The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-09-30

n work displaying the excellencies OF his Domes
=, tic Sewing machine, and crowds were gather
i ed round him and his agent, witnessing 1t
various performances, which elected grea
praise. The musical instruments furnished b.
Nickols were kept agoing and furnished al
agreeable diversion.
To the lovers of fine fruit, vegetables ans
grains, Mechanics Hall was pleasure ground
Among peaches the late Crawford's attracted
the most attention, and the display vas su
perior. Grapes of all varieties, shades anC
colors. from the Concord and the Delaware
and Catawba clear through the list, were ex
hibited in profusion, and EPears that would
make man of appreciatiye- character sigh tc
see only lay, around onJellates, vet with an
imperative 'hands Off appearance that ap.
paIled the locker on. Melons also, whose pro.
portions were Falstaffian and whose succulent
richness fingered Gn imagination) on the pal.
ate, were piled up under the platform or rang
ed Just out of reach, with the same forbiddino
appearance as the pears, and occasioned many
regrets. 1t was real pleasure to look at
ance to be obliged to go without More than
one expressed desire to live alongside the
"patch wherein they grew" But being of a
forbearing nature, we were not filed with
envy, for they were 'HSour" to US. Then there
were cabbages, that whole army Of Lillipu-
tians might have taken shelter under, and
which would make Dutchman sing out
''mlne eyes, vot krout." ''Donner und bitten.
vot cabbages" I" And ranged along side OF
them were Squashes that would have made a
Yankee dance, and think OF nothing else but
pumpkin pies and Thanksgiving Day, for a
month to come, while we have no doubt he
would have dropped his jack-knife, and stick.
and with both hands elevated exclaimed
"Wall, meow; swan to natur, of them ere
squashes don't beat all creation. Deacon
Podgers, of North Almsbury will have to gin
in meow, sure enough I want to know. -
And then he would have seized his jack knife
again, and without asking permission would
have slashed a squash right open to see "what
made the pesky thing grow so, any heow."
Seven of those immense fellows grew on one
vine, and it would not have stopped bearing
at that, only the vine climbed a fence, and as
fast as the new squashes grew on, the COWS
eat them off. We don't know how many of
the neighbors' cows fattened off that vine.
We might say great deal more about that
fair at Clyde, but we are afraid those fellows
would get too "big feeling" and want to
monopolize growing all the mammoth cab
bages and squashes, and beats and potatoes,
and next thing you know they'd be for mov-
ing the Northern Ohio Fair, way down from
Cleveland, or taking lein on the State Fair,
or some other fellow. They already talk of
setting back their fences so as to give thing a
chance to spread out, next year, as their limits
were somewhat tcircumscribed thisfaIl. THEY'RE
mighty sassy already, they are, and property
has gone up two or three feet ,on the strengthen
it In fact, we saw one or two fellows, perhaps
three or four, or not to be particular about
it, there might have been six of them, who
were so elated that they tried to get both
feet up at once, all owing to the fair and the
weak lemonade they had taken; and one horse
got his foot in the stirrup, and tried his best
to get into the saddle, but although his ambi-
ton was good enough, his judgment was at
fault, and like those other fellows who tried
to ''get up and git"-in the air, the effort
proved sublime failure, and as it was likely
te get tie fair into disrepute, owing to its poor
success, a fellow with an immense tin five
pointed star in his hand, and large stick
pinned to his coat collar, or vice versa, per-
suaded them to exhibit on the outside of the
fence, where there was more appreciative
audience. We mention these items to show
how elevating the effect of the fair was, al
though some persons whispered round that
several refreshments stands had more to do
with it than the fair. They were not capable
of judging, however.
The trotting stock and the running nags,
were a sight to see, and the races would have
come of finely, if there had been somebody to
direct when to come on and when TO 20 off,
and if there had been some one on the Judges
stand to see fair play. It's true there were a
number of impudent fellows, and some OF
them were on horseback too, and tried toshow
off with eight or ten yards of pink muslin OF
something slashed over one shoulder and un-
der tother arm, where it was fastened, leaving
the ends flying like streamers; some of them
wasn't fixed up much, and a good many OF
them stood round about the judges stand, and
these fellews would hollow to other fellows tc
"get out Of the ring" and "nake room for
the horses" and others would tell the balance
of the crowd that they 'must not get up on
the stand, as the judges couldn't see but the
crowd evidently thought they could run the
show themselves, and couldn't see why those
fellows should be so anxious about it. After
a while, though, the horses "got Off some one
said, though we couldn't see what they got
off of. But We SOW one horse ahead of anoth-
er and third horse behind the other, streak
ing it round the ring, and the one in front
trying his best to catch up with the one be-
hind, but he couldn't do it. The drivers will
was good enough, but as it was a hard road ta
travel, he couldn't do it in the time allowed.
Then the running horses csme on the ground
and pranced around, and tried to toss theil
riders off; but 1t was no 60; and when they got
started one OF them took the lead and kept it
all the way round, which was kind of selfish
The second time round, the hind horse took q
notion that his rider wasn't doing him Justice
and on the home stretch he let himself out and
got ahead Of the lead horse, but his courage
failed him, or his rider got him under, and he
was obliged to let the other horse win. Oh
course the rider did his best to win, although
many said he didn't. 1t would be unjust ia
expect horse race to be conducted any other
than fairly.
We didn't stay to see any more, but made
our way to the depot, satisfied that Clyde
Fair was q success Of the first order, and we
hope to see more OF 1t next year. OF course
there were many things lacking in the man.
agement that experience viii set right, but to
use classical and highly refined expression,
which was not yet come into general use, ow-
ing to want of enlightenment, it was "bullv.
as it was"
Good News for the Ladies.-The la
dies of Fremont and vicinity will be gratified
to learn that Mrs. c. n. Deal has Just returned
from the City with all the latest styles of Hats,
Bonnets, PIumes, Ribbons, Flowers, Wreaths,
&c, designed for fall and winter wear, and
that they can supply themselves with the best
articles by calling at her Millinery Rooms
She has the reputation of always keeping the
best goods and styles, and an examination ot
her present stock will satisfy all that it full,