The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-09-21
SEPT. 3l. 1865.
THE WAYNE COUNTY FAIR.
RICHMOND, September IL
Special Correspondence of the Journal.


Special Correspondents of the Journal.
In no instance has the depressing in
fuence of the war on the agricultural
feeling of the State been more plainly
shown than in that of the Wayne County
Fair. Some six or seven years ago |
attended one of the Richmond fairs. and
/ found it, in magnitude and variety of the
! interests represented, approaching a
State fair in Importance Now. in com
1 parison with the old time fairs, it is al
most failure. except in the item of at
!, tendance, which was large as it ever
was.
Other causes than that of the general
neglect of agricultural exhibitions have
CONT bined to render the fair OF this sea-
son unusually poor. The Rush county
fair, by some mismanagement on the
part of the directors of one or the other
of the associations, is being held on the
same DAYS as that of Wayne. Much of
the fine stock which is usually entered
here comes from Rush county, and sur
rounding territory As matter of
course its owners prefer taking it TO their
own fair The Old State Fair, now in
progress, has also attracted contributions
which otherwise would have come to
Richmond
As general thing, there has been
bat little competition among the stock
exhibitors, in many of the classes there
being but a single entry, and in others
none at all. Although meager in num-
bers, the stock exhibited is good. There
are some fine blooded cattle, sheep and
horses. A ring of five general purpose
oeldngs, exhibited day, | never saw
beat in any fair. They were all good,
and so evenly matched in point of beau
ty and excellence, that the duty of Sc
lecting two of them TO wear the blue and
red honors was pnzz'ing one. The
hog show was good-prehaps better
than on any previous occasion.
Richmond is Justly celebrated as
manufacturing town | doubt if there
is another city Of the same size in the
" WeSt where an equal numcer Of agricul
tural implements are turned out in the
course of the ycrr. Yet mechanical
and manufacturing interests of the place
We're very poorly represented. A few
plows, wheat fans, drills, straw cutters,
churns, &c, with single drag saw and
portable engine. was all there was to
show Cor the immense manufacturing re
sources which have made Redmond one
of the wealthiest little cities in the
West
The citizens of Wayne and the mana
2cr~ OF the Association feel that they
have not done themselves justice in the
present exhibition. What is better, they
are determined to revive the old spirit
for next season, and have good show,
or better one, than they ever did.
SPECIAL MENTION
Among the articles worthy of special
notice is a very fine exhibition of marble
work, from the establishment of Lewis
\ Alternately, consisting of head-stoncs,
wreaths, busts A profile bust of Presi-
dent Lincoln-a high relief medellion-
is particularly fine. It's perfect like
ness, exquisitely cliscled, and copied
from Henly''s painting. 1t has been pur
chased by subscription of citizens, and
will be placed in the MORRISON Library
Charles y. Pike is the sculptor, and is a
young artist Of rear promise
W. b. Morse also has a fine monu-
ment and head stone on exhibition The
design on the latter-that of an angel
away an infant, and the mother
pleading for it's elegantly conceived
and executed, and if correct repre-
sentaton of subject SO purely fanciful
IS possible, it is true to nature. / be
lieve, however, that the piece of work is
not new. having been on exhibition at
every fair for number of years.
Mr. 1. B. Gibbs, No. 80 Main street,
has on exhibition fine assortment Of
cutlery, comprising knives of every size,
shape, and price. bench plains, saws, and
mechinists goods. a military hat rack
in his collection was quite a novelty.
being composed of cartride boxes
swords, and other military pharapherna-
liza
Duncan Fruit Drying apparatus will
doubtless prove great convenience TO
farmers and horticulturalists. Fruit of
any kind Is thoroughly dried in this con
ccrn. without danger of burning.
Little Il Hariin Fruit Picker will at
once recommend itself to every one who
an orchard among his earthly
possessions. Its construction and ope
ration are very simple on poke a long
pole. at the end of which is a ciaeular
row OF pegs, into tue tree top, twitch off
the apple, pear or peach with "a simple
turn OF the wrist, and the fruit rolls
n canvas ..chute' into pocket.
from whence it is transferred TO the bas-
ket, without bruising.
Conners Osc!llating Straw Cutter is
new thing upon which . patent has Just
been issued, and seems 70 combine
cheapness with utility The oscillation
is the new point. Schooley's cutter.
manufactured by the Richmond Straw
Cutter Company is rotary concern.
and ..chaws up oats or hay ct fearful
rate
In person busily engaged in manipu-
lation new wheat fan. manufactured
bv b c. White Il Co. and lecturing pro
fusely to an admiring audience. l dis
covered Marshall O.. Henry, formerly
one of the fastest type settlers in the
West Marsh says he has got .faiter'
thing than take" of ..solid minion''
n three clock in the morning, and that
he hates printer. anyhow He very
kindly put the machine through its PAGES
fo= my qualification and instruction. and
explained the advantage of combining
the lateral and horizontal movements OF
the ..shoe" with rotary motion.
RICHMOND.
When last visited Richmond, some