The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-09-29
The Fair at Burton.
Try Oar Own Repor,crl

the Agricultural Hall and Fair Grounds at
Burton are to the good people of Goauga
and adjoining Counties. In fact, this COL
obrated Fair has become one of the perma.
nont institutions of the Reserve, and, while
it 10 in progress, business in other parts of
tho County is at q stand.stil. Knowing
this, VIC shut up shop, as We do on Fourth.
ofJulys aud other great days, feeling as.
surod that nothing could bo needed in our
absence; and, begging rdo of an accom-
modating neighbor, wo soon found ourselves
mingling in the mighty throug, undistin-
guishable, wo suppose, from tho ''rost of
mankind Edgng our way to tho ticket
office, we plankcd our 20 cents, procured
our ticket, and walked boldly in, like an
honest man; took casual survey of tho
promises, and noted carefully with a pieco
OF chalk, at the sdo Of tho doorway, tho on
trance we came In at, so that, if wo should
get "half-soas over" or in any way lose our
reckoning" we could find our way out
Passing by tho numerous sdo.shows,
borse-swipgs and fruit-stands, We made our
way to tho Hall Entered at the sou tn |
side. The first articles that attracted our
notice were somo pieces of tow clo,h-bro~n
and stropg--which reminded us of days
long gone by, when we horored pair of
pants and shirt of tho samc homely homo.
spun; yes, and of the days when We had to
stay in the house, to spool and quill the
tow yarn for our mothers to weave. A. G. |
Smith, Of Newbury, and Mrs. A. Weaver, of
Middiefeld, wero among the exhibitors of
this article. Next was some very fair table
linen, made by Mrs. d. Williams and Mrs
s. l.. Beard, of Burton. Among the car.
peting was novel article, manufactured BY
Mrs. l.. Merriman from swamp fag;-I
looked we'll, was said to 5e durable, and
must be cheap.
In the dairy department, wero some spec
linens of cheese from the factories of Messrs.
Bartlett of Munson, Hall of CIaridon, Brad.
ley Of Mantua, and some from the dairy of
l.. Fl. Fowler, of Munsou,-all very fair to
| look upon, and only wanted eating to test
| the genuineness within. This We were not
permitted to do, howovor much our inclin.
ations may have led US to- take a SLICE
Some leather from the Tannery of f. Hardy
& Co., at Newbury, was of excellont finish,
and apparently of-good quality. j. s
Cook, of Burton, also had q fair article on
exhibition, ,,r.-..... ...,.....
Among the most ingenious contrivancea,
ono for spinning wool We found in the Hall
above, operated by Mrs. G. A. Barthoi.
omew, of Mantua, and manufactured in
Sheffield County, Wisconsin,; said to be the
only one in Ohio. The person operating
sits quietly in a. chair, and. by q simple
movement of tho foot. tho spindle is made
to movo to and from the operator, without
any effort. 1t attracted moro attention than
any otber article we saw in the Hall.
As we reached the north end, We came
among the flowers and paintings. Here
were two hugo pyramids of flowers, one al
either end Of long table, arranged by the
ladies of Burton; and, cropping out from
near one of those, were some boosting rcd
peppers, raised in Munson. by our friend
II. ID. Carroll. 1t we're useless to under.
take to enumerate all the fno things. We
saw hero, but wo cannot fail to notice some
monster toadstooIs, arranged by Miss Della
Parks; beautiful hair wreath. by Mrs. j.
PETERS; sweet little image of she'll llwork,
by Mrs. Ford; fine crayon drawing, by
Mrs. o. S. Farr, of Troy; some paintings. by
Miss Mastick, of Clardon; and magnifi-
cent pen portrait of Gen. Grant on horse.
: back, the author of which / could not
learn.
OF fruit there was very light show, and
and few varieties, Outside of the Hall
we're. some carriages, from Z. W. Upham's
celebrated "Beech Woods" factory at Park
man; also straw.cutter, patented Oct. 4tb,
1864, and manufactured by E. L. Bishop, of
Middlefeld. This was worry ingenious ma
chino, combining a process for mixing the
straw as fast as cut. with meal and water,
thus preparing for the feed trough at the
instant the straw is cut. 1t was universally
, pronounced good invention.
In the line of stock, there wore mol 80
! many cattle on exhibition as in some former
years, but there were some choice stoers
and oxen. Mr.. A. Snow, of Auburn. had
I some six or seven yoke on tho ground, and,
J, though they were not entered for competi-
0 ton, they would unquestiohaby have taken
the first premium at any fair in the State.
o Mr.. Hitchcock had some fair cattle on the
o ground, as did Messrs. Ford, Peffors and
Z others. OF sheep, there wore said to be