The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-10-26
small to attract much attention.


department of farm machinery There.
though the display was net great, yet it
vas good Rogers was there with one of
}. II. Mauuy's improved self raking
keapers, also with ohs of his improved
barred. Waltraven, too,
was there with his 6ns plo~s, among
which We noticed near half dozen diff
ferent kinds, oil improved; and Flick |
with his Thrashing Machine These oil
attracted attention from their superior
mold, good workmanship, and fine mate
rial We also noticed several buggy
corn cul,ivstors, all of the common pat
,erts save one. That was constructed
after a different mode which sssorsd
sSne sosssssgss rct ci.lued by others.
I. was awarded the FIRST premium
OF Sewing Machines, three different
specimens were entered, Grover aud Ba
ker's, Wheeler aud Wilson's and the
Florence, all standard machines and of
great merit. On y two Of which, howev.
er, we're presented for examination, Gro.
yer snd Bakers having been Withdrawn
at the close Of the first day The award
was gixen to the florence over Wheeler
and Wilson's, as it possesses qualities of
great merit which are not found in that
machine 1t furnishes four different
kinds of stitches, and rererse motion,
which is furnished by no other machine
This gives it a decided advantage, and
ladies will find it greatly to their interest
to seizure this, when they make selections
for tleir own use
| lnthe ladies' department, there was a
poor 81 low of their handy work Of do
mestid manufacture, there was hardly a
specimen. We saw only one piece of
flannel two of carpeting (rag), one Of
embro idery. "a lady's cap), very fine, by
Mrs. A. Denny; one quilt of patch work,
4 few pieces of children's clothing, aud
one mourning piece; this embraced the
whole
Paintings, pencilings, Photographs,
Ambrotypes, &c, were equally scarce -
Only specimen or two of each were
presented, and We passed along withou.
much noticing them. One piece OF
painting, however. by Miss A X. Whit
ney, attracted our attention for mo
ment, aud We gazed upon it with much
interest 1t was that of a native Of India
deeply absorbed 10 thought; perhaps re
hectiug upon the sbsurdity Of his ido'a,
.",sS;g, ,nS no .,o1e ;nnsy ~; .,
of . troubled conscience. If Miss "
continues to practice her art, for whic
she sppesrs to have q COED taste, We sha
expect to see some fns pieces from he
pencil in some future day.
Ofthe other departments Of the exh
bition, We have but little to say. FI
some reason or other they appeared almo'
forgotten, both by the officers of the fa
and its patrons in tho country. Hene
10 them We found little or no compel
ton, and apparently less desire to rel
der, them either useful to the country {
interesting to the bebolder. We we,
not expecting such Indifference, an
therefore could not feel otherwise tha
disappointed as We beheld the mesgrene'
of this part of the exhibition, for v
know somewhat of the ability Of the sur
rounding country to fiil each Of these d.
partments to repletion. We know tn,
il cannot be said that the articles nece
sary to make Floral Hall and the grounc
imme diately around it. the most sttrsc
i've spot on the grounds, cannot be foun
in the pantries, gardens, viney ards, orcl
ards, fields and gransries of tho patrons
T or should be patrons Of this Agriculture
Association. Then why we're they nc
brought out? We will not charge tn
farmers of this section of country an
their generous partners in toll, of sue
, gross s,fshness in this matter, az to pre-
vent them from making any effort t
render their part of the exhibition inte
resting; but We will say, that had the.
done as they might, the appearance O
, these departments would have been a
, honor to themselves and stronger proc
Of their thrift and the fertility Of thei
soil then could otherwise have been pre-
. septed.
! From the should hare been Floral Hal
and its surroundings. we passed to tn
, race track, Wnere tTOttihg matcH Ia
been announced for the Green purse
. There We found vast crowd of happ
. faces Of both sexes standing by the track
a on which stood four horses ready to con
: tend for the prize. They were all of tn
Bsshaw stock. save one, and it was sal
that thi. was their first appearance on tn
. turf. They looked finely and fully sus
= tanned the opinion We had prevlous
formed Of them After much manoeuvre
f Ing by the drivers in starting the wor
, Go" was given, aud away they went
i Bs.haw Sam taking the lead in fine styl
. and kept it to the end Of the first hea'
. which he accomplished in B, l3. Ate
: a few minutes delay, the horses we're
! second time on tho track and in the1
!, proper places, and the word was scal
e given, when it was soon seen that Bash
j. sw Sam was to be the winning horse. ft
4 he Immediately took the lead and mair
}. tanned it in splendid style to the judge
) stand, which he reached in 3, 3, aud VI
' therefore proclaimed the winning hers
I This was the closing performance OF II
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