The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-11-02

The bright anticipatioDs in regard to IN
proceedings at the Fair Grounds vesteraa.
were not fulfilled. A disagreeable, heaYy
soaking rain commenced to fall at apou
daylight, and continued, with short Inter
missions, until 2 o'clock in the Afternoon
AS a consequence the crowd on the ground
was numbered bv hundreds instead OF o.
thousands: the track was like unto n bog
the trials of speed did not come OIL an,
the plouehine match had to be postponed
The few spectators in the morning seeh.e'
to be utterly unable TO find Amusement, III
gift-enferprise and side-show men were d,s
copsolate, and the only happy men TO %
seen were the tasters OF RaW haelia
and Produce "and exhibitors VINO hio 70
ceivcd private Information lhat Ihey Wei
to receive premiums.
Sunshine.
Whom the SUN came out the crowd wa
greatly increased and everything wore
new and livelier aspect. The first sign
enterprise thereafter was exhibited ny INT
English road-cngine, which got on Il NM
head of steam, and an admiring Grove
gathered around to see the monster astcmIp
a trial Of speed on its own nccoune. ~ i,
this. however, thew were dl>appolnteu
The 1nvincble-that is its nan1e-SaVe -; ~
car-searching whistle and started on WI.
apparently enough power to maui u " W
OF freight cars. But II was OILY ~ ~
mons wheels in The mud. The energetI
,gont was rcrseycring, hut UNSUCCESSFUL
The Inyincible beats the Watt or DlAie ~
a nlouob. Llt as a road-enGine is not WorIa
a cont on srrh trcachcrous soil as tnat az
the Fair Grounds Yesterday we hol,c "
see il tried today under more ia'otap'c
auspices. rs,o.d
The trials Of speed. which were 10 nave
taken Mace Yesterday, are announced 'ol
- 'dav There are some good horses on the
round. and good sport Is expected In thls
'i''' domestic Manufactures.
We note several new entries in this de-
Sir. p. i. Dupuv (misprintcd Yesterday
J. &. Dupuv) exhibits articles OF his own
nanufactirc comprising Il variety of toilet
rtcles, hair tonic, yeast powder, Nc, all
ynrthy of attention.
There are several varieties of bitters on
exhibition.
Mr.. w. j. Sickle has 4 case Of artificial
limbs.
Mrs. A. C. TURNKEY shows hoop-skirts
nd that other humpback arrangement, the
lame whereof is unknown to this writer
j of her own manufacture.
l.. D. Jones exhibits some Woodall pipes,
in Buckingham county.
An elegantly bound book, by Messrs.
randolph & English, escaped our attention
N Yesterday. This is executed In The
ncst style of the art.
- ~, n.,I birIc q r.
ention.
Mr.. w. G. Smith, of this city, has several
elegantly finished baby carriages Of his own
manufacture on exhibition. These car
iaoes are we'll made and strong and none
,etter can be had in any market. He has a
arriage with stdndinJ-tOp, q new i'm
,rovement introduced by him, which
Gems just the thing in which to air the
: little ones"
Produce Department.
In this department we find in addition to
What has been already noticed Il fine assort-
nent of apples, consisting of twenty varic-
les. exhibited by our old friend MIR. G.
w. Eustler, Of Rockingham county.
Mr.. Tvree Dollins, of AlDcmarle, has
wenty-nine varieties of choice apples on
exhibition, among them one native variety.
MIR. J. Ravenscroit Jones, OF Brunswick
county,, has two varieties of native apples.
There is also Il specimen of native apples
rom Loudoun county, by whom deposited
ne could not learn.
Beautiful specimens of grape. including
ome of the mulscat Of Alexandria, equal
O those from California exhibited at the
ate Fair of the American Pomological So
ietv,) raised by Mr.. Peyton 5. Coles, OF
llbemarlc county, were sent in OIL yestcr-
lay morning,
The ladies who visit the Fair to-day, and
hey will be numbered by the thousand,
viii have an excellent opportunity OF COM
,uring the merits ofsevcral popular sewing
machines. A building has been set apart
or this purpose, and the agents of the
Wilcox g. Gibbs, Howe, Florence, Wheeler
I Wilson, and the American Combination,
III have compartments neatly fitted up, and
polite and attentive representatives young
aides in some instances) to explain the
mysteries OF their machines. A Knitting
machine, which is really worth eXamina-
ion, is also exhibited in this building.
Agricultural Implements.
This department was briefly noticed yes
erdav, and we allude to it again not to
i've Il list of entries, but TO mention the
,rincipal exhibitors. The display is excel
emit. and our agricultural implement
makers, probably above all others, are enti-
led to praise for their efforts to keep the
Fair I'D to the highest standard.
II. Nj. Smith & Co. are by far the largest
exhibitors, and here as elsewhere they
seem to take the lead in the number OF
premiums. In the horticultural depart
nent they took six out of seven, and stand
4 good chance of getting many more in
other departments. Their portion Of the
exhibition includes almost every kind Of
agricultural implement used by southern
farmers in tilling the soil.
J. W. Cardwell & Co.'s assortment is not
arge, but embraces many articles which
meet a ready sale, and whose reputation
laS been already achieved.
Watt e. Knight display a fine assortment
IF ploughs adapted to every kind OF soil,
md their large sign "The Watt Plough
heir part of the agricultural implement
department. MIR. Watt shows his medals
with pride, and claims that the Watt
* LAYS over" anything in the plough line
Lbat has ever appeared in Virginia.
p. II. Starke is also wide awake on the
plough question, and puts the Dixie u
against the world. He does not enter il
this year for premium, claiming that he
has all the premiums he wishes. MIR. Starke
has also numerous other agricultural i'm
plements of most improved patterns.
A. Z. Routt, of Liberty Mills, Orange
county, is another enterprising exhibitor
Routt has exhibited at almost every
Fair in the State, until his name ha
become a household word with the farmer
of Virginia. He is not only an exhibitor
but an inventor, and in the .ls!tter capacit.
probably eXcels any Virginian now living
At this Fair, in addition to the ordinary i'm
plemcnts for farm use, he exhibits bis self
loading and dumping cart, which promise
to be valuable not only to the planter, bu
to city carriers and to builders of railways
lie also exhibits his draining plo ugh, whicl
took gold medal at national r'lough-tria
in Utica, N. Y. and his dohble-shoye
plough, which has taken twenty.one first
class premiums, and will probably take
frpnI many mora