, 1864-09-27
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tnHL w He1e cAtlyaAs Oh tQo Mo3t gigantic
and desolating war Of which history bears
record-a yar not Of DationnHsies, but Of
kindred, and from that fact, all the more
fierce. Had he watched the faces present,
and scanned them closely, it would never
have entered his Imagination tha. there was
scarcely xan, woman or child present who
had not kindred representative in front of
the foe, ready to welcome at any moment.
for the love, Of >country. the swim winged
messenger OF eterhity. Care had drawn It's
picture On the brows Of very fsw present,
Even "tke outer eigns and the happiness Of
woe" were but vey5 few. The Aueric ina
are a sympathetic and, at the sams time,
volatile race. Death raises her standard to-
day, dark and dgloomy-to-morrow Y it Is pull
ed down, and gives way 70. the more cheer
ful ea1ner Of thoughtleas mirth. Ana so ne
live a life time in twelve month.
| The exhibition just closed shows an in
creased interest in matters rurtatning 10 az
rlcultnre. Progress, verY decided. IL eyi-
denced In everything VIC SEQ here. The
reaper. the mower, the piow, the cu1tfyator.
IL not tue came implement that chalienre3
tiors ten years ago. nor even I've years ago.
In eoch yon see marked evidences Of ne
new Developments Of Yankee genius and In In.
veruon. Ten Or nore ycRrs ago, Hhen Hus-
sey produced the mower, the perfection Of
genius var supposed to hnye been reached.
rta, eiRgd mower excited the, deepest Inter.
est Of tie agricultural world, aud iAe farme,
cried Enrcka!" see here to.dav
tie: combination EXTENDED 80 as~ to
embrace the reaper, foower, raker and
bindcr. What ncxtP isl question that
may DC aeksd WITH the expectation that
some tangible and surprising reply may
soon reach our ears. The same progress IL
apparent In almost everything t sec here,
The combination to which htyc lust refer
red vas brought here By Emerson t& Co.. Of
Rockford: proptietors OF the John q. Nanny
1ealer: The new feature-the biuder-is a
nost ingenious machine. BIZ the simple
movement Of crank it gathsrs up the gran
il proper sized bundles, uud buds 1t qrith
tW1ne, forming Knot that will not slio nor
unite. It would be we'll to speak OF
other machinea embraced In the Catalogue
q tar14 ecor omy. but the victories in the
; Acld OF Mars are so much more Interesting.
to 3onf Teaders than those in the fields of
Ce1Is and mechanism that will 20 no fur
tlet in tlut direction.
IL kitchen economy, the clothes wrinclog
! idea SEEMS to attfact tho most Intention,
There wtre At leaata dozen representative
. ones On band, but the one waich seemed tue
fasozitr, and which iu fact took the premium,
Vas the Universal Clothes Wrinser. THIS
+, inp1t mtnt, to ue, seemed better adapted to
Its so1k than any other occ on exhibition.
j.; 4 g. Bfownirg, H7 Broadway New York,
Is the gtnerl agent -.
L. tee fna Lit hali, sewing machines and
pisnos ser med to be the 1e4dipg and most
attractive te.ru.c6. 1sent ron bY telegram
| tl.e tact that the EroT:r s. Baker mscniats
We4e awarded nrst prcmlnms under three
different heads There were others here
which deserve mention. The Wilcox s.
Gibbs machine, know, Is general iayor-
ite-Among tie people, and Mr.. Council, The
aeent here, has had his crowd Of admirers.
