The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-10-06
THE IYoN UourrY rAIR.

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marks which We wers obliged TO omit
last week 81
There wasa some Complaints as to the
inconPlstsBess, of the premium list and
some of the arTangements Of the Board,
as there always is aud always will be at.
Fairs. People Hnust bear in mind that
tbs Board had difficulties to meet on all
hsnds which were insqrmountsble. We.
have no doubt but that they did the very
best they could under all the circumstan-
ces. The experience of this year viii
enable then to hayO things in much bet
ter shape for tbs Fair next. year, g7
The display Of horses. mares and colts
Was altogether ahead, as the list shows.
OF all other kinds Of stock. The animals
that carried of che 6rst premiums we're
very i8e,. and so were many of those that
took the second. Greenwood county took
the 6rst premium on brood mares, with
the fine animal Of N. E. stratton. We
are eorEy, theEssKqs nos q better turn out
of our friends from Greenwood. as they
have much fne stock in that county /.
Capt. snyder, of Chase county, took the
ribbon on trotting.
The displaysOl mules Was not very
large, bat good. .s-, g H'@.,'."
In sheep the display was not what we
expected. and not What it ought to have
been, considering The large number in the
country. D.tW.'Appleby, of Waterloo,
aud John W.7Loy. of Americas, had it
pretty much their own way on the wool
question. Theig sheep are certainly very
fine, and speak we'll for the enterprise of
these two gentlemen. eaf s-..4as .-.rs-
We were more surprised at the small
Uumber Of cattle on exhibition than any
thing else. What there was in this line
vas also very 6ne. E. r. Mardiu, of
Chase county, had on exhibition some
of the prettiest stock We have ever seen
in any country, and very deservedly took
several premiums. Those exhibited by
other gentlemen were good, and credit
to Kansas. The bull exhibited by New
ton Spencer attracted particular attention.
He is large Of his age, aud very beauti-
ful animal. -tsa.ffH ris.ou ~ bauaa
Considering the dry spell Of few
weeks ago, and the grasshoppers. the dis
play of grains, seeds and vegetables was
very creditablsss 81 5~af..i
The number of articles on exhibition
under the head Of manufactured arti-
cles'' was rather meager. We noticed
particularly new harrow, little differ
hsnt in style from anything We had seen,
exhibited BY Mr.. Edmiston, of Americas.
We were informed that this is the best
harrow now in use in this country. Al
SO plow gotten up at Cottonwood Falls,
by J. O.. Sullivan and Dan Negley. Ii
was constructed entirelyOf iron except
the handles. ana displayed considerable
ingenuity. We heard some objections
made to it as lO9shape and the work il
would do. 81. IT,. e. IS ssgg4 .a.salose
In needle, shell and, wax work, as also
in pictures and dairy products the display
was fair. It ought to have been better.
The ladies' turned out very WE'LL and
seemed to manifest q good degree Of in
tersss, but many of tLem did not cohtri-;
butte anything for the exhibition. We
hope they will do much better next year.
Mr.. Campbell of Americas, took the
premium on cheese. Il was manufsctur-
ed in Lyon county. 1t is we'll establish
ed already, and this factory has not been
rauning . ysaEystl thAs the cheese turned
out by Mr.. Campbell is better than the
Western Reserve cheese " hicb we'get in
this, country. The reputation of this
cheese is already established. - - - i. =
A picture Of Emporis in 1859. ,exhib-
tied by COL Plumb. and drawn by Mr..
Copant, who WIS then here. and showing
every house in town, attracted considera-
bic attention. .'''~.' 80 ...rr
Mrs. SIoCum exhibited some very nice
Lyon county peaches. and Mr.. Abraham
some excellent Lyon county apples. At
ter the experience of this year We don't
want to hear anybody talk about this not
being . frat COonGry. a1sa'aae "a 30 st-r
Nothing about the Fair attracted more
attention and Comment than the ladies
equestrian exhibition. Eight or ten la,
dies took part 10 this contest In add.
tiOnt to the premiums offered BY the Ag-
riculturaI Society, money was raised BY
the people on The. ground and one of HOr-.
ace BundFem's finest side-saddlss, pur.
chased and offered as premium. This.
Of course, ekcitsa much interest in the
contest Strangers present pronounced
the riding - good ashley bad ever seen,
and co6sideHBg ths ConditiOn of thslrack.
We agrte With them. After few rou nds
it vas evident the saddle was to 60 to-
either Aiaa Nj.