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

good Chester pigs.
D. Beck, a months old Berkshire pig.
H. d. Olmstead, 5 pens of Chester White pigs
| Looking around the stock pens occupied oul
reporter until noon, when we returned to the
stand and listened moment to Denhard's band
the music of the occasion, and after "getting on
the outside" of tip top No good dinner at
the dining hall Of the ladies of the Episcopal
church, we were ready for
| THE BABY SHOW.
Twelve handsome mothers with twelve little
cherubs were present to compete for the prize,
the Offering of Secretary Bowman of ten dollars
to the handsomest boy baby and ten for the
prettiest little "gar' under one year of age.
We had thought to give the names of the
parents of all the children entered for the prizes,
but as each of the twelve mothers and fathers
respectively think their own darling the sweet.
est and best OF all, we have concluded to give
only the names of the winners. Indeed, we saw
one poo- disappointed mother carrying her beau
tiful little in her arms after the decision, and
as che said: "Some one objected to her babe be-
cause it was not dressed up for the occasion,
she spoke the words, her beautiful black eyes
| filled with tears!
We hope no one of the committee was affected
| in Judgment by any such reason as she ascribed.
The premium to the boy infant was given to
willie" aged months, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. L. Baker. of Waltham Township, and
Lavina," II months old, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Minerva Wilson, of Serena, was the winner
of the prize to the prettiest little girl. They are
indeed both beautiful children and each has a
handsome young mother, and Of course they
were proud and happy. Both couples are young,
and We rather guess, these little "prizes" were
their respective first efforts" We advise them
to try again, by all means.
After the excitement Of the badly show had
subsidized, next on the programme, was the
PACING MATCH
for purse OTTO the first horse, $50; second
$25; aud third, $40. Judges, VIM. H. Carey,
Geo. W. Bell and o. W. Huff. The race was
best in 8, mile heats. The entries were Jeff
Davis" BY G. Dillon; Prairie jack" by 10
Rhodes; Andrew Jackson" by Phil Conlin.-
II. H. Yates Of Chicago. wa. timer.
After several mo goes" they got a reasonable
! send off, the betting being in favor Of Rhodes
! nag but soon after the start "Jeff showed the
other horses his heels, comingihome one mile. in
2321a. On the second he made 2:253t. and on
the third, 1888, winning the first, Prairie
Jack" the second, and jackson the third
purses.
The attendance during the day was large, and
everything'wasorderly. There were about fifty
patent swindle men on the grounds, such as
| candy-sellers, sweat cloth" gentlemen air.
yunners; fellows who would let you throw rings
at forest Of jack knives stuck in a. bock, you to
pay them quarter for the privilege and to win
whatever knife your ring might encompass
geniuses who had large board with figure of
q woman on hinges, and you must throw base
ball at the females head and make her keel over,
and then you'll get cigar, you see bu. ii you
miss you must pay dime any how, you
know. There were a couple Of men there who
had portable refreshment stands. They can
fold them up and put them in a carpet sack, and
open them out 20 as to cover half acre lot, like
. circus tent, and containing more goods than a
country store. There are, too, dozen or more
stands, occupied by saloonsts of Ottawa, where
you can get fruits and 80 forth. especially the
SO"
THE THIRD DAY.
This WAS the grand day of the fair. The
weather WAS unusually fine and every one who
could get out Of the city was in attendance It
is estimated that over thousand vehicles were
On the ground and probably 5000 people. 1t is
impossible in our space to do every thing com.
plete justice in the way Of details. There was
so much to be seen that one pair of eyes could
sec but little in comparison, no matter how wide.
ly they were opened or how attentively they
watched.
Passing to the left of Floral Hall the cackling
and Growing Of chickens the squawking of.ducks
and geese, the shrll piping notes of the Guinea
fowl, attracts one to the
POULTRY DEPARTMENT.
George Mills has white brahmas.
w. D. Parrish, dark brahmas.
a. NJ. Ebersol, pairs of geese ducks peafowls,
Guinea fowls, turkeys, &c.
s. B. Crooks has trios Of game fowl, raised by
him from the stock of Judge Grant, of Daven.
port. The display in this department was fine,
though not as large and varied as we expected to
see
GARDEN AND FARM.
North Of the poultry is the hall assigned to
garden and farm products. Here we found
BEANS corn. oats, wheat, melons, pumpkins,