The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-10-03
The County Fair.

We spent couple of hours al the Coun-
y Fair yesterday and were happy to find
avery good attendance and good show OF
Isaimals, grain, fruit, vegetables, needle
WORK, &c, &c.
Z In floral hall we found many things to
1simire. There was an excellent show OF
limits, including grapes, plums, peaches,
spples, pears, ounces, &c. Mr.. David
Leonard exhibited q large variety of fruits,
Athe largest on exhibition His, tables were
.autifully ornamented with Dahlias In
gnat variety. Mr.. Gregg had fine dis
pay OF fruits. His specimens were fine.
| We saw excellent specimens of wheat
wrn, oats, barley, rye and grass seeds.
Merry fine samples of sweet potatoes, and
Irish potatoes in variety, including very
me English tiukes; pumpkins, squashes
eets, tpEnips, carrots. &c, Of a, size tina,
I7rovei that their growth had nossbeen af
.cted by the drouth. rt ,rr
J The number of cattle on exhibition is no,
Very large, but the quality of the stock is
superior. We saw several fine bulls, one
belenging to Mr.. Leighton of Fort Madison
which took the premium for short horns.
I'VE saw number of choice cows but did
|Aot learn the owners names.
Quite number of horses were shown
Webelieve 100 were entered. We saw a
Narge number of two and three year olds OF
good shape and blood, =.
| The premium for best pair of draft
1hoses was awarded to the express team,
oeonging to Mr.. Macarthur, who had sew
anl very fac thoroughbred horses on ex-
lbition
There were, a few, good sheep on the
sFound, among them two fne wool merino
l.ucks. -il..s t,.s-
The exhibition of hogs, in quality OF
stock, was good. There were some good
lows. We noticed white boar, belonging
- VIM. F. Johnson, said to weigh eight
hundred pounds. Is 'rE
Mr.. Wentworth has one of his wind
S1ill pumps in successful operation in a
well on the ground. That it will work he
roves.
On the ground were many side-shows,
Acluding an exhibition OF stuffed birds
lnd animals, q spotted Niger, wild
I'afiaio, the soaped pole, flying horses
machine circus. Besides all the ami
aals and shows, there was much to amuse
aaa please. We got at least q half dollars
ISortn of amusement out of an effort, on
Aae part of couple of gentlemen, to lead
yearling heifer, which signally failed.
Among the institutions of this Fair are
ae Ladies dining hall and refreshment
o'oths, for the benefit of the Soldiers Aid
S0ciety. Here hot meals are served in
.kood style at moderate prices. The Ladies
know how to keep tavern
Last year very extraordinary scene pre-
shted itself at the church of Montmartre,
ans, on the day when the young females
The parish take their first communion.
n pwards Of fifty of the young commIni-
Isshts We're suddenly seized with conyuI-
sn,ons, and some of them with epilepsy
ihls year the same circumstance has oc-
Iearred upon smaller SCALE About a tloz-
la OF the communicates have been SINH
tsriy attacked. Those that were taken to
ne hospital have been cured almost with
~ medicine. 1t appears rather to be a
f,Tsagous fanaticism than any real malady.
singularity is the periodicity of these
%Eulsions, and the rapidly with which
hid sympathy is conveyed amongst so
IUalV in1iyi1uols