Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-10-07
Montgomery County Fair = Thursday
and Friday.


Montgomery County Fair - Thursday
and Friday
The Fair was attended by large crowd yes.
terday. The grounds were covered with car.
riages. horses and well dressed orderly people
This is very encouraging 10 the friends Of agri-
culture and the mechanical arts. The hne
herds Of cattle exhibited by John W. Harries,
(who got the red ribbon,) Judge Holt, VIM. C
Davis, and others, cannot be excelled in blood,
beauty and symmetry in the State. Horses
sheep, mules, hogs poultry, aud other live stock
Of every breed and variety, are on exhibition,
which gives Hne opportunity to breeders Of
stock to select the best imported.
In the way Of vegetables we have never before
seen such fue melons eabbages, &c. Floral
Hall was full Of beauty--needle work, worsled
work. hair work, tidy's. quilts, she'll work,
bread and butter, preserves, iellies, DC The
flowers were arranged by lovely woman.
The ounces, apples, grapes, raspberies, and
blackberries, were fine, from the gardens of Mrs.
Favorite and N. Dinner, and the orchard Of Mr.
Bradford, and others. Some of the apples
would weigh two pounds each. N. Dinners
raspberries bear all the time.
Agricultural machines of almost every varies
ty were exhibited reapers, mowers, threshers
separators. cider mills, plows. &c. We doubt
whether a better display of agricultural aud
labor saving machinery was ever made at a
County Fair; and we we're pleased to notice
that these articles attracted their full share Of
attention In the
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT,
the show was highly creditable. Messrs.
Grew q Warford have an assortment Of very
fine work--saddles, brides, harness, etc.
which will take premiums anywhere east or
west.
A. w. Rice & Co., Huston Building, corner
Of Cd and Jefferson, have there a very extern
sive stock Of stoves, tin ware. house furnishing
goods, and great variety Of useful and inge~
nious notions. and these attract very general
attention, as they deserve. This firm can fur
nish almost everything in the domestic econo
my, and almost every useful article for the gar
den, farm, etc OF other articles, mechanica
and artistic, we can only give
MELASeR,
OIL. Obilds has on exhibition some speci
mems Of sgn and ornamental painting, which
were highly credilable DR. Geiger made
very fne display Of his Paragon Light, the
best, soflest and most economical light yet
invented We heard several parties declare
thai they would secure one ofthese.---A beau
uful specimen Of needle work, executed by
Miss LusSier a young lady Of oLly thirteen
sum -uers, was admired by every one who saw
it 1.-Two shell tables and ,ther shell work
IN this department attracted the attention 81
crowds Of admirers We do not know to
whose taste and skill to credit them, as we
tailed TO note the name Of the fair srliste -
Messrs Blanchard d Brown offer specimens Of
wheels, hubs. felloes, and other Items abogl
vehicles, from their Mapufsctory. They were
offered as samples Of perfect work in the vA>
rous stages Of progression. -. X Wagner
exhibited several exquisite collins from bis esS
tabIishment---o. P. Boyer has on the grounds
some Of the most elegant Cabinet ware ana
Furniture goods we ever saw, which was Justly
admired by the people.---A. Gump has va
riety of willow ware, etc., which attracts its
and neatly done--Douglafs d Co. exhibits
case of Ladies' Shoes, which are pronounced to
be as near the fairy figure as possible.--Van
Ausdal, Dixon d Go. have specimens Of mag
niicent goods in their line, on exhibition.--
B. G. Burrows has specimens Of printing
W. r. S. Ayers has some samples Of first class
family and fancy groceries, arranged attractive
ly, aud fully eviuees his tact Tor pleasing the
public.-CohRD, Conoyer d Smith, and Oro-
zer. of Piqus, have carriages and other vehi-
cles on exhibition. (We prefer our city work to
the fiashy work Of our Plqua friend The hub
of one of the hind wheels of Pb@ton exten>
sion buggy of Oonoyer d Smith, is q piece
of ingenious machinery for marking the dis>
tanee travelled
In every department Of the Fair we have
creditable display, but we have not space to
eDumerate all matters in detail We will give
the list of premiums at the end of the Fair,
which will no doubt pIove satisfactory to our
readers.
The election of officers took place this fore
noon, but we have not been able 20 procure
| the result.
The annual address was delivered by +. s
Young, Esq, in the beautiful grove overlooking
the Valley Of the Miami for miles to the South
"a most beautiful and appropriate place-and
il was listened TO with interest by large con-
course Of people. Mr.. Young acquitted himself
we'll.
This P. NJ. the ladies ride, and-we close the
present writing in order to "be there to see.'
The MULE RAoK.-The funny feature Of the
Fair yesterday afternoon was the mule
race. Two Of the stubborn genus were intro.
duced in the ring; one, large dun, was named