Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-10-14


tors.
The Board was wise in refusing to Gran
badges to exhibitors at the commencement
ofthc Fair, and very liberal in not charg
ing them entrance fees for the articles the,
wished to place on the ground. 1t was al
so generous in them to rescind the restric
tive policy in regard to exhibitors badge
after the evil which the regulation was In
tended to check was remedied. No preyi
Gus regulations IN regard to any former ex
hlbltion of the State Board deserve NOR
commentator for wisdom and prudepc,
than do the regulations which govern TN,
present ifair. Everything has been don,
that the most exacting could reasonabI,
ask. No one has any Just right or scnsi
bic pretext to complain of the present reg
ulations of the Board.
The fair opened gloriously. Notwith
standing the sky threatened rain thousand,
were on the grounds at an early hour tc
witness the finest display of the product.
OF Indiana ever yet made within the Dor
ders Of our commonwealth. EVERYTHING
that represents the wealth, industry. enter
PRISE, genius, taste and resources of Indi-
ana the State Fair embraces. No previ-
Gus fan in indianapolis has equaled il, and
IN many respects it far cxcels the United
States Fair at Louisville in 1856, and thc
exhibitions in the present year of our near
sister States. 1t is a credit to Indiana. and
something of which our people can feel
justly proud.
LIVE STOCK DEPARTMENT
In this department there is larger mum.
Der of horses than in any former State
Show. Time, space and multiplicity of
business matters requiring attention forbid
a lengthy notice of any one department
Should we attemp. to notice II exienso ev
erythinS worthy of communication our col
umns woald be inadequate to contain all
that would have, Justly, to be said. We
shall, therefore, be obliged TO limit our
selves to general glance at the whole fair
except IN such particular cases as seem to
demand more than a mere passing notice
There is better collection Of horses than
we have seen at any former Indiana Fair.
and, Is we have already said, more of them
They are entered for all the various quali-
ties for which the horse Is distinguished.
Mr.. {. W. Houston has two stallions-a
bay (Bassinger) and Llack-which are
the admiration of all who look at them.
The mules are the largest, best formed
and talcSt of any we have seen on exhibi
ton in many years. The Jacks have the
of being ofgood quality. Some
of them have n very knowing look. and
all have fine large ears for music Both
the jacks and the mules occasionally put
in bass notes for the City Greys' Band.
which IS playing on the grounds, but not
having been very well trained under com
petent music teachers they sometimes make
mistakes, and supply the place of the cast
off trombone at improper times. Raugh-
he hangh- he laugh chimes in rather de-
however, with the soft, sweet
strains in Annie Laurie'' and Gentle
Annie The braying animals appreciate
the instrumental rcnderings of The airs of
those Scotch balla.ls whose plaintivc notes
dwell in the memory ans, lnger in the
heart.
Passing from the long cared animals we
come to the Hogs, which are the finest, we
mast say, of any heretofore exhibited any
where in the west There are several i'm
ported bears, one of which is owned by Mr..
). Meredith of Wayne county. The own
ers of the others we do not know. The
cards on the pens will tell. Our pcregri-
nations through the grounds are limited in
time and will not permit very long stay
in any one place.
The recent exhibitions at ST Louis. Cen
tralia. Louisville, Cincinnati, Saniuskv
,Ed Detroit were nothing to compare with
he present show of Indiana hogs, and those
rom the adjoining States. Ohio and Ken
lucky contribute something to The hog de
Dariment, bat Indiana furnishes the larg
'St number and best specimens. Mr. Mcr-
'diih took premiums with his hogs at the
ate St Louis fair.
The sheep pens are pretty well filed
md the specimens of fine and long wooded
bucks and ewes are good. Wayne, Mari
IN, Hendricks and Putnam counties con
rlbute largely to this department. /
The Cattle are numerous, as the number
# entries will show, and are. IL every way,
superior to those on exhibition in any for I
ner year They rival the stock shows of
kentucky, Missouri and IIlinois-three of
he best stockraising States in the Onion.
lr. = Meredith contributes largely to this
department., and has some calves and COWS
With which he took premiums last month
It st. Louis AMI Sanensky. An import
d bull of his, which will be pointed out
o the visitor on inquiry. took the first pre-
MUM at ST. Louis and at the United States
'air in 1857. There are no finer cattle,
or all qualities, than those shown by Mr..
lcrelitli. Dir. George Davidson, Of
Nanyc, also contributes some excellent
pccimehs of live stock to the fair, anil Mr..
'Iatlack, of Hendricks. and Mr.. George
Bruce of Marion, are not behind any one
n the peculiar quality of the cattle thcy
how. Mr.. Bruce has two fat steers which
nc monsters-enough to make small noun
aims of meat when slaughtered Ken
ucky, Ohio AMI Illinois contribute some
hing to the cattle display. The bulk of
he number on exhibition, and, in our o.
Union, the best to be seen, are from the
PASTURES of Indiana stock raisers. and the
attic of all descriptions reflect honorably
N their intelligence and pride.
The Poultry display is limited, yet what
here is of it is very good. We notice
Iuite variety of game fowls, and but few
# the species of chickens whose eggs were