Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-10-04
The County Fair.

sfss.. v..s The County Fair. l
The weather during the fair, was quite
propitious. The entries on "Wednesday
were not large, but on Thursday morning
! articles of all kinds began to pour in in
abundance. Cattle, horses, sheep, swine,
agricultural implements, fruits, vegetables,
pictures and works of art were poured in
with such rapidity as to keep the officers
very busy. By noon the attendance was
immense; we have not learned the receipts,
but from the crowd we should think they
were larger than at any preceding fair.
The entries would doubtless have been
much larger if the officers of the society
| had been more liberal in the distribution
of their premium lists, it being almost i'm
possible to obtain them in some parts of
| the county. The floral hall was well filed
the display of fruit being larger and better
than any preceding one. 0Messrs. Eiwood
Bros, Robert Wilson, Roberts Bros, JAS
Toay, Geo W. Standard, all had fine shows
of apples. The grapes exhibited by FL
wood Bros, l.. M. Strong, Joseph Lean,
Mrs. Ranger, and others were very fine
and luscious, showing that the cultivation
of grapes hcrcis an indisputable success.
The floral designs of r. Arundel, Col. T.
Stephens and others were very fine, and
would compare fayorably with the best ex-
hibi,ions at the state fair. The display of
green house plants was quite large and
beautiful. The corn, wheat, oats, barley,
&c. &c was extra, never having been sur
passed and seldom equallcd. The display
of vegetables was very creditablc. being
large, sound and good. Mr. Cornish dis
played his usual taste in the arrangement
of his splendid lot of sun pictures. His
extra talent in the picture business has
shut out competition, and-hc consequently
always gets the first premiums. The dis
play Of fancy articles was not as large as
at some preceding fairs, but was very good.
Messrs oldham & Jones, of Mifflin Wooen
Mills showed some very fine yarn &c. from
their factory. The show of harness was
not extensive. Pricstly Bros, of Mineral
Point. presented a very shoEy set of car
riagc harness; Thomas Bosanko Of Dodge
vile. very good, substantial set of har-
ness for farm use, and L. W. Murphy of
Mineral Point, a very superior single bug
gy harness Mr.. Whitney Smith, of Min
eral Point, exhibited very superior lot of
leather of his own manufacture, which
would. do credit to any large eastern tam
| merry. The entries of machinery were not
/ as extensive as we have seen. j. Strachan
of Mineral Point, had number Of ma
chincs-rcapcrs, mowers, secders, &c. c..
e. Trowbridgc presented the New Yorker
reaper and mower, which generally ap-
pearc1 to he the G,voritc among farmers
! Eggleston & Swain's seed sowcr and cult
vator was much admired. The buggies
made by Harris & Bates, of Dodgcville,
were much admired for their beauty of
build and handsome finish Spang t.
| Stratman had on exhibition plows, wagons
&c which received the praises of the far
ners, they having been tried, and invaria
bly, giving satisfaction.
There were some very good exhibitions
of stock, horses, cattle, sheep, and hogs.
| The ladies equestrian display, as usual,
was failure, only one lady competed
She rode very gracefully, and made a very
good appearance. The trotting was not
unusually exciting; three entries were
made We did not learn the time made
a horse from Mineral Point took the pre-
MUM. S. Rohr's gray stallion trottcd
very well, until he got within a few yards
of the judges stand on the home stretch
when he got frightened and banked
Gong to press as We DO on the morning
after the fair. we are compelled to omit the
mention of many things of interest, some
of which we shall revert to next week
As soon as received, we shall publish the
list Of premiums awarded