The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1855-10-03
SECOND DAY.

+ The thoroughfare from the city to the
grounds was far more crowded on yester-
day than on the previous day. There
seems to be nothing with wheels, from
dog cart to an omnibus, inclusive, which
could be spared from onr sister cities of
Cincinnati, Dayton, GAINESVILLE, and from
all the towns, villages, and the country
round, which has not been put into re-
QUESTION for the carrying trade between
Columbus and Franklinton. The space
from the Scioto Bridge to the Business
Offices at the Fair Grounds is constantly
crammed as full as possible with this end
less variety Of crowded vehicles, going
and returning with passengers, while the
room unused by them on the sides of the
road and along the fences, is alive with:
people going to and fro on foot and on
horseback.
The day was cloudy, cold, and gloomy.
The heavy rain during the night had soak
ed the ground and dampened the grass
outside the covered structures within the
estimate of the number of people in at
tendance, but we believe there were nearly
as many as on the second day of former
| Fairs.
The show of horses yesterday included
most classes given by us yesterday, except
those for single harness and saddle horses.
The rain had so spoiled the track for dis
playing the latter, that the officers thought
4 it advisable to prevent its use until to-day
Hands were put to cleaning it of mud
and draining it off. The riding and
driving to-day will be, we anticipate, far
the most exciting and interesting part of
the performance.
We can only repeat what was observed
of the show of horses and cattle in our
yesterdays notice. The verdict is not
only unanimous, but enthusiasts, that
these important classes of stock repre-
sented at the present exhibition have
never been equaled, either in the number
or excellence. We heard mahy of the
most skillful judges say that Ohio may
now confidently challenge the whole Union
for fine horses and cattle Of all dcscrip-
tions.
The number of asses and mules on ex-
hibition is very large, and the breeds evil
IDENTIFY very fine They attract much at
tention, and their rather monotonous vooif-
erations elicit frequent bursts of merrimens
and applause. We proceeded to the
Shecp-pens, where fewer spoke at once
,, and better order was maintained Ohio
has as great reason to boast of her cul-
ture of this species of stock, as of her
just pre-eminence in other agricultural
; productions But its proftableness and
facility entitle it to even more general at
tention than it now receives. The varie-
ties on exhibition are So,th-Downs, Span
, ish Meriuos and Saxob all being repre-
! sented by noble selections from the herds
Of several leading agrisulturists of the
State. @
The display of hogs is excellent in
point of size and guilty of which we
ascertained that the Suffolk breed pre-
dominated in number There are fine
!. specimens of other breds, the names of
which we did not learn.
The chicken coops attract considerable
attention, and contain reeds from nearly
all parts of the worl, known and un-
known. We heard agreat many out
landish names of varias large and little
> cocks, hens, pullets. an all that, of which
the variety is great, nd cackling and
! growing very euphonius to those who
fancy it, @ ra.