Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-10-19


attend.
rns ruR.-The second ANIMAL Fair If the
Iynrbburs Agricultural and Mechanical socei Y
,ra, held at the Fur grounds yesterday Ihd
,.aa,her was unusnsily Cue just cool enough t,
\, bea saI1t and agreeable with little OF the
nut ,a, and suIirinSss caulsnan to anch occasens.-
rho oi,cndascc wns not great though perhaps a'
NV . c,nii have Teen expected for the opening
~ "a. esrec;ally az none but members ,f the Soce9
~ md their friends were admitted to the grounds
G.r,a;nlv the display made in the various depart
meut. warranted much larger attendance; ahe
u. ~. r.sl quite safe in predicting BY Tar greater
VIC . lar .- Law, ann the following days of the
.h;,;,;nn At any rate we are snre that all cred
IT, III. nfi,ers having the general arrange
ant If the FAIR in charge tor their interesting
" .,s IL make this exhibition one ofinterest botH
=, e.hbitors, and oil in attendance. And it only
ro,nns for the people t"turn out sanction the eff
forts on the part OF agrcui'ur"s's ~ sustain these
annual exhibilons.
Tho Fair was formally opened by an earnest and
,,,ycnt nrayer by the Rev. VIM. II. Kinckle. ut
NO conclusion of which Mayor Branch delivered
br;ef but most happily conceived address, of
,clcome 10 the persons in attendance. The num-
her Of fine horses on exhibition sunusually large
o,,mnr,sing in the list Capt. John D. Alexander's
hy Nipbt. Messr-. William Terry nf Bedford
William C. Mennis do. Paschal Buford do. VIM
Ilooner of Buckingham and many others whose
names we Cannot now remember contribute some
very superior stock in the way OF horses, brood
mares aud colts.
DIR. Edwin Watson, Of Pulaski, exhibits some
fat steers, which We think could not be excelled
in the Union.
D. B. Saunders. If Wythe, has a lot of Thorough
Short Horns-very superior.
The Short-I Horn calf. Jack Slaughter" seven
months old, weighs 1870 pounds. and is altogether
the handsomest specimen Of calf we remember
to have seen. and without dctractins in the least
degree from the personal pulchrtude Of the very
worthy gentlemen to whom he is indebted for his
name, we are inclined to believe his calfship has
rather procured him in the matter ofgood looks.
r. n Kelso, of Bedford, has some very fine
Devon Calves.
". B. Byars, of Washington county makes a
fine display of grades and natives.
A. N. Young, Of Grayson, shows several Thor
ough.5rods, which are credit to the mountain
county from whence they hail.
D., McGayock, Of Wythe, makes fine exhibi-
ton Of native-breds.
lessrs Richardson & Bro. of Wythe, and JAS.
l. Taylor. Of Pulaski, and j. NJ. Cl"yd. of do.
show Il large LIT Of Thorough Bulls. Cows, and
Calves.
Gen. Robt. T. Preston, of Montgomery, has
splendid lot Of Durham Fat IIeifers.
Mr.. Charles Scott. shows some vory superior
Devon Bulls and Calves.
Capt. Buford. of Bedford, exhibits large mum.
her Of the fat cattle. for the raising Of which he
has succeeded in making reputation second to
NO other cattle raiser in Virginia.
There is much other stock on exhibition quito
as deserving of notice rs any we have enumerated
: and we shall take occasion the fair progresS-
es 10 make such mention Of it IN we think it de-
serves.
The Swine, Sheep Poultry, &c, are represent
ed largely aud we shall hereafter take occasion
to nav our respects to these departments.
The display in the Mechanical Department, is
much larger than last year, and comprises in its
lis, many of the most valuable of recent inyen-
tuuS.
Floral Hall. is gotten up principally Ivy the
ladies' showing their precedence in the de-
,osat,e art; although this department is
ret us extensive as we would have wish
ed, sill it was variegated with beautiful vases
# Howcrs. The Sweet Cum" there laden with
IL variety of fruits, vegetables, needle-work, and
the other specimens Of decorative art, with sew
eml showcases each containing IA fnc display If
their kind. Take it all and ALL it a fine Tx.
lbition and the ladies' ought to have II good share
Of credit for their efforts towards the entertain
men.
\ large number of entries made yester-
day afternoon, and to day we hope will witness n
greatly increased crowd in attendance.
TBEArRE-Messrs. kunkel & Co.'S celebrated