The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-10-07
Cedar County Fair.

.- Cedar County Fair.
County fairs in Iowa this year, SO far
as our observations goes, have been very
generally reported as successful, and in
most cases, a. showing progress and i'm
provement. The Cedar County Fair has
been no exception to this rule. as any
one can testify whose attendance enables
him to compare the last with any former
ones.
In the limited space allowed by
weekly paper, we are of course unable
to give a full report of the exhibition,
with particular notice paid to every de-
serving feature, article or animal; but
the complete list of premiums awarded,
which we publish this week, will in
some degree repair the omissions.
The number Of entries made in all was
about $50; and we are gratiRed to be
able to add that by far the greater pro-
portion of these were in classes the most
important and appropriate to an Agri-
cultural Fair. In the class of Field
Crops alone lis entries were made, COM
prising numerous specimens Of the best
varieties of wheat, corn, oats, buck
wheat, rye, flax, timothy seed, irish and
sweet potatoes, beets, turnips, squashes,
pumpkins, &c., &C., raised in the coun-
one were Pantry Stores and Preserved
Fruits and Jellies and after them came
Agricultural Implements, Domestic
Arts, Cattle, Swine, and Sheep in order
of numbers entered. That "noble ami
NAL" the horse, in the fifteen divisions
of its class, of course showed ahead, but
not Unfortunately, there being only 1877
entries in all of them; and under the
management shown, the Fair can Gy
no means be said to have run to horse,'
although some of the features incident to
the trials Of speed" were displeasing to
many and really no credit to the Society
but the way to get at the kernel of
this thing without these troublesome
shells does not seem to have yet been
discovered.
The advantages Of q spacious, convert
lent aud weather proof Art Hall were
shown at glance AS one entered the
Society new building and mentally
compared the large and tasteful array of
the good, useful and beautiful there dis
played advantageously to the exhibitor
and conveniently to the beholder with
the slender stock and crowded quarters
in the old shed heretofore dignified by
that name. TIL hall and its decoration
and arrangement was credit to the So
ciety-its contents d credit to the good
people Of the County.
Many of our enterprising business
men showed cases aud collections of
samples in their respective lines Of
goods; and, although no part OF the in
dustrial productions Of Cedar county,
there was room for them, and no one
seemed to begrudge it. Among ttrenr
We noticed case Of goods from G. r.
Ingman's Millinery Store fine lot of
samples of western made wooden goods
from Casa,f \ Gilmore's; an array o
laces, collars, and fancy dry goods from
VIM. Dean & Co.'s that must Rave been
tempting to feminine eyes; large show
case from the drug store Of Westcott 4
Kirk, filled with an endless variety Of
toilet and fancy articles, brushes, combs,
soaps, hair dressings, perfumeries, &C.,
&C.; a collection Of tools from Reichert
Bros. hardware establishment, includ-
ing some serenity kinds, each the best
Of its ilk, aud making a fine showing for
those enterprising Dealers; and also a
large case of hats, caps, gloves, hosiery,
&C., from Lee Adler's-the big boot"
man. Besides making this display of
the newest styles and every quality of
gentlemen's wear for the head, hands
and feet, for which diploma was given
by the Society, Zee also captured u first
premfr1n on the Singer Sewing Ma
chine, for whlcl. he is Agent in this
vicinity.
In almost all the several departments
outside the hall, the exhibition was
good in some, excellent. Agricultural
implements in great variety were shown
by q number Of dealers from here aud
elsewhere. The exhibition Of stock, We
are assured by good judges, was highly
creditable to the farmers, of this county
The rain on Friday, in common with |
great many other plans, frustrated ours
to take tour Of the stock pens; but oul
attention was called to one lot which W,
think we'll worthy of especial mention
We refer to the herd of twenty-one full
blooded Durhams shown by VIM. Nc
Neil, from Dayton township, near CIar
ence. This herd was patriarched by
Hero, a thoroughbred short horn from
Kentucky, aud contained nine cow
and pair Of two year old steers tina
would make any stock grower covstous
besides number of younger cattle
Farmers DESTROYS to improve their stool
should remember Mr.. Mcneil. Othe
fine cattle were shown in smaller lots Q
single by Messrs. NJ. Bunker, VIM. Al
drich, NJ. Springfield and many others
In the line Of speedy horses, Grey
hound from Maquoketa, carried of til