The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-10-25

Top Bellfoundcr }" owned by JAMES
PIERCE, near Looray, Licking county,
took the prize for the best "horse of all
work Mr.. WARDEN, of Mt. Vernon,
took the premium on the best yearling
colt.
CattAe.-The display of cattle was
certainly grand. The two great foreign
importations into our State during the
past year, has had a decidedly beneficial
influence. The Short Horns were well
represented, but were excelled by the
Ayrshires. The Durham cow "Star
Light )" imported last year by Hon.
CnGkLEs PHELLIs, was much admired.
She is three years old, and weighs 1000
lbs. "Giantess )" owned by John II.
BRocK, of Petersburg, Highland county,
also deserves particular mention. She
is three-fourths Patton importation, and
it is attested that she has given 768 lbs
of milk in ten days-26 lbs to the pound
of butter.
Mccp.-"In Sheep, the exhibition was
very large, more han four fold greater
than that at Cleveland two years ago.
In the fine wool, we have among exhibit
tors, w. FL. Ladd, the Messrs. Humrick-
house, of Coshocton; BatcheloE and
Howe, Manon, Kimball, Jewett, etc.
In long wool, Penny, Chamberlin, Had
ley, DR.. Townshend, Sc, Sc
Hogs.-The display of hogs oxcclled
all former Fairs put together. They
were all of the finest breeds, and put for
ever to flight all our pre-conceivcd no.
lions of famine and all that sort of thing,
this winter. We felt like oxclaiming
with a Massachusetts, poet,
Dull must he be who fails to recognize,
The grunting glories of Columbia sites,
Would any Buckeye Moses dare forbid
The use of pork 7--they'd iynch him if he did a!
Pork, above all, felicitously great,
Squcals to found cities, lies to build a state. .
Let other lands their iavorite beasts exaltl
Pigs are the things for Sucker song and salt.
THE TENTS.
Turn we now from the Stock, and en-
ter the tents.
Floral HaA-Floral Hall, always
the centre.of attraction with the ladies,
was q complete failure. We saw moth
ing worthy of notice except a large Gao
Jus, and that was brought there to sell.
The drouth has made sad havoc among
flowers and green house plants, the past
Summer. We have excelled the exhibit
ton at some of our own County Fairs.
The disappointment of the fair visitors
was manifested by any amount of indig--
PANT "pshaws )" and other consoling
expressions. "There's a good time com
ing girls ;" wait till next year.
Farmers HaA.-Tho exhibition in
this department was as good as could be
expected. There were some Sweet Po-
tatoes that surpassed anything we have
ever seen, and would have proved most
excellent substitutes for brickbats in an
Irish melee. There was also a fair dis
play of Fruit, Vegetables, Honey, But
ter, Cheese, &c.
Mechanics HaX-The exhibition in
this department was very good-fully
equal to any former Fair. To attempt
to particularize would be useless. We
regret to learn that Messrs. WHITING
and MANSFIELD, our fellow towusurvr,
both failed to get their Clover Machines
on the ground, although each, made eve
ry exertion to do SO. Had they sue
ceedcd in getting them there, there car
be no doubt as to who would have taken
the first and second premiums on those
articles.
Manufacturers HaH-This, to us,
was decidedly the most attractive feature
of the exhibition. 1t was certainly hard
to excel, especially in the Fine Arts.
Ohio Artists never made a better display.
The Daguerreotypes were positively as
neal perfection as they we'll could be.
The subjects were all handsome, and the
pictures ditto. Faces were there, that if
the originals are half as handsome, We
need not hope for a deliverance from SUI
icides for loves sake during this genera
ton at least.
ITEMS.
The whole number of entries was near
ly l900-about 800 more than at any
former Fair.
The number in attendance is also said
to have been larger than ever before.
We we're informed by one of the Off
GERS, that the receipts would not fall
much short OF $40, 200.
Pickpoekets were as thick as buzzards
on a carcass. One unfortunate man was
relieved of a wallet containing $1,000.
The general arrangement of the whole
Grounds was excellent, and did great
credit to the Officers of the Society.
The many kind attentions which the Ed
itorial fraternity received at their hands,
will long be remembered.
We will now take a glance at things
OUTSIDE THE CIRCLE.
AS we passed through the main exit
gate, our ears were saluted with a
series of noises that sounded worse
than the confusion of tongues" at Ba-
bel. 1t seemed as if the whole army of
damned spirits in Pandemonium had
emerged from their subterranean abodes,
and had came up to dance a hornpipc for
the special ~edifcation of Buckeyedom.
Hero was about a dozen different can