The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-11-02
NEw HARMONY, Oct. 81, 1859.

here are the facts
Tuesday and Wednesday, up to IL o'clock
NJ, were devoted to the entry of articles, and
arranging them for exhibition and cxami-
nation.
In Glass No. 1, horses, there were eighty
five entries Kentucky aud Illinois being
represented. Much of the stock was very
good, and some very inferior. 5 .
In Glass No.-2, CATTLE there were thirty
entries. Posay county shows some good
stock, and I wondered that She did not ex-
hibit at the District Fair.
In Glass No. 3, jacks and mules there
were six entries. None of the stock in this
class could be called very good. A-
In Glass No. A, sheep. there were eight
entries. Some very good specimens of wool
bearing animals were on exhibition.
In Glass No. 5, hogs there were eight en-
tries. Some of the stock in this class was
very creditable. ~ & -
In Glass No. 6, poultry, there were six en-
tries; a coop of Shanghais exhibited by Mr..
White, were very fine.
In Glass No. 7, vegetables, there were
twenty-eight entries, all of excellent quality.
The potatoes, both Irish and sweet, were
very good. Beets that were hard to beat.
Cabbage that would make a German think
of his Fatherland, and pumpkins that were
pumpkins. The other articles in this class
showed that the people of Posey understand
how to cultivate their rich soil.
In Glass 8, grain and seeds, there were
twenty-three entries-the grain of corn,
wheat, oats, and barley, was good.
In Glass No. g. field crops, there were four
entries, the statements made did not show a
very heavy yield. -. .gE a. @gf2
In Glass No. 10, fruit and flowers, there
were twenty entries. The apples We're good
| and quite number of varieties. Only one
pear. Two lots of dried peaches and two of
dried apples. There was bushel of pealed
| dried peaches and a bLshel of dried apples
| put on exhibition by Mr.. Minney, that were
| the finest ever saw. The ladies of New
| Harmony must have stripped their gardens,
| judging from the quantity on exhibition
Only one plant in bloom was to be found,
| but that one was beauty.
| In Glass, No. IL, Mechanical, there were
were forty entries, of plows there were four,
the best two horse pillow on exhibition was.
made by VIM. Sheldon of Mt. Veraon.-
| Several saddles and sets of harness were on
exhibition, and all of them very good, but
think your townsman, Mr.. D. NJ. Schnee,
showed the best, but owing to the fact that
| this was a County Fair he could not have a
premium awarded him. The buggies were
nothing extra; two good wagons, two pairs
of boots, one pair of slippers stove and
| trimmings and other tin and iron ware, made
guess out Of the county. Harrows, Drills
and cultivators made up the biE-the Kirby
mower and reaper included.
In Glass, No. IL, Miscellaneous, there
were one hundred and eighty-four entries,
| hate ma I Re Tio
eff embroidery, of tapestry, bonnets, 8
carpets, piece of jeans, of flannel, honey,
butter, bread, cakes jellies, preserves, pickles,
paintings, specimens of dentistry and tobac-
co, pastry and molasses, cord wood and ma
| pie molasses butter scotch and apple wine
canned fruit and stuffed birds, cordial and
shawls 81 old as | am, but will quit for
the time, words fail to enumerate all that
was in this class, it was rightly named and
although so large, 81 would pay all the
premiums at 81 for the first, SOC for the
second. ..-.-..-... s.,.l.
In Glass No. l. the ring there were for
ty-seven entries-pacers and trotters in har-
ness and under the saddle; no very fast
ones. Ten ladies rode for the county pre-
MUM, and as many gentlemeu-not forget
ting about dozen boys. The ladies rode
well, and managed their horses as though
they understood the art equestrian. The
gentlemen rode we'll, and the boys so well
that four premiums were awarded. The
riding was one Of the great features of the
Fair. 1s-..~
In Glass No. IA, sweepstakes, there were
twenty-five entries. Illinois bore off the
first premium for stations. Good stock of
all descriptions we're exhibited in this ring,
and many of the premiums went out of the
county.
On Friday there was series of rings,
open to the world. Kentucky and Illinois
took premiums. Gibson, l believe, took
one or two, but of this I am not sure p
The officers did all in their power to make
visitors comfortable, and carry on the Fair
to the satisfaction of all. 8bE[oGA
The music discoursed by the New Har-
mony Band needs no comment from me-
Any one that has heard their performances
will readily award to them the palm.
The managers made one mistake in the
regulation of entries Al members and their
families, land thought that Posey county
could boast of the largest families in the
State were admitted for one dollar, wheth-
er they exhibited or not; yet person from
out of the county was charged tvo dollars,
and their families had to purchase tickets
Experience will dictate change--the Fair
will be opened to the world, and exhibitors
will be the only persons who Will be ad-
mitted for the small fee, thus will they en-
courage persons to exhibit. 1t is the ex-
hibitors who makes the Fair, and the greater
the amount on exhibition, the greater the
crowd to see the sights. The Fair opened
to the world, would draw stock and labor
saving machines from the whole country,
and our farmers and mechanics would thus
have a chance, at least three days in the
year, to attend a great Industrial School,
and learn more by seeing the articles, and
have an interchange of thought with the
owner, than they could learn from theorists
in whole year. ..7 80 ~ -
l ought not to omit noticing fine display
made, believe, by Mr.. S. Bolton and Jas.
Tompson, Esq. The growth of the sea, the
land, and The air, was exhibited by them
A beautiful Aquarium was there filled with
fish and other aquatic creatures. 1t was
looked at by every one who visited the
Hall.
The dinner served on the ground was