The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-12-07

tention than it was possible for Us to do.
"Our recollection of the Jirst circutdr is
sued relative TO the Dubuque or North Iowa
Fair is that il stated that the business OF
The fair would be carefully and systematic
ally TRANSACTED. That all contributions
would be at once Credited to the donors and
at the close OF the fair, pamphlet would
be published and given general circulation,
in which the name, residence and business
IL every contributor, with the amount or
article contributed would be stated. That
the dona,ions would be to the credit of the
state, county, city, villag. ana other local.
ties whence hey came. As before stated the
pamphlet is before us, with an apology for
the delay, which the author says was la,g.
ly attributable to the inherent difficulty Of
arriving at the donations from particular
localities. Very possible; bat we happ n
TO know that the co:nmlttee having in
charge the contributions Of this Township,
anticipating what diff :ultics migit accrue
Of that kind, in making such IA report A.
the managers of the far propose to make,
were rellglously careful TO preserve and
promptly present to the proper officers OF
the fair just such description Of the
contributions as such report would S. en-
to require. Hal II been correctly incor
| porated into the report, the matter Of delay
would have to US one Of little moment.
1.-The first error which We discover in the
report lating to contributions from this
| town Gur we do not intend to refer to
othcrs) is under the head Of premiums,
awarded TO Brick City Mills, Clermont,
! Iowa, of $50. for the best two bbls. of
winter wheat -four. The premium was in
| fact awarded to Messrs. Bass & E!mendort
Of this city, they having raised the wheat,
had it Toured at the Mills mentioned, do.
mated it to the fair, as they also did the pre-,
MUM, which amount by the way wedo find
entered to their credit in the cash receipts
from Clayton county as in the other case
from Bremen county, and besides the Flour
is credited at $3.50 per bbl., when il was
actually selling every where at 5 2, per Dbl.
1.-The next is a credit Of ARTICLES for the
FAIR amounting to Slj5,G5 to the aid
Society,"" which articles were mainly fur.
nished by the ladies and merchants Of this
city and the credit never claimed by the
Aid Society,"" the the latter having oprr
ated solely in their own sphere and the
town committee in theirs. Goods contri.
buted to the amount Of $3S, b.; j. T.
Buckley, are credited to q. &. Cone, and
the corn shelter contributed by Mr.. Cone
valued at $50, is not mentioned at all
neither is the hat rack of S. Mcdonnell
valued at S.. Why attach value Of ont
dolla: per bushel 10 potatoes which to Say
the least must have been fictitious on.
and omit entirely the value of Hunting
ton & Cos case Of Medicines. S. p. Sad
den's case of Canned Black Berries and l.
Bowen's Arm Chair, all OF which hal
standard values attacked to them! Why
is the item Of refreshments from this towt
entirely ignored, while they are spreat
upon the report with 50 much care from
some other to.nss In this item what be
comes Of the third Dbl Of -four do ated b.
Messrs. Bass Elnendorf and BAKED int
bread a. fine as VIC eyer saw! We th!nl
sc nov see GEORGE packing those larg
b,xts wiih 2j6 loayes, the product of on
bbl. -four when baked, valued at least {
SIS. There is the contribution OF Bee
Lodge. 4. /. \. A. NJ /. was more thai
that Of ST. Charles Lodge and more thai
twice as much as that Of Crawf1rdsv!l
or Ilelion Lodges. which are all careful.
reported. Among the donations OF Books
we do not see those contributed by GU
townsmsn H. E. Newell
ave doubt very much II any count;