Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-09-05

THlRi EENTR kEMUiL FAIR
Sestt Csunty agricultural Sseieiy


IUJ.sD DAbs
The third day Of the Fair beautiful
morning. no signs Of rais, but deli ghtfulIy
cool and sslubrious. There was . good
many people in attendsnes yestsrdsy, con-
sdering the very intslicitous state Of the
wcsther in the morning. bus nothing N ths
member that swarmca the grounds TO- day.
The chances are greatly in favor Of un-
bounded success in every point Of view. The
exhibition is on a truly grand and interest,"
ing scale in oil the depart nents. and from
the sppeifinccs 70 day tits evident that
the at'e..dance will be greater than ever BE-
fore ty thousands. Owing to the uniavora
be weather Of the two first days, and the
consequent latcncss Of closing the entry
books, the Fair will continue one day later
tha, was av rtised closing on Saturday
afternoon.
The cn'ry books closed this morning
some entries being msds as late ~ ten
O'Clock The entire number Of entries 70
about fiji. Cit hundred. which "a sscyc'al hun
dred myre than have ever been made at any
previous Fair. and even after the books were
closed ard placed in the hands Of the com
mittees, still the articles for entry kopt ar =
riv;ng bu, had 10 be turned away.
Tns CROWD.
Tn re arc NJ family tickets this year =
each person seeking admittance hes 10
come down with . quarter. for which he
gts ticket which lets him in and out
b u, no more. This new arrangement ere.
ates q perfect stream Of questions and an.
swers the public not being well postc! in
the arrangement. It Was predicted by
many that this arrangement would result %
satisfactory as to cut of the society's re-
sources materially, but We fail to SEQ it;-
for at an early hour in the day the crowd
concnmced assembling, and from merning
I'll night three men were most busily en-
ployed taking in quarters fir admission,
and larger sums for horses and carriages.-
From all appearances wc should Judge that
tie Society Was not loosing ground in .
financial Point Of view. At oil events there
will be no lack Of money with which to psy
the premiums. The receipts up 10 last
n sht m re about two thousand five hun
dfcd dollars, which is a tolcrable fair start
for two wet days
The crowd inside the grounds to day
viii probably number from Ave 10 six thou
sand persons. and this is only second rate
day To>morrow and Friday will be the
two great days Of the season. The displays
Of y. cd on the t,aak du,ins these days and
Saturday will b. Of the deepest interest 70
the friends Of the turf.
STOCK YARDS
The stalls and yards present very sub
s'antial appearance this morning. Some
twenty or thirty pens arc filled with swine.
among which are some Of the very best
breels. Our English farmer, friend James
Baker, has choice selection-one splendid
SOW; one SOW and boar four months old.
very choice. But We have not room to par
ticuaiize
The sheep pens-about twenty Of them
are finely filed; fin, wool, coarse WOOL ma
tives, gra'ies, ani those splendid full blood
imported by Judge Grant last
yer. Our county is making rapid strides
IN the wool growing business.
The cattle stalls are all full, and numerous
peas are aisp filled, an! long rows Of them
are tied TO the fences. Cnqucstionably
there W., never such display Of stock-so
'u'l aud compl.te-at any previous fair.-.
Hr- {. d Bent, Of Iowa City, exhibits ,hir>
teen hi splendid herd Of Devons, which
ne SO wei known BY the stock men Of the
State. J. L. l.. Carey, Of Upton, slso has a
'hoicc herd OF Dcvons, whish attract much
attention. The pens ~ 4 stalls Of Du,hams
md grades are very fine. James Baker ex-
hib,ts two fine milch cows, and four head Of
inc young stock
Tier. are about three hundred horses on
tered fos cxh bi.ion, and as may be imagin-
ii, there is fun in it Probably there was
'ever finer display Of horses made in Iowa,
han are on the grounds to-day. We have
>nown many a"Na,ional Horse Show" Of
auge prctensions. that could not begin to
compare stock with this County ins tuition
IF ours. The finest specimens Of horseflesh
rom al parts Of Iowa and Western Illinois
src here competing
AGRiC rLrrRAL MACHINERY, &C.
We have two enterprising Thresbing Ma
,hine manufacturers in Davenport s.
Davis and NJ. Donahue, each one Of whom
ave sample If their goods on the ground
" special favor We say special favor, be-
.aass both have sold al the machines they
made some weeks ago, an each has put
n . customer in order to show their ma
,hines at the Fair They are highly appre-
.iated by al who know what . Threshing
Machine 10.
There is, also, fine dirplay Of farm wag-
'ns made in Davenport, "a splendid sample
" Thelnen I Kuehn, and others by J. 8.
Davis, Mccall, Richter and Henselsr, which
ir,ns have on display . variety Of plowa,
harrows. stirring plows, ETC.,
shich they manufacture at the Davenport
1ow Fastsry.
The display Of farmiae tools asd farming
machinery Of various kinds Il very large
he entries all having been nsds. w
lhcald be pleased 20 notice these very use
ul articles more in detail, but il is impossi.
'le-wo cannot issue supplement for that
purpose.
EKuir, ETC.
In our report yesterday, We noticed more
ruit than We ever saw 1t any State Fair in
lcwa or Illinois. but another extensive en-
~ comes in from xoline-Ms. II. p. Peanse
exhibits 30 varieties Of choice appies-l3 Of
,rapes and three of crab apples. II 10 q dis
'lay worth seeing.
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