Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-05-12

Il s-fHYFys SSee eTS - 1917
0sovs.-Having desire to witness SON,
ofths uif plowiSt done BY the ..lad]iss', .
Lsas 0ssvs. ~ ysstsrdAy ssadsjssrseli
sasy ny - tbs lhsn u Jsts Dtyvplss, etq.,
whess the pateh ~ app4snled ~. eeNs
ca. o. sar .ssy eat,ws had - syo sessa
ssAnd wsse struck vieh the ssi6sece of -
sivisy and Thrift On every hand. Small grain
losks fair and promises veil. The farmers
ass now busy planting corn the cs0iaG
week vill see she 0ost Of aho coen IN ~
gsooud.
Upso or arrival Ne found The people
6ock,ne t>ssthes. ard in . shset tins The
lsds wsrs resdy and tsssr for ~ fray. IN
the ssniss elsss there were seven entries. %
fellows: Jas. Neal, Robsrt Little. WIN.
Grteve, WIN. Robertson, Ja9es end Robert
Steele, and Andrew valsntise. David Hat
d was ihe only led under 10 Who pus IN
N sppear.nre Tor the Junior prize. At
pfeciseiy o'clock the contestants stated
their terms. Each was e p,ov 8 Of oa
scse, and nlloved hosrs and - mtausss'
time Bselets wess never shos slisighter
shan tie ny o6 the fusrows of he eDups-
titlon. The uork II Jsmss Ned asA
James Stsels could nos ~ bettesed
Ia this respsee. Steadily aai Beautifully
did the plo~men do their work through 70
the 'nnish." Such blowing, such ssisas;fe
blowing, ws never aaw before ssd ws zen.
tuu0 tisat the pl0wmsn Of Long Grove can
take dhe State doWn.in their line Of busi-
ness. The furroWs. Of uniform width and
delslh, wees most beautifully tusned.
The csstestants ''6nished'' in the follows
ing o. dss: Robs Little, David Hardy, An
brew Valentine, Jas Steele, WIN. 0reavc
Robt. Steele, Vim. Rober's0n and Jss. Nes' !,
The last named vas 30 minutes inside o.
time, and the others were from . half to
three fourths Of IN hour.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Brownlee, aided BY the
ladies, bad spread sumptuous repast ia
the yard, fronting his residence. Il Is
enough to say that tho dinner was satisfsc
tory TO oil who had tooth in the matter.
The people Of the Grove know hov to Do
such sh'nss. We would suggest that the
time Of meeting hest adapted to the farm
ers' wants, wonli be when the springs
work is not pr. ss,ng. aa
After dinner, Nessrs Riggs. McCosb and
Murray, the judges, 10 k-d over the ground
And awardtJ the prizes. as follows: Senior
thss-Wm. Greave, lst prize, 81; VIM
Robertson. I'd. g.; JsE es Neal, Sd, -.
unior Class--David Hardy, 1st prize, -.
We heard some dissent frcm the judges
decision. We thought Robert Steele ard
Jas. Ncal entitled to LIST and I'd. and WT.
80. And We furthermore though,
that the judges laii too much stress on the
'.tinish.'' We regarded the plosoing Is
more meritorious and Important than the
finishing, and wc do mt think that one or
two inferior turned iurrOws destroy the
/, esits If Il see.tii,hs Of an acre OF most ex
cellent (nnd adiu tied bes,) plowing.
In the p. m, there Was plowsng. in each
class, for 4iO swecpssakes, offered by
Messrs McNair and vlnton. The second
class comprised lads under IA years Of age.
When we LETT the grounds, there we're seven
entries in the senior class end three In the
junior.
While prelminaries were settling. the
trial o suiky cultivators came off, Aessrs.
Hardy. Steele snd Tuttle acting es judges
There were four cultivatrs On the
ground. Ths '.iiawkcye," "StaG ,rd."
. lloosier' and Mr.. Parn alee's unnamed
Monitor" After ~ much trial as the
ground would permit. the judges decided in
favor Of the "IIawkeyc"
JUS; as we LETT, tie lads were gting in on
their muscles for the sveepsiakss.
We learn that the blowing surpassed the
m rning's performances; several new lads
driving the victors Of the inornng up to
their best lcks to save their laurels. A
very great difficulty lay in he way Of the
Judges, since it is always difficult to tell
whlch is hest where Il, are equally good
Alter . long time. the senior prize lay bs>.
tween Robert Steele. and VIM. Ksb,nson,
the Judges decided that they should plow
assir, or dlv:de the money. They divided.
The lads vnder IL years. there being 3
e..tsies, reccived each prize, Master Dun
can taking the Rrst, lad whose name. VIC
did not get, the second, and Master Thomp
ION, the thi d. - -~.s .,-
After work Was over old and oung went
in for little ,un. The most laughabie per-
fcrmanre was . foot race. in which Peter
Duncan, carrying man on his back, ran 30
yards sgainst his compeit,r, who ran one
hundred. NJ Duncan Won amid great ap-
'ol.use. Night closcd 10 before Ill left the
eroand, and concluded . most enjoyable
day. e'
Inrnovxmxfs.-Itw would 10 impossible
for 10 10 give any detailed account Of the in
nu0era5le improve nents in course Of pro-
Rressisn throughout our city, AS It @ould
yeQuire the entire Attention ofa reporter to
do SO. A turn about two Of three Of our
principal streets this morning. resulted IS
iollOws.
Mr. r. Ransow has commenced the erec
t;o,r Of two ssory brick building 80 40
1..et in Dimensions, a4 the corner Of Third
.,rect .ra Western Avenue, which he cx
nesss to complete BY the 6rst Of August
Il vill be finished neatly, being designed
for store, aud will cost about three thou
sanj dollars. ,,
N.sr tie corner Of Fourth and Ripley
and immediately adjoinir 8 his grocery store
Mr. Ctsbbenhest has almost completed ..
neat frame dwelling house, 44xSO. whics
IL, cost about fifteen hundred dollavs.
Al the corner Of Ripley and Third street,
worku,eu have made excavations ior IN
erection Of blacksmith and wagon shop
Doxa5, the p.ciectss ct which, Or the probe
BILE cost. W were unable to learn. s.
On second street. between Ripley an'
t6tbtt. Jacob Ceddent is laying the fOunda
k,on ios to story brick building, 6Ox2a
which he exuects to have completed by tn
6rst Of August Il Is dssigIed Tor store
M will cost about two th0usand dss hun
died dollars.
We noticed many other Improvement
| under weigh, but being unable TO get sn
reliable infnrnation in regard 70 them, y
| foreeo their mention ss present.
A Fear Srony,-we sss not rssponsibl
for the following. Il isl Locals do.y I
chronicle what b. hears - veil as what h
knrws. A party ofyoung ladies aud gentl'
men left our city yesterday morning. to en-
joy piscseDrial eEcusaieu 10 s'the Rocks.
Arriving there in due time, and being Moi
ot ..iishess Of meo" than Of the Amy tfibe'
the young ladies' were m1ch sSrprised
! harm that in ssdse to catch 6sh il vas ne'
essary T. 40 ''baits" The young gent
knew this fact. but il hsd slipped the
Menor,es. Som.shine ,aust b done Up
ho~ks' Werc made. bat mnse unsucresi'
thsy proved hass were ord. end insas
dips wete vnsie at he little minnows tn
a eided along tts Shore In dsrisi"n, but .
4 St.s'ia vaia. The l.arts bed failsd A. =.
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