The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-10-18

the whole, and will answer the purpose ie
the general reader:
ALTON. October G. 1856
The av:l,ncle OF human beings. horse.
asses, caitl and dust has pretty well sui
Sihod, ana "ord,r rcicns in Warsaw" one
more The State Fair has cone--ond gon,
praise he unto Allah and the Propiets
has left in its wake dirty and cxhaus,e
town. II has afforded sufficient mat ria
for Excitement, to exhaust that cle,nrn
henceiurth, up To the next fourth of Ju'y
The pureing of houses, walks, ewes, ear
and noses OF dust; the counting of -aal
: change; the r, ckouing up for hired and Dor
krowcd dishes, bed clothing, etc, is the a!
j important business now on hand. Occasion
, ally cart loads Of reapers, corn shelters
! chicken coops and pens containing show pig
and sheep. are yet to lie seen issuing from
the Fair Ground, vending their solemn va,
to the railroad depots and the evee.
l prom ised Il full daily report of this Fair
Wei, so long as the promise was made ir
good faith, there was no harm done in break.
ing il This is good State Fair philosophy
| reckon What could fellow do, in NV
case, be he ever wide aw- Ike. Two or
/ three hundred or thousand folks in town.
+, who could get nothing to eat, nor 10 place
to Law their heads. Old friends from tn.
rural districts catching one by the coat tails.
Z at every turn. The town alive with roliti
clans, grading from hurly country sruircs
I ND to " Little Giants, each hunting for the
/ head quarters OF the unterIiii.d, or the
/ camp of the wooly-heads, and bent upon
! making US their cic.Tonc. Good intentions
7 are but as straws blown before a gale, in
! such times, and promises made 20 uii
J emergencies, and are kept, by accident.
: To attempt more than some general wind
up Statements respecting the State Fair a;
! this lime, would be uniHteresting; for in
tits fast age, let our news get day behind
and it never catches up. Ii i generally
acre.o. in this region. that the Fair has
proved. al considered. a very respectable,
and successful exhibition.
To- arv season, the multiplicity OF Agri.
culturuI Fairs. in nil this section f country,
tine lo't,cai excitement, eic., all considered.
tn. cx, cutive committee OF the State Agri-
cultural Society are well SATISFIED a, the re-
suit, The total aincunt of the receipts of
the FAIR i between eight and nine thousand
do lars.
The lagc-t attendance was uron ,ihU-S-
day. w ,n shout iouriceu thouSa.il entrance
tickets were Sn1. winch, with at least five
or SIX tlmU>aa'. X..bi'ors. iaborcrs, report
cr>. ard ot.t,s '. "a head" tickets oct,
er'n"'h TAI "V.f r",nty thousand p,rs nS
vi-'ts d the fir oH t'.Hr day. The oxpcus, : .
Of ia >".i'ty, IT. Tnu!ns. *, viii amount .
to about eight th"u>and, and thus the ex-
hIbiiiun Will clear expenses. Last year, at
the receipts over thirteen
AMI the expenses nine thousand,
leav'ug "a 'uud "i some four thousand dol
ms, much OF which J. now on hand a a re-
serve 'uni. Tie people Of Illinois should
look 20 It that fu! and candid exhibit Of
the iinant al records of the State A-ricul-
s--I-~f- ir,- fiT5ir ,lit. ItTI.ic
The present officers of the Executive
Bnar,' apInsr to hc fni,iflll, hard working
men, but there are exceptions. Of ore idea
f,',aii :, aun"n- them. ard the ru vi hold
e""'! with pubs" Boar. : "a with private
houses. tiIat short settlements make long
tii.fi,.>.
/, j. conceded 'y all tina, the exhibition o.
horned 50" was sup.rior Ia anything oi
the kind ever before seen IT. II jnuiS. Therr
seemed 20 be- no end In the number OF short
horn Durh rnS-huf ali tnn i.f aud suck,
f,e ing cuiricf ai.d i'a K e,,,i IKE race horses
THIS rubbing, and ~,niiin-. an ,tshir~ ani
= to' rg' wat 80 the l,t.c bulls. whir,i are
kept tied under sheds so that ,:ic sun shine
will not burn their hair, may answer for
>onic. who strive for diplomas and S.lv,i
'ii hers. But ''the crttlc upon iheu>,nl
IA - which your humble servant may
;hance to own. "re Of these funny days, will
iace TO go IT ai"nc upon tie root hog oT
/ e. principle The Greene county farmers
'arricd of fine share of premiums icr
.atIlc.
There we're many elegant and costly horses
'T."n eXhibitinn--aud many more oi the ,,
,'nuinc dung hill stock, which were evident ,
n for, sf fNff ,.t,
rider To secure for them good stall and ,,
'lenty of feed. free of cost TO their owners,
urrs the Fair. The imposition should be
ua'ded agai'st in some manner. In the !
resent iastnnce the consequence was, that |
considerable number of additional stalls
lad To- bc built during the first two days Of =
lie FaIr-the meanwhile the owners Of new
= arrived horses had tied them 10 trees and q
rnCes; ard were l,arntinc about the grounds y
a search OF the officers, their anger at Il ,
;hi,e beat, and swearing ike "biue baces" y
lac show al thorough breds was verv limit -
d.. The Vermont Blachhawk and Morgan u
orSes have taken precedence over what few II
rions there arc left of English stud.book d
oto' icty, in this locality However, 81 7
awrencc horse was here, said to be tie y
'stssi r,a,non on the groznd, Some vtry > !,
cai.t:.:::::! BlackhaWk horses were Oh e1nibi- u
on, from this Immediate vicinity. One, five "
Gals old, owned in Upper Alton; another, :
,ree years old, from Monticello; one from :,
erscyvillc, and one from Kane. were splen u
id creatures, and some OF them recrv fast. !
here were several very ialsS korSvS apc:n =
one three gear old, fro.n !.
reene county, and another Of the same age, -
ON this county, were decidedly Of the e!e % %
ilanline order. a.
J
The hog and sheep departments were thin II II
numbers, but very excellent in quality. -
Dmc very fine breeds and specimens of -
vine were present. and sheep of all varie- o' o'
es of wool. The sheep, however, were T., ~
ON distance, from Vermont principally, ~ ~
I'd w.ie Tor sale. The hogs were of Illinois {.
i>ns aud ownership. =
But think the best feature Of the Fair, "
| told, was the exhibition of agricultural
aplemcnts- machinery that moved as if
ido"cd with human intellect, and which is d,
using revolution among ,oiling millions. al
o raise u fms colt or bull calf requires ga
'me little foresight and care. But nature .''
PES the buS!.,ss, in the main. But to in III
ut aIG i.i"'i machine by which two VI
.i, and Nv q loi>c- "ii perform the labor ei
h:iy mon i'el u.iS. Il wonder Of art and
Icnc, " his: cabinet ',e too highly esteem
!. What LtN IiI.g sight, as we pass W
oh'd Among the agricultural machinery. IN
Must the countess throrg. Here is a man W
1, a reaper, driving about with his team, pa
e while cxpalating upon its merits with 10
ntoiian lungs. ,Nsxt we come to a corn n,
,lcr. Of a "bran new" invention, which Oy
avcs the kernels from the ,cobs quicker as
an you CAN say Jack" Iondcr is the
W carriage plUw, upon which the lazy TO
;ver sits, in the hot sun, with an umbr, LA pc
er lin, II lie ciiooses, and drives TO and IN
over the pIa,ric fields, rlow,ng lroa one ja'
four burrows ut time, as he desires. NJ
e,i d, lis of dozen different styles, cider "
ills. straw cutters, tiir, sll, rs and horse ~