Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-10-28
TaI,,H County Fair
SECOND DAY.

Hc MOI iiiIS oi''iiSl SIeaT ana sun
shiny. The air wac still cool anr
the wind steady from the south. |,
did no., however, blow up any warn
ar, even during the day.
10 day The Fair was sufficiently in
torcsting and promising to draw :
great many visitors. The entry o,
stock and articles recommended this
morning more lively than on the pre-
ceding day.
We did not propose 10 make an en-.
tire mention O! the entrics,- task
would DC too tedious and our space
too much occupied. Some OF them,
however, which arrested ol'r attention,
more than others, we took notes OF
Early in the day Mr.. James Burge,
Of lama township, brought IN his stock
OF entries, among which was a very
fine collection CT Grapes. raised by
himself. These consisted OF the Dela.
ware, Diana, Clinton, Concord, Cataw-
ba, Hartford Prolific, Iowa and lisa
bella. The Hartford Prolific being an
early grape, did not present very
fair &c and the Catawb,s better suited
to more southern clmcs, had hardly
attained a sufficient ripencss 10 bring
them to their best condition. The
specimens OF the I>abellas and Della
wares did one good to look at them
OF the eight varieties which Mr.. Burge
had on exhibition he considers ,hes ,
two varieties as the best
There was also entered q very fine
feather wreath by Miss Mate Eastman,
OF Tama City. 1t was very tasty
specimen of fancy work. Mr.. J. {.
Hendricks exhibited some specimens
OF corn and potatoes. The largest ear
OF corn was ten inches. The Potatoes
were of variety unknown to us, and
were OF a fair size and smoothness.
John Cortman, Of Toledo, took in,
tor exhibition only, three clusters OF
apples, two OF which were grown on
his farm couple OF miles north OF To-
ledo, and the other lew miles east of
Toledo. The clusters Were similar to
clusters OF grapes IN one were 81
apples and in The Others IL aud -, re-
spectlyely The fruit was not large
These apples attracted universal admi
ration and remark, for the number in
the clusters and the arrangement into
clusters Csn fruit be raised in Iowa:
Messls Brooks & Carmichael OF
Tama City, entered two sleigh robes
composed OF the skins OF Foxes, and
Mr.. Newcomb, Of The same place,
showed Il silver mounted Harness that
would do credit to the Workmanship
OF any shop III tue State.
Among the porcine entries we no
ticcd a couple very thrifty pigs, belong
ing to Samuel G uld These pigs were
entered rs less than six months old
How much less we DO not know
They were very much les. in size to
the two pigs which were entered in
the same class by DR.. }. L Louthcn,
OF Helena, which were few days over
SIX months OF age. They were all OF
the Chester white breed. DIR. A. To
land, of Columbia township, exhibited
a couple OF Berkshire pigs eight months
old, and good chunky, solid pigs they
were, too. f. j. Brown, OF Tama
City, had in five specimens OF his flock
OF Merino sheep.
Among the Farm Wagons entered
tor premiums was one built b. W I.
Hinton, of Toledo. The ether two
wagons were built outside the county,
one at Lyons and one ut Cedar Rapids.
There were par of elks, only tour
months old, on the ground, simply for
exhibition. They were brought by
John So.eiaaE from Cherokee County,
in this State.
During the forenoon, and goodly
share OF the after noon, there was one,
james Wilson, whose residence and an.
tecedcnts we know nothing, but pre-
same that he does not claim consa,i-
or acquaintance, even, with
the respectable Wis ms whom we all
know, who was carrying too heavy
load OF some intoxicating fluid. 10
was very noisy, bostcrous and demon
strative, and ought, in justice to the
best interests OF the Fair, to have been
eJected from the enclosure long time
before he was elected.
About ha!i past two, in the afternoon.
The examination OF animals commenced,
First came ThcroughLreds, Stations,
three years old.
The entries were, Bay, by Dr.. J.
Is. Louth n, OF R.chana township, and
a Brown, by Jacob Reedy, OF Howard
Both colts We're exhibited under the
saddle, and were ridden by young men
Both performed well. The Brown
took the red ribbon, for first premium
and the Bay, the white. The only en-
try OF two year olds, under this head
was Bay, By John Tecd, OF Howard.
This was a very fine colt, Of the Cana
dian Scotch blood, and weighing l26.
pounds. His sire weighed over ton.
Comp ltion would have been almost