The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-09-19
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STATE FAM
,EDAR RAPIDS, Sept. Il

8TAV8 FAM
CEDAR RAPIDS, Sept. IL, ~.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
There is the usual array Of these,
comprising everything old and new
under the sun in that line. Flows,
double and single, great and small,
walking and riding, a perfect wilder
ness Of them Deere & Co, were the
winners Of first premiums in the pillow
line, best blowing aud in plowing
match, so much so that all others were
completely eclipsed. Of harvesters and
reapers there was magnificent show.
The Low, Adams and French harves.
ter stand supreme, without q rival
here. The Moline Malleable Iron
works exhibit hooks, shape, clevicesa and
all the various and sundry attachments
belonging to farm machinery and that
IN repairing when broken cost the
farmer 90 much time and trouble.
There il also o fair representation Of
stone-ware and drain-tile from Mon.
gona, Iowa. We soon wearied of gaz-
ing atthese and passed on to . shed
where confusion seemed to reign SUI
preme. Here was congregatedall the
papent churn and washing machine
men with their good, bad, and indif-
ferent wares. The dog churn attract
cd many observers and we appreciated
the excellence Of the power in that It
would be q mete punishment to engage
therein all ours Of low degree that do.
vastatc our sheep folds. Soon we e.
pied, squatted ON . log, one Of our
county farmers industriously recom-
intending his "bright particular churn,
that to our unprejudiced eyes resem.
bled very much = supcranuated coffee
pot with q cover and crank screwed or
soldered upon its top.
A. was mentioned yesterday, we
have witnessed some very amusing In
cidents, in connection with the award
Ing Of Premiums. Various, In nature,
are the protests sent to the Board !; one
Of which we subjoin:
" To the Board II Directors Qf The
Iosca State Ag.y Society,"
GENTLEMEN IL respectfully pro.
test against the award Of the commit
tee on Glass 70 !; Natural History de-
partment Of bugs. claim the Prem.
ium for. the following reasons
l have more bugs, better huge.
handsomer bugs, better behaved bugs
and more smiling bugs than DR.. Hoff.
'meister; besides, l am bigger-bnggel
than he Isl"
a2.-Dr. Hoffmeister, is long,l can
lank, cadiverous, ungainly looking
Dutchman, while took the First
Premium, on good looks, at the cele.
brated Bohemian GIass-blowers Elk.
position Of 1864, and in eight years the
universal testimony is, that / grow
handsomer and more winning ever,
year. Why, gentlemen, he cant say
Nymphalis; calls it Nym-pholis, and
| say, that n6A Dutchmsn. has 6 rfgh,
tCbeat an American; bugs, or no bugs
hop or no hop"
"3.-What do sucha Commute know
about bugs? Let me write the Epitapl
of DIR. Shaw,-thus in the language o.
Of the poet
Here I lie az snug as bug in rug,
and Of Dr. Enos: Here I lie, snug
ger than that other bugger"
"Yours with reproaches."
81. NJ. SHAFFER."
This Fair has been replete with
mirthful incidents that will not be sooI
forgotten, and signs of the times are
that every one except the constitution.
al grumber, has had a general good
time.
INCIDENTS OF THE DAY.
First were paraded the Grand
Sweepstakes in cattle and horses, and
at liz a. m, the special running race
At 121s O'Clock the trot for the
$1,000 purse was announced; one mile
heats between "Rattler" of st. Louis
and "Jim Rocky" of Chicago, jim
Rocky winning fret heat in 2:371
and the second heat in 2:33A. Third
Rather took this heat; time 2:33
the fourth heat was won by Rocky il
| 2 "a.
The running race for special purse
Of $3.50, best three in i've, was wor
easily by Rocky in I'd, Sd, and Ali
heats; time !: 2 40 - As; 2;a5.
In the trot between Boon, Goldus
and Reconstruction, Goldust became
tired of the monotony and put his foo
in the wheel of Reconstruction sui
ky, capsizing it and throwing out III.
driver, and at last had one run of tire,
times around the ring with only tn,
shafts attached and free from other en-
l,cumbrances. "
This morning the ex-President o
the Iowa State Agricultural Societ,
was made the recipient Of a handsom,
gift, consisting Of q silver water pitcher
and saivcr. The presentation speech
was gracefully and appropriately made
by Hon. Peter Melendy, and other re.
marks apropos to the occasion were
made by the new President, Col. Scott
DR.. Shaffer, the popular Secretary, and