The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-09-29
The County Fair.


since Tuesday, and up to this writing RI
day evening" has not yet come to close
As many of the premiums have not YET
been declared, and as the general result
could not he footed up in time Tor this
week issue. we have concluded to defer
full report of the exhibition until our next.
We can, however, say, in a genera! way.
that the fair has been quite Il success, and
that the receipts must be largely in adj
vance oil any previous year.
In horses and cattle the entries We're
much larger in number than at any pre-
vious fair, and the stock throughout very
superior. Indeed we never saw a finer
collection Of horses, not even at the State
fair at Chicago four years ago
Of sheep the exhibition, as usual was
smail-so Of swine. Poultry 81 entire
failure.
Farm products and d..iry products quite
/ full Farm implements and machinery
also good Plants and flowers a small!
show; paintings and drawings only fair
The mechanical department showed some
very Superior articles, hut entirely too little
: to be creditable 10 Ottawa alone.
| Tuesday was chiefly taken up in making
entries, and getting articles ready for the
show 1t was raw, uncomfortable day,
and the attendance rather thin.
Wednesday was exclusively exhibition
day, and occupied by the people in seeing
sights and by the committees in making
their examinations. 1t was pleasant day
and the attendance large.
But Thursday was the great day. The
grounds, which had been intolerably dusty
the day before, had been rendered not only
endurable but pleasant by the seasonable
/ showers the night before, and 10y the Sc
NAL, pleasant sun that succeeded them
First came the blowing match, in which
there were five contestants, and quite an
exciting race. This passed off satisfacto-
rily, when the general exhibition of ma
| chinery and implements took place. OF
course the din and rafting Of the reapers,
corn shelters, corn planters, drills, sewers,
/ Ac, &c, made another season OF pleasant
/ advertisement end excitement
/ Next on the programme stood the adj
dress. by the Hon. 3. c. Cook. Ey dint of
immense exert.on we got near enough to
hear Il paragraph or two, but he was inter
rupted by the appearance of the Out-and-
cutters. who drew the crowd after them as
naturally a. water runs down Hill. Nr G.,
after while, was enabled to resume and
was progressing finely, when the military
with drum and fife and band or two
made their entrance, and again compelled
pause. Mr.. t. wound up after while,
infinitely to his own relief, we make no
earthly doubt, and 10 the relief Of those
who. amidst The most provoking destrac,
tons tried to hear him out We propose
to print the address in Justice to NJ. C.,
for he was certainly unable to do Limselt
or his audience justice Oh Thursday.
There was fault in the management
The address was set for one o'clock anl
did not commence until after two. I'll.
u INC 80 '9' anu "a P''
hi-''il4s' whereas 'ileS came Il" hou' 'e'oEe
llie hi!!t"Iy Were 10 paiaae TWO hours Il
Ter selH' hu' really came III the midSt Q
'ie "o'''eSS' 20 1t vas al J"'i''le AM
= CONFUSION,
= as 10 '"s ol'I '''.''-o'''s's themselves,
E was 10 iau-t o. I"e'fS' '"r lheE came a. I'll
time A7Sisieo mem ana surrey II WIS Il
! "oh'eF mat 'he l''oy' people "''i'''l III
n enclosure at once leit every Hih& e!se an
:. GRO" "e" 'l'tT 'i'e'h ioF 'heF "slea sign
~ 10 f'ize an e<c''e'ne'l' any "here' 10 i
: aIlIec'''e''' however 'Ney must DC seer
; a. 10 description co"IH 90 'aeH justice
IAe military parade consisted vi t"
T. companies from la Saiie-the Dongsa
E Hua'ds OF La Sale and the ffa!F!e o'''-.
q from i-aIm Ridge The companies exec
ted some handsome military movement
/ and cleItcd much 2dmiiatltn ana q
o Yesterday. came off. first in the NOR
II ing the test of ladies eques trianship Il
l. r,rizn heinz q srlend;d side saddle The