The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-10-12
Tbs Fair and Cattle Show.

raj Society, was postponed, owing 10 the IN
clemency Of the weather a, the time first
appointed, proved extremely pEoPiliOus.-
An October sun shone on, brightly on the
morning Of the frs, day, and early the
husbandmen were seen coming in, driving
m their stock for exhibition. or with their
wives and daughters, to attend the Fair.
The day previous had been pleasant, and
the contributors 10 the exhibition Of iruil,
fancy articles, ladies' needle work, and
specimens Of mechanic arts, had taken al
vantage Of the good weather 10 bring in
their contributions, which were arranged
for display on tables and otherwise, in the
new hall ia the block recently erected by
Mr.. Calsf, on Factory Island, which we un-
ders,and has been chrisiened Calels Hall.
EXHIBITION or STOCK.
The exhibition Of stock was on tho plat
in the rear Of Mr.. Calecs Block. Here
pens had been built by the committee, and
in them were arranged the sheep, swine,
horses, and nea, cattle, with the exception
of the oxen. 10 DO examined by the adjudS-
ing committees.
Abou, eleven, we took tour OF observa =
ton among them, looked al the sheep. star
ed a, the swine, biz and little and took a
survey Of the horses and nea, cattle.
The horses and colts, being cavalry,
were placed on the right. They were few
in number, and, we regre, 10 say, made a
sorry appearance for horse show. The
less we say about this part OF the display,
tho better. II they do not get up some
thing more satisfactory in Boston, when
the National Show comes oil, we shall
write failure on horse shows, and ex-
haust our passion for horses on that little
black horse Of ours, whose fame has already
beon sounded in the papers. Passing from
the horses and colts, we next come 10 the
cows, heifers, bulls and oxen, rather sparse,
bu, some good cattle; especially one yoke
Of iine oxen, or rather steers, years old,
and y Zee, in the girih, belonging 10 SAM
mel Milliken Of Saco, who delights, as did
Daniel Webster, in large and IA, oxen
Some half dozen pens were sufficient 10
hold The cattle, oxen excepted. And next
in order was the swine. Here the
show was complete, from the foreman Of
the Democrats liter OF Guinea Pigs, cun.
Ming fellows, and death on rats, 10 Ike Mr..
T. Beach's drove of 81 porkers, averaging
n, leB, 375 lbs. dead weight, each. Elisha
Heigh, was on hand, as usual, with his pig,
only IL months old, par, Sufdlk-clean
as penny - and looking as though he
nigh, ill n, least two good-sized pork bar
Iels with the "ofil." las il used to be cal
led out in Cincinnaili,) 10 spare. Elisha
said - folks set his pig a, AGO." and we
don't think they Sc, him too high. He was
a" BUSTER" and perfectly dOcilo. Besides
these, there were numerous other swine OF
all ages and descriptions, but Mr. Nights
pig 60 -:-.'- -r--;-"~.., ~"d Mr.. Beach's
10, as n whole, filled up the measure OF our
desire for observation in this department, of
the Show.
In froat Of the pens were arranged in
long lines, the various town teams, some
forty or fifty pairs. Dayton sent team OF
some fheen pairs Of beautiful cattle, and
the Saco team embraced as many more.
Taking i, all in all, the stock part OF The
show, aside from the oxen and swine, was
rather measre, and hardly came up TO the
exhibitions Of previous years.
As no show is complete without the Ceath-
cred tribe, there were some, but not many,
Of this kind Of bipeds, arranged in cooPs a,
the end Of Calef Block. We guess this
par, Of the show is kind Of running out
There was nothing TO be seen OF the Impe-
rial Shanghae, the roya, Cochin China, the
arisotocralic Dorking, and tho Republican
Creole, as in the palmy days Of yOrc, when
the hen fever ragged with unmitisated fury,
calling on, all the skill Of the hen ianciers
Of Saco and Biddeiord, 10 allay it. A few
turkeys which may &c, Fat il thanksgiving
is postponed till Christmas. Some ducks,
and a few cOOps OF Ban,ams, li,tle, bu,
smart, and you have all the hen show tina,
could be eroised over. We don't know who
owned tho Bantams, but when we practice
agriculture on homeopathic principles, we
mean 10 cultivate Bantams, Guinea pigs,
and ponies
We have given some idea Of the show
out doors, in this description, excepting
the show Of men, which was large, we'll
behaved, and crediiable TO the Society, or
whoever co, i, up. II York County does
not, in all particulars, como up 10 some OF
her sister counties in the matter Of other
stock, she can, and does exhibit, on occa-
sions like these. as likely looking human
stock rs can be found in the State.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
Nothing new in this line eEceP,a Plow,
so arranged iha, the mould board could be
shifted from one side TO the other a, the
wish Of the plowman. We asked a tall,
s,ou, looking man, what kind OF plow II
was, and received for answer tina, !, was a
ShebOgan PlOw, called so "Secause, turn II
which way you will, j, would come RICH,
side up" Not wishing 10 enter the field OF
politics, we completed our survey OF the
agricultural Implements, aud entered the
hall, whore were arranged the other aTii-
cles.
I, would be fair, however, to say that the
old fapritc, the IIussey plow, now manu-
featured by Messrs. Frey and Hussey' OF