Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-09-29

entries.
In the department Of swine there was d
small show. samuel Ashley had the larg
est and lest variety. entries.
OF farming supplements there was slim
show--noi hing like what it ought to have
beer The pIows exhibited 10y Potter-S
Son, and ]. G. Trainer, attracted the most
attention. The frst premium WAS award
ed to the former. We think, however.
that there is very little difference in the
seryiceability of the two manufacturer
not enough TO pay any ran to SO from
Tafton to PlateviIle or from PltteviIle to
Tafton to get either. Mr.. Trainer was award
ed the first premium at the Iowa State
Fair. entries.
or flour, grain and seeds there was a
tolerable show, EXCEPT Of corn. Robert
Nicely exhibited bushel Of good white
winter wheat, and Samuel Borah one bush
81 Of red winter wheat 20 entries.
The show Of wagons, buggies and cars
Iiages was limited, including but one Of
each, except Wagons of which there were
two. The open buggy manufactured by
d. H. Budd for w. B. Baxter attracted
much attention, and desewedly too. 1t
is undoubtedly tie finest buggy ever made
in the county. The wood work by VIM.
Starr and Joel Cramer, the iron work By
G. II. Phelps, the painting by f. NJ. Du-
rand, and the trimming by I. d. Collins.
all reflect great credit upon them. G.
ilawley exhibited a good two hoise car
riage, evidently gotten up without much
regard to show, aud more to seryiceabiity
entries.
Of coopers, carpenter and cabinet work
there was a very limited stock. Christie
pher Schroeder, of Lancaster, entered a
very pretty bureau, which was the Object
Of the covetous glances Of very many
young wiyes--and more that expect to be.
6 entries.
The saddlery and shoemaking depart
ment was sadly neglected, T. D. Collins
making the only entries, aud taking the
premium. His work was good. 2 entries
The show Of dairy and household prod
ucts was fair-nothing more. What there
was Of it, however, was good and singu-
larry, was entirely the work Of married Ia
dies. The young ladies have evidently
deserted this department, probably because
there were no gentlemen on the committee
This was , fatal mistake. Is entries.
The exhibition of vegetables was poor,
though it included some good articles. 81
entries.
In the fruit department, also. was thin.
G. w. Harger had much the largest and
best variety Of apples on the table, amount
ing to 80 varieties. Messrs. Hooser, UT,
Waldorf aud others had good shows Of
fruits 8 entries.
Of wines, cider, vinegar, honey, sugar,
DC, there were very few entries; none Of
sugar or honey, as there should have been
The committee were badly disappointed, as
they expected to have glorious time We
believe they ate and drank all the articles
on exhibition, including the vinegar. Z
entries.
Of domestic manufactures thafe was a
toIelable show. Mrs. Gunsalis contributed
the most to this department. She had a
good suit of home made clothes on exhibi-
ton. also other fine articles. A raised
patch work quilt, by Miss Martha Thomas
attracted considerable inspection. Il was
well done and pretty. 10 entries.
In the line of ornamental work there
was quite show. Mrs. Lewis had some
good specimens of crochet work on exhibi-
ton, which eginced taste and care. Mrs.
Meara also had some fire articles on show.
26 entries.
In the department Of painting, drawing,
&c, there was but one entry specimens Of
photographs by Frank Van de Wall Of
Lancaster. Perhaps there was nothing in
tile whole list that attracted more attention
and praise than these. They were admit
Ted on all hands to be equal tc any produc-
ed in Chicago or any other city.
In the miscellaneous department Dr..
Deffvabacber had small but good show q
teeth filing. entries.
IN the mems discretionary department.
there was good show Of things useful and
useless. w w Barstov bad on exhibi-
ion one cf uendersoD's patent looms, the
li2bt Of which he Gyms for Grant County.
Il is claimed to be superior to others on
acc-nut Of is throwing The shuttle, re
qui'ing nc treading, and simplicity Of con
struction, It is sad that it viii weave Is
yards per day. Price S25. Attached 10
i was an ingenious gull wheel, which
serves equally well as an apple pearer Geo.
Eugle, Of Bunker Hill, exhibited Clipper
Reaper l. Mover Of his own invention,
and we think from a Sight inspection, that
be has "good lning.n The great adyan-
tage claimed for it is its remarkably light
draft. It is constructed upon what is called
thesuspension prineiplc,by which the weight
OF the machine is suspended, ike unto the
g,eat Suspension Bridge oyer Niagara Falls.
and does not come on the main wheel. One
man can draw il with ease when it is in full
gear. Mr.. Engle says he intends to sell
them upon the condition that if they sweat
q team more than an ordinary stubble plow
purchasers may return Them and gel thsir
money. The price is $40. We advise
farmers before purchasing other reapels to
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