New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-27
THE WESTMINSTER COUNTY FAIR.
SECOND DAY.

SLOOND ia +.
The Wes'ehester County Fair has turned ont very
mucb as said il would the second day being partly
conrrlmed in nakiug entries aHd the number Of visit.
being largely in excrss of that of Monday. Pecu-
niaily this years chow lie great snccess otherwise
IL is almost faiure. The total receipts Of the Fair
last year AZ Newcasrle sbput $780, while up TO
last evening over 'OO had been paid at the gates.
This result is enough to indicate The managers the
proper localities for the FAIR for if with such duIl
season this they draw go mncn money into the
treasury il is fair 10 suppose that another year very
large profits be reaped BY locating at NJ ri ana,
West Farms Harlem. The show Of cattle and
boses but especially cattle, has ben far worse than
there was Auy expect, considering the
Der OF bloc ed aiinala in this peighborhood. Mr..
Fnile is the only CATTLE breeder 81 who has had
the enterprise aud judgment TO exhibit, and il IL
wers NOT for the several hgt-s Of Fordham, the
show Of hnr-es wOulh he u iuly small. tie same
caltiness IL found IN all the clashts Of machines
there are few Allen mowers, few washng-ma-
chinesaid hat il all Not exactly all, however, for
thee is one machine on ex.ibnin which s really the
great feature vi the fai We rllle TO the powerful
rock-liiter OF B Knapp, W lib performed Horcnlesn
marvels with ease and rhtriiy, taking Out Undecided
boulders of teverl tnns weiy IN the space 81 nin-
ute and half or two minutes For tue AXE OF ex'
pertinent, two agricultural editors were invited TO
mount the frame AID tnrn tle craIks, and alt Oagh
neither had ever sern The machine before, they lifted
boulder Of w and h.lf tws Wi Iht win rs liuIe
physical tiain 10 Themselves H. II they were turning
prindsIOne. For rocky county like We-fcheyter,
this powerful ma line is Of IA much value the
moweri IN fact it Is capable OF giving 70
cultivation hundreds OF acres tnat are now ly
iny in ek-bonud st-rility. Taka, for instance,
a large Ky fsrm like hf. Jays or Mr.. CongcEs
which the would gladly put INTO a-s or grain
and USE e nowiIgor reaping machine but whIh are
70 stiadei with thai the cr3r must De cut by
la, d. Az ibe land Dow li1-, tie Weld must lie mich
less than il zhonl th- farm has an insigt appear
ance, bi. animals hurt the S l. while FEATURING, the
break,g Of OSs ana vi iDp l-neuts is great and
annoying and real Tho GU husbandry is impossible
The Inventors of this ek ter traf with fariBers
rocks at IL eenis stece, w"ich Ii perhaps
less than etth Of tie money that excavation by hand
would cot aud 10 few days rocky or stumpy farm
can be tr.nsf rm iuto arl l. lInd. Tie exhibition
yesterday the Fhir grounds ~as very successful ex
c,pt 10 the instance Of monster To Of Probably ie or
ID weg Il, Tor raising whci the machine Was not
poSernl ei"u h.
10 ~ ladies' The great oval tent the chief point
Of attraction yesterdays 10 The men, tue norse-trnck
In the tent the snow OF flowers wss rather god and
Of fruit, tolerable for County tHIr Mr. lurnbaii
Of New-ROeelie sho Sed ine collection OF yerbcuas,
among whi,h were dUzrp very LOud eedlingsi MIR.
Macksy of ho risaiia, and Mr.. iiasht Of Westehes-
ter, showed ut flowers; Miss Pflhfe made tue dis
Ilay u ia LIS, aud Ars. Quackeibus'i and Henry
BertL We'd wi each . Ter Ia nuIal 0rIaLIenlh,
Donqu nets and BASKETS OF hot-iUue grapes, A. Crit
tenden brought the rgest epriru AZ, aud Mr.. Cum
iDgr, DR.. Brueb, and a Others assist, IL making
the Oirpldy u fespcctaOle ole.
Of the line department the ees laid the better
wo than 'his, the holsehold aod dairy were not
well represented, tere beag uerely three
packages OF butter ANA les tnan talf dozen leaves
vt bread. lbe.e were souIe really tine vegeta-
ties the thbler, among whcl Mr. rale q mAIgels,
hf. CuIbibgss sweet pO,atOee, s1d MI. Blake = cab
LRles We're noteworthy.
lie pr cessJn an stie Of fire companies for silver
trunIeis q ute an / VI o-isg affair. There
We're many Companies ON tie ground, di,i ed into Il
e oud and third class, Ordl To The diameter OF
Their cylind-r All us-d tile 3lnch uozLIe and
two leu ,Is OF ho.e and each j. tun performed its
work under direction OF tD. Committee. The hrst
prize III Cl o. was Awarded 10 Protection No. OF
louker- which threw stream of lW feet inches,
nnd the tint m Class Ia No. Of Westehrsier wboee
stream measured lo2 feel Or thereitputs. IL would
have been well the Of Wertchester o
u,eu If their Tournament LHd as-ed OF quietly; but
Jus, as they Iea1y 10 leave tie ground brawi
-pr.nR up between some rivals, a,d the melee wss
soon b ID that there seemed itir prospect for
not until vi city IOli forced their way
u the center, LAB in hand aid arrested the nsg
leaders.
A race was improyised between the Mount Vernon
Hook and LADDER COMPANY aud one tro ~ sDVtheI
plac dufiog which tie at the front uller OF the
Aluunt Vernon truck lrt tIol OF Il, and The pom
uerOus tbiug plunged tnrUugn ihe crowd running over
aud bruieng three folr ladies aud Two htile chill
dren. luis SAD actiier, to. ether With the hremens
hight and tue lively BUSINESS Transacted by the swarm
Of pickpockeis tnew om over the afternoon VI the
Fair which crowd aud tsds oi mueI,ilns, aud gay
costumes of the treulon eoul not oil, .l Th- even
ing he Fair will eoee the jade Secretary, lreas-
ulur and COMM t-cuen wi -eok their beds well at
isned with tue stae ii NJ. Armstrong; csh account
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