The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-10-10

- leSo Ssaae valk
~. year We Nj an Yr3tuu Of st-
tesu1ins the StaAn Fair y Mus< ne osly

one day, or a'port,on Of it--but we spent
Few hours on the grounds delightfully."-, 50
much indeed " our own enjoyment, that
We did not feel like converting pleasure into
business by making transcript Of the diff
ierent articles on exhibition, awards, pre-
miuins, etc. We found Davenport and
Scott county well represented at the Fair
| in different articles ana product- for exhibs-
| ton. Below will be found Inst o. the ex-
hib,or. and things exhibited, from this
county
| The Fair grounds are located couple of
miles from Muscatinc, on the broad b,som
II u prairie. The track ii the Muscatine
= oskal"o~a railroad runs AZ the edge of
the FAIR grounds, that read, means OF
transportation from the city are always at
hand. Trans Of cars run out 10 the grounds
every hour during the four day. Of the Fair.
and certainly ON the third day We could
perceive they We're well crowded The
grounds contain over thirty acres, wen
fenced IN. In the enclosure are seventy five
good stall. inr stock, with plenty If shed
ding and pens Cor cattle, hogs, &C. tents foT
| articles on exhibition fine octagon shaped
three story Judges stand, the lower and
choicest part devoted exclusively to editors
| and reporters, and tue upper To officers and
ladies great platform On the outside Of
the ring. capable II holding over : 60 pr
son, and line track IS feet in width, and
exactly onc half mile in length. We driitcd
put OF the cars at the Fair grounds, with a
great tide Al humanity, at 2 o'cluk on the
morning Of the third day II the exhibition,
and ~ we eaxcd 1t the trcclcss prairie
around us, the idea struck us ~ an exceed
ingly convenient arrangement that bright
and glorious A. was the sunshine and warm
lot CIR reasonable comfort right In the
broad glare vi day. In pronaiscuous pro
cession We marched Ia the enclosure, out
side ri which were crowds, horses and veli-
clos, with sundry tents from the inner parts
Of which voices proclaimed the supe-
riority u thai cider and gingerbread to
all other squeezed out or compounded by
man. Inside ~ the enclosure the drum and
fife sounded where noddng plumes and gilt
tering bayonets could lie seen, while from
another place rose the swell NJ music from
fine brass band. The hmm Of a multitude
of voices, the clatter Of machinery, ahe
neighing e horses and lowing of cattle, tie
loud shout and merry laugh men, women
and children hurrying from one part of the
grounds To another; horses with ridcrs and
horses without carriages crowded with
the family aud spider sulkies with jock
ey looking individuals cramping the tails Of
their last nags; two year olds and three
year Odds, brood mares with colts, and pranc-
ing stations; Dcyon- and Darhams and
Jerseys, bulls. cows and calf squcaling
hogs and blcating sheep; Growing Shsnghais
and quackine ducks; all made up q scene Of
life and animation, novel and refreshing at
least to an individual who had not CIR a long
time witnessed anything similar. hut we
have not sl'acr t0even briefly sketch in de
tan what We saw.
i. Is said by those who attended last
years Fair, thai the articles exhibited there
very considerably surpassed in quality and
variety these Of this year. Tho q crushing
times 7. n" doubt had their effect upon the
Fair this year, n upon all either American
sablunary affairs. But il was estimated
that fully a many people were upon the
grounds On the third day OF the Fair, n at
any time last year, although the attendance
~ the first two days was comparatively
light. There were probably 10000 persons
present last Thursday and every one seem
I'd delighted. ANY deficiency in articles
exhibited, was perhaps amply made up to
the satisfnrtion-of visitors by tho trials u
fancy stock on the track, ailbr,ling the pco-
pie exciting entertainment, and IT kind
which presented q novelty of amusement Ia
many. Inside ii the enclosure n extras
there We're number Of rcircshtncnt stalls,
two tents, irsm one of which = -plenstic
organ and big dram announced there were
Egyptian mammies to he seen, and from the
other, some miscyably abused instrument
declared that Ecuflcman thirty inches ia
his boot, wAl making Nh honest livelihood
~ his representation II man ia miniaturri
and revolving swing, in which four couples
II cnri"us Young folks were alter0s tely
rushing upin the alr IN pursuit Of each other.
poisinf ior second IN the breeze and
sunshine far. above clio heads of the multi
tnre, then dipping down To the common
level below, where they finally subsidized to
the place cf iorking over dime for the fun.
In entering the first exhibiting shed,
small but beautiful display Of flowers de-
lighted the eye. 4 pyramid Of dahlias
eight feet high, 81 every color and variety,
attracted great admiration. There was a
very 6ne display oi,s<gvtsLIe|, illustrating
that Iowa cannot BE- surpassed in choice &c
s..aa.a.oia productions OF this nature. There
were some sps cimcns Of corn, wheat, rye,
NJ WIN re0shr w ttte SaAsUs$ ssAksa UNIV
aud spccime ms of molasses made from it, and
Hungarian Grass, both Of which are now
attracting 81 much attention in this State.
The only fruit worthy of notice Was apples.
Df them there was fine display Of the
choicest yarictics-ycry fine indeed, consid-
ering that we are in q manner but just be-
coming fruit growing people in Iowa. The
few grapes were fair specimens. OF peach
CO and pears there was no display worthy
II notice. There was only moderate dis
play of articles of ladies' workmanship, with
> miserable show 4 DAIRY products, pre-
serves, jcllics, Ac. Among the fancy articles,
the cases e geological and Slissralogical
specimens from Mr.. r. :. parvin's cabinet.
Il Mascatine, was an attractive feature.
There was Of course the usual variety, though
not quality, of the smaller works Of art,
with n few articles uf machinery. Among
tue latter Boston atmospheric force and
suction pump and psgias machine from
Davenport, attracted the most attention.
Outside Of the tents were handsome bug
gics and carriages; q large yar,et, IL xgricul
furnl isns,lss,nantS and machinery n number