The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-09-26
rHH COUNTY 1A1R.
Eleventh Animal Exhibition and
First Of the Fair Association
The True Plan Found---Tho best
Fair Ever Held in the County.

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| Fair Ever Held in the County.
The great change In the organixa-
tion which gave the exhibition, aud
the many radical changes In the plan
and working Of tho exhibition itself,
made our county Fair this year great
~ al experiment, to the result Of
which we al looked with curiosity,
aud not few with anxiety. Every
one, In visiting the Fair, was compar-
ing 1t with those Of previous years,
and the common verdict was that .
great improvement had been made.
Go with us, reader, In . review Of it,
most prominent features and see II
you do not think 20 too. Giving else-
where full and complete list Of pre-
miums awarded, save ~ to tho races,
will Of course relieve this article Of
much that would otherwise be neces
sarily included. Between both. we
mean the report shall be full and salts
factory to all. To that end. after
handing our tic kets to Mr.. Knott, who
looks as natural at the gate as the gate
itself, we will do ~ the crowd does
! and start at once for the
| FLORAL HALL.
Perhaps nowhere else upon the
grounds did the improvement upon
past Fairs strike one more forcibly
than in this Hall. Here the beauty Of
the free entry" plan showed itseli
fully. In quantity, quality and varie-
ty, the display was fully double that Of
any former Fair. Enter ct the west
door and on your right II the display
OF
Fuit.-Here we find 10 entries, not
large show, but . remarkably fine
one. Apples, pears, plums and grapes,
make the list. Some magnificent fall
plums and psars were shown by II.
Hammond, Of the Upton Nursery
The Varieties Of apples were large
and. embraced the most choice kinds
Illinois will yet have to find another
market for the product Of her orchards
When this subject is exhausted. turr
to the left and there are the
! Fowers.-Thirty-aix entries made .
very large and handsome display.
Arranged boqusts, varieties Of cut
flowers and varieties OF vsebsnAs,
pinks, &c, are there which we are
better prepared to look ct than 20 talk
intelligently about. The east side Of
the south wing, too, was devoted tc
flowers and entirely occupied by mrs.
Sweets display. This lady bad ls5
specimens In pots. soma Of them being
very rare green house plants. She
showed a collection of cut flowers con-
tanning 300 varieties; % varieties OF
cactus alone. But for something
practical. just step across to the west
side. of the north wing aud take peep
at the
Grain, Seeds and Field and Garden
Esgetables.-If corn Is king, hero were
some % specimens Of his mai esty-
white. yellow. yankee, calico. pop,
sweet. &c. Nhest only gave four
specinens, aud rye and oats = few
each. Corn was king here. OF the
vegetables we will not attempt emu
meration or special mention. They
were all there, even to tobacco, and
such specimens rs Iowa alone can give
Sixty-five entries were made ct this
department. just across the way, in
most astonishing profusion, stood the
Pantry Stores substantials
and tho delicacies were alike fully rep
resented in great variety. ll3 entries
being OH the shelves. With . pencil,
we felt in no way equal to this subject.
but with knife, fork and spoon-
we'll, like doing something for It OF
dying in the attempt. We knoW Kit
ty Towns cake WAS good and are
ready to believe the same Of the rest.
Household Manu- actares.-To these
articles, both staple aud fancy, was
allotted the whole east wing. and they
filled 1t well. Including the paint
ings, &C., which though belonging to
= different class were displayed with
them, the entries numbered Ill. From
large number Of rag carpets and
heavy blankets, the assortment was
full down to the most delicate needle
work and embroidery many Of the
articles, IA well as several Of the paint
ings, really deserving special mention.
Among the miscellaneous articles
not otherwise classi fed, some must
have notice. There was the display
of photographs from Hartle's Gallery
which would do credit to any artist !;
the fine first premium organs, about
which Prof. Woo.iis. the agent, can
tell you more than We; the ever tri-
;um plant Singer sewing machines
with which Moore 4 Co. were doing
all kinds Of work before the eyes Of
the delighted ladies; the-but we
must have new sentence for Reichert
Bros. corner. The Arm made such n
display both in and out Of the Hall
that one woul 4 have expected their
store to be empty, but it wasn't. They
took SO many first premiums that they
can now sell diplomas at q figure
which would make them cheap wall
paper. See list Of premi uns.
Then there was the show case Of +.
p. 4 H. l.. Dean. 1t wasn't quite rs
full Of boots and shoes rs Ii their store
room, but 1t held lot Of the daintiest
foot coverings which are Manufactured
anywhere. We noticed the ladies, sf-
ter one glance at its display, look
down at their pedal extremitles, and
could see with the disgust at the obi
Gus comparison, determination writ
ten in each countenance to visit Dean
al the first opportunity.
Then it would not he at all nice to
forget that display Of card, CONNER
cial and general job printing from the
ADVERTISER Office, which wore red
card 50 modestly. But we are stay
ing here too loug aud lnnst hasten out
and have n peep at the
CATTLE
In this department were sixty six
entries, comprising many Of the finest