Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-07
THE CHRONICLE.
GETTING READY FOR THE PAIRS.

They are getting ready for county
and town fairs all around us. Every
day, nearly, brings IA n pamphlet con-
tanning the premium list and regula-
tons for the next annual fair Of some
agricultural society. We have Just
got n from Bungtown. BungtOwn
has organized an agricultural society,
and they will hold their first annual
fair in September. If it is q success,
they promise to hold a second annual
fair in October. The BungtOWn Brass
Band has been engaged, and the
BungtOwn ZOuaves will come out
and 60 through a drill, besides going
through any strangers that are there
to be picked up.
We copy the following from the
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE
BUNGTOwN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
No person can belong to the society
unless he has Joined.
The entrance fee shall not be less
than nothing, nor more than what a
man has got.
Where no premiums are awarded 70
things on exhibition, the things will
be sold at auction, the proceeds going
TO the society.
Every exhibitor getting a premium
cal name the amount of ii If he inn
mediately donates it TO the society
and advances the money. If he re
fuses he gets no premium, anal the ar
ticles he exhibits will be sold accord
ing to article third of this section,
whether it is according to law or not.
Every animal or article TO be exhib-
TIED for premiums must come himself,
u not send a hand. Nc premium
viii be paid an animal that neglects
to put in an appearance until the fair
is over.
Beats" cannot enter the grounds
unless they enter in the Vegetable
Department. Young cattle will not
be permitted to enter Fine Art Hall
unless accompanied by their parents.
Patchwork quilts, for all work,
three years old and under, will rate
the same as fatted s~ide-saddles, in the
can. The awarding committee must
strictly observe this rule.
The judges on animals Will have
regard to their size, breed, customs
in society, proficiency on the piano,
feeding. political antecedents, famili-
arity with the dumb-bells, symmetry,
manner OF wearing the hair, position
OF the wOman-suffrage question, age,
the CODE and what they think
about baseball.
No person except the awarding
committee on duty, officers of the
society, members of other assOcia-
tons, invited threshing machines,
specimen ~gooseberry Jelly mot less
than one pint members Of the press,
and the public generally, will be
allowed inside the ring while the
exhibition is going on.
ORDER OF EXHIBITIoN-FRsT DAY.
Horses and ale for draft, asses fac
ulty of the Bungtown Academy
products OF the soil, sOiling Of the
products, and farming implements.
SECOND DAY.
Cattle Of all kinds, Including the
dumb, driven cattle" LOngfellow
speaks of, as well as the cattle on a
thousand hills blOOded horses, horses
for general purposes, horses for Gen
eral Grant, racking horses and horses
gone to rack, draft butter, jellies for
all work, bread three years old and
upward, cheese four years old for har-
ness, domestic manufactures (includ-
ing broils and divorces and a whist
ling match.
THIRD DAY.
Needle, shell, wax and canpen-
ter work; drinking, BACKED eyes.
miscellaneous articles ending with
stump-pullers trotting against time,
and a grand running match between
a horsepower potato harvester and a
pair Of wooden knit baby socks.
FOURTH DAY.
Calling ovar thu fair