The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-07

parts Of the town and country citizens, ma
irons. maidens, and children crowd in.
The exhibitors of the machinery. to-day
have it in <oper alton, and the hum of
threshers, fans, cutters, Sc, mingles with
the clatter of voices, and makes "confu-
sion worse coffounded." The plowing
match this morning excited considerable
interest. There we're number of contest
ants, and the plowing was pronounced very
fine. Details hereafter.
The com mittees have been busy to-day
examining articles and animals, and making
awards. send you o few of the premiums
that have been already. awarded. Mrs.
Gillie A. Bowie tof the new college hotell
gets premiums on best currant' wine and
best blackberry wine; Brg. Lew Davidson
has next best OF both varieties.
William o. Hnrt, of Bedford, has best
collection of apples, and. William 3. Jones,
of Rockbridge, next best. Hurts seed
ling russet" is pronounced the best tasted
apple, and his Lake county" and para
disc ,, best for keeping.
alexander NJ. Glasgow, of Rockhridge,
has tbest grape wine," and DR.. William
"A. Gillspie, Of Louisa county,, best Ca
,taIba wine"
A. Lowell, Rockbridge, exhibits "best
peach brandy; Joseph Adams, Rock
bridge, I" best apple brandy" and "best
whiskey %; alexander Glasgow has best
vinegar Tim O'Bricn has best cabbage.
DR.. McClung best turnips, John B. Druden
best satisfy, Mrs. Wallace best beets and
onions, J. T., McCrum largest and best col
lection of vegetables.
The horses have been OF the track to-day,
and have excited great attention ardinter
Shiloh, belonging to Harvey, of Bedford,
gets the premium again this year as the
..'.best thoroughbred stallion" He is cer-
tainly very fine animal, and has some
very superior colts in this section. A. W.
Alexander, of Highland county, takes pre-
MUM for "best light-draught thorough
bred stallion" Kossuth, thoroughbred
Morgan. W.O. Hurt, Of Bedford, exhibits
best thoroughbred brood mare; and Pro-
fessor j J. White, of Lexington, the second
best. "Lucky lJohn," belonging to Mr.
John Guy, takes the premium as " best
heavy-draught thoroughbred Stallion" Mr..
w. o. Hurt, of Bedford, exhibits the "se-
cond best" .-., .... .,,..,.
SduulS uUI6C6 auu ldSl; tIOthClo aiS nun
being exhibited. I'll send further details
in my next. A good many new articles
have been put on exhibition to-day, and
it is universally regarded the best .exhibi-
tion ever had on the grounds. fs
H. NJ. Smith s. Co., of your city, brought
in a fue lot of implements this morning.
". w. Tribbet, of Richmond, exhibited
fine specimens of candies of his manufac-
ture.
Valentine & Franklin exhibited notions,
fancy articles, SC. 81
Hall & Hutcheson also exhibit the same.
General Lee, mounted on Traveller"
and accompanied by his daughter, entered
the grounds about Il O'Clock, and has, of
course, been the observed Of all OBJ
servers - We did not cheer him as they
did at Staunton, for We know too we'll his
tastes but as he quietly rides about the
grounds every heart does him silent hcm-
age, and every mind pronounces him in
deed the foremost living man Of all the
earth" ,a .lu. a .--4.
They are now getting up "Valey Rail
road )" meeting, to be addressed BY Colo
nel Hsrman, Major Dorman, and Major
Lellott.
We don't think about the elections, and
are having real Old Virginia Fair.
-: LEXINGTON.