The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-10-24
ne Petersburg Agricultural Fair.
roaxEsposDsscE OF THE DIsrATcH

..rspospsNcEo OF THE DIsrATcH
| PrTETs1Una, Oct q, 1855
The virginia and North Carolina Union Agr1cul-
t,lral Fair opened hera9o-day. Esery PiepaIa.ion
I Md been maie for il by the nntirins members OF
t.aexeeutiye CO m fittee,and III re was no hihg
ing 10 make the exhibition as nferes's ~ poss,pe
/ "a the country and city people VINO Moaia aaena
several new MISUNDERSTANDING announcer octason
/ h.,,.bad been erected and whatever minor dlsaG.
| yautaces may have attended the eSn'oi',oh iast
vcar they were done away Win TINS. MORNING
! but a slight rain in the morning 'en'N " 'i ae
| perfect success of the exhlbition.
rbe streets were crowded with people from the
country and the principal thoroughfare-o yealhore
Streets actually black with our vi,.ors Iroln oh1
40 - tbe otbef Of coursA th.ra are all SORTS q
$50 f,rmars LAWYERS. baekftgs, horse droverE,
and the contemplation of this motley erowd Is a
source of great amrsement-tos thosc ascustoueo ~
the ways Of city The lanes, VINO nav .n,, eua ,ha
be attractions of the exhibition. and though not
ON exhibition themselves attract vast aeai Ilole
attention than many Of the other hpechnehs Vi
Natures handiwork that are
| TWO Grounds were thrown oIfen this morning At
Q o'clock for the admission Of the members OF the
| Society and their families lFhe buildings were
quickly filed by the judges who were 10 pronounce
on he merits ofseach article THUS for snort time
| keerine ont the public, who amused themselves by
| viewing the fine cattle and poultry.
| ocTAGON HALL -
Irnon entering Octagon Hall the visitor is struck
with the great variety and beauty OF the articles
on exhibition Among the articles particularly at
tractinp attention are: One picture framed and nine
unframed from Henry Exall, ESQ, OF Richmond
They all exhibited high order OF taicnt III the ar
| fist and were the subjects OF much praise. Mrs
| T. I,ottier of Richmond, one guilt, exhibited by
| John West of Petersburg. A very beautiful work
| basket by Miss A. NJ. Nixon, OF Harpers Ferry
| large armchair, made from mcKory roofs by u.
+. LuInsford
eileti frame hung with blue silk tassels, attract
ed much attention 1t is copy Oh To-Day paper,
printed clearly on pink satin Inc eAhloiuoh uoes
great credit to Messrs CRUTCHFIELD q Co.. who
have brought the Express up into the front rank OF
| the newspapers in the country, by conducting 1t
i with energy and talent The impression contains
/ large cut of the powerful press upon which the
| Express is printed, which, from the appearance OF
| the copy in the Hall, must be an excellent ma
chine. A splendid case of jewelry, on exhibition
bv T. Young OF. Petersburg, attracts much atten,
ton especially from the fair sex. beautiful
painting by Mrs X. c. Edgerton adorns the wall of
| the Hall a daguerreotype of Mrs. Hix, editrcss OF
| the Kaleidoscope, attracts a crowd OF ADMIRERS
hcfeatures of Mrs. II. are handsome and lnteiec-
| tual splendid hearthrug, the work OF Miss
Scotia Ann Deems, and valued at $780, elelfs
A snlendid collection of jewelry, from the store
| Of II tNowlan crayon sketch, by young lazy
| at Jeayenworth's Seminary, done with one crayon.
picture in tapestry, by Miss Eliza ID. Furt, OF St
Josephs Academy, Richmond
| A curious tire-screen made fifty years ago by
Mrs. Susanna Meade of Brunswick, who was then
tured entirely of little rolls of wood shavmgs. 1t
! is decorated with a spread eagle, and the words
"E Pluribus Unum" The maker has long since
sunk into the dust but this specimen OF her skill
remains, to show to poster1ty the industry anu III
| genuitv of our ancestry.
! A specimen of linsey woolsey by Mrs. Maj. X
II. Allen. of Lunenburg. The wool composing the
fabric was spun By the hands OF the maker, who
executed it entirely, even to putting IN the coiors
herself A handsome childs dress and specimens
of crochet work by Mrs Judith \. Perkins.
case of handsome millinery by Mrs A. Cayins; A
specimen of worsted work by Mrs. Eliza Clack, OF
Brunswick-the wool for which had been spun and
dyed by herself. An ostrich egg from the Cape Of
Good Hope brought home by the L. 5. sloopof-
war st. Marvs and presented to Mrs, Martha Jor-
dan, by whom it is exhibited. robe III years
!. old exhibited by Mrs d. =. Wills. hickory
stick upon which cut with a pocket knife all
the animals in Natural History, exhibited by w.
H. Bracey, of Meckenburg. Two pairs fancy
shoes by Mrs J. II. Caldwell
The hall in which the above articles were exhi-
bited was tastefully decorated with festoons and
is lighted by glass in the dome. The decorations
speak volumes for the fine taste OF the ladies' who
superntend them.
FRUITS FLOWERS, ETC.
This department of the exhibition was excel
ently represented. The air in the room was laden
| with the scent of orange and lemon trees and beau
tiful flowers which in full bloom. Among
those deserving of special notice observed speci,
mems of fruits from the nursery of JOS. Sinton l.
Son, of Henrico. A specimen of cotton just burst,
| which grown on the farm OF ten. w hltehead,
| of North Carolina, and the average yield of which
is 5000 lbs to the acre Orange and lemon trees by
| Jas. Ayres, of Petersburg
The housewives of Petersburg and the county,
had specimens of home industry in this hail. in the
way of bread, butter, preserves, pickles. &c, which
surpassed in excellence any thing of the kind
| have ever seen. There was large collection of
preserves of all sorts made by Mrs j. II. Rosser,
! of Dinwiddie, which We're very handsome. An
| other lot by Mrs. j. II. Patterson, of Petersburg
specimen of jelly, eight years DID, by Miss Kate
| Williams of Petersburg. Pastry, by Mrs. w. L.
| Morton, Petersburg. Home made soap, by Mrs. l..
| Baily, of Halifax.
A bottle of wine. made from rose buds, by Mrs.
James Ayres, Of Petersburg, attracted much atten-
| ton The rather singular material from which it
was manufactured, induced many to taste it, and it
| proved most delicious beverage Mrs. Ayres also
had on exhibition fine collection of preserves and
| pickles.
A large model of the U. S. ship of war Pocahon-
! tas, placed by some accident in this department,
was the object of much attention 1t was made by
John f. Staples. of Portsmouth, is about three feet
| in length, and has every appurtenanee of ship
| carefully arranged
The collection of horses assembled on the ground
| includes some of the finest bloOded stock in the
field among them find the following Kossuth,
exhibited by II. j. Smith, OF Henrico; splendid
stallion, owned by D. w. Haxal Esq; Saratoga, by
Mr. Barbour; Henry Clay, Edwin Forrest and Ii
conderoga, by 4. FELTON,; Highlander, by +. Card