Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-09-25

Fabrics there was forty entries; il
needle and fancy work ninety-one
dairy and domestic products forty-one
fruit, one hundred and two; vegetable
and grain, one hundred and fourteen
preserves and jellies, one hundred ant
Iseventy-nine; and in the stock depart
Iment, two hundred and twenty-one.
THE RACES
lon the first day consisted of the fastest
double team matches; premiums were
awarded as follows: J.. f. .Woodman.
see, 1st premium; johnson & Frazier
I'd premium; James Irwin, Sd premi'
um; and a>single driving race which
resulted in E. Mckinney, Smithfield,
leading OFF with 1st premium; ]. T.
Mercer, Bellaire, I'd premium; ]. T.
Woodmansee, Sd Premium Consid-
erable jockeying was INDUCED in
during this race which resulted in the
withdrawal of some of the contestants.
THE SECOND DAY
the bright autumnal sun ushered in a
lovely morning, cheering the hearts OF
the managers, and inviting the popu-
lace to forego home duties and spend O
day seeing the sights and meeting
friends.
THE FLORAL HALL
had grown into a miniature palace of
beauty; woman's hand had been busy
in weaving ivy and evergreen
wreaths in graceful festoons around
the building. The quality of the dis
play in this hall was superior to, and
more profuse than it had been for sew
eral years past. The display of needle
and fancy work, pictures and paintings
was much above the average. The
floral display, chiefly by j. & J. T.
Mellor was extensive and magnificent.
The collections were rich in beautiful
ornamental plants, and plants in
bloom, floral designs, hanging baskets
and rustic work. =
Us THE DISPLAY OF FRUIT, "a
A point worthy of note is the superior
collection of fruit. This was very ex-
tensive and interesting, including not
only specimens from our own citizens
but very fne collection exhibited by
Mrs. Davidson, of Vest Virginia.
Among the most numerous and per-
feet collection was that of Slater Brown,
of Colerain, it being very large and
handsome, consisting of 36 varieties of
apples, eight OF pears, six of peaches
and four of grapes. R. L. Riley,
showed a collection OF pears and
ounces of great merit, and exhibited
the best assortment Of winter apples.
A. T. McKelvy was awarded the sec
ond prize for the greatest and best va
riety of fruit. Mrs. Denham had fifteen
very fine variety of apples. William
jackson and Mrs. McMechcm had
choice assortments. The display of
grapes was particularly fine; the Con-
cords from the Vineyard OLA. McSew-
Swords, Martinsferry, were the best we
have ever seen, and the largest and
best variety were from the yard of
David Bundy, Colerain. Altogether
the collection of fruits was the finest
ever exhibited here.
A delicious assortment of Jellies, Pre-
serves, &C., were exhibited by Mrs. L.
Denkam, Miss Jackson, Mrs. Sarah
Brown, Mrs Isaac Patterson, Miss Belle
White, Miss Mitchell, Mrs. E. Morgan
and others whose names we did not
learn.
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICS
Hall, was well filled with the products
of the county from a grain of clover
seed to a mammoth hubbard squash.
The display of vegetables, and grain
exceeded that OF last year and exhibit
ed and increased interest in this depart
ment of the fair. The machinery de-
partment, was well filed and the dis
play of mowers and reapers unusually
large. The "Smith, shown by Col. G.
L. Poorman of Bellaire, was awarded
the first premium as a combined ma
chine. He did not exhibit it as now
er, although it took the premium last
year and the award at the field trial.
The Superior" a combined machine
was awarded the 1st premium as a
mower. Woods mower was exhibited
by Jno. Lippincott, the Russell by W.
Boals and the Buckeye, by j. Me-
Fadden. a.GlA 49,
We noticed in that department what
seemed to us an exceedingly useful and
invention, combined Bak-
er and Fruit Drier, exhibited by Selden
George, and also vegetable and krout
cutter, shown by Col. Poorman,
The poultry department was large
and interesting this year, contributed
by Benz. White and Allen Jones. The
cages were neat and clean and contain |
ed shanghais, brahinas, silver spangles,
cochiDs, spanish and other varieties in
Guiding many rare breeds.
The cattle pens were not overstocked,
yet the display here was creditable,
Laban Lodge had on exhibition a very
fine thoroughbred bull and calf, and
David Brown a splendid cow. Joseph
Giffen, A. Y. and w. II. Henderson,
and j. A. McNary carried off the
awards for sweepstake cattle.
The sheep shown was not what it
should have been in County where as
many good sheep are owned as here.