Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-09-17
Fair at Twins'urgh

upon your time and attention. with a
subject, which although il has no bear.
ing upon the prestp Mt very interesting po-
liical campaign. vet is of interest to a
large portion of our country atlhis time,
to wit: Agricultural fairs and their ac-
compartments. Not of fairs in general,
do l intend 10 write. but Of the one at
Twinsburgh. particularly, aud il, as l
proceed, your ooUSrT fair, is cast quite
in the sha3e, by reason of the greater
b%riIliancy of This fair, call me not either
partial. or ignorant, as Ny preferences
and pride. are for "Old Trumbull." and
my knowledge assures me it has the
ability to equal if not excel. But the
FREEZE in May disheartened many, and
THE OPENING of the new Il. R., SO occu.
pied others, that THE FAIR, had not the
united strength of the WHOLE, as in days
gone by.
During the night of the 10th of this
month. which, had been one ofthe most sui
try. and uncomfOrtably hot days of the
season, a timely shower cooled the air,
laid the dust, and put the inishibg touch
to the admirable arrangements Of the
committee of the 4" Union Fair" The
townsof Scion. Mortified, Aurora, Hud-
son, and T~winsburgh, held their second
annual fair, at the center of the last
named town, on the 1Uth and 11th of
Sept. 1856. a man was at each of the
four avenues leading to town. to furnish
:" 10 cent badges, and family badges
for a quarter. As one of the attractions
was 10 be fine horses, and skillful horse
manship, a large ring had been properly
prepared, and enclosed by post and ca
bic. As the riding did o commence
till two. there was ample time 10 exam
inc the fine display of cattle. sheep, hogs,
spring chickens, De-, DC, OUTSIDE, and
the accumulated industry of "mother
EARTH" AMI her sons and daughters
WITHIN the large tent of Disciple notori-
ETY., hired for the occasion. From An
rora alone there Were IA yoke of as fine
oxen as one would wish to see. There
were on exhibition a dozen varieties of
of fine large apples. some grapes, and a
few pears ; splendid potatoes. onions, to-
matoes, turnips, beets, squashes, corn,
pumpkins and peppers. p
Quite a show Of common flowers. a
few choice cut ones, and a large variety
of house plants, also bread. butter,
cheese, honey carpets, flannel, cloth,
coverlets, table cloths, towels, and any
quantity of needle work. of every des
~cr;piion-a variety of quilts, pieced, tuft-
ed and knit, specimens of p~ennanship,
drawing, leather work, painting. paper,
wax, and worsterd flowers Model
churns, buggies, stoves. &C., dc. Before
two O'Clock the crowd of people began
to gather about the ring, to secure if
possible a good place 10 view the prin-
cipsl attraction of the day. The band
from Aurora, which hal entered SoWn
in a Wagon rugged up in omnibus style,
with tall "Mondamiu." sheases
of wheat, pumpkins. and other fall IRE
rode first around the ring, drawn
by a splendid pair of oxen 6 years old.
Two other bands, and the awarding
took their places in the circle,
and. eighteen ladies mounted o IN their
steeds became 1.-THE observed of all OBJ
servers" To attempt to give you
Messrs. Editors. any idea of the riding.
would be folly. You should have been
there to have seen and judged of the
fair yourselves. / will simply say,I was
vastly well pleased. as | had never in all
my life saw SO many good lady riders,
and for me to say that any one excelled
would not be truthful. But as q whole,
l give the preference to the company of
six from Twinsburgh. After the riding
was some driving of single, and
matched horses, and trotiing matches
ended the performance. In The mean
time Mr.. Reed. of Hudson. had m de a
short. appropriate speech to attentive
listeners in the tent. / don't know as |
ever attended a fan hat pleased me so
well. The utmost order prevailed, and
nothing occurred to mai the enjoyment
Df the assembled crowd, estimated to be
about FIVE thousand persons.
1 cannot close without saying one word
in regard TO the Fremont Club" of this
Town, which holds is meetings in a large
half every Friday evening. and it is al,
ways filed. Speakers from Cleveland
and towns about, are often invited 10
them; and a very fine ''glee
dub" sing at intervals during the meet
ng. One of their medleysI will send
you, though the words will give no idea
If what it seemed 10 me when / heard
t sung by the Hudson glee club. j.
Debate at Lordstown
On Tuesday. the 23l inst. at one
o'clock p. NJ, a discussion on the polit
cal issues of the day. will be had at the
center of Lordstown, between Hon. NJ.