The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-09-20
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And that District will swell that majority
this fall.
DURING Tie State Fair q base ball match
between the Burlington and Iowa City clubs
will take place At Burlington.
The HACK Eye notices thus the organi-
sa6oa sof the Iowa AsrioalasaI sosissy !,
. The first Iowa State Fair was held at FAIR
field in the Autumn of 1854. The State So
ciety was then in its infancy. From the best
information we can get, the credit OF the ini>
tial step towards the formation Of this Socie-
ty is das 70 Hon. G. W. slagle, Of Jefferson
county. The movement Was warmly second
ed by Judge Caleb Baldwin, then resident
Of Fairfield, Dr.. j. NJ. Sha6er the present
Secretary of the Society, Hon. I. W. Clagetn
Of Lee, she Sociesy's iut President, and 9th
ers, Judge Clagest Was President until the
winter Of 1873 when he was succeeded by
DR. Jesse Bowen, Of lows City, Who held the
Office one year and vas followed by Hon. z.
T. Fisher, of Oskaloosa, who in 1850 gave
wayto Hon. Geo G. Wright, who performed
its duties with great acceptance to the Socie-
~ and to the people for FIVE successive years
At the Annual meeting Of January, 1866
Judge Wright having declined . reelection,
be was succeeded BY Hon. Peter Melendy,
the present efficient and popular presiding
officer
"Dr. J. II. Shaffer was the first Secretary Of
the Society, and much credit is due him for q
large amount Of active and valuable services
rendered erasuitously while the organization
Va. rs vet an experiment. He WAS succeed
ed by Capt. j. H. Wallace, Of Muscatine,
who held the Office until January, 1868, when
Dr.. ShafTer was reelected. Capt. Wallace
performed the duties Of the srduous and re-
sponsible post Of Secretary with talent zeal
and fai,hfulness worthy of the highest com.
mendation To his services was due in large
part the success Of the successive Fairs held
during his term Of Office In the matter Of
Secretary the Society has been exceedingly
fortunate, Me.srs. Shaffer and Wallace both
possessing peculiar and admirable qualihca-
lions for the discharge Of its duties.
Rev W. Il. Milburn, the "Blind Preach
err lectures at Mount Pleasant on Tuesday
| evening.
The Dubuque Times has the following
| racy paragraph: IAN apology, perhaps, Is
| necessary, to some who are unacquainted
| with printers troubles, for the often up.
pearance Of the figure in our publication Of
| johnson speeches. They win please beai
in mind that We have only enough type of the
capital to set one solid column, and when
we publish a three column speech OF the
| Presidents our sorts are exhausted before
| il is much over hall finished. We are ex
pecting new supply of enough to set abou
| two extra columns in time for the next mess
age 10 Congress.
-McCreery, of the Dubuque Times, who
has one of the resdiest pens, the cleares
| heads, the noblest hearts and the happies
| faculty for properly stirring up "snaix, &c
| be found between the Tropic Of csncer ano
the Tropic of Capricorn, is rhythmicslly IN
! spired since A. J has taker TO nursery dit
ties. Mac gets of half column Of gooe
things, Of which this is q sample: a
| A. johnson is our President. tho strange enough
| forseo,h,
Elected by a single ballot, cast by :. wilkes
Booth:
And yet We hoped that none the less he nigh
prove true aud wise,
| But soon we found that something was the matter
| with his as;
| Old jackson was his model, end 70 follos N his
track
| He promised us, but stopped, and only made him
| self . jack;
| It's plain enough, it seems, to his imaginative
| There is no difference between Old Hickory and
old thic) Rye,
The Moses who had made the negroes his especia
| Has led them into the Red Sea, and left them
struggling there.