Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-09-10

If the society. The apple crop is not good |
this wear. but one would think differently |
while examining The display at the fruit
department Of the Fair. The display OF
grapes is better than that Of apples-better
N general and particular than .: any pre-
yioue season.
w.P. Campbell. exhibits some nagni>
licent bunches ofsrapes, pears, and pluns.
+. W. Wright, Pleasant Valley. exhibits
10 varieties Of grapes, which all fruit men
conceds to be the very bes. upon tho
ground. Mr.. Wright is ssvery fortunate
grape grower. Ills little place produces
about four tons of this choice fruit this
year. lie also exhibits scme superior 81
berian crab apples, etc.
James ". Means, our old City Marshal,
who hss turned farmer, and turned up on
one Of the best farms in the county up IN
Pleasan. Valley, exhibits Al varieties OF ap'
ples. and several OF grapes, also fiLc melons,
sweet potatoes. apple butter. etc.
w. A. Nourse, of Moline, shows 3S vari-
eties of pears, 90 of apples, grapes, etc.
Thcse are but portion-and moro are
bsing put in every hour.
THE GREAT SNOW.
Men. women and children all want TO see
the Great Show. 1t is the biggest kind OF
. show-nearly hundred rods long BY
ten wide, and what you can't see there Is
hardly worth seeing. There are four of the
| biggest women in the world-enormous
grease spots ere they there is the cele>
brated Albino Family-s wonderful curios>
ty. The wild men Of Borneo are alone
worth the price OF admission and more too !;
the extensive collection Of birds, snakes, ETC.,
cannot fail 70 please Go and see the four
people that weigh nearly three thousand
pounds. Who can beat il Then there
are "wax fggers" more than Artemus ever
had in his great moral show. Go to the
show make the most Of the fair and see
all the sights.
| JOSEPH A. GREENS STABLE.
Probably the most attractive stable upon
the ground is that Of Joseph A. Green, Esq,
of Muscatine the we'll known proprietor Of
old Bashaw himself-the most popular and
the most valuable stallion in the North
West.
This patriarch of the stables is now II
years OF age. He is looking as proud and
symmetrical a. ever, and now at the close
of $4,000 season, he scomes up as fresh
and proud "a athree year old Bashaw
was sired by vernes's Black Hawk, damned
by Tom Thumb grand damned by the
celebrated Charles Kent mare, which WAS
damned by :Rydick's Hambletonian. Bash>
aw was foaled in 1855 in Orange Cuunty,N.
| Y.,by . mare owned by Jonas Seeley. The
mare and colt was brought to Muscstino by
| F. Marcos Cummings and sold to j. A.
Green, the present owner, who kept him
till 1864 when he sold him to Walter Carr
Of St. Louis for $4,000, who sold him to
II. C. Beckwth, of Hartford. Conn, for
$1,000. In 1866 he vas re>purchased ~
Mr.. Green for $4,000, in whose possession
he will probably remain As long as he lives.
lie is sire Of tho celebrated trotting horse
Bashaw, Jr., Sam Kirkwood, and numer>
Gus other. fast trotting stations Of rising
faue. During the fair the old horse sill
be shown upon the track accompanied with
numerous splendid specimens Of his stock.
II will be the finest sight Of the week.
Mr.. Green also enters chestnut stallion
Janus, by Bashaw, 4 years old, horse OF
unusual activity and promise. Also Janus
mate Sheik, beautiful three year old bay
stallion by Bashsw, damned by Clifford
Morgan mare. Janus and Sheik Will be
driven double. They are yet raw but par
ticularly hard to beat in natural style and
promise
Fanny Green, Bashaw IRIS dam, with
sucking colt, Advance. bv her side, tired
by Bashaw.
Brown mare, Tornado, 8 years old, by
Bashaw-full sister Of geldng 10 Bennett
Tornado has black colt, Tempes., Inbred
BY Bsshaw, by her side.
j. II. Riggs , year old black Bas ha y
colt. a very large and powerful animal 70,
his age. lie was driven to harness from
Muscatine Yesterday. and displays superior
style and endurance.
Chestnut mare Betty, years old, owned
BY Mct;rew Of Illinois, sired by BAshsw.
This makes up the finest stable Oh the
ground. MIR. Green has ever been an earn
est patron Of our Fairs. and it is pleasure
to notice his reward The horse breeders
Of lows, those who desire 20 raise profit
able stock, should make . trial Of Bashaw
cHuRNs.
j. w. Myers, Of Lyon, enters On i'm,
proved Churn, believed 10 be the chespes,
aud hest ever made. ftturns with crank
and will produce butter in from two to five
minutes. a child eau turn il with ease.
GsAND EXHIBITION HALL.
What shall we say about it, We eAn't
do it justice-there Is no use of trying.-
The vast edifice is in perfect blaze Of glory
oil around, over, and across, and no mere
pen aud ink account can convey any ade
quate idca Of the sttractiveness of the es,ab
ishment now that it is fully dressed.
IL is impossible TO snumerate entries be.
cause it would require more time, space. and
labor than We have at command.
rns FLORAL PYRAMID
is the centre Of attraction. Here ia exten-
sive display appear the choice varieties o.
flowers and rare plants from the floral gar
dsns Of the Wessphals, John Temple, enc
many amateur collections, which combined
and artistically arranged, present . snos
gorgeous display.
the s0LDIsRs' ORPHANS
exhibit over hundred samples Of sple ndit
needle work in ornamental style. This dis
play wss prepared exclusively by the Child,
rem Of the Home, not BY the matrons, an.
the superior taste and tact displayed in pro
ducing these neat little articles Of femsl,
and childrens' apparel, 10 truly wonderful