The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-09-22

Icorres pondencs Of The Daily Gate City.I
The Natisnal Eair.
RIcmom lIouen, CHICAGO,
II Sept. ~, 1859.
Allow me 10 redeem raSh pronise. Two
days Thursday and Friday Of this week have
bsen spent Ia viewing what was to be seen at
the United States Fair, near this city. Thurs.
day was believed to be the great day Of the
Fair, 50 for o. numbers were concerned,
ransiaE - estinassd By the best judges,
from 80, 900 70 u, 900 visitors on the grounds.
Many Of our citisess are here, some Of
whom beiss agricultural officers - home are
olReiasing hers. By them, / wss iatroduoed
to the President, Gen. Tilghman, and Col.
Copson, the Chief Marshal, and was soon
knighted with : badge, which gave me the
freedom Of the grounds. Many things are
here upon exhibition which interest me much;
to describe which would Eli many sheets Of
paper. But have neither the time nor in
clination 70 engage in a task for which am
wholly incompetent. The stock upon the
ground foil short OF my expectations. My
view Of ID horses, however, were too imper-1
feet to form any correct opinion. To-day
they are to be exhibited to the advantage Of
themselves and owners; but shall be pre-
cluded from seeing them, a. bid adieu to
the Garden City this morning.
There were large halls erected upon the
grounds, in which were arranged for axhibi-
ton the various products Of the soil, and es-
cry other device connected with general has-
bandry. The fruits and floral departments
were fine beyond observation-disclosures
articles oil all names--she handy-crafts Of
our ladies for domestic uses, were to be
seen here in great profusion. Every branch
Of the 6ne arts, ~ we'll a. the mechanics
arts, seem to be represented. And VIVA,
gave spectral interest to many new Inventions
10 the way Of labor saving machinery, was !
practical demonstration Of their utility and
capabilities; for instance, in one Of thes,
large halle you would see in operation BY
means Of steam power great variety Of ma.
chinery, saving lumber, cutting iath and
ahiagles, grinding Corn, manufacturing Aosr,
printing, making printers type, manufacsu.
ring gas, and hundred other things, 80 al
to enable tho spectator to see the spplicatior
of the new principle or power that had beer
obtained in the improvement. In the eornel
Of one of these halls vas exhibited ssShaw',
Patent Gas Cooking and Ironing Apparatns, .
to which my attention was particularly at
sracted. By this apparatus, witnessed tn,
baking of biscuit in eleven minutes, the broil
ing Of beefstake in Eve minu.es, the heat
ing Of smoothing in i've minutes. Thi,
last operation possessed much interest to me
for the eason that my ironing at home oos
nearly half cord Of wood each week, where.
- the exhibitor assured me that it could b,
doneby his gas-heaser for II or Is cts. day
The improvement consists ia attaching .
flexible rubber hose to ordinary gas burne
and then applying tho other end to the 40
parntus to be heated, and burning the ga,
in connection with such modified condition
Of the atmospheric air, US to secure perfec
combustion of the burning mixture of ali
and gas, whereby the heating effect Of sh'
gas is greatly intensified. This is accomp
lished by means Of novel and ingenious de-
vice 10 the form OF perforated metal CYL
Under, which surrounds as we'll as rises Abov,
4 h
the jet, into which both the gas and al
flow, and thus mingling produce perfect com
bustion and an intense hsat. underssan,
that many families warm their houses .
well as DO their cooking and ironing in thi
way. The apparatus for ironing, including
two smoothing irons and hose, cost $4.75
and may be had OF Walworth, Hubbard
CO., 1913 Lake-st., Chicago.
There we're also on the fair. grounds
large number Of farming implements, among
which should be first mentioned the ploy
with its latest improvements, for the reason
that it has laid our race under greater obi
cations than any other one instrumentalit
in field culture, and it was to witness tn
machinery and operation Of Fawkes' S.ear
Plow, more than anything else, that brough
me to this Fair. This have do6s, en-
whilst do not consider it q complete tri
unph, yet do regard it - very valuabl
ACCOMPLISHMENTS the entire prac
ticablity Of breaking - b steam, not onl,
our prairie sod, bat our fallow ground
cheaper ADD bsstsf than By any other power
or courseit will not b s1sptsd to regiol
of country where there srs stones, stumps
and roots, but = sour prAiriss are free from
these obstacles, II will give, when brought &
perfection, our prairie farmers in the Quilt