The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-11-06
Correspondence Of the Gate CITY.

az, week. some lew hunureus OF thousands
OF visitors, unexampled Agricultural Fair,
and, all in all, a very interesting Festivity.
\ The third Exhibition Of the IT, s. Agricul-
tural Society began last Wednesday me rning
An immense lot Of nearly 40 acres, on Harri-
son Avenue, was the field Of display, nearly
all Of which had been reclaimed from the do
minion of Ocean, within a month before the
fair Splendid display of horses, and some
fine speed. None were admitted to the race
course who had ever trotted for money, aud
no riders who had ever rode for money
Considering that fact, , 50 was not very bad
time Some twelve or fifteen ponies were ex
hibised, and although it is hard TO say just
where the pony ends and the horse begins,
yet there was no doubt III the case of black
animal of the horse kind, about the size of
an ordinary Newfoundland dog. La response
to the cheers, he elevated his heels, and his
rider too, and repeated the operation TO the
satisfaction Of all, especially the rider afore-
said. span of beautiful bay ponies, attach
ed 10 a little carriage, was driven By u young
man of two aud half years old, who han
died the ribbons Us if used to it.
The show Of working oxen was very line
A hne yoke Of New Hampshire cattle, SIX
years old, weighs 200 pair of Durham
steers two years old, from Maine, 5000
pounds, a number yoke of cattle weighing
from 5000 to 4,200. A yoke of native " H.
cattle, 5000 pounds. An OK from Mass
weighing (factD 2,160 lbs. Cows, heifers,
Deyons, iIerefords, in abundance.
The morning of the third day opened with
u splendid cavalcade of Boston truck horses,
and YOU know there is not a finer body OF hors-
es ia the world, huge, solid, powerful animals.
They numbered six hundred and seventeen,
and made tine appearance ona race, TINS
day, Columbus, famous horse, "A years old
won the heat in 2.+0 beating by two lengths.
A number Of races were had, the third day,
between various horses, under the above res
trctions, the best time made was 2.35!.
To give some idea of numbers, over sixty
thousand tickets were sold before | O'Clock,
and probably nearly as many afterwards.-
Quite z proportion Of visitors were tadics.
On the fourth day was a drawing lnatch,
which excited much interest Oxen were at
tached to cart With & 100 lbs, and were re-
quired TO draw il forward several rods, and
then back it to the point Of starting. Some
did il very well, and some, as il happened,
did it--not at all.
On this day was grand banquet, which,
oddly enough, was regarded as u very inpor-
tant feature. Over TWO thousand seats were
occupied, in the big tent, and many went
away sorrowfnl, for they had no big dinner.
All the necessary ''doingso of profound feed
were there and we had slime" There we're
speeches long and good, as well as short and
good, from Gov. Gardner, Mayor Smith, Mr..
McMiehael, editor of the Philadelphia North
American, Robert c. Winthrop, Mr.. Everett,
Col. Thompson, President of the Canada
Board Of Agriculture, and others, less prom
lnent.
An enumeration was made Of the number
Of persons who came into Boston on Thurs
day, the holiday for all, when Banks, Stores,
Schools, everything suspended, and eycrybod
and his cousins came TO see the show. The
total number Of persons who came into the
city Oh Thursday was eighty seven Thousand
seven hundred, while at night only eighty
two thousand left the city, showing that five
thousand, and more, spent the night. What O
fancy Jonathan has for figures and facts, and
how he reyels over statistics, even in his fun
NEST moods
Well, the cattle show is over, and people
brace themselves up again, to politics. They
are having a very puzzIing cross-fre here, in
the way Of fusion audi confusion. Toar, If
not dve political parties and candidates are
d the field, all busy, all sanguine.
The great french tragedanne, Rachel, has
been here week, acting to very moderate
houses. Her agent, Raphael Felix, has under
taken TO play a game, in the way Of exhor-
bitant prices for tickets, bu, is getting wise
very fast, and paying a good price for his
wisdom.
Thackcray arrived the other dav, fresh and
brilliant as ever, and Is at the Revere. He
will deliver a course Of Lectures in this city
aud at \. York this winter very lucrative
fcld Of labor, to those who have the rare
faculty Of caltiyating it. The word il that
Bailey, the author of Festns, is soon to arrive
| on 81 similar errand
Many other things intended TO discourse
upon, but time and paper both wane. viii
touch upon them IN my next, or something
else more interesting. Z. sc.
George Sumacr and the Emperor Of