The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-10-07
Twelfth Annual Fair Of the Wood
County Agricultural Society.

/ Last Thursday was the day appointed for the
comu,cucemcu, OF the Twelfth Fair Of the ASricul.
tura Society of this county, but the elements ="
entered decided protest, and consequently the
/ Fair, on that day, was II first class failure. We
wcr at the Fair Ground about O'Clock in the
morning. and found that preparations had been
made for the reception Of articles, aud there werc
good reasons for believing that the Fair would be
well attended aud prove a success, V'-n didn't
rain! The appearance OF the sky, however, was
very unpromsing, aud about nine o'clock there com
menced fine, misty, and decidedly vicious looking
shower, which continued 10 " hold its own remark
ably well until three or four O'Clock in the after
noon, when it commenced "raiuing in earnest"
and the torrents contnucd coming down until late
in the evening. Under such circumstances, no
apology need be offered for the failure Of Thursday
But Notwithstanding the Storm our townsmcn, d.
Kr,ps aud George Powers, were ON the grounds
the former with fine collection of agricultural i'm
plcmcnts, and the latter with large assortment Of
fruits, flowers aud trees. few sheep and hogs
were also brought to the grounds on Thursday.
Friday m>ruing was" cold and cloudy" but with
out any indications Of rain hut yet, not promising
a very pleasant day. Notwithstanding this, pco.
pie came hrunging in with articles for exhibition
until the grounds presented both lively and at
tractivc appearance. The articles exhibited were
nearly all of good quality aud in some departments
the exhibition was hrst-cass. better cole cticn
of horses is seldom exhibited ut county fair. nor
do we rccollcct ever having seen a better display
of fruit anv similar occasion either in quantity,
variety or quality The vegetables exhibited were
also Of good quality and many Of mammoth size,
although the variety was small. The cattle cNhib
tied were also good, vet very few in number.
But it was impossible for the Fair to receiver from
the unfortunate drawback occasioncd by the storm of
Thursday. Many persons residing in distant parts of
the county who would have attended, and exhibited
articles, were doubtless thereby prevented from
doing so. The entries were Il little less than two
hundred in number-whch, we are informed, is
about half the number usually made under favor
able circumstances. The attendance, also, was
much smaller than usual. Yet no one will consider
these facts as indicating that the agricultural re
sources of Wood County are decreasing, or that the
people are becoming unmindful Of the benefits af-
fordcd by the competition always inspired by
County Agricultural Societies. Rather let us
adopt the rational conclusion that it is useless for
even an Agricultural Society to attempt TO witk-
stand the "dampening effects Of rainy day.
! On the whole, we can not see that any ono has
reason to feel discouraged at the result of the Fair
The labor which should have occupied two days,
was crowded into one day consequently there was
some confusion, yet every thing passed oil as well
as could possibly be expected under the dscourag
ing circumstances. And after tue exhibition which
was "gotten up and ended by the Agricultural
Society, in one day, no one need be ashamed of
what it is only fair to believe could and would have
been done, had the weather been favorable during
the hro days appointed for the exhibition.
Below We present complete list Of the entries
made-with the names of exhibitors, articles cxhb-
ited and premiums awarded in the different classes.
We are under obligations to the officers of the
Society, and especially to Mr.. Ross, the Secretary,
for iayorS which have enabled US to present the
entries and premiums TO our readers this week.
The entries were copied by us from the books
of the Society, and we believe them to be correct,
The list of premiums was furnished us by MIR.
Ross. We publish the two together, so that any
one can at glance compare the entries and
awards in each class: