Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-09-06
TY TIE M >.
THIRTEENTH ANNUAL FAIR
OF THE
Sect Csunty Agricultural sssiety

OF THE
Sestt Csunty Agricultural sssiety
r,... E0Unrn DAY. aslti
Yesssrdsy evening the sun went dews up
On most glorious dav-and the pssois'
of the morrow Was never more 6attsring
and every body in town and many whs wer'
coming. looked forward 70 day sf absod.
ant amusement. But human anticipation
are often doomed to blght-the fairsst hope'
to be shattered. and the brightest hopes r
DO blghted in the end. So every on'
Thought upon coming forth this morning
upon finding the bright and promising skie'
of yesterday. overhung with dark, damp
and threatening clouds-the wind had turn
ed an entire summersault. from the West Il
the East. during the night, and instsad o.
faircst prospects, there vas ~ excellent
show for slim crowd AMI. light receipts
inst.ad Of exciting smusemeut upon th'
track, The bcs. shes for Iowa msa IN th'
couDlsy.
Nsvcstheiess, no sooner hsd Tie door
besn opened this usornias than ~ crowd
commenced rushing in to see the sights. =
Four msn wers stationed At The ticket boxes
and from sine o'cleck until The tins Of thi.
writing, az o'clock not one Of then had I
momsnt's breathing spsll; and nearly III o
that time there was . stsa y aprinkle-'
promise Of ,nything but pleasant day; sny
thi X b., the amusement sought for.
We w,its out these faeis merely to shov
how determined the people srs. I'll throuat
this country, - sisit the 0estt Oeunty A.
rlcultural Fairs. Rain or shine-fair wealth
error foul. they know there is enough to b,
seen to pay them Tor their trouble. and q
they come in fiocks from all parts Of th.
neighboring country. Express trains and
regular trains, and the boass and the roads
are all crowded with people coming to the
fair
We have been TIN rounds THE morning
The Committee have been busily at work
Red cards, which indicate hrst premiums
are hanging about in every direction. We
noted few. but Il is impossible 10 take
them all down until we give the official re-
port in full.
yRr,r. .
The Committee on fruit, AbOcr Dawson,
Brrr Audrews, and Daniel Churchill, oil ex.
perts in fruit matters, and We think three
honest men never had harder task ~ BE-
fore them than TO decide upon the merits
Of hat fruit. There we're good many en-
tries Of apples, grapes, pears, plums. etc..
and OF the finest varieties that Iowa and H.
lincis produces. They we're busiy engaged
in sampllng andstastlng for about four hours
when they come to tho following conclu-
ion: That John Evans, Of Pleasant Valley,
exhibited the grsatestj and best variety Of
apples, some % kinds that Ar. Stoddard,
Of Rock Island, exhibited the ibsst pears; ;
that Mr. Kinney. Of Rock Island, exhibited
the best grapes-also, the most Correctly
named collection Of apples; that Dr.. Hall
had the greatest number Of varieties Of
grapes; that Z. Mead had the best plums :
MIR. Blackman, of Pleasant Valley, the best
ok samples Of winter apples; ard Garret
Donaldson, samce',plsce, the best six varis.
ties Of fan apples Several other uinos pre-
m'ums were taken hy Mr. Kellicn and other
parties.
Nobody ever saw such noble collection
Of fruit in a scott County Fir. Visitors
from the oil iiut-growins districts Of New
York and New England we're AstonisAed At
the noble display, and admitted that
It was equal to a,y they had ever
} en- in their eastern fruit exhibitions. IS
viii 10 to brag on. .s
EIRsp rnExluus.
The premium Of $50 scholarship for
The best 20 lbs Ct butter. made By = pirl
a"der lS years, was taken BY laughter Of
J. +, Campbell, Of Blue Grass-aced ls
Iears. Tn. butter was very choice, and
The young lady deserves great credit.
On Musical Instruments Handlsv and
King took first premium on Lishte Piano !;
md John Hoyt The sAms on an E,,ev
Organ.
In the Fioral Dspartnsnt M. J. @. west
'hal took the leading preaiums for Floral
house plants, tho largest and best
OF 'ses, the largest and best vari-
'tv Of plants and f,wcrs. the best dahlias,
'sroens, bouquets and baskets. II was
the largest and richest dis
play Of plants and flowers ever shown in
his country. John Temple took . first
premium for FOUND bouquets, phloxes, Pc
unias and dis similar dahllas.
Browns corn planters, made At Gales
'arg, Nv. ; Gait Tracy's rake, Blacks gang
'lo~. Harrington's garden drill and cultiva-
or, VII exhibited BY McNair L Jordan, Of
his lily, drew hnt premiums. b also lid
he p'ows. euAivssrs,. etc, exhibited BY
icCall, Richter and Heaselss. of ths DA-
enPo;t Plew Factory. Tl,ueaca 4 Kuhen's
lrm, wagon. John T. Davies thssehss and |
sparator. N. Donahue's sorghum mills,
ustc seats. and bell, took red tickets also
hc Kirby Reaper. exhibited By ,. Fowler
gent for this county, aud tho open and
wo sea bugsies exhibited b. weber
srothers. In the stock line, A. II. J. h.
'ay, Of Van Baren county, take The Arst
rs'nipms in shart horns, vhils those for
)ctcns arc divided bes wesr, Bent, Of Iowa
'in,, and Cary, Of Upton. Both have spien
i'd herdA The tirst premium for the best
weyesr old colt has been nsardsd % q H. n
[tllicn's mare colt, "Yoang PocahcnsAs,"
Ehich i ssid ~ competent Judges. to be
ne Of the best and most promising cults in
hc country.
ONE O'Clock.
The signs Of rain are vet strong, but 70
ally disrsgsrded. From appearances there
,ust be At least ten thousand people inside
he grounds. The crowd Is perfectly huge,
ad still they come. Outside the grounds
le streets are lined in oil directions With
ehiclss Of every description. inside the |
s0sads ars lined With carriage md bug
is; the omnibus. hack andbugg 81 liAes are
ringing up people from the citv continual< !