The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-09-10

oSh'ah " Hapeman, of the FREE TRADER A
ooA Oh 10 butcher and other knives from the new
cutlery works at Marseilles; specimens of short
nand writing. by Dr. Cowles an aquarium b,
'oce " To-, crayon picture. bv G. Y Cash lint.
en'' ~ case BY Master Joseph Stout; speci.
mems Oh 'oo work. by the Republican office:
crocnet work. by Mrs Pityer: stand mat. nv
MISS Jennie Wickman; night dress. bv Miss
cooper otterman cover, by Mrs. Sbor, N;s.
watts and Miss Ebersol crochet ,ror,. A.,
farrell infants dress; some fine crocbe, r,o,L
oy Miss Lizzie Crop. The center os Tho 900,
was devoted to plants and aowers A,,..
hoss, the florist was on hand with msr,, hu.
dred beautiful flower plants, &c. Hato.cr
varieties OF verbenas in pots, Grape myrtle, India
ruooer plant, white plants, caladums-4O va-,o.
ties' new plant never introduced here hsf,,.
| coiens-lo kinds-the newest yarietes e.
England century plant year old, Borsaunpalt;.
beautiful new foliage plant, cereus. cactus 40
IN the southwest corner were oil paintings, tv
Miss Sarah Schutt; rustic work. hv Cnr,;s,
Lord Wheeler & Wilson's SEWING and b,,,e-
hole machines; Drew's business college, snsc;.
mems of penmanship, which illustrates what can
be done with a pen. Next was the grand disnlav
| OF pictures from Bowmans ga.lery-a larye and
beautiful collection; Miss Ebersol's she'll and
moss work; wax fruits in vase BY Miss Short
George j. Burgess parlor and bay window plass
fountain; Miss Mehans display of millinery
superintendent by pretty and lively young ladv
who was herself quite an attraction. And then
we arrive at the northeast corner devoted n
iting them.
| While this completes general survey of the
hall, 1t by no means details each article. and
there are many very meritorious articles we have
not mentioned for want of room some of which
may have been better worthy of note then those
We have given.
| We next pass up stairs into the
FRUIT DEPARTMENT.
| AT the head of the stairs we meet the genial
and amisble Mrs. E. c. Hathaway, who explains
| to us the mysteries Of canning fruits She had
jars of peaches, grapes, raspberries, tomatoes,
plum butter, currents Siberian crabs strawber.
res, &c; Miss Alice Murphy, an intelligent and
handsome young lady, whose mind does no. run
to Grecian bend and dime novels, shows sponge
Nono, - uAs oeAe, Je''t Cahc anu LOAF OF corn
bread, all make by herself. Besides We neglected
TO state that this young lady had on exhibition
in the lower hall = suit Of ladies' under cloths.
which she made on sewing machine. In our
opinion, she would be worth as a wife, about all
the piano-pounding, camel.humped grecian bend
girls of the period" in creation.
A. II. Eoer.ol had some nice honey. besides
a,,'. ~
ties rapes, Is OF pears, 50 apples; Jas Yeager, of
Dayton, lG varieties of apples Martin Allen, of
Mendoza, 50 varieties of apr les, and Josiah
Shaver, y a. NJ. Squier had kinds Of grapes,
J. +. Nash varieties OF apples, . Of years, of
plums; f. p Forbes. of Manlius, had 73 kinds
oAappes, s of grapes, and some Sio erian crabs;
II. 7. Bunker had lot OF guns
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
There was good general display in this de.
partment. Mowers, reapers plows, horse.rakes,
&c. The following are the leading articles:
Challenge mill entered by n. A. Throop of
Ottawa for grinding corn and oats Maierhofer,
breaking pillow iron and wood bsa,n, stubb,s
pillow, also a combined cultivator and gopher, a
walking plow. +. d. Sweetzer has sulky rakes,
union churn, cider mill, two patterns straw cut.
tiers, Gales challenge mill. Prairie King kettle
and furnace, farm mill for grinding feed, manu-.
featured at Cincinnati, Ohio one breaking pillow
and variety OF stirring plows. The Champion
corn pillow, manufactured by King & Hamilton
Of Ottawa, record good, of one thousand sold not
one has been returned. Furs. l. Bradleys one
horse cultivator. King Il Hamil,on's manufac.
ture of the Gilman's corn shelter The North.
western corn planter manufactured by King 4
Hamilton. Gumison's Cucumber pump, manu-
featured in Ohio. Farm wagon manufactured
by Hahn. Half dozen lightning apple pearcrs.
Skinners's gang pillow, manufactured at Rock.
ford, also a number Of sickle sections. Ottawa
Machine Shops, A. B. Moore, Supt: one Ottawa
combined reaper and mower, rear cut One OF.
tawa mower, iron frame, forward cut. Vick's
walking and riding corn plow. One horse hay
rakeifor two horses. Prairie King, feed cooking
and hay scalding, very handy apparatus on a
farm, 3 sizes. Phelps Il Curyea, the Excelsior,
dropper, breaking pillow and two stirring plows,
one with iron beam. Moses Lewis exhibits one
removal guard facing for mowers, designed TO
save labor in grinding and also to produce clean
cut, made at Porter's, Ottawa. Anderson's uni.
versal steamer for cooking food for stock, enter.
ed by ]. H. Castle. Its advantages are that any
quantity great or small, can be cooked by steam.