Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-13
Franklin County Fair.
TnIRD DAY.

GROUNDS yesterday testified the apprecia-
tion in which our people hold a first class
agricultural exhibition, and their willing
ness to freely aid the Society in maintain
ing the best County Fair in the State. That
Franklin county's show has reached this
oistinction this year there can be no ques-
tion. 80
The attractions for to-day and tomorrow
are novelties in the way of County Fairs.
and must attract thousands to the grounds
To-day the grand balloon ascension will b,
made from the horse ring, under direction
Of John Kinney, the popular balloonist.-
This WILDE an attractive spectacle and a
novel one. i..- -saa, .l.. - Ilf
Tomorrow is set apart for the great base
ball tournament. Some four or five clubs
have signified their intention of being pres
ent and competing tor the prizes.
The fair now is at its highth. Every
available portion of the grounds was occu.
pied yesterday. The city and county it
would seem had sent all their citizens to the
fair. We expect it will be the same to-
dsy. fse.' no. '#''tsai 7.eira' 'nt
Wherever beauty and taste in dress and
adornment of person is to be observed,
tnere always will the Intelligent and re-
nned congregate. This was fully demon
strated yesterday in Domestic Hall. All
day long bevies of admiring ladies assem-
bled from time to time in front of the col
lection OF cloaks, cloakings, cloak trim
mings, laces, dress goods and shawls ex-
hibited by A. C. Headley & Co., aud terms
ofpraise and admiration were banded from
side tos-side.s The velvet cloak, heavily
ladened with jet trimming, the shawls and
the lace tidy came in for the '.lion's share'
of commendation. The entire display,
however, was magnificent, and none but
those conversaht with the elegancies of art
and fashion could discriminate between the
various articles of apparel in the collec-
ton. bai 45,--4 81
r. Visitors to Domestic Hall yesterday mu.t
have observed. in the immediate vicinity
of that structure, two carriages adorned
with red cards-.frst premium. These car
riages are from the mandatory of Mr..
Thomas Anderson, whose show room is at
No. IL North High street, and are fine
samples of mechanism. One is .jocky"
little trotting buggy, neat enough fora
parlor ornament, and, withal, compactly
and durably constructed-the other cozy
family rockaway. Both vehicles are a
credit to the mechanical ingenuity and
skill of Columbus. sil-s.- s.. -,sa,,...'
Perhaps the most gratified and thorough
.ly pleased tbronp of visitors at the county
fair was that which was fortunate enough
to witness and examine the WORKINGS and
production ofSinger,s Sewing Machine. and
Lambs Knitting Machine. exhibited bv
Mr.. VIZ. Penny, No. .l55 Sontb Hiob
street. Mrs. Penny presided at the former.
and Mr., O, w. Moore. of Cincinnati con-
nected with Hubert Bros. at the latter
A number of first premiums were awarded
to this department, but we were unable to
learn particulars. Both machines and their
productions were eminently worthy the
highest honors paid them. l1--raittT
IN Fruit Hall Mr.. A. B. Buttles, of Co.
lumbus. has on exhibition an extensive
contribution of Concord grapes, several
punches of which weigh over fourteen
ounces each. This is an American Crane.
very large, black, with a rich bloom. sweet
and good, makes excellent wine,-an is en-
ormously productive. 1t is, as a market
grape without a rival, and will grow in
almost any SOIL or situation. fsaD
III Mr. ..i' busties also displays lot OF new
anu fa4uaoie seeo potaeoes' embracing
auous iorsy xarie.ies. Anis display con-
.s noSe Sst " 0oouricns J. vaiuaoie seeonngs,
!. :. iAnoue io' iarSe yieiu anu e1-
,,ar ST. f.,ana0 ~ - sease. Iuose VI our iar-
tho;r ~;nan.nS, ~ a.e Improving
sho,,ia -, p0'1so
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In our yesterdays description of E. B.
Armstrong q Co.'S exhibition OF house
furnishing hardware, we neglected to no
tlce their very excellent cooking range
rms range is complete in all its parts for
every culinary purpose, and in cost not
over that OF first rate cooking stove. Our
omlssloii' however, olo not prevent thor
ousn ihvestigation OF 1he range yesterday
Wy cro"us vi aunairing housewives. Those
VINO nave not seen tnis necessity to all
"oif eSuFeeu iousehoius' should go at
once 70 Il. D. armstrong q CO.'S wareroom'
Nc. II East Iown street. and test its many
merits mel SIN III person. -..t 1..'-t -7,'
Near the division of the building devot-
ed to mechanical inventions and farm pro-
ducts is a unique model or sample known
as the Parks Extension Ironing Table.
made and exhibited by Messrs. Parks &
Baugham, of this city. This table is de-
signed for rendering greater facilities to
house wives in ironing dresses, skirts and
other manufactured articles. 1t is however