The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-09-28
The Fair.

On this, the second day of the Fair, the
weather IS too cool to be pleasant or COM
Portable on the grounds. The crowd of
people is not large though there IS a pref
ty fair attendance considering.
FLORAL AND vEGETABLEFHALL.
Though not as we have seen it grand and
rich in display is nevertheless tastefully
and beautifully filed up and arranged.
The little green plat with its small fount-
ain, jet and green house flowers is quite
attractive. Our dealers in Dry Goods,
Clothing, Millinery, Hardware, Stoves,
Jewelry, Sewing machines, Woolen factory
goods, &c, are well represented. The fine
arts are not unrepresented for we observ-
ed fine collections of paintings and photos.
The display in the vegetable world is ex-
tensive, apples, ounces, peaches, potatoes,
cabbage, turnips, squash, oniens, grains,
&c, being all represented with magnificent
specimens.
The display of vegetables in the vege-
table department is very meagre, but what
few specimens there are, are very fine
Among those worthy of mentioning are a
lot of potatoes, cabbages and other vege-
tables from & F Neisz, John Rem
ecker, L P Wikidal and Louis Engel.
The grain department Is well represent
ed by some very fine specimens Of grain
grown by X Neisz, Isaac Warstler, H
Baird, Isaiah Correll, and some very fine
specimens of corn IN stalk, and oats in
sheaf by George Chance.
Haubert & DIener have some very ell
egant specimens oftombstones and marble
work, and all finished up in the finest
style of the art
The Floral Department is not very well
arranged nor is It as well filled this year
as 1t has been heretofore, though there are
some very fine and elegant specimens.
collars & Co. have a very fine lot carpets
&c, they are also agents for the American
button hole oversewing and sewing ma
chine, which they have on hand doing some
very nice sewing. Draime & Trodo have a
small but fine lot of geological specimens
The Boot and Shoe Department are
well represented by Hutt & Shanefelt, and
] c Richard, who have very fine assort-
ment of their work on hand.
The assortment of Fruit is very small
but there are some very nice specimen:
from the Carmel Nursery and K Neisz
Levi Stump & Andrew Pontus
The display of Hardware is represent
ed by Lawrence & Myers, Essig & Son
and Correll & Son, and was very fine ex
hibiting carpenter tools, oil cloths anC
cutlery.
Andy Price is down with the fines
display of Photographs in India ink anC
water colors, and shows specimens o
work equal to any artist in the country
The Sewing Machines represented ar,
the Davis, l P Miller. agent; the Singer
Jno P Rex. agent; the Howe Machine
Menney and Hood, agents.
II Fake, and Dis9ue and Jackman hay,
fine display of Millinery goods, &c.
Keplinger & Shane are represented b.
an elegant display of Lace and other fin,
goods, Brussels, Carpets, &c.
MT. UNION COLLEGE.
Professor o N Hartshorn, of Mt. Uniol
College, have some specimens of Paint
ings, &C., from the College; those worthy
of mention are as follows: "The Savior a
the well" and the "Madonna," " both copie
from the original and purchased in Rom
Also very fine painting of the College
painted by Boss, of Akron. The speci
mems of Ptexederny are very fine and O
such quality and character as were neve
before exhibited in our Fair-the first !
a young elephant calf about two feet high
was captured in Africa and stuffed by tn
celebrated Ptexidernist of Paris, France
a specimen of stuffed possum put up b,
Prof Clark of the College, and an exceed
ingly fine specimen of two wild cats in tn
act of fighting, stuffed by Prof. Ward c
Rochester, NY and a Cassowary, a specie
of the ostrich and native of Mallaeh
and Java.
The other specimens were the tooth c
Walrus, about two feet long, from tn
German Ocean, the petrifed vertebra of
whale, two tusks of a young elephan
measuring about one and one-half feet i
length, specimens of marble picked up &
the tomb of Virgil, also some from th
Catacombs of Rome, and the toes of
large Statuary picked up at the Roma
Forum, brick from the Colosseum q
Rome, crockery from the ruins of Pompei
specimens of gold and silver quartz fror
Virginia and Nevada, also specimens {
ground rock taken from the borings at th
Oil Regions, at depth varying from
to ], 500 feet, and of the sediment from th
Hot Springs of California, also the seal
of an Indian, and the scabbard of tn
great Indian chief, Tecumseh, made of hu
man skin.
The full rugged little ship of Mr.. Coz
belts, attracted great deal of attention
and was very neat.
Edwin Peter Matthews also had som
of his fine specimens of painting, consis
ing of the Natural Bridge of Virgins
fruit pieces and an elegant painting of
barrel of corn.
N. Ruhman, has a fine display of h
ready made clothing on exhibition.
The balance of articles on exhibition
are fine assortment of Harness and SaC
| dies, by Lind a Weagley, Chamber set
Dressing Burean, patent double be-
lounge, and other furniture by w. M'Cra
The ornamental garden by Louis Engl
Horticulturalist. Is verv tastefully and o
namentally arranged and reflects grea
credit on Mr.. Engle Mr. L. Alexand
of the City Woolen mills, has on hand
! very full and fine assortment Of cloth
cassimeres, blankets &c., manufactured 1
his establishment, corner Of Cherry an
! Sd Streets
The display of stoves and house fu
nishing goods by L; Biechele4 Bro, an
H Wernet Bro, attracted the attentic
of young and old housewives Buckius
Bro, have their own building erected nei
l the dining hall, in which they have also
a full and complete display in cooking stove
Z parlor, and other heating stoves, &C.
THE MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT
z Is ahead of any previous year. One ne
3 feature is a Little Giant portable stea
engine from the Buckeye Works at Saler
in full operation, driving with all ca!
one :of Russell & Co.'S threshing mi
chimes, a self-raking moving machine ar
a printing machine turning off their ci
culars. The Buckeye Works of our eli
l. are there with several magnificent m!
chimes. Near them is located the fine di
, play of the Excelsior establishment
+ Massillon In ploughs the show is extel
; sive and various-the Gibbs Plow Con
pany; Bucher, Gibbs & Company; J. Ba
: & Cos Iron Ploughs; Penny & Myers,
Louisville, q new competitor in the plo
line-all making the finest display
plows we ever witnessed here or elsewher
There also are drills, tanning mills, pu
verizing harrow, cultivator, stump-pulle
Fishers arrangement for sharpening rel
per and mower knives, DC, &c. in almo
endless variety. Truly, rare and wonderf
1 improvements have been made in Agr