Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-10-02
FlOyd County Fair.

held at Floyd on the Gath and 25th
ult., was decided success. 1t was
estimated that two thousand people
were in attendance on the second day.
The whole af- fair passed off pleasant
ly, and, so far as we could judge, to
the qualification of all present. The
entering having ceased, at 10 o'clock
Marshal Stickncy formed procession
Of the officers and citizens, who, es-
corted by an excellent band of mar
tial music, were conducted to the
speakers stand. Prayer was offered
by the Chaplain. Rev. l. d, Rust. Mr..
Coley, the President, made some open.
ing remarks, congratulating the Soci-
ETY. upon the success they had achiev-
ed and declared the Fourth Annual
Exhibition now open. He remarked
that the orator, Mr.. Bowdoin, was not
present, and that he was under the
necessity of calling out some of the
talent he saw around him. At his
call and announcement, speeches were
made by Rev. Mr.. Paxton of Floyd
Hon. Oran Faville of Mitchell, A. B. F
Hildreth aud Joel w. Smith of Charlie.
City.
After music by the band. the roll O
awarding committees was called by
Mr.. Montague, the Secretary, and va
cancies filed by the executive officers
when the committees were directed
to proceed at once to the discharge o
their duties. The audience then dis
persed for dinner.
The hospitality of the citizens o
Floyd deserves a special acknowledg
ment. Many of the families there
seemed to vie with each other in theil
efforts t. entertain the largest number
Of guests and in the best manner.
After dinner the Brigade of Floyt
County Home Guards, under Col. Hunt
ley, paraded on the Fair Grounds, ant
went through brigade drill. Col
lIuntley and Adjutant feeling, noun
ted upon their noble steeds, displayed
fine military qualities, willie the mel
of their command showed that with ;
little more perfection in drill the,
would become a formidable force I,
bring against any foe, whether civil
lied or savage. With their severa
company flags, and the excellent mu
sic of the band, the display was very
fine and added much to the interest OF
the occasion.
We have not time to speak of the
several articles of the exhibition in
detail. The stock department did not
come up to what it should have been,
nor to the expectations Of the society
Some Of the animals there were very
fine. while others were ordinary and
yet there is an abundance of splendid
stock of all kinds in the county
Why was it not there? The farmers
do themselves great injustice by in
dulging in such apathy.
The Hall of Fine Arts and Usefu
Manufactures showed well the handi
work Of our artizans and the good
taste and skill Of the ladies. The en-
tries were not numerous but many oI
the articles were decidedly meritori
Gus.
In the department of Fruits ant
Vegetables the display exceeded an,
previous exhibition of the kind il
Floyd county. Floyd is the best ag
ricultural township in the county, and
the vegetables there OH exhibition
showed the wonderful productiyeness
of her soil.
On the whole, the exhibition and its
results were highly gratifying to the
society. The Secretary's books show
the number of entries in the different
departments as follows: