The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-10-13
The Fair at Claridon.
tByour Own Ropor,et i


Tho little County ofsGeauga is great on
FAIRS. Not another county in tho State, OF
tho bze of ours, can ufford to support moro
than ono; but here thero arc tbrce. Not
content with beating every other 10 the
products of butter and cheese, she delights
.to'set ths'people ihtliff,ronf portions Other
territory together in these gfeatsociai gath
erincs, to let them boat each other, and
brhg over thor big horses big oxen, big cab.
bngcs, big turnips, and big onions. We DO.
l'evo that all fairs, like all churches, may
have some good in them; and, having made
brief visit to tho regularly ablsbed, or
thodox Fair at Burton, there did not seem
to bo any reason why wo should not visit
the Free Fair at Caridon aso. According
~. to the Free Fair wo won't; and a Free
Fair il is, "with never a fare and no,bng to
pay"-a sort of mutual benefit society. in
which yerybody feels at homo, and nobody
is excluded on account Of color. RED apo
has no sway here, and the utmost license is
gvcn in the American prerogativo of brag.
gog. Ey .e d.! aJ Ul
Before attempting to notice auy items of
interest, let US preface our notes with the
remark that the managers OF The Free Fair
are not responsible for tho very unpleas
an. weather that usually attends them on
the occasion of their anniversaries. Those
people in Hudibras, ..,.. .,s..
"Tbat vcer and tack. and steer cause
Against the weather guage of laws"
must have had genius for e'udiug storms.
Not so tho Claridon people; with them,
thero is mo postponement on account of tbe
weather" 1t has been thought by som
thattho Great Dispensers of storms does not
look with pleased eye on this protestant
Fair Of Claridon, from the tpct that it is al.
ways visited with such manifestations OF
Divine displeasurc; but perhaps we should
consider that, while other places may re-
quire pleasant weather. tho neople hero
seem to do just as well, and often excel, in
storm; .or.i may be that the heavens on.
y weep with joy at lthe abundant success
thai attends them. At all events, they got
upa good Fair, rain or shine, and we ad.
mire their presidency, q, uANAf .gAt i
AS we said, to tho Fair we went. Like
some of Dickens heroes, We went in deep
and came out muddy"
Upon euteriug The. Hall, We heard great
deal said about tho big Horse,'' and, on in.
quiry, learned that this huge animal was
thcn on exhibition. We believe he was al.
soat BurtoG,lbut did. not notice him thore
We wrapped our skirts about US, and went
out to take the dimensions of this king of
horsos. so largo that men might have
"Walked under his huge legs, and peered about"
Found him to be III hands high. two feet
across the breast, and % feet around The
arm. His namo is "Rob Roy" and he was
imported from Dunfrieshire, Scotland, in
1856. He is now owned by Mr.. Duzcnbury,
of Chester. He is a noble animal 1t
did not strike US, however, that the breed
could ever become popular in this country,
save, perhaps as dray horses. If n man
lacked faith, however, they might be made
useful in assisting to remove mountains.
But, for our style OF driving, we consider
snch a horse as 'Rob Roy" altogether un.
suited |
We next visited the catllo pens. Here
wore some very nice thoroughbred Dur
hams, owned by Col. Spencer and o. Mas.
tick, which were awarded premiums. Also
two year heifers, by Mcssrs. L and Moi
fett, somo of which weighed nearly 1900
lbs. Mr.. c. Moss had party of fat cattle;
L. Merriman, some graded Durhams, among
which was yearlipg heiser weighing $50
lbs. Mr.. A. Moffett had two pair of three
yoar.old steers that were under the mos,
perfect discipline, weighing 2300 lbs; also a
fine pair of two.y year-olds. A. II. Ober cx-
hbited fine herd of neat stock. But, not
to partcu larize further in this de partmont,
we will return to the Hall, to get out Of, the
incessant rain.
In vegetables. tho Claridon Fair always
excels, and, on tho ground floor, as usuaI.we
found the stalls well filled with every vari.
ETY. produced on the Reserve. A mammoth
cabbage from the garden of VIM. A. Wood.
frst struck our attention. And then the
long row of potatoes, among tho finest of
which were somo from the fold of Mr.. R.
P. Parsons, of Hambden! Hero wero nu.
merous varieties, some of which were entire.
ly new to us. And we noticed one now
Seeding from the ball of apeach blow
Messrs Fletcher and Maynard also bad
some good varieties on exhibition. Mr.. N.
Mastck, ig.tree in the Hall, only four
years from tho seed, with the frnit on =