The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-10-19
The County Fair.

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Fair was extremely unfavorable. which,
combined with the drouih ofihe past season,
rendered the displayof articles rather in
fcrior to that last year, especially in the
Agricultural Hall.
We shall not speak Of the details of the !
Fair as nearly all our readers have had the
pleasure of seeing for themselves. With
regard to the stock exhibited we will only
say that the reputation Of our county for
rearing good stock was well sustained by
the display last week. This We regard as
one Of the most interesting features Of our
Fairs, and one from which our farmers
may derive much advantage. Animprot..
ed breed Of cattle is sure indication of IN
improved and advanced state of Agricul-
ture. 5t,
The improvement of cattle isa branch
of agriculture which deserves much more
attention from our farmers than it has
hitherto rece we'd since good cattle are
much more economical than the inferior
breeds.
Agricultural Hall owing to the unfayor-
ableness ofthe past season presented rath-
era meagre display We think our farm
ing friends do not take as much interest in
this Hall as they should. Here should be
found every variety of the productions Of
the earth, and those by whom they were
cultivated should be at hand ready to ex-
plain the modeof cultivation to which they
resorsed to develop those productions so
fully. In this way they would contribute
vastly TO their mutual improvement IN
this noble occupation.
Mechanics Hall was not as well filled
this year as it might have been, although
the display was very favorable There is
very close and intimate connection be-
tween farming and the mechanical arts, for
neither can prosper without the assistance
of the other Mechanics should remem-
Der that the Fairs afford them excellent op-
portunities for the exhibition of specimens
of their skill to farmers, upon whom they
chiefly depend for sale of their manufac-
tured articles.
We must, in common with all who at
tended the Fair, speak in the highest terms
of praise of the taste displayed by the
ladies' in the arrangement and decoration
Of Floral Hall. Although flowers are now
very scarce, yeta number Of very beautiful
collections were to be seen on the table
Specimens of needle work and embroidery
were very abundant, and some of them
were truly magnificent, and must have
placed the committee, in very trying 10
sition, who were called on TO decide upon
the merits of different specimens, In this
Hall we were much pleased to observe q
very fine Oil painting by our much esteem
ed friend V. NJ Griswold, for which he
was awarded a diploma. We think that
the society should hold out more substan-
tial inducements to artists to exhibit theil
works than mere diploma. Twenty-Five
dollars at least should be awarded for the
best oil painting exhibited at our Fair. Ii
this way we would show to the world tha
our community properly appreciates the
: refining and humanizing influence of The
fine arts.
On the afternoon of the second dsya con
test of skill in riding took place betweel
Clara Brasee, Ellen A. Keller, Eliza Pears'
and Kate Clem. The young ladies al
acquitted themselves very ccoditably. Th'
premiums awarded were as follows:-T,
Miss Kate Glenn $40 worth of Jewelry
which constituted the first premium. Th'
second premium consisting of IS worth o
! Jcwelry was awarded to Miss Clara Bra
see Each of the other ladies were award
ed ring. The grand equestrian exhibi
ton, however, came off on the afternoon o
the last day, The prize consisted of
splendid saddle and bride. The followin!
, young ladies entered the ring to contcnt
q for it, viz: Miss Spencer, Ellen A. Keller
. Kate Glenn, Clara Brasee, and Margare
> Winters. All the ladies manifested grea
j skill in the management of their horses
: nor was there any wide difference in th
= grace with which they sat on their horses
= For more than an hour did they keep tn
;, attention of the immense crowd fixed
while they were performing numberles
beautiful evolutons, until at last the con
! mittee, among whom we noticed the Hol
a John G.. Breslin, awarded the prize
: Miss Kate Glen. We have heard som
= dissatisfaction expressed at the award
!. the Committee. We are not surprised
this, for we know well that the same resu
e would have followed had the prize bee
awarded to any one else. We must So
that we believe the committee discharge
their duty faithfully and impartially, al
that all complaints against them are III
lie founded. To remove some n1isapprehe
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