The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-06
From our Special Reporter.
THE ROCKBRIDGE FAIR.
A GRAND SUCCESS.
FIRST DAY.

grounds are beautifully located about half
mile from the town, and are very well
adapted to the purposes Of the exhibition,
though not as large as it is desirable they
should be.
As we have said, to-day has been \" re-
ception day." and articles and animals
have been constantly arriving, with the
prospect Of more entries on tomorrow; and
vet there is no question that the exhibition
as whole decidedly surpasses the one OF
last year both in the number and quality of
articles exhibited.
The exhibition of agricultural imple-
ments is particularly fine, and attracts
great attention.
]. R. Jones, of Harrisonburg, exhibits
Walter Woods's combined reaper and mower
and Independent Mower"
A. P. Rout, of Orange county, Va, exhi-
bits a corn planter with guano attachment !;
iron double shovel pillow (Coalter), with
briar-cutter attached; furrow, single
shovel, and drain ploWs corn-coverer, and
a kneading machine. All of these articles
are of Mr.. Rout's own invention and manu-
facture. They all took premiums at the
| Augusta Fair, have had extensive sale, and
are commended as inventions Of Virgil
MAN, and suited to our lands.
Mr.. George Watt, of Richmond, has on
exhibition fine specimens Of his celebrated
blows, which lie shows to visitors with that
polite and intelligent manner which wins
him so many praises and sells for him so
many plows.
Burke's Iron Works, Staunton, exhibit
six varieties of the Livingston plow-a
single shovel pillow, small bevel wheels,
mills, screw and wrench, and harrow.
The house of J. A. Cardwell & Co., Rich
mond, is represented on the ground by
Messrs. J. A. Cardwell and Z. T. Talia-
ferro. They have large number of arti-
cles on exhibition, among which We note
the following: Cardwell's thresher and
cleaner, which was awarded the first pre-
MUM at Danville large-sized Pitts thresh-
ing machine, with l2horse power the cele-
brated gum-spring drill, which has taken
the premium two years ct Danyille, and
also at the recent Augusta Fair; American
cider mill corn-shellers, &c. James
Bruster, Baltimore, exhibits buckeye
reaper and mower. E. Whitman 4 Co.,
| Baltimore, exhibit wheat fans, cider mills,
corn shelters; hay, straw, and stalk cut
ters; plows, cultivators, wheel horSe-rakes,
dirt scoops, &c.
Sinclair 4 Co., Baltimore, exhibit stalk
and straw cutters, for both horse and hand
power corn shelters, cider and wine mills,
clover-seed gatherers, patent water drawer,
road scraper, &c.
N. W. Slade & Co., Baltimore, exhibit
wheat fans, corn shelters, cutting boxes,
cider mill, sulky horse-rake, plows, har-
rows, &c.
Mr.. John W. Barclay, of Lexington, agent
for Virginia and West Virginia, had on ex-
hibition " Kinner's Union Grist and Feed
MILL" which attracts great attention. Its
object is to make every farmer his own mil
ler-saving toll and time, grinding all
the grain for his stock, and giving him
fresh meal every day. 1t is certainly an
invention worth the attention OF farmers,
and Mr.. Barclay will be glad to furnish in
formation to all inquirers.
The exhibition Of horses is very fine.
There are, perhaps, not SO many trotters as
last year, but q larger number of all other
classes of horses. The thoroughbred two
year-old colts are particularly fine.
All of the stalls provided are full, and
there are large number besides of tho
roughbred cattle.
There are ten pens of very superior
sheep-Cottsw Merino, Southdown, &c.
There is fine collection Of hogs, chiefly
Chester, Berkshire, and Irish Grazier.
We must omit for our next more particu-
lar notice Of the stock, names Of the exhi-
bitors, SC.
E. 7. Tutwiler, Of Rockbridge, exhibits
as the product of his vineyard: Claret,
Hybrid, Delaware, Catawba, Concord, Isa
bella, and Malaga wines, and French
brandy.
DR.. VIM. A. Gillespie, of Louisa county,
has on exhibition Norton brandy, Catawba
brandy, Catawba wine, Norton Seeding
wine, and cider vinegar.
By the way, the Committee ON Wines and
Brandies contains four clergymen, who were
probably put Oh to see that the fluids were
not all drunk before the exhibition is over.
There is a very fine assortment of cur
rant and blackberry wines.
Mr.. Tutwiler exhibits four very fine
varieties of grapes.
In the vegetable department we have
mammoth specimens Of turnips, cabbages,
satisfy, celery, caulitower, radishes, sweet
and Irish potatoes, &c.
William 0. Hurt, Of Bedford, exhibits
nine varieties of very fine apples.
William 3. Jones, of Rockbridge, ex-
hibits twenty-four varieties of apples.
Dr. William A. Gillespie, OF Louisa,
exhibits fine specimens of apples.
Allan & Johnston, of Richmond, exhibit
one thousand apple trees, five hundred and
ninety peach, twenty-five pear, ten cherry,
two dwarf peach, thirty raspberry slips, ten
blackberry and two hundred grape vines.
F. Davis s. Co., Richmond, exhibit fifty
bundles Of apple trees, twenty-five Of
| peach, two Of cherry, one of gage plums,
fourteen Of pear trees one box Of straw
berry plants, one of raspberry, one of
grapes, one Of apricots, one of gooseberries.
Tannahill, Wheat & Jones, of Stanton.
| exhibit ninety-four apple trees, twenty
one cherry, fifty-fve peach, fourteen pear,
FIVE apricot.
Mr.. William A. Ruff exhibits butchered
beef, mutton, and lamb, which would make
| Letelle go into ecstacies.
Mr.. j. Z. Walker, principal ofthe Wash
ington College business school, has on exhi-
bition model of steam canal-boat which
he has recently invented. 1t is proposed
to organize at once joint stock company
to put these boats in operation on our ca
nal, and the well-informed have every con-
| fdence in the success OF the scheme.
Mr.. Mccormick, near Midway, in this
county, has on exhibition very complete
| cherry-sefder OF his invention.
J Boyle s. Gamble, Of Richmond, have o