The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-09-18

Of IS, 90 on best fifteen wards rag carpet;
$500 on best pair wooden knit stockings;
81 90 on best pair wooden fringed mittens;
$500 for best pair wooden mittens, and
81 for best pound stocking warn. Her
three pair wooden knit socks were acon-
menaed.D Ms. George Anderson, Paines-
vile, was awarded premiums of So 90 for
second best hfseen yards rag carpet; $500
for second best ten yards linen kersey and
first premiums of $500 for best ten wards
of linen diaper, and 50 90 for best pound
linen sewing thread. Mrs. M. 3. Somers,
OF Pittsheld, Lorain county, $500 for sec
ond best hearth rug, and 81, 90 for second
best cotton knit stockings.
Mr.. George Anderson, Of gainesville,
made q fine exhibition of grain and seeds,
and was awarded first premiums on best
white wheat and red wheat and on oats.
The first premium was awarded Mr.. r
Baker, Avon, Lorain county, for OheVslier
barley;and to Mr.. b. q. Smith, NeWberry:
Gesuga county, for timothy seed.
The vegetable list of premiums awarded
Mr.. Kelley, of Cleveland, includes best
Irish and sweet potatoes, psrsnips, carrots
sugar beets, drum head cabbage, red Dutch
cabbage, csuliiower, broc oli, lettuce, yellow
onions, peppers, satisfy, and marrow
squsshes-some fourteen premiums, most
OF them first.
In the Cheese premiums, the Messrs.
Garter, Of Lake county, we're awarded the
first premium on domestic manufactured
for best and largest lot first premium on
under one year old, and second premium
on best under one year old. Their "Ohio
Ssste Dairy Cheese" certainly beGr the test
# tasting well.
We noticed that the large collection Of
Peaches exhibited by Messrs. G & s. Boat
card premium. The numerous collection O
Pears from EIlwanger & Barry. Rochester
N. Y, were similarly hOncred by specia
award.
An interesting festureof Fruit Hall which
attracted much attention. Wss the fine col
lection and Arrangement of wild fruits snt
outs exhibited by Mr.. II. q. g. Smith, o
the Toledo Nurseries. He made 8 displsy
of thirty.two varieties of nuts, and twenty
eight of wild fruits, gathered in eight hour
in the woods just outside of the city o
Toledo. In his collection we observes
fourteen varieties Of acorns, five of hickoTI
nuts, and nine of cones, some of the latte
the longest and finest fir cones from Toledi
lawns, to be found anywhere. Mr.. s. in
formed us that he could have made III
collection of native nuts and fruits from
the Msumee Valley much more extensiy
and complete had health and time permit
ted. His collection will be deposited in th
Museum of the Agricultural Board in th
Capitol.
The world famed quarries of Bsrea wer
well represented by the "true grit" grin,
stones, scythe stones, oil stones, &c, iron
the extensive mandatory of Mr.. D. !
Stesrns, to whom the first premium wa
awarded. The extent of Beres stone man
ufacture and trade has got up into resll
big figures. The factories of the Messr
Stesrns turn out one thousand tons c
grindstones annually, and two thousan
gross of scythe stones besides large qusn
titles of dressed stone for building pun
poses. Over three Thousand tons of GRIND
stones are yearly furnished by the Bere
factories, and Berea strue grlt" ~literall
shsrpens the world. The qusrries are II
exhAustible, though the Messrs. StearI
have worked through the sand rock, tb
last strata proving TO be superior oil ston
six inches thick, and worth twenty CEN
per pound when manufactured into AZ an
other edge tool s~hArpeners-
The Fair closed with a sad accident o
an excursion train leaving Columbus Fl
the West, Friday evening. In defiance
the warnings Of the conductor persons pc
sisted in riding on the top of the cars, an
three men were crushed to death by Il
timbers of a bridge only a mile ont fro
the city.
I shall try to close up Fair matters
another letter. J. A II.