Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1860-10-10


LIP the horse lines tAMa ware q great
number a @tgys siI ez Hssls, belong
ing q GenslA singIetpa u Qainsy,
Tllnozs, TAKING Tharsdayps seesp vtakeaa
Of $dg, and EsAaa Allen, slse Aeelebfassd
stallion 30 ofssn natchsa against Patch
en-, ths grand swssp- STAKES Of $500 81
Saturday. The entry IF Silver Heeis,
crested ; great dead ef snthusiasaa, sss
wss minately examined By the Prince and
Eluke d Sew caaEia, Who suppressed them.
sslras % highly pleased with Aims shsa
Sen. was ssss for, ana sheck
If u, 600 offered FOR him, which under
stauf was sscspsaa, AID be viii q once be
forwarded 20 the Royal stables. be Is .
novel looking horse, Of deep Jet black,
with the exception Of tho Get LOCKS Of his
hind feet, which are of . bright silver
white, he viii nos only be prirnis inter
Pares among the royal ssads, bnt he viii
reject much credit upon our American
stock and system Of tzashing Ias has3
made bis milein little less than 800
and 10 reckoned among our fastest hofs-
20.
Although tbs amphitheateF is the grdad
feature Of the Fair there is ulnch else
surrounding il that Is destructive and a.
lnusing, there are large buildings for the
display of machines, agricultural imple-
ments, carriages, seeds and Vegetables,
lowers and fruits. A magnificent build
ing, in which all kinds pf flowers iadige-
nous ansi exotia, ara beautifully display
ed, ehristened vFioral Hail, p similar
building for the fine arts, painting and
sculpturing &c, another for7voolen and
textile fabrics with numerous small build
ings fer sheep, poultry, sewing machines,
telegraph Offices, restaurants &C., in each
and all of which one could spend q long
time in profitable examination, in inn
mense steam pillow bulk at Hannibal in
this State, is also on exhibition and at
traeEed a great deal of curiosity, lis i'm
nense size seems to be the only objection
to it, although its inventors insist that
the objection is one of its most favorable
features, ii has six pillows or blades at
tached 20 it, and will turn over easily
thirty acres per day, a. harrow can be fas-
tened 10 it, so as to do double work, it is
one of themost important; to prairie men,
Of all the machines On exhibition, and
create an entire revolution Id farming
smaller ones could, ne doubt, be built,
that will come within the reach of neigh
borhoods. not SO large or as exp, nsive as
this is it is also admirably adopted TO
railroad ditching and will prove ID great
service to contractors.
Probably as amusing a part of the
weeks entertainment, was the going 10
and returning from the ground, every
conceivable mode Of conveyance was
called into re9uisition, omuibasses, car
riages, buggies, furniture carts, milk wag-
! ons, bread wagons, express wagons and
wagons exte1nporated for the occasion,
added to the different lines OF railroad
were all burdened to suHoeasien, and
caused in their preregrinations an infinite
amount of fun, thousands upon thousands
were obliged TO walk the whole distance,
and perhaps none of those who visited the
| Fair arrived and returned from tlt are less
tired and exhausted.
| II the Carnival at Rome exceeds in
numbers, display or amusement, the Fair
week at 81. Louis, do not know that /
care about seeing it, for ! have witnessed
enough here to satisfy the incre lulous;
| bat must close, or the patience Of your
| readers will be exhausted. SpUTRE.