The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-10-11

a fine durham COW and white heifer, as
fine as those In the pictures Of Rosa
BosHEuR.
TINS SHEKP~-Never was there better
display Of fine woods than this season, t,
bu, they were nearly all from other
coohtlcs. "Gcneral Grant, "Thomas"
,nd the "Moni,or," are the kind ofIshcepl
that ought TO be grown by the firmcrs in
Seneca county, rs well as in the
State Of Vermont. Mr.. STARR, OF Wy
andolte, had ulso iiue lot aud jescIycs
much credit foi his regular contribution
in this line, TO our fair.
SwISE.--A number Of fine specimens
Of porkcrs, which wilinext winter weigh
four or five hundred pounds, and some
nice shoats, ,.wcro the principal attraction
In this dcpartment, which dues not seem
to be takeE much interest in.+
PouLrRrs-For this department., we
have an especial weakness. Amer fast
borse, give us coop ofnice young chick
Gus, turkeys, ducks aud geese. Here we
witnessed the fincs, specimens OF the
fcathcrod tribe, ever displayed many Of
the preceding yeats. 49, -
TIC THREE HALbs,--" FlOral,n Do
nestle " aud = Mechanics" were filled
with nearly the usual amount Of entries.
Passing first into Floral, the 6nc display,
Of apples first attracted our attention.
In fruit, our county certainly stands un-
eXcelled. Some Of the finest specimens
we have ever seen were on EXHIBIT on.
Theft aJwers were beautiful but no'so many
Of the rarer kinds as we have seen. The
display Of pictures were meogre. A ,and.
scape, with saw mill and dam In the fore.
ground ,-was beautiful and a much better
painting than is Usually exhibited. Some
French cromo-lithographs also looked
well. a COLLECTION of rustic frame work
composed Of cones aud acorns, was elc
gant. How greatly and " tn what goo ]
taste ,mauyhouscs nigh, be decorated with
his simple but beautiful work, If only
engaged in. Where were all the "grapc
growers OF our county, that there
should be but bare three lot uf grapes in
the Hall. The unfavorablc weather oi
last winter,is no doubt the reason. Can.
ned fruits, fancy work, boquets, ant
amateur drawings, with some fine spcci.
mems otwriting, contributed toAIl up the
knli aud make il attractive.
Taking Domestic Hall in our perez
g:inations, we found ourselves surrounded
by mammoth pumpkins, huge heads oI
cabbage. numerous potatoes, turnipsi
beets, carrots, watermeluns. etc. Boxes
of clear honey, huge loaves of snowy
read, golden rolls oil butter, and Tempt
ing jirs OF sorgum, gave us an immense
appetite, aud longing to be on the bread
and Lutter' committee. Such is the
frailiy of man! Through the centre and
on the left side Of the hat, were display
ed the wares of our numerous stores and
shops, the foucy work Of the needle and
the more substantial of the saw and
hammer,-the knife ana the shears.
One particular noticeable feature in
this Hall, was the grand piano from the
music store of HUss g. GALLUP. The
clear deep notes of this instrument were
most sweet to those, who with US, sell
dom have the pleasure of listening to q
"grand."
The Mechanics Hall was but partially
filled, though among the inventions by
citizens of our county, we noticed two
very ingenious contrvanccs. A portable
hand Swing machine, OF ]. d. MAT
THEws, for saving logs, wood, &c., gives
promise Of being valuable invention
and one which is much needed. The
other, a combined cultivator aud shovel
plow, by our friend GEO. w. ZEIGLER, o.
Fort Seneca, which is something pecu-
liarly adapted to adjustment in deep o
shallow blowing, close or wide lurrow.
ing, etc. Itshas tho re recommendation o
some of the best farmers in the neigh
borhood of Fort Seneca.
Large mechanical imp dement's, such a
saving machines were kept busy display
ing their prowcss. -.s.
Some fine wagons were alsv exhibited
aud sold ut auction oil the last day of ih'
fair. -.,,r ,r0y w o.
INCIDENTS. TIM SIDE. SHOW, with il
"immepse pavilion and unsurpassed
collection of living animals" was on th'
ground aud gentleman with healthy
I. lungs assured the people of the educat ed
character of his audi NJ 81, anl theil
most perfect satisfaction in seeing his
'snaiks and wax worAs,"
The HEADACHE man was there witt
his "wonder of The WORLD" retailing eas,
aud comfort at two shilling bottle.
I A Cheap Jeweiry and Plated War
establishment, T" made, those rich VIII,
never were before, and as their pocket
books gave out, they sadly sighed 70
more"
| A portrait of the Rebel General LEE
was placed, by, citizen Of our city, w
regret TO say, in floral hall for exlibi,ion
with other paintings, hut i was doome'
10 be torn from its place and ignomini
ously consigned to the shades, by The o!
Tended VISITORS. TlHWvGfttIj
/ A Pony RACE which was announce
to close the exhibition, came, off agreea
bly, to promise, and was quite amusing
-Four ponies-One OF them too large, how
/, ever, to be clossed with The rest; starte