Demoine courier., 1855-10-18
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quality Of many kinds would be hard TO
peat. There were oil grains and yegeta
oles. specimens OF white ana red wheat,
grass seed, corn, (l5l bushels to the acre
took The premium, Polk Col enormous
squashes. big beo,s, potatoes. sweet and
Irish. beans, cabbage &c. OF fruit, a
great variety Of apples, large and fine
looking; some pears, a few very small
peaches, i've OF three specimens Of the
fruit Of the Usage orange. and a few spe.
cimens Of fruit trees. Of household pro.
%duciions. there were so quilts, ios aught
We know. Of course very fine. bu, some.
wha, dingy from the effects Of the dust;
a1d there was, besides emhIoid. ~, SOM
poor painting or ~daubing; som tempting
preserves; productions Of the loom Of
various kind. and qualities ; cake, bread
&c. The show Of articles from the work
shop was quite limited. A plated harness
and some vessels for making coffee we're
oil We particularly noticed.
OF machinery. there was agrea, falling
of from lasi year. There was . fine lot
Of plows and cul,iva,ors. foom Moline;
Ill.,, and two lo,s OF do. from Burlington;
Manny's and Atkins reapsrs and NOW.
ers. ibid not see NJ Corm,ck's,) Woods
patent shingle machine, for cutting and
join ns, looks a. though i, would answer
a good purpose Scott 4 Hodges corn
and cob mill, for grinding corn and cob
together, or corn alone, l and 2 horse
power, costs s42 to SOC, . useful mill,
il cobs are worth the expense for feed, Q
disputed point. There val also q straw
and hay cutter, several corr planters,
how many corn planters have been pal,
ented, and 10 any OF them good for any
,hing!) and finally. a patent bee hive
This 10 about Ill. Rather a slim GAIA.
logus for This age Of Improvements in all
kinds OF labor saving machines. We
should add Il. W.. Il d. Davis adjustable
churn and butter worker. This NAV pay,
but We would not give one Of the old
fashioned ones for il. II was warranted
10 take out every drop Of buuermilk.
~ishou. handling. which nigh, be . good
idea.
We will say q word abou, the stock
department., in This connection. Ofhorses
in numbers and quality, there was .
marked gain on las. year. The bes, was
from Van Buren, county. We Lad .
poor opportunity 70 learn names of own.
ers, but noticed q very fine mare and sew
eral colts belonging 10 SAM J. Miller Of
that county. There val also some Nor.
gan stock from M~usca,ine. The shov
Of cattle We slough, inf, rior 10 tia. of
last year, though some OF the bes, exhi5
tied then was reproduced this year. rhe
Messrs. Day. Of Van Buren,, now a. then,
took the first premiums for pure durhams.
Martin Dickens. Of Wspello, took the I'd
premium on durham bull. Several
durhams we're to have been sold Q, auc
ton, bu. were Withdrawn, va learned,
the bidding no. meeting the expectations
Of the owners.
The exercises Of the I'd day were elos
ed by . comic performances Of ! company
Of fantasies. no, pu, down ia the bills.
intended - q burlesque. We learned. upon
the equesiFian exercisss Of the ladies 10
come of on she Las. day. This side ex.
hibision absorbed ihs attention of she
crowd for the space Of IN hour Of more.
and created good deal Of merriment; bu,
j. vas condemned BY all sensible people
whom We heard speak of IL. ami The hope
was generally expressed that il would
not be repeated II future exhibitions Of
tie society.
Gin consequence Of being hurried 10
getting our paper 10 press in season, We
are compelled to omi, a hat hum
orous description Of our correspondents
Judgment for the night. in Fairisld.-ED.
The last day Of The Fair and 10 many
the most interesting. for on this day two
young Ladies were 10 exhibit their pro-
6ciency in the graceful aud heal,hful ex.
escise Of riding. The spectacle this day
Of .he Fair too was q liner, for the crowd
vas stationary. the seats all occupied, .
dense mass five or six deep surrounding
the circle. outside Of which > string Of
wagons and carriages eli around we're
occupied every inch the central stand and
,he pavilion was full, and every other
spot from which q view OF TIE track
could be hac va occupied.
Seventeen L.adies, each accompanied
BY . cavalier, competed for the prizes.