The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-10-04
Howard County Fair.
A GRAND SUCCESS.
Great Crowd in Attendance.


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on Tuesday, and weather has CON
tinucd uninteruptedIy pleasant up
to this writing Thursday forenoon)
and bids fair to so continue to the
close. The fair is undoubtedly the
finest ever held in the county, and
far snrpasscs the most sanguine
hopes and expectations Of its
friends. Every department is wei!
filed and The hall particularly
shows a prcponderance far beyond
any previous exhibition OF the So.
ctety. There was very large
crowd in attendance yesterday.
Today being the big day of the
fair, the attendance will be very
large. The gate receipts yesterday
were over $500, and there was
about an equal amount received
from other sources. The following
is complete list of the exhibitors
in each department..
CLASS A-lORSES, MULES, ETC.
The display Of horses, colts and
mules is good, and inclnGcs some
very fine animals. The following
are the names Of the exhibitors in
this department B. +. Fobes &
Bro, fine stations w. Dunnell,
stallion, "A. Rivers, brood mare, j.
Ii. Bowers, do, A Bowers, do, Geo
Morse, do, r p Davies, 4 years old
coils, w p Rima, gelding, J G
Todd, colt, Price & Lowry, saddle
horse, } II Bowers, i.are colt, w
IL Patterson, DO, T p Davies, do,
John Miles. do, A Bowers, do, Il
Guyoue, do, L + Emmons, do, NJ
Taft, matched team for all work,
T l. Light, team for do, w L Cnam-
berlain, matched team, q J Brown,
S NJ Wildnan, do, J B Norton, do,
B + Tyler, do, c + Breckenridge,
buggy horse, W Cn!bert, team for
for all work, T |, Perry, mule, Ii
d Noble, do.
| DIVISION B.-PUL!ING MATCH.
J NJ Bowers, a M Thayer and
ri Henderson enter teams to com
fpete for pulling premium.
DIVISION C.-CATTLE.
The cattle department is also
well filed, and comprises some full
blooded Durhams and Jerseys. The
display is as tine as we ever wit.
messed at western county fair
} NJ Richardson exhibits a hcifc.
calf, \ Seeman. 2 COWS, Fobes &
Bro, do, " II Patterson, "Collcge
! Duke rull blooded Durham bull
/ Year old, II D Noble, full blood.
cd Jersey calf, \ IL TLaycr bull
calf, J Blackburn, yearling bull, }
Garland, COW anl bull cali, J De
Noyiies, steer, James Hendricks,
Durham bail, G Miller, yearlinp
bull, y G Sidd.ll, Devon bull, w
Chapman, Jersey bull, Ii d Noble
do, L Z Daies, heller and bui
calves, and yearling bull and heif>
er, Z Curtis, yearling bull, Johnnie
Thnrber, COW, calf and 2 year ole
heiter, G + Breckenridge, COW, \
81 Thayer, bull calf.
DIVISION D-uoGs AND SHEEP.
In this department the displa,
play Of hogs and sheoOis very
good. The exhibitots are II L
Noble, Berkshire boar, POLAND
] Chiuese pigs, &C., J B Mitchell
boar, SOW and pigs, Fpbes, pair o.
;. pigs, Barber, do, Geo Morse, 4
Chestnr and Berkshire pigs, S N
i WiIdman, Berkshire boar and SOW
J Il Mitchell, 2 boars, SOW and ;
pigs, E N Holway, Berkshire ant
Poland pigs, w II Patterson, 9
eve lambs and buck, JAS Watson
buck and 4 sheep, Noble 5 ewes
q Collins, eve and 3 buck lambs
DIVISION E.-poULTRY.
| The following are the exhibitor
in this department are: J b Nor
ton, hen and Chickens, II d Noble
2 swans, 8 Guinea hens, l bronz
turkey and 5 ducks, ] 4 Mitchell
!, variety of poultry.
DIVISION F.--VEGETABLE, AGEI
TURAL IMPLEMENT AND AIIsCEL-
LANEoUs.
There is an excellent display il
, this department, and it is the dis
tinguishing feature of the fair
There is great and excellence 0
vegetables and grains therein dis
played. Very rarely is bette
show of pumpkins, squashes, pota
, toes, corn, wheat and other grain
ETC., seen at any fair. The hal
absolutely put on an cid fashlene,
look, with its lines of Yanke
pumpkins, mammoth squashes, bun
dies of corn stalks, extraordinary
ears of corn, and vegetable mon
strosities aud wonders. There i
also a fine display of agriculture
implements Strother Sc Conklil
lead off with many Of the yarietie
OF implements which they are tn
oranfo rrhn;,, -