New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-24
THE OHIO STATE FAIR.

| Correspondence OF The " Y. Tribune.
NEWARK, tOhio,) Friday, Oct 90, 1854.
| The Ohio State Fair, az You have already Az
nouneed, has been holden at this place during the
past week. As q whole il has presented Zoe ap-
pesrance and mus; have been considered BY all as az
indication Of the growing interest which people
| feel in this aimportant branch Of industry. Many
of is indvdu. features have been all that could be
desired while others showed the Of proper drsc-
ton rendered comparatively embarrassing by
the deteniioDs Of freight sccidents the droarh.
The transportation companies bringing freight from
the East have, in too many instances shown want OF
pronptness which seems conceivable. As an in
stance OF this Iesrn that engine from the Msttes-
Co., intended for the Of the Fair clipped
for this place time ago, bur has not all arrived
yet Such delays are ine1cu.abe, and evince
'moDopolizng independence and recklessness which
cannot fail to Djure the companies themselves
well as those who employ them.
The details Of this Fair cnnot fad to interest many
| Of the readers Of The TRIDuyL.
| The grounds to many the mos, interesting fes.
twe being portion OF the group Of ancient works
Of this section They described in the Societys
| catalogue as follows:
"T Eoop covers Of about miles square sDa
eOD, Of bree .nd divisions. connected b. parallel. .ad
other portions Of the WORKS b.ve been BY time
Of hen d. not four ~. @ n 5 Ts,
and especially the ore IN which the Far held I'm, 10
ard steep A, tbe gateway the are thirty
h, bottom Of the ditch Of the bank Tas
dtches n entire width ban Oerh,Ps eighty
feet Al the entrance Sheh toward se Est sne enaI
the gateway above described Here covered With The sssne
inp.s sd in e rns the sneirt svenus for
b. fret time ih visitor does not fail TO experience 'en,,pon
dan .mpe or in ss,Ds on The silent rufus Of PetrTs o he
Desert The diameter Of th. worn Is & ~ LIS feet being
,sbtiyi in the form Of IN el In The ern ind
e,sd E.sr MsoBe having been oIsinsy constructed 10
DAY, di.nct outline and measuring from TIP to ZIP Of win
nearly go feet The Iona mound constituting the body OF the
the had originally contained altar Whe her any
relics found upon Il 10 unknown The embansm NJ
Of the diirh The deh !. Si@1.hsd depth from tRree
FIVE feet h the snHu SepS.t ~hch has been so1. On for
when constructed On III. Of the bank promenade
a., .n. Enclosure .Dd the country can be
viewed
The annual rings Of one stump were counted and it
was found TO be over five hundred years old AMI
growing in a position which indicated that it had
commenced its growth after The grounds had been
abandored by their occupants The Indian trad.
tons dsclaim all knowledge OF the origin of these
works and their regularity of form and extent ind-
cate that they were Constructed by superior of
people. They should be brought within the tour TO
Niagara and the Manu- 9th Cave.
The H0rs6s exhibited were Of fl quality. Many
of the best of Vermont origin. more beiui
full collection Of stations Of which we're fast
il would be difficult 10 find at any State air.
The cutie of all breeds the best feature OF the
Fair. There more of Durhams than OF all 9th.
era and al hough there may have been few a. good
specimens exhibited in New York, there has been
probabl, No. collection in that State 80 large aud 80
universally fine as this. The Devons, though not so
numerous as the short-borps, very excellent. as
were the HeIefoIds, Ayrshres AM natives. The
tov NIL
grooming their cattle, aud it was almost universally
The caee that the stock looked clean aud sleek as
ibe horees This is practiced At the East mostly oy
those AMATEURS who keep stock as matter OF prize,
but here II is the custom among all the b-iter class
of farmers and the result has certainly been saii-
cient iecompense.
The Sw,ae were not inferior to any other part of
the exhibition and it the universal remark that
so fine display Of swine particularly Suifoiks Is sell
com seen. One boar. Independence" belonging
10 Mr.. Meendy Of Hamilton CO., goried in genesl-
oey reaching back both sides TO the great great
erandfatber-rather inappropriate in republican
country.
The Sheep were such, as to quality and quantity,
a. could be expected only from ONO some .ntu
entries were excellent, but the flock OF Mr.. H. ,.
Msron Of Hebron appeared, ION the average, 10
better advantage than any other OF equal SIZE inc
animals were all erran sed around the outside OF ths
eubankmen', from the top Of which 10 waxing
around every animal could be distinctly seen. From
the came position could also obtain fair vieE OF
the interior grounds, containing rings for stock ana
for horses, Mechanics Hall, Manufacturers Hall,
Horticultural and Floral tents, Committees tents &C
Tie Farm Product. very slender foe state
Fair owing partly 10 TIE drouth and partly - the
postponement Of the Fair. Some good articles were
displayed but have seen better exhibitions IN this
hre al county fairs. Among the fruits We mud some
new seeding apples of Euch merit, and good dis
play of this iruii generally. The grapes were not
what were TO have been expected IRON ono the
sweet potatoes of Mr.. Vestal of Ind were curiosity
from their quality and the long time that they have
been kept sound.
OF The F2otrers, the less said the better. There
nav have been half dozen fDe specimens OF rare
plants but their claims lost IN so much space
Tie Mechanical Department wodld have been very
excellent if untoward Circumstance, had prevent
ed Mr. Holme. the late Superintendent OF M-chinery
at The CRYSTAL Palace from carrying out his designs;
but the detention of the engine and tue necessity OF pro
curing another the breaking Of parts OF Chichester
fax machine the obstruction OF the sucuon-pipe OF
the steam pump by leaves shd Otner annoy anccs "efe
a serious drawba
Mr. II however succeeded in drawing out the
merits of all that was exhibited in complete manner.
saw exhibited Dicks anti friction press, Gwynnes
pump Queens portable forge Fisher * Morn par.
allel chain vice and the American star anvll-all
mad. in this town The Irving boiler was one OF the
attractions of the Fair and received the universal ap
probation of all mechz nics present and Is undouo-
| edly superior 10 any other boiler made Aowrys
stave cutter and jOnfer for trimming iu noer INTO os
rel slaves TO the tune Of eighty per minute, was ex,
hhited by the manufacturers whose engine was used
at The fair They getting up machine for making
sug az hogshead which would convert the forests OF
Name into shook with railroad speed stoddaru
single machine, with which two men aud 40 horses
can make from 600 TO IS 600 shingles per day WORKS
successfully There we're many other good maehloes
/ in this department Some came from gre al diS,
! tai &C. Tie Implements were numerous, AMI rangei
all the way from very good to suihcieniy o&i. iue
OILY TWO subson plows ut only for the nre;
as thew require than double the force req urea
by the lifting pillow of Ruggles Nourse q ha-on, and