, 1865-09-15
OHIO STATE FAIR.
First Days Proceedings.
Exhibition of Cattle, uorscs, and Shee
Farm Products-Flurai k{alf-Tfs
Fine Arts, etc.
From our Own Reporter.1

Exhibition of Cattle, uorsc<, and Shee
Farm Products-Floral NalI-Th
Fine Arts, etc.
lftom our Own Reporter.l
| CoLuHoCs4 Sept Il, 1865
"Short Horns'' are here In fair uunbf,
compared to the rest Of the show, good, too
| In style and Lind, credit to my breedc1
although, we are vain enough to believe, no
quite equal TO- the same class of cattle brt
| and owned in Illinois. Wc-notIce few IT.
yons" and tsHesefords." AIde1ueyz. If
there are anr, We failed to see. Premiums
are only offered for the first named tEee
breeds.
Two hundred and City stalls are provided
for horses, and they ate we'll nigh ill filed :;
however, It Is not very likely ai1 will "nme
to tme, " for some sosm to be entered IL o.
tain feed and stable room.
SHEEP.
In the "Long and Middle y wools, ssL1tccs-
ter," )" "Cotswold" and southdowns, '';hcro
Is m excellent ahoT, and competition will be
very close "aletinos" have also good repre-
sentative specimens More are being entered.
FARst PRODUCES.
=, IN the Farm P.oduct Hall we intend 1t this
tlne TING to police single feature. Ii SNOW
varieties OF wheat In thn sir,W
sea1iy cesy ,,,.a aed n N miniature sheaye,,
om shs4s IL Fsssa ~ Epgnn an4 brought
the same gentleman expects 10 obtain ali tho
varieties raised In Germany. Among tha
varieties exhibited uow, lie kinds which
seemed TO Us as most conspicuous are the fol-
sinM Ken peee ut ,os p9sks;bIll white
wheats; and OF the bearded kinds, asheriiis.''
Trough ChaK," "Rivetts," and tsItaliaD',,
The climate Of England Is humid, aud f,r its
high latitude exceedingly mild, and favors
the growth Of cereals, and because Of long
season Of growth, tic product il very excel.
lent. The varieties here exhibited may be
adapted to certain ATTITUDES here, but can
never be generally md successfully introduced
III the United States.
FLORAL HALL.
Floral LaN is in the shape Of ] Greek Cross
beautifully Gstooned with gasanls CT crer-
greens, md ready to receive tie offering the
votaries of s. Flora'' and ''eomona" may
bring, which the ..'soclety'' h,ps may be be-
TIE FINE Arts.
F'inc Irt Halt Is the best building on tue
ground, and we'll adapted for an exhibition,
which its name indicates. Indeed it il being
rapidly iiled with oil paintings, life size, md
cabinet photographs, stAtuary, drawings, t.c.,
dc. 1t Is here also TINT the visitor may see
rare and beautiful collections vi specimens In
conchology and entimolngy, which arc SO
interesting to the student III tlcse sciences.
In the shade Of some grand old monarchs OF
the forest, we saw most lifting tribute to
the memory Of one OF our lamented dead, of
which, elas our country has so many On !
fitting pedestal rises beautiful shaft Of Italian
MARBLE altogether aluut fifteen feet iu height.
broken at the top, significant Of tho young
life which ended 70 suddenly, u wreath Of lau-
rel, n sword ind belt are chIscIed On the broken
vice this monument Is serected to the memory
uf Capt. Scott, Of the 18th Ohio, who was
Hiortally wounded at Resaca, while brayely
leading. his command, and who died aged
tWenty-tw years and sir months
The day Is fine, although very WARM at
noon, still cloudy, but not much fear OF rain.
President Turner ASSURES your correspondent
that the prospects for q tluc show arc nlto-
eether hattcrinS. In my next hope to enter
someThat more Into particulars.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The usual number Of side shows, Of riauts,
lat women and natural tlclormities ara here,
but arc On the outside Of the enclosure. These
shows nrc IN u1mitiguted nuisance, md Il
they cannot be got I'D Of, they ore lxtter
under control un tho inside, besides ktfng
Hadc to contribute somewhat to the gen"-.s
tung W the payment Of IN a:.11,as5c., r-e
There Is d 1De traersa fo- ..,o a,-hi,,iiion NJ
horses, onc half mi'- =, 1a1rfh m o,.,on1
sa1 saua'e, Eoaoae" ut tic corners anil ends, aud
sS'u W ue al iuhtatsn Of tlle :" Fashion
loarse," Lors Island. The day Is too warm,
as yet, IL inr1ta much ezcrclsin.. of laz1e
flesh.
Thus far have iailcd TO make the acqualn-
tanec Of single member Of thc press. think |
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