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

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strains from the band; the informal tri.I.
LOT speed upon the trottine-track, the con.
Itinual arrival and departure of carriaes.
the moving throngs Of people, altogether
presented an exciting scene, and one In
striking contract with the quietnees a.
yesterday. Athletes for exhibition floved
in In perfect stream all day, and the Ser.
retary's Office was besieged from nornins
till night by people entering stock, &C., for
exhibition.
The Fine Arts Hall contains many arti.
cles Of beauty and interest. Hawley
Van Meter have several pianos and othsr
musical instruments on exhibition. Ths
same may be said Of Root 4 Cady Of Chi.
cago. These objects attract much atten.
ton from the ladies, as matter Of cour,a
2Aong other tbings We noticed silk quilt
fmsds ~ My Sulhmerville Of Dodgevills.
which the card attached stated " contsined
5000 patches" In . prominent place wer,
two comical pictures painted in oil by L
J. Brown Of Des Moines. They are gema
In one corner wasa loom with q self-tlRov.
ling shuttle which was pronounced "jua
the thing" by the young ladies old enough
to sport spectacles, In the room were sey.
eral specimens Of ingeniously contrived
cooking apparattusss, stoves, &C., &c. A
portion Of the Hall u decorated with mag
ni6cent pictures from Harris gallery Of
Muscatine. This department Is rapidly
filling up with objects OF attraction, and
promises to be one Of the most interesting
features Of the Fair. -
The horticultural Department is filled
with the usual variety 81 all kinds OF vege-
tables. Monster beets and cabbages and
squashes and everything Of like character
stare at you from every quarter as you en-.
ter the Horticultural Hall. #a
Mr.. VIM. F. johnson exhibited some Of
the largest corn we ever saw, and we no
ticed hefe and there several kinds Of grain
and fax seed, grass seed, clover seed and
every other kind Of seed indigenous to this
climate. 1
The harder fruits, such as apples, pears,
grapes, &C., are represented in abundance,
and the quality Of the specimens exhibited
islarge and excellent. sH
The trial OF Cultivators Ia the morning
was exceedingly interesting, and the volo-
BILE agent Of each respective invention Get
forth to the committee the excelleucies Of
his machine in eloquent terms, andto do
them justice we must say that q finer exhi.
bitiOu Of the effectiveness of this claoof
implements never came under our oboer-
walton before. Every one Of them came
up to expectation, and We ere curious to
know how the committee will decide - 70
their individual merits. II lAstt .slAf
We viii presume the assertion that
amer and more varied lot Of Agricultural
Implements and Machines have seldom
been seen It the exhibitions Of our State
Society. Between the frst and, second
gates-inside the grounds-fora distance Of
two hundred yards, the space Is completely
occupied by them; and Keepers, mowers,
and every sort Of implement designed to
economize the labor of the husbandman.
abound. The display Of these articles u
extensive and worthy o: the attention and
investigation II Ill tillers of the soil, and
every person interested in the advance and
progress Of agriculture. 49,
a laughable feature of the exhibition d
q chap dressed i1 Observation-Disclosures style.
who asserts that he is ''bee-tamer. In
addition to tanning bees he sells some kind
OF cure-all, and while engaged in "hawk-
ing OF his nostEun1s to the crowd, he has
thousands Of bees-regular honey-bees-
flying about his head, lighting upon his
hat, crawling down his neck, creeping over
his face, but he is seemingly 50 intent up
on the sale Of his medicines that he does
not heed them, the understanding between
himself and them being complete, we sup.
pose. a to the singing arrangement.
The display Of cattle Is fine. We obsery-
ed some Of the most splendid specimens 81
this class of stock in the stalls that Ne
ever saw. A. J. Dunlap, OF Henderson,
Ills, has soune splendid short-horned Dur
ham cattle on. exhibition and stock II
this character - generally Of the best kidd !,
Il The representation OF horses il truly ex-
csilent. There are trotting and drafting
horses in abundance. We observed in the
stalls = fins dark bay stallion, owned by A.
Sellers. 3years old also black Morgan
horse.own By Mr.. Stone Of Mt. Pleasant
four years old, who has also on the grounds
: pair Of slendid mares 81 the same stock.
Mr.. ChickerinR Of Henry County exhibih
Green Mountain Morgan horse four years
old. . very dns animal. Mr.. Layton Oft
Madison has entered ! span Of blooded
stalliona. which attract . good deal 81. At
Y There are pens filled with swine, shsep,
&C., OF superior breeds and quality, which
We have no room to notice in detaii.
/ ~ Ayote taken upon Mondays train
from Chicago resulted q follows: Lincoln,
%; Mcclellan, 81 The same night vote
upon the Galesburg train bonnd West,
gave Lincoln 70 and Mcclellan II us