The machine is single stitch, very simple
; In cont1iganre, sastlJ understood and kept in
order, and, what is Of much Importance In
well regulated households, runs with little
or no uoise+ By careful, Intelligent scrutiny,
1t Is very easy to determine which, IL. .tae
best machine, aud this I. what the p7opTIe-
tors OF the Wilcox G; Gibbs inrite, The
! good reputation OF the machine is daily iu.
cIcaeing, % their extensive sa1e in the West
,, clearly demonstrates
,, Ancther~sewlng machine, and Of more re-
cent invention, on exhibition here, and
which attracted universal attention, was tue
I'd Sewing Machine" represented by
=; Mr. Farmer, of Chicago. It took the flrst
premium rs manufacturing .nacblne.. I
:, lhuft confess that after witnessing Mr., Far
nef's t'lustrsttons aDa listening to Ills tx
" impressed III it, fayoz. He practically L.
}netrated the power of bis manufacturing
1nachsnc ty sewing leather Of one, two.
three, tour and five thIcknesses, runuIn1
from one tothc Other Without interruptlon. =,
The last combination making ne.rly I'd inch
tor the machine seemed to work with per-
feet ease. Mr. Farmer Is the Western agent
OF TIC machine, and is located at Chicago.
Which is now regarded IS the Western scey-
ing machine cen1er.
The famous Wheeler &: Wilson Sewing Ma
Detroit.
Musical .irstuments, especially pianos,
We're here In great nufnbers;A Mr. Reed. n
5onr famous Chicago "Tcmple OF Music =
had e1oueh Instruments here 10 SET m
q wholesale establishment In such towns as
Sew York, ClnclnnatI, PhIlad=lphls, SC.
The first thing lie did, IN ord r Is man1frst g.!
bis generosity AID lo5aits. was to giys y
splendid piano to The s4ritary Fair. Tuls j!
brought into thtir treasury $500, WI b the |
SAME generosity he afterwards added the |
profits On another Instrument, Amounting !
to S10O, to tue same noble CHARITY. The ladT t
manat ere OF the Ih1r, for bis consIderate
to a'r. Reed, to which he responded IL baud.
some terms. ME: Reed recels Cd seyenil orc.
m1nms, In tact, about al that was testo we'd.
tor BIZ e1cellentpianos, organsr Dc
among the most gratifying Contributions
TO tne San1tar3 Fair was the handsome sum
Of 500 from Gen. Lewis Cass. Tue dopa-
ton ~ss accompanied By an autograph let.
ter from the venerable statesman which
"ss afterwards sold at auction for Hand. !
eoMe cum.
TIT were many othcrastlcles OF d.ep in.
1erest to The farmer aud mechznio on o1hi-
oition bere, Of which I should be Rl.d to
tpeax more At length, but an admonished
fIH3T1%NFA thxf ho fn~
Etricted. '' 4e
70 not liks to make comp1aInts Init am
compelled to say that the tactlities affordrd
to the representatives of ths press were NOT
3uch rs their ardurous and difficult duties
tcnt part in Citing up these falrs, Wilhont
IL Ald thsy would universally he failures It
. not too much then to expect that dur1nr
heir proceedings tho members of The Execn-
I'VE Boards shonid Afford every facility in !
helr power to correspondents In the per-
o. otnancs 20. OF TIER duty: TINS they did not I
tances reporters were refused admittance to
hc Judges stand, and at other times rs9u.r. |
q to evacuate, when that was ths oIIIv po}nt
shere the Information tacy sought could. be
'btatUed; asd this, too, wher men Who had
g connection With the committees, save as
[lthaa, / we're alloHed to remain. I do not.
are1ul, ps1n6-tAk1nE and Eent1eDanly Stcre-
oot us eyAtem OF Keeping entrees. &r..
hfR LAWYER to pcuetrafosth.i. .1xstnriea =
nd It tskss reporters good share Of i III !
, s5. w. 1s!nut laem ouI l Wo1ld commend I
>, ~; Suunetonta 6tuay and Investigation J
~. ~ ssstcm praetlced by Ms. ReJ.
s!4s, the accomplished Secretary oF fna | o
linois Agricultural Society. WITH lust hajf p
c labor he can make the thing az nlain a. a
~ IL ~ f,,+. saan LOOK LOT improve =