, 1870-09-17
FAIRS,
Town state Fnrr nj Kcokuk.

bnx4Al Despatch to The Uhleaso Tribune
hEoEuk, IL, Sept l6.-Thts was the 1oyellest
os auunnal olosniuga, aud, By a little after sun
rise. sa,r Roers were on the move. BFS O'clock
'he awarding corlnitt+eg were busy
ahcu;d be dtrelict in duty were to pass over
ID Ae.ce the salient features Of this nne a8ricuI
turn exhibition. The farm product dcpa4fnens,
helc ubdeT the very Efficient supet1ntendeuce uf
~. 1nhu Gr1nntll. va the fullest aud most
Giibuhl s1o,,e exiibi,iby ninety ysriet,es Of 90
tatoesr Including all the new AID leading SOFIA he
i'lahttt II kinne. AZ IN Au.ateur unly. His
Wttcr SAE1etie-. ami aiso totne sent fr1n thu De-
l.arfn" ht II Nash1ogtun. wo!ch are worthless BE-
cause niG;J; Eseiy saHety Of squAAh, neeta car.
ugtEsbleS ar hctt, II the best kuds aud In large
'ors. ONE would suppose himself u be in IL
ali 1aty, light and sanwy white. In 1ne pre.
serves, je!lts, canned fruits and cakes tins exn-
l,!t1un has not been cxceleo. Ii equ1lied1 Ia the
nn3h cbeeses and rnbs OF butter. out Iowa
ought to furnish more and better quality OF but
ter than tne aoes now; This interest viii need
md only peeus the men. The markets are
I'll near.
Iu nAtu' al history the chronological COLLECTIONS
af. ~trfihy OF high commendAtJn fur artistic ar
tanRemrt I, II not fur classification. Collvcuous
are I>rxe- Ornittoiog5 wHa better represented
{, pgrr Of lnja1lng The mounted slecsmeus. Tnose
| ou exhibition we're very nue, and The collection
=. ta Geology vas hut poorly represented This
TIE premium u SIS IL .he best bull Of any age
r lStt'}, AMI the t'est enN Or any ase or breed
were carried "a BY J. IL ptcklll. u Illinois
$50. stc"s.i sioa was ca'led a'.ous / Il osiocS.
Tkfte entries, Al. xauler, columbus, and lows
htr', ~: !a;'sr .,o'.r blind. Toe auina1s were
fully advertised the treasury *outd hare
ca nsa,ued several hundred dollars more
o,s. h l sr Inst ;as t.1 T1s
a.aa1y. ard AlexAudcr lying low. Tac Recuud
heat vas won by co'nnhd., tae blind horse p paas-
aicAal Ief, columbus having been w.,hdra .n,
ustcHs.tI, arau.c AFRAID VI being r,n int1 by the
ouud Ia: but really beclase tue hcrse lslured
to- seve:.is. The i"ursh nad last neat wss x.v. q
l!u,i neg cut in ahead. Tnta little oversight ccs:
his osner, who drove him, and who
lie could have won TITS beat and perhaps the
1srr, had h. kept sltaghs ahcasj. This was The
3nirr Is owned in Chicago. Time-2 :ssx s:ts
s:iss; 2:39.
Av.1y rice trot foE mares au,l gedlnss, sloa to
w,tchr is:s ecn ihr ncats Of the fst, doe lloofel
tnr lesson She gave Joe Ifsterdsy, end tot;k tht
md. Timc s:ssss: s:a;E. 49, ="
The ralal receipts ar. nbnuf s9,ooa 4 6ne
:. over laid the hu-t and closed the tAls. The on
Thu premium farm machinery vas to have b-e.
t"tMt1l In Prec%fsoh tu ffDn& Hf tho ampttneatfe
sNs the rain prevented Nevertheless, must 20
. . tc+ the following. who we've successfuiln Tlnnln1
:lizfs:
The Kirby machines, hy D. N. Osborne 4 20.
hcago- receivsi tx0 first premiums as reapesh
th"y ~rfe exhibited in greater ysrtety Of forM
! 'han any other, formed linz from which tn
| 'sRess OF the smallest farmer cnuh! se!te
! a'corn!nR e h!s nre1, TIT improvements N pi
Mert Ruch widely different hltvests as fnuse Il
. ,ss. .sa would se+1n to ma&e the Kitty more sue
crtsfdl thar eys:.