The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-09-28
Fourteenth Annual Fair Of the Portage County
Agricultural Society.

Agricultural Society.
The sourteeath annual anniversary Of Portage Co.
Agricultural Society took place lat week grounds
f the soeety half sniie East Of Ravenua village The
.uuvers.ry this sear In NIL its various
seued far difsreht viev to one who re,nebers SINH
.ar occurrence a dcr.n years ago The growth and
stenpt ef The sec;e.s s clearly manifest fro year to
year aud the benefit 1t has already dpcnsed among she
,yrcutursts of the, county cannot be esHlatsd in too
h;ob a aporee
The Of soUrship socet;.s and the annual
township fsirs l,at nu,nber OF e townsps have in
trouced seemingly is incr.asg The interest ia the
ty society," and enlarging its sphere of inAuence.
Tie fair this year at the outset promise of bciDg
the best, really was, the hrges exhibition Of TIE
kind, given within the boundaries Of the county
The elements hive most satisfactorily dersonstrsted
that csanty Fair has no contro over Them aud tiat
rain may be expected wleR least wanted. especially
'about days. the almanac kers say get though
the value aud Importance of The festival seriously
damaged by the good old fashioned equinoctal' with
which we regaled week. say tina.
Fair be carried through to general
cepanee under circumstances adverse to pleasure
success than the Annual Pair OF the Portage County
Agricultural Society for isS9 The pleasure ct each day
s abont equally destroyed by tie rain, and nothing
but ise perserering energy of the managers Brought
about the resIiy satisfactory results that
pIsbed.
However much the rain may have interrupted the pro-
eecdiugs on the Fair groundse else they
benefit that the people could longer orego without
experiencing the damaging effects OF a'dry trae'
Tue preparations for the dispisy TINS year
extensiss hn those OF any proceeding year Last veal
tile total number OF entr' 70 seven nrhnee
and fifty fouf-this year the number Is csnt hundred
and thrtytwo In reality this was the ots1 far the SO
cety has ever had though the fxDiuon was fAher IN
formal On account of the weather. 81
The cattle were all Withdrawn from the ground on tn
second day. and were not generally viewed by the mos
OF the spectators The conmtt hewerer, mace thet
inspections and awards, but the weather permitted
exercises in the ring .1Ji4k
In the classes for cattle sneep ana swne there wer
hundred and forty yeutrss, divided nong the town
ships, viz: gfs9-s5
Brimfeld Freedom s, shaersvil'e :, Charies.own
hiram .. hoo'sepwn o. sum,id hoinsnu'e Neiso"
ran ,o,pn ~ "'n'nAl" - r'A'A''' ~ s''''''
ooro 10
Inc q'ah'y OF 'ie eas',e we 'ea'a Spone y, 40 D7'
mncn superior 70 tne 'rdnary quarry OF ssock
on sacn occasions isaac fne'ps eA'"feu "'"''o'
Lei'e'' "'. 'A.'' n'e "oa'' s "'e -.
- n, :; stt ,,.s b
sue.p "A' = - -. % -
e'aass A's'"s .'' sao ,ns..a ~
s''e s.-.s., 49,. s,,,a.;,
my ., LII, 1900, !.
u,.... ( N.,ss,S r.r;s = P,l,rvra Raysr
n.-.S. n.,,.,-, 10 s....,.ho,o, !, sh
y" No - - - ~. p -. 20
ers'h'o i'' '"iieu . I" ''u'A. ~ 20, 40 .s. =s
The display in sdeparment has never been pett'
County Fair. and doubtless every animal pesen't
points u excellence; and tioneh tue dscsio
of lbe eommtt awarded pseniiums to one or two In
Glass; decisions cannot be considered any dsparae
ment 10 competing animals as the decision was mas s
upon nppearance fntner tna ah aetua 'es' o' Pel'o
ance upon 'iie sroenns. A"s.e p"e ~ -. ~. =
easso' spans o1 oras no' 'eAti :.
'ey Oh .'e eo''e'' ''A''"'u "'.ne -o' -
TO draw 30 tna' tie'e WIS ho oppor'uns - " 'ess
drhft powers Of the horsess ihey were aNareeo
dsst premium, ana rom All appearshce' were most
serving. .sa-s 5-s,i III zsIlz-s5L
In the classes for the exhibition OF township cattle
horses there was hut one entry III eaen c'asso cat
from Windham-cf horses from Streetsporo.
The attractions in Floral IA an this wear would comps
1,vo,.blv with the exhibious of wears In
sh. onantitv and ouaIity were larre and rare The
play of apples we presume $ never larger Than t
present season. We believe the expectatiops of peo,
reueraiy were more than realized by the show in d
I 5.na,,ms,t
Q
80. eaAH., 49, -, u DAu sA'3hse sariee
o - ~ s."r'-...s..s s.ar. - reaSne'' pc.
,s.s ,,,,l = n.'i' '1
a ~ ~ A y. " 'unA",' eNA,1 'o''' ""e 'anp
Il OF areu nun. 0nns' Duie!'o f'ssop'' M wns awar
tne nrss Pre"'u ioi "i"'ef aPp'es' ~. ~ Ana'ews
Hootstown' received tne nrst ior ai apples