Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-11-11
AWARD OF PREMIUMS,

PER ASSCM, payable IN advance.
AWARD OF PREMIUMS.
The following is a list of premiums awarded
\, the Fair of the Loudoun Agricultural So
ciety:
Cattle Short Horn, Alderuey and Ayr.
premium $50, to L IS Cooper; second best do,
tol Il Ii Uulany, certificate; best three year
old bull or upwards, Sis, to L 5 Cooper; best
mich COW, $40, to same; second best, William
Beverly certificate; best two year old heller,
-, Mathews Il Kerr; best one year old do,
$, same Alderueys s.-Best bull, IS, Mat.
Harrison; best milch COW, So George Carter
Ayrshire. Best COW, So, A II Rogers. Neat
Cattle. Best yoke oxen, SO, Z. w. Hender-
SON. Native or Grades Best bull, $5, j NJ
Harse; best mich cow, $5, G Lloyd; best heifer
TWO years old, $3, j NJ Hoge best tatted beet
steer, 81, Col r II Dulauy.
Sheep. Best Cotswold buck, SIS, 4 Y White
best pair Cotswold ewes, IS, [ S Cooper; best
Southdown buck, $S, Governor Thos Swann;
best pair Southdown ewes, IS, same; best mix
ed breed buck, So, J NJ Hoge; best do. pair
ewes, -, Il Y White; best pen mutton, ST, Il
f Furr; best Leicester buck Simpson,, SIS, Davis
4 Co.: best do. ewes, SIS, to same.
Horsrs. Heavy Draught Horses. = Best stall
lion, S!5, J lung; best brood maze aud colt,
So, } p HcrudOn best three year old stallion,
-. e Jaue>: best three year old fly S5, Il
Hoge; best two year old flly, 81, w Ault;
best colt ioaied in spring, 1873, 81, to } NJ
Hoge. Horses General Utility.-Best stallion,
so, I Il Powell; best brood mare and colt, 81,
L Fenton; best three year old stallion, ST, /
l. POWELL best three; year old geldlng, $4 Z Z
,iauney; best Two year old tilly,$5, } VI k,lgour;
bes, one year old colt, 81, G W Mofiitt; best colt
tioaIed in spring, lS13,S22, same. Quick Draught
IorSes-Best stallion, SIS, a Se!lmau; besl
brood mare and colt, SIS, II [ Harrsoo; best
geldiug or 6lIy, three years, s., L Y White;
best two years old stallion, So, W f EIicson;
best two year old gelding or iliy,S5, RS ChiSul;
best one year old colt, So e b WiIdman; best
colt ioaed spring 1873, So, ii 5 Harrison; best
matched horses, SIS, 7 Cory; best horse, siugle
harness, $50, 4 Presgroves Thorough Bred =
Best stallion, SIS, Col } w Fairfax, Couduc.
tor; second best, W l. Boyce, certificate.
Poultry Department-Best pair turkeys, -,
Mrs W V Giddiogs; best pair geese, 81, e +
best pair d. orkings, 81, W t Barrett best pair
Cochin China; 50. Brooke Powell; best pair
Bramah Partra, 81, Mrs James, best pair
mixed common breed, 81, NJ g. Hacher; best
pair black Spanish, 81 e. Lloyd; best pair lnl-
ported Cochin, So, L S Cooper; best display
of pigeons So, l. Powell.
Swne-Best SOW and pigs, Essex Sc, Il Fl
Dulapy; best Chester boar, So, W Ii Harris;
best Berkshire boar, Sc, T 5 Cooper.
Agricultural mplements-Best implement tor
cuItivatipg corn, 81, Thos 4 Cockey l. 20; best
harrow, 81, John KELSEY; best wheat drill, -,
John Milton; best reaper and mower comblued,
IS, H Vanderhoff best horse rake, 81, } Mil
ton; best straw and hay cutter, So, Dawson 4
Shroh; best four horse wagon, So, j Aroold
best piow, $40, II Taylor best garden plow.
81, L B Cockey 4 Co.; best corn shelter, 50,
dawson & Shrof; best wheat fan, 50, Dawson
T. Shrotf; best churn, 81, Dawson u Shroff;
best display OF agricultural implements, SO,
Dawson & Shroff; best grain cradle, 81, Daw
SOP & Shrotf.
Agricultural Products Best field corn, S25,
w Il Benton, the yield being lS3 barrels per
acre; best white wheat, SO, \ Hough; best red
wheat, S3, L Nixou; best white corn, 81, "
II Benton; best bushel OATS 81, Col + /
Chamberlain; best barrel fur, 81, II Hardy:
best corn meal, 81, same.
Vegetables The display of vegetables was
very fine, and the premiums were distributed
among the following + \ Lu,z, c L Hemp
slime. George Grasou, VIM Glove, G z Jan
0ey, IL. aDueTuou, IL i ooicS, IL II L uIl !,
Mrs Melton. Mrs & l. Moore, } NJ Walker
aud II Whitmore.
Wines. The premiums for domestic wines,
including catawba, currant, blackberry and
elderberry, were distributed among j Ross,
Mrs H o Claggett, Mrs } Janncy, Miss Pax
son. Mrs Williams, and Col WmV Giddiugs
Home Manufactures. Best two horse car
liagc, Sc, John Lewis; best display tile, So, I
u Shafer & Son; best display castings, SO,
Gockey d Go; best saddle, So, Fl Bennett.
The premiums for domestic and household
manufactures Of every description including
fabrics of various useful kinds and all sorts OF
ornamental work were distributed literally
and deseryedly The display was very credit
able to all, and as in the other departments ot
household economy, such as cooking, preserr-
ing, meat curing &c, reflected great credit up
on the ladies, young and old, OF The county.
Numerous premiums were also awarded Tor
beautiful flowers, of which there was superb
display.
'CoURTING AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY. -
An Indiana Judge has lately laid down the law
that ''cour,iug is an absolute necessity. An
old man having kicked a suitor of his daughter
out of doors because the couple set up too late,
the irate lover became sutor of the father Tor
damages, and the learned jadge directed the
jury to fnd tor the plaintiff with costs, saying :
In my judgement, held as we'll by the legal
authorities Of the land courting is an absolute
necessity Counting in Indiana seems to be
necessity in more ways than one. They court
as preliminary to marriage. and so to court
afterwards nc nremInarv tO divorce