The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-10-03
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ladies' and children's clothing. Miss +.
Peers also showed some beautiful needle
am other work, all of which was OF SUI
perior quality. Mira N. E, Babcoek had
on exhibition an assortment of comedians
ladies' work roo, and Good lenplar
Q nblems; Mrs L E. Bushnell showed q
beautiful worked skirt, collars, and other
articles; Mrs. ana Miss Mary Beard,
number ofvery fine articles of ladies' ap-
parrel, many of which reeeised preni@
ums.
Ben Thrope had on exhibition a fine
collection of butterflies. Mrs. L. d. Halt
showed several fine peices of embroidery
and beautiful chill's Dress and Miss
Josephine Co.'s on elegant case of ems
broidered work Miss Stella L. Hatch had
a beautiful table spread, and Mrs. J. b,
Page a worked quilt, ceverlid, braided
mat and other articles. Miss Mary Jane
Ansley showed cornelian picture frame,
burr basket and scrap table, each article
a gem of beauty. Mrs. Boydsn had ii
beautiful cornelian box and a lamp mat.
Mrs. j. S. Elwell showed beautiful SAM
pies ofsiIk and cambria embroidery. aRl
a crochet shawl and tidy, enah of sshich
received premiums. Mrs. John Cross
showed finely arranged boquet of flow
ers and beautiful comedian box. Frank
Catlin had jar of agates, and VIM. H.
Cocks some silver ware. Mrs. |. n. VAN
slyke showed several pieces of ombroid-
erv and other work. Miss +. Snragtis
showed q beautiful white skirt which res
ceiyed the first premium. "a good many
other ladies showed their skirts slightly,
but did not enter them for premluns.)
Many ladies besides those mentioned,
contributed to make up this pleasing dis
play, but the stock of adiectives descfiF-
tive of this class of articles is nearly ex-
hausted, and the remainder must be left
untold.
MECHANICS.
The show in this department was sefy
creditable. r. Holmes exhibited two
beautiful rifles and shot gun. Otis d5
Brother exhib ted lot of ploughs, sever
al of which took premiums, No BeIoit
taking the first. J. II. Harrington show
ed fine lot of tin ware. J. ". Peers
exhibited good specimens of lath, siding
and machine planning. NJ. Y. Nobles bad
specimen of Pateat farm fence. THIS
fence deserves the attention of farmers
and we believe will come into general
use. S. p. Thornhill lad set of double
harness which took the first prize, also
an elegant lady's side saddle. VIM. SAer-
burn also showed good set of double
harness. Geo. Champliu showed Dor
ing machine and other articles. j. G.
Schneider showed lot of horse shoes,
and T. E. Williams fine lot of ploughs.
E. L. Nash had sugar mill; VIM. Mar
tin several specimens of willow ware !;
Silas Staples and J. Ensign each a double
wagon, and D. Mckay two washing ma
chimes.
SHEEP AND SWINE. aag
Tn this department there was fair
show. A G. Peabody entered two fine
bucks and lot of sheep and lambs. L.
II. Pomroy had two fine Suffolk pigs;
Geo. E. Mann good sow and pigs; DIR.
Otis Heyt large hog and lot Of sheep;
and VIM. Martin very iat hog and lot
of swine.
The show of poultry was not large
Mary z. Hatch had fine lot of turkeys
and chichens on exhibition. A good lot
of chickens of differeat breeds was shown
by Joshua Smith. Chas. G.. Sandford had
som, geese; Caleb Green showed two
large eggs, big enough to hatch half
grown hens from, and several other per
sons showed fowls Of dItiersrt varieties.
FLOWING.
In this department t. ere was not much
competition. Entries were made by a.
D. Gray, d. w. Fuller, Ii. N. Chamber,
lain, Sterling Jones and Goo. w. Martin.
We believe MIR. Fuller took tie lst pre,ni-
um; Martin the End; and Chamberlain
the 81.
HORSES. lie
The display ofhorses was very good
better than it was expected this new
country could afford. J. f. isrnan en-
tered fine span of matched bays, large.
well formed and fine travellers. A spar.
of matched blacks, owned by DIR. Thorn
hill, made a fine appearance. Fred G..
Gridley showed span of beautiful bay
mares, well-matched, well-made, spirit
ed and fast going. They will trot nils
in harness, in less than 81 minutrs-fg
rate of speed rarely excelled by doubts
team. O.le of this span took premium
as best breeding mare. We saw fine
span of black stations, eutered rs horses.
Of all work. Several fine two year old.
colts were on exhibition. A large dark
bay, owned by S. G. Jones, attracted con
siderable attention. ID. E. Richardson
showed a fine chestnut sorrel, Of cool
size and action, giving promise of making
a superior horse. A fine cream colorsd
colt owned by Heman Dodge was also
on exhibition. DIR. Hoyt had black
mare colt, two years old. which took the
first premium; the second was awarded
bay, owned by Fred Gridley A gray
the largest on the ground was owned by
Mr.. Egbert.
In the class of yesrling colts, q blood
bay, finely formed and of good action,
owned by d. G. Ketchum, took the first
prize. He was sired by Red Bird, and
from the Lewis mare, well known in this
county. L. II. Pomroy showed first