Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-10-19

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ladies and a few gentlemen, who had charge
Of Floral Hall are deserving Of high praise,
both for the taste Displayed, and the
indetatigablc industry which collected to
gether so many articles of beauty and Gu
ricsity, and arranged them in proper order.
The recent severe frosts, which had cut Of
al the flowers in the vicinity which had
not been protected with the greatest care.
rendered the difficulty of procuring a suf
fcient quantity for the purpose. almost in
s~uperable, but it was done. The pyramid
of Dahl;es, was the gift of a lady in Kins-
man, whose name we did not learn. The
tree which bore fruit in the shape Of DO.
gets of flowers in china vases, was the work
Of Mrs. L. D. Grail, Mrs. \. II. Robbins
and 3Ir. John L. Frazier. Mrs. J. N.
Edwards, of Garfield, sent valuable contra.
buttons to this department. Many ladie:
of this place and vicinity did tie same
\ large part Of the fine array of pictures
came from the gallery of Robbins & Leroy.
(Afr. R. was unwearied in his exertions and
did more than any other nan, but not more
than some Of the ladics.)
The pencil of Mrs. Robbins furnished
several Of the most beautiful of the paint
ings- Some landscapes. a head of The
Savior and a Madonna. by John Crawford
attracted much attention, as did a head o
a young girl, by Miss Ida Wick. W
noticed one painting, and one drawing 0
the Falls Of M;nnehaha, and Hiawatha
bearing the name Of Mrs. Mary MartaiI
STOW, sister of Mrs. Lily Martin Spencer
whose paintings take high rank in large.
exhibitions than ours. A mcdly picture
arranged by Mrs. Hughes and Miss Good
rich, OF B~raccville, was a very curious at
fair, and displayed much taste and ingenu
ity- Some Pressed Flowers in cone frames
by Miss Maria Harmon, were beautiful,
arranged. There was a beautiful specimen
Of Hair work, BY Miss Goe Of Bszctta-
The number Of curions things was yer,
great. There wore cabinets from the Higl
School, and others Kindly loaned by indi
yiduals, containing collections from al
lands, copper ore from Lake Supcri
or-gold from California and Pixies Peak
hcathen's gods from Ceylon, wooden shoe.
from Burmah, lava from Vcsuyius, stalac
tite from the Mammoth Cave, coral from
Otaheite, shells from the South Sca,-&c.
There were bird pictures made Of feathers
cases Of stuffed birds which were still, and
canarics in cages, which were not. Flora.
Hall, with all its array of beauty and art
crowded full of living, talking, laughing
ladies, was one grand picture of itself.
I'VE must not forget the excellent speci,
mems of ~fenmanship, by Mr.. C. N. WILDER,
Of Baz.tta)
THIRD DAY.
The rain which fell in the carly mornin;
laid the dust eFeetually, and made some
parts of the track somewhat slippery. II
is rrobable also that the rain had the effect
to prevent some from attending, but never.
theless, the number of people present could
not have fallen short of five thousand. As
vas tie case with the cattle, the number Of
horses exhibited vas very large, and the
quality va. excellent. In the young stock,
especially, sucking colts, one. two and three
year Olds, the improvement in quality, ovel
any former Fair, wa. very great. Wehavt
never seen at any State Fair, any exhibi
tion of this kind Of stock, which eIcelled
it
Draft Rorses.-In this class the number
of enties was large, and the Committee had
plenty Of work TO do.
In the class of Roadsters, the number o.
entries vas larger still. There were seve
raj pairs Of very fine matched horses, many
fine single horses, and some Of the fast
nags
As our article has already stretched Il
an unwarrantablc length, we cannot 60 in.
to particulars, but refer to the premium
list, which VIC publish today:
The Fair was a complete success in every
particular, and VIC believe was one Of the
best County Fairs ever held in the State.