The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-01
Eleventh Annual STATE FAIR.


SECOND DAY.
The day opened Gne, but the weather
in the afternoon was somewhat showery.
However only enough rsin fel! to lay the
dust, and the programme Of the day was
not in the least interfered with ~ il. ia.
ken altogether the weather was fully ~
suspicious as on Tuesday.
A large assemblage Of people was on the
ground all day. The roads, the gateways,
the Fair buildings, tho amphitheatre, the
eating rooms, every place was choked with
vast throngs Of visitors. The street be-
tween the Grounds and the city were com.
pletely alive with carriages, and pedestri-
ans, from early daylight till darkness set
in, and it was perfectly evident that = ev-
erybody and his wife +" were in attendance
upon the Fair. The Fine Arts Hall was
densely packed, from the opening TO the
closing Of the days proceedings. People
"hooped' and unhoopsd, crowded, waded,
pushed, jammed, and surged through the
building, here eddying about the pianos,
there sweeping round the pictures and
paintings; on the one hand coming to a
and-still to watch the wonderful and
skillful operations Of dozen sewing ma
chimes all in harmonious operation at the
same time on the other rushiBg eagerly
forward to behold the performance ofsome
noisy continuance designed 70 economics
the labor Of the housewife, or assist III
liglsening the domestic drudgery which
the rising generation Of ''Ycnng Female
America = stand il such perfect horror Of.
There were twice the people on the ground
yesterday that there were the day before.
The multitude might have been numbered
by thousands. 4asss 9s4.to zoe fsssv
In the Fine Arts Hall We observed some
beautiful worsted work, which bore the
name OF Nancy Garman, Of Burlington;
also elegant specimens Of needle-work by
Mrs. Sarah Robinson, Of this city. Mrs.
Mary Bell Hall, Of Burlington, has : truly
splendid silk quilt on exhibition. On the
tables were also some tine domeatic-made
Competing. entered by Mrs. Elliott; and .
large white quilt OF knit or crochet work
attracted much attention. We saw some
shell flowers and wax fruit, the work Of
Mrs. g. ]. Mckinney, that were beautiful.
George Harvey exhibits number Of oil
paintings that; are fine; and large num-
Der Of pictures that are unsurpassed in
their line have been entered in the photo
graphic department since our last report
Theeollectiop Of gresn-house plants is
varied and beautiful. DR.. Ehader, the es-
teemed Secretary Of the Society, exhibits
an attractive collection Of insects, of the
butterfly description, the only thing IT the
kind On the ground. There is fine' exhi-
bitionof sorghum sugar and molasses in
the Hall, in which our agriculturalists are
deeply interested, in these days Of high
prices for Mnscovado and Porto Rico. We
We noticed on the tables caseo of fne shoes
entered by Mr.. Barhydt, and . case oftools
from the store Of Miller 4 Edgar.
In the vegetable department many addi-
tions had been made to the previous days
display Monster sweet potatoes; corn
sburtcen feet high: mammoth Irish pota-
toes n great variety; squashes about the
size of . barrel: bis pumpkins, &C., &c,
loaded the shelves on every side. lsA
| or fruit the display was much more ex-
tensive than on Tuesday. We saw grapes
in endless variety. One case alone con-
tanned forty-eight different kinds, AL Of
which were raised in Iowa, and were Of .
very superior description. $500.
But, by far the most attractive feature Of
the Fair yskterday Was the display and
trialof horses, Of the different classes, in
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