine anything like halfOf the dis
play Of ardces-nor did We know by whom
they were presented. The balance Of The first
day was taken up BY those present in visiting
the different places Of amusement and euriOsi-
les--sueh as the ''WOrld Renowned EthiO-
plan Mnslrels," The Wild Indians, The Eve
and siK legged calls. The AinStrels
are some in performing They beat every
Thing we ever seen Of the kind. To EphrAim,
Elias, Bones and Moses we tender our thanks
for hearty shake Of the sides; They gave
aanother entertainment on last Saturday night
at the Sddger Hall, where they did remarka.
Ebly well) In the evening the Managers had
prepared for the Occa sSiOn a Grad Display tf
Fire works and Balloon Ascension, which pas
sed of very nicely, inasmueh as lhS Fire
Works had been moistsned in shipping. The
Balloon in her descent fell upon the Lntheran
Church, and for some time il was thought it
might set the Church. on FIRE, but by the
RprOmpt action Of some one it was soon taken
Edown. The folks betOOk themselves TO their
respect i've places Of stopping 10 as good an
advantage as they could. The crowd was so
large. that net one half could find "place to
klay their head" Every body had crowd -
EThe "PattOn House" and Western Exchange"
Were full to overdoWing For our own part
the first night of the Fair, we don't know
Awhere we did stay, sometimes on a chair,
sometimes on the floor, and 6nally we found a
bed with only three in, and We concluded that
was about as good chance as we would get
so we climbed"
The second cay, there was larger crowd
in town than we ever seen in UarrOllton. The
morning was spent il riding, driving, walking
&c, and at 1 O'Clock the assemblage was ad-
dressed by Coz. WV. R. LLOTD, Of fSteubenville.
Those that heard the address, say it was a
splendid effort. We could not hear q word
from where we were, but know from what we
have seen and heard Of the Co.. on other Oc
casions that the address must have been fine
one. Immediately after the address, the La
dy's Horseback Riding took place, which
was the exciting and interesting part Of the
Fair. The Ladies we're ell ready and in wei
tng-mOunted upon their steed-for the time
to arrive to display their "contrOl over the
brute creation" and right we'll was ii DONE
Never have We seen better equestrianism than
that of the Ladies on the above OCCASION
EVERY one seemed determined to excel As
we learn the premiums were distributed as
follows: The 6rst LadyS Riding Saddle,
/, valued at $40, was awarded TO Miss Elizabeth
Stemple, of Washington township; the sec
end; fine Bride, to Miss Willard Of New
Lisbon ColumbanA county; the third La
1 dies Riding Cap, to Miss Ella Leggst Of Car
rolltOn; the fourth, fine gold pencil, to Mss
Eliza Jane Beatty. of CarrOllton; the fgth
/, d gold ring, to Mrs. James Patton, Of the Pat
ton House, the sixth fine gold ring, to Miss
Figley, Of Washington TOW nship; the seventh.
q Lady's RIDING to Mrs. George +. Ken
edy, of CarrolltOn' the'eight, copy Of ByrOn's
Works to Miss Hat L. stidger Of CarrOllton.
There was no competitor for the ninth pre-
mium. In the course of the riding, Misc VIII.
lard, lost her balance and fell from her horse,
aud in falling pulled the horse over. Beth
were up in CITY, and shssws soon mounted
again, and off In conseq uence of the fall, the
gentlemen of Lisbon raised Miss: Willard
purse Of S45, and presented it to her. There
is Of course, some dissatisfaction on account ol
the distribution Of the premiums. For our
part, We have nothing to say on the subject
As soon as the riding was over and things
kquieted down a little, the lovers of Dancing
REPAIRED to the patton House," and spent
the greater part Of the night in the gay and
kgiddy dance" The company was large, re-
'kspectable one. Everything passed off smooth
lily. The Hanover Band performed the music
for the Fair and Dance. This is . good Band
land the members seem to all be gentlemen -
kThers isa great many things we would like to
gspeak Of, but cannot at this time.
The Secretary, Mr.. Kennedy, informs us that
the premium list will be made out and ready
for publication next week. Then the people
can see all about the Fair and its proceedings