Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-09-26
Scstt C0uaty Agricultural Pair.
TEE SAIE GEOC SDs.

TIE yAIg GRoCSDs.
The new Grounds are something like it.
These grounds have heretofore / cen sufficient
" de,crib.d by Us 10 call for 10 further men.
,ion..to-dsy. Suffice it to cay that they comprise
tvs enty five acres Of the most delightful situs-
ted laLd in the county, are within the ct y
lmits-only q few moments walk from the
river. (l4,h ard Perry and have been fitted
up " ith suitable buildings. bazaars, offices and
bootb., etc. also with q splendid half mile
track With partition fences. water appliances,
stale, pens etc, etc. an in good style aud
rate the southern side sffording ample
shade.
was entirely devoted to making entries for ex.
hibition. We are glad to announce that a
large number OF entries we're made-lsrger By
far than at any previous Fair Of the Society
We pass on 10 mention soma Of the articles
entered:
VEGETABLES.
The display OF garden vegetable surpassed
hy anything we ever saw at any county, or
even tie State Fair There potatoes of such
size would at short distance. look like
pumpkins AID pumpkins and squashes were of
mammoth proportions. some OF which weighed
high ss l4o pounds, There were onions
which would make Westh.rsfield Yankee
shed tears and cabbage heads which would
cause Dutchman to bess the day when he
packed up his clothes and left his taderland -
Pumpkins fat and sleek. and mellow, without
nuuber, be-ts as large as q small boy, carrots,
teans, tarnips. tomatoes. parsnips. sweet pota-
toes. radishes, pie plsnt, etc, in proportion.-
Every thing was Oh the largest scale-especs
the potatoes and pumpkins. The bsets beat
all,
FIELD CROPS.
The specimens of corn wera snch as can be
found in other place but in the West. 1t
was the best display-even yesterday, before
one.haf the articles entered were oa the
ground-that we eyer saw. The saec'fnens OF
wheat, barley, oats, etc, were also most ex-
cellent and extensive. la this department Mr..
erts lac varieties. Splendid snow.
ORCHARD FRuTI
confined mostly to apples. Q. which there
was noble display Mr.. Sexton of Bnf,lo i,
alone exhibited 81 varieties. No pears or
peaches were exhibited yesterday. Some
grape. we're on the ground very tue.
FINE ARTS HALL.
For the frs. day Of the Fir the display was
sp'endid-much larger, we think, than are seen
at any time at any previous exhibition of the
societv. Morse display ed splendid collection
Of hotographs. W. S. Esbers was represent
ed in the same line j. F. Fsrrsnd three cases
large collection of coins-cetts dating from
1898 to 1860 inclusive also. rare coins and
continental paper J. II. Dumont garden
engine various ladies several hundred speei-
mens of needle York, in various St lee, from q
common bed quilt down to finely wrought
cuff and collar, or picture. Mr.. Lindsey ex
nibited fne case OF hair jewelry; J. c. Wal
lace fine clock Hagebd.ca j. Bro, some ele.
gan, specimens OF lithographing Ricoardson
West l. Co, a large col ec,on Of plain and CT.
namental card printing ". Ii. Pratt some
fine specimens Of penmanship ani card writlDg
Mr. ohrnisr some elegant oil paintings; A. c.
Billion a aueteur steam eng ne O. d. Cline
some elegant specin ems Of ornamental paint
ug A. W. Bailey three Wheeler and Wilson
Sewing Machines San Perry one Of Sioat's
Sewing Machines. and many other articles too
numerous to mention
PANTRY sToREs.
This department was we'll represented yes
terday, and will be overlooking with good
things to-day Mr.. Lunger had numerous var
e,ies of preserves jelies, picked ffuits, etc.
Israel Hall exhibited some cases of choice
honey, and some most excellent pears; Miss
Mary Holmes exhibited % specimens ofjsliies,
and Mrs. Margent Holmes 81 specimens of pre-
serves, q beautiful display Mrs. Mead fine
variety of picsles, wines and dried fruit, etc.
FURNITURE.
W. 5. Collins displayed fine lot Of parlor
aud chamber furniture. There were other
fue specimens.
TIE FLORAL DEPARTMENT
will be finely represented to-day
FOWLS.
respectable number of fowls we're repre-.
sen,ed. Mise Naomi Thorington displayed
coop Of Is white bantams, which we're very
pretty indeed, and attracted much attention.
AGRICULTURAL !NPLEMzNTs.
Davis Watson 4 Co. exhibited fine horse
power and threshing mschine; L. S. Vie,e 4
Co. q 6 horse power from Wheeler. Melsck
Co, Albany, two l horse thrsshers, a saw mill,
2 straw. cutters, far,a boilers, corn shelters.
a sugar mill Brady & Pitts 10 horse power,
thresher and separator, and sacking apparatus
and grain neasurer, l corn planter, Ketch.
ums mower, 2 horse tread power and separ-
ator, Kentucky tanning mill, Burr's patent
corn COP crusher and corn grinder, Buckeye
reaper, Pendletoa's washing machine, two
horse grain drill. B. Sage, Illinois harvest
er; Vanluvance 4 Davenport Of LeClaire, 2
tanning mills; G. Krum, large 10, of plows,
harrows and cultivs,ors. Other articles 10
abundance were on exhibition.