The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-09-28
Entries az the District Fair.

The total number of entries Of articles
exhibited at the Fair Grounds is seven hun
dred and three. In class No. l, comprising
Field Crops, Grains, Seeds, and Vegetables,
there are forty nine entries. The display
is very fine. We noticed some excellent
samples OF wheat and corn; and there were
large potatoes, pumpkins, beets, &c, in
abundance. Glass No. 2, comprising
horses in general, is well represented
There are ffty-two entries. The display is
larger and finer than at any previous Fair.
In Glass No. 3, fast trotting and pacing
horses, there are also 6fty-two entries,
among which are some very fine animals,
which we have before mentioned. Glass
No. 4, Jacks and Mules, has but seven en-
tries, but the specimens exhibited are nice
looking animals. In class No. 8, Horned
Cattle, there are thirty-one entries, among
which are number of blooded bulls and
fine mich cows, none Of them extraordin-
arily large, but all are good-looking animals.
In class No. 6, some very respectable look
ing porkers are exhibited and some that do
not appear anything better than "juSt COM
mon" hogs. OF the former class are some
good specimens ofthe Suffolk breed. There
are seventeen entries. Class No. comprises
Fruits Flowers and Shrubs. There are
eighteen entries. Some superior apples are
exhibited, ami the display of flowers is very
beautiful. In the collections of green house
plants, the cactus with its horrid looking
spines is there in endless variety. Glass No.
8, comprising agricultural Implements, has
twenty-five entries. We noticed number
of plows, cultivatOrs, cutting boxes, corn
shelters, cider mills, beehives, reapers, &C.,
and quite variety of forks rakes, and
other small tools. Glass No. comprises ag
ricultural machinery, and mas twenty-six en-
tries. Among them are two portable steam
engines for farm purposes, two very ingeni-
Gus hand looms, a variety of weighing scales,
sewing machines, portable grist mills, sorgho
mills, ,stave machines, pumps, garden engines,
| &c. A portable steam saw-mill which was
exhibited in operation was quite a feature
| in the Fair.
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manufactures, from a cooking stove to q two
horse carriage, silk hat or a set Of horse
shoes. There are sixty-two entries. In class
No IL, articles of ladies manufacture, there
are sixty-one entries, and the displsy Is
| beautiful and varied. In class No. IL, Art
there were nineteen entries, comprising two
large collections of photographs, and q
| number Of very fair specimens Of oil-paint-
ing. In class No. ID, table comforts, there
were seventy entries, and the variety Of
provisions displayed was almost endless
Glass No. IA, canned fruits, contains by far
the largest number Of entries, there being
i one hundred and seventy-hve, aud the dis
| play is varied and tempting beyond descriP-
ton. Class No. Is comprises natural pro-
ducts, and the articles exhibited are some
specimens of building stone, several cases Of
preserved insects and shells, and collections OF
Geological specimens. The number of en-
tries is but four. The Miscellaneous class,
which has thirty-6ve entries, comprises ar
ticles not embraced in the preceding
fifteen. Taking it all together, the Exhi-
bition is we'll worth going to see.