Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-07
IOWA STATE FAIR.
;4ti1 ANNUAL EXHtelTi 1f1
FINE DISPLAY or HORSES, CAT
TIE, zCHINER1, ETC.

6grsc1tuEhl SOtb-ty ~ Nuukou. ~ C1nseu,
may be set down - having terminated with
successful results, notwithstanding tho un
propi,,ous state OF the weather, which, nt
intervals, for several days threatened se>
rionsly to nois.en and darnpen the ardcr Of
those who COR some time previous had labor
e assdaously 10 make the occasion one OF
complete success. The Hon. Peter Melendy,
President Of tho So.cty. and DR.. Schaefer,
Secretary, together with the rest Of tie Of
tcers, deserve no little praise for the zeal
they Displayed in endesvoring 70 make ev-
erythins pass off oil righ. and sasis!actor.ly
The Fair Was formally opened on Tues
day afternoon st 3 O'Clock. At that hour
President Melendy delivered the opening
address before thous sands who were assem>
ble1 on the grounds. 1t was an able effort,
and was we'll received.
The grounds, which are located nearly
half way between Clinton and Lyons. were
richly provided With everything needed for
the occasion. The location itself is pro.
nounced admirable by connoisse"rs. The
area comprises thir,y-ave acres. Suitable
buildings, booths, stalls. etc, were erected
for the accommodation Of exhibitors. The
race track 10 halfa milo in length. and con-
sidcred FIRST class. The buildings arc oecus
pied respectively as afine art hall, hort-
cultural hsil, and departmen. Of farm and
garden products.
Davenport as = m,tt.r Of course furnish-
ed quite number Of the articles placed on
exhibition. John S. Davis and NJ. Dons>
hue exh bited their fine .threshing machines :,
specimens Of skill not often surpassed BY
any Eastern manufacturers The famous
"Rowell Seed Sower," exhibited BY McNair
i Jordan, together with other machinery
for which they aye agents, attracted uni>
versal admiration. The Gne plows Of
Richter, Hensl., ( McColl we're also on the
ground. RaT, Cock & Co., exhibited their
corn stalk cutter, and hay rake, while
Schnitger & Vollstedt we're on hand with
their Esterly Seed Sower.
Mr.. J. [. Westphal had . very fine dis.
play Of flowers. c. II. Smith, the hair
! ieweler, exhibited a case Of handsome hair
jcwelry B. F. Dowd some excellent pic
lures j. Hoyts collection Of musical in.
strumen.s Jos. Shields, the Premium
Cloth man. some splendid specimens Of
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knitting machine ard Mrs. Barker, the
Grover and Baker sewing machine.
Thus it will be seen Davenport men and
manufactures were well represented.
To enumers.e in detail the many articles
on exhibition would require much more
space than VIC could possibly devote to the
task. Therefore We viii con,cnt ourselves
with general survey of the field.
The display Of cattle, sheep snd hogs vas
unusually large. The first premium for best
herd Of cattle was taken by j. B. Murphy
agent for community Of Catholic bSothers
located few miles from Dubuque He al,
50 took the third premium for the same
Tho bull "othello,' which he exhibited
was pronounced one ot the best ever exhib
i;ed in the State. Cyrus Aldrich, Of TIP
ton, took the 6rst premium on three yeal
old heifers. The State College Farm stock
was very fine, bat net entered for premi-
ums, in compliance with resolution of III,
Board Of Directors. Mr.. Stuart, Of Jack
son county. exhibited large number oi
hogs, Of various breeds. On which he tool
many premiums.
! In natural history. Dr. Shaeffer, the Sec
retary Of the Society, made handsome dis.
play. lie exhibited specimens OF insects
mammals, birds and serpents, oil natives OF
jefferson county. There are in the collec
ton, 400 specimens Of serpents. including
over 50 varieties, and a very large eolleo.
ton of en.cl lro 'ogical specimens, including
beetles, butterflies, dragon flies, and Others.
Among the mammals are deer, an opos
sdm.a poiecat, gopher. mole, lynx, q
| wild cat, and . double headed cali. All
these were carefully mounted by the Docs
tor, and although there was in ompstition
With them fine show Of birds and insects
tastefully put up BY Ir. A. r. hudson, OF
Lyons, he took the first premium
The number of horses entered, though
quite large, did not include the fastest stocx
for which Iowa 10 noted. Tom Hyer and
Black Bird were the hest trotters on the
ground. On Thursday afternoon these tvo
noted horses trotted for 4 purse q. $4,000.
to be given to the winner Of The beet three
mile heats. Black Bird won. Time 2:l4
The display cf fruit aud Il ,wers WAS good
but not better thsn that made at or Scot,
County Fair Mr.. Twiss, of Rockford, H.,
exhibited the finest pvsamid Of dahlias that
has ever been displayed Mt an Iowa Fair.
| George ". Brown, of Ga!esbnrg, received
first premium, on his corn planter, and
Gage 4 Ester.y. Of Whitewater, received
first premium on broad>cas seed sower and
cultivator.
Deere i Co.. of Moline, displayed over
twenty plows Of various kinds-some Of
them rare specimens Of workmanship.
The side shows formed no unimportan
part Of the Fair Mammoth oxen and small
men-big women and bigger giants-sword
swallowers and double>headed calves ALI
added to the attractions, and were duly vie.
tied BY crowds who had more money than
they knew what TO do with. They found
good places At which to invest when pat
ronizing these institutions.
Taken q whole, the Fair Was very cred.
liable, and proved success. The total re>
ceipts are estimated At $4,000 The daily
attendance ranged from three to ten thou.
sand, and but for the rain would have been
much larger.
PsoPLs's MEErrSo AT BLus Grass VII,
LAoR.-On Saturday evening there was q
rousing rally Of the people Of Blue Grass
hear W. W. Cones and E. E. Cook.
The speakers we're on hand and the large
school house was crowded iull-the set.
ting and standing room oil occupied. The
speakers talked for two Of three hours to