Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-10
FIFTEENTH ANNUAL FAIR
or THR
SCOTT co. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
FOURTH DAT.

FOURTH DAT.
To-day AID 10 morrow will 10 the biz
days of the Fair. At 1 o'clock the multi
tute began 70 assemble, keeping the gst,
keepers busy. Everybody 10 here dressed
in their gayest attire aud bound to have I
biz time. sco,t county fair will lose non'
oil i's prestige this year. The weather pro
nlscs fair and everything is going of plea
sanity. The various committees are hur
rying through their work TO be ready 70,
the sport this afternoon. The track 10
a lttle heavy but the horses are tryini
each others speed little preparatory to th'
big trot this afternoon.
Up 10 last night the receipts footed III
to 1000, and to-day will make this amoun
larger by 81 900 or more.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
This department is fully represented, ant
the work Of the committee 10 by ne mean!
easy. To give satisfaction is simply out o
the question. All want the red cards. anC
the only way to find out which 10 the oss
machine 10 to ask those who have entered
them. We tried it and were surprised .
tho number Of first premiums.
The committee have been at work sine,
yesterday noon and at 10 o'clock to- day
were not half through. They will not b
through before tomorrow.
The following ere some Of the awardl
made to day:
Geo. Fawcett 4 Co., take the arst pre-
MUM on Mendenhalrs patent plow, "Prai
rie Chief
The Davenport Tile Company take tn,
tirst on tile. entered by Fowler Bros.
McNair + Jordan take tho following pre-
miums The lst on Sulkv Hay Rake on
Rowcll's Sesdcr on Portable Farm Mill
on hand corn sheller " "keystons;" or
Eureka Feed Cutter on Bag Holder or
Hand Corn Planter tanning mill on pa.
tent harrow ON onion drill on Deers'l
Hawksys cultivator.
| Second-On Cider Mill
They have several other machines no,
ye. examined.
Fowler Bros, take the following premi
ums; First premium on Buford's Walk.
| ing Cultivator on Excelsior Dropping
Reaper and Mower Combined. The second
on Cock of the Walk Single Mower on
Kirby seli-Rakng reaper and Mower.
Schnitger & Vollstedt, take the follow.
ing premiums: First on Woods Self
Raking Reaper on Woods Mower. Second
on Union Horse Corn Planter on Moline
Pump.
7. Y. Mickle take the following prsmi.
ums The First on Vandiver Corn Plant
er on Marsh's Harvester, as reaper on
Union Cider Mill on Power Corn Shelter
on SINNERS Gang Plow on BARRIERS
Double Shovel Plow on Beloit Feed Mill
on the largest and best display Of farm i'm
pliments for farmers. FIRST Discretionary
premium on Champion Mower, Second
premium on Keystone Sulky Hay Rake
on Workman's Broadcast Seed Sower and
Cultivator on Hollis Straw Cutter on
Barber's Riding Plow; On Hand Corn
Planter.
Fowler Bros. take the 1st premium en-
Decatur pump; on cherry pitter, 1st dis.
cretionary premium on sickle grinder.
Rodman i Co., Of Wilton. Iowa, take q
first premium for the best plow and cult
vator for putting in small grain.
+. W. Tilton, Of Moline. take rcd card
Oh their washing machine.
ii. \. King & Co.'S bee hive wears the
red card.
Buford's walking cultivator 10 attracting
=, tue attention Of farmers, and is pronounced
by many the bes. thing in the plow line on
the ground, aud just adapted to Iowa soil
twill work in sll kinds Of ground and d.
clean work.
Fowless Hedge Growers Manual takes
we'll with tho farmers, and he is receiving
any amount Of orders as the reeult Of dis
| tributing the Manual. The work is vel
worthy Of the attention Of all hedge grow
ers.
II. l.. Hall takes Let premium on com.
bined Drill aud Broad cast Seeder.
Rsii, Cock & Co. have fine display o
farm machinery Of their own manufacture
They tako first premiums on the Tifir
Horse Rake on Stalk Gutter, and have
several other excellent machines that hav,
not ye. received the attention of the com
nittee.
CARRIAGES 1 BUGGIEs.
There is very pretty assortment, on th
ground to-day. comprising some very supe
ricr work. The leading styles among theu
are manufactured in Davenport, we are GO.
70 notice, by Wocbsr Brvs who took tn
first premium on family carriages, and b,
Mason & Evans, who take the first on top
buggies. They are goods Of the highes
merit, and attract much attention. VIM
Mcdowell. of GrcenvilIc, Pa, have ssvers
stylss Of fins workmanship, in this line
which we're no. in the line Of competition
bat on show for sale. And speaking abou
this kind Of goods We venture nothing i.
saying that no man need 30 outside Of shi
city TO fnd just as good vehicles a. o.
msdc in the country.
SEWING MACHINE
folks have been competing sharply. III
war is now over, though the committees ar
much exhausted. Tho Grover & Baker caE
ries ths red card as being the best machine
and the Wheeler 1 Wilsea for doing d
best work. The distinction 10 very mic
one, indeed, and satisfactory, il 10 to b
lhoped.
raE CROWD
this afternoon was surpassip
anything ever before witnessed upon thsa
grounds. From early In the morning unit
three o'clock in the afternoon the eatt
were thronged, and the streets leading fro'
the city lined and jammsd with every claa
Of vehicles known to the present race. MOI
than . hundred public cenveyaness ws'
plying back and ferth-climbing the blu
| with f,,ll loads. going down empty. Ever