Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-10-13
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE rREE PRESS.
From the Quaker City.
NO. III.
The Pennsylvania State Fair.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 5, is;

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two ago, relying after vain attempts to seat
in a car or omnibus, upon my own private means Of
locomotion. As | went on the crowd increased, at
least fourfiths Of the faces being turned Westward
until, at the bridge and thence to tho exhibition
ground, the throng of cfrrirges became 20 dense
that progress was nearly impossible, aud I passed
carriages that had vainly spent my breath to stop
an hour before.
OF course every vacant spot by the way side for
the last fourth of mile was occupied by booths,
shantes and tents for the sale ofcatables and drink
ablcs, especially the latter, and the exhibition of
every imaginable sight which might attract the grp- |
ing multitude. Here to be all manner of |
beasts and birds, creeping things and fowls Of tho
air; from funtomah, rcsurrcctcd slave Of General
Washington. said to be n hundred and twenty years
DID, to the anaconda, which the at the door said
che should take him out Of bis box aud coil hissclf
round his neck three times"
At last was fairly within the enclosure. A fine
field ofabout twenty acres had been enclosed aud
around the outside, against ,hc fence. were the
stables and pens for horses cattle, sheppard swine,
leaving only place in front for the entrance. I'm
mcdatcly within the pens, wide space left for
driveway, aud within this three large buildings
NClt tIctltu lhI lnc CAnlbUbn III It's various uC-
partments. At the right of the Agricultural Hall
was the race course, aud in the of the latter,
the hcn-coops, in order, as | supposed, that the
! shans hais might crow for the yicturs.
began my circuit with Il look at the live stock
| OF this part of the exhibition must speak with
caution, for can only say with certainty that |
| know the different kinds of animals when see
them besides, only one end OF the creatures was
to be seen, and Thereby hung tall 1t may be
an error, but had an impression that the parts be-
fore the flD'' were most indicative Of blood and
breed. vi many animals exhibited here itmight he
doubted speaking iIibcrnianously, whether they
had but ''"' quarters and those the ones behind
Inc number OF horses exhibited was quite large
anu several pIecus were well represented some 'hc
mules were on thc gfouhu' ana i"ue up several very
g''d teams lhv'e animals are very much used IN
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h'yoh' the horses were Sh''p' ana next to them'
swine. The show in both these departments, dsnp-
p'ihte" me- "hch considered the extent OF co"n'
Try represented. The sheep were mostly the South
Down. '"''worth' ana Lclcestcfshlrc, and were hn'
specimens Tor mutton. But one lot OF Mcrinos were
On exhibition. The pcn' which attracted most at
tcntion here, were those containing lot Of Chinese
, sheep, and few Cashmere gonts. The goats vert
somewhat smaller than the common breed, and wcr'
f covered with beautiful coat OF long silky hair
"'hcn h'' way appearance similar To that gi'cl
i - or'"'"E' i"o" horhf were P"''' '"hs' 'h"'' "
inc largest "c'hs not mu'h less th'h twenty 'neh''
- .'r"lsnt anu '"''t'"' ana branching hNe the le'''
i v Inv 'h'"'"'c" n"'''"S were 'Aoe' o'ns'y sleepy