The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-09-26
State Fair at Peoria.

grass. Inc grounds belong 70 tue feor'a
County Agricultural Society. Within the
enclosure are erected about dozen of build
ings. temporarily contracted through boards,
as follows:
! /. Floral Hall, 40 by 100 feet, also de-
I signed to accommodate the State Horticultu-
raj Society. The exhibition of this Society,
so far as we can gather, was rather meager.
3 Mechanical Hall, Of the same dimen-
| sions.
g. Hall for Domestic Manufactures, same
size.
4. Hall of Fine Arts, round, 80 feet in
! diameter, two stories.
8. Building for Executive Committee and
business Office, % by 60 feet, with a wing
10 by 43 feet.
g. Hall for Farm Products, large.
7. Ticket Office.
| 6. Police Office.
! o. 4 great tent, capable of holding COCO
people
! 10. And near the tent small building for
Z the accommodation OF the editorial fraternity,
supplied vii: stationery. seats, desks, &c.
In the center is the show ring, one-fourth
of a mile round, with vast amPhetaeatre
outside to accommodate the multitude with
seats, and outside Of it the trotting or race
course, half mile round.
The stalls for horses, cattle, sheep, hogs,
&C., extend entirely around the grounds next
TO the fence.
( The entries OF Saturday already betokenod
large exhibition, particularly Of all kinds
Of stock On Saturday night tie Eastern
Extension Of the Peoria ard Oquawka X. r.
alone brought in 81 car loads Of stock, and
the other railroads nearly as much more
On Sunday and Monday, however, it raincd
which somewhat dampened expectation, I'M
I'll Monday evening, when it cleared of, the
weather continuing ever since delightful.
On Monday night such crowds Of strangers
bad arrived that it was calculated about
every bed in the city was occupied; on
Tuesday the crowd had so largely increased,
that on Tuesday night about two-thirds were
glad to get floor to sleep on or sign post TO
the attendance must have reached forty or
fifty thousand, largely exceeding the attend
ance Of strangers at any previous State far
and as for sleeping quarter, the great mass
who did not leave the city in the evening on
the railroads and steamboats,, speE; the night
in the streets.
HoRsEs- The exhibition Of Horses all
accounts agree as to its having been the
finest ever seen in the State. The Morgan
horses appear to take the leaf, followed by
the Black Hawks, then Arabians, Defiance,
Sampson, Medoc, and English and French
blooded horses. Among the MOrgans, as
notable animal, was Gen. Clifford, -
years old, now blind, but still with fine
step and noble bearing. He was from Full
Jon county. Among the Black Hawks,
Silver Heels" owned by Cen. Singleton, of
Quincy, attracted chief attention. He be-
came famous by beating the fast trotting
stallion St. Lawrence at ST. LOUIS, 4 year
ago. \ stallion exhibited by II. Valentine
& Co, Of La Sale county, of this breed, also
attracted much attention. Among the sam
sons, Young Samson" owned by Geo. II.
West, of this city, seemed 10 take the lead,
and we learn took the first premium. Among
English horses, stood prominent Anglo
American own by ID. W c. Gooding, of
of Ottawa splendid brown stallion 10 Il
hands high, sired by the celebrated English
Fox Hunter Onus. Adrian, Eclipse, Medoc,
draught horses and brood mares also in
abundance 4 number Of the horses are
from Kentucky, Missouri, OHIO, Sc.
CArTLE-In this department the exhibit
ton is also splendid. far exceeding any pre-
vious fair. OF Durhsms alone there are
$50 head on the ground Dunlap, of Nor
gan, had herd Of 10; Brown, Of Sanga-
mon, 10 ; Jacoby, of Pratt, IS; A. q. Carries,
of Champaign, so: E, B. Hit, of Morgan,
s; Jacob Strawn, do, s; Pallitt, of do, II,
&C.. &C. Half dozen head of the stock
imported by the Illinois Stock Importing
Association were also exhibited. OF North
Devons, the Collection is also said to be the
largest pure herd ever seen in the vest
Col. Cochran, of McIIenry county, also ex-
hibit ng enough to supply an ordinary State
fair, but there are others from Egypt, Iowa.
&c. A monster OK exhibited by n. B.
EcKen, of Tazwell county, years old, low
in flesh but weighing 27G0, attracted much
attention. Well fatted, he would weigh
over 1000. But We have no room to par
tcularize.
or JACKS AND JESNIEs the exhibition was
small, but among the lot was jack from
Morgan county Is 1-2 hands high.
MULES were more plenty, but not as
numerous as they would have been had the
Society offered anything like fair premium.
Among those exhibited were several snow
white mules, and others ) and II hands
high.
SHEEP. - There is no exhibition on the
Fair grounds that exceeds in variety and
purity, that of Sheep. 1t is said to be the
finest ever held in the West, and gives evil
dence that the farmers of Illinois are turn
ing their attention to wool growing. The
Spanish and French Merinos and their crosses
seem to be the although there are
some Southdowns and other breeds.
HoGs.-EXhibition almost total failure.
MACHINERY, IMPLEMENTS, &c.-The build
ing allotted for lhe exhibition of machinery,
agricultural implements, &C., could not con-
tain moiety of the articles in this lime
Emery & Co., of Chicago, alone. had nearly
enough to fill the room. They had horse
powers, :h.eshors, cleaners, saw mills, clover
hullers, tanning mills, cider press, straw
cutters, improved dog power, cultivators'