The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-10-31

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| s9, W. Y. Croxton. Belmont. Best brood mare
four years old over. S30 lex. Kerr second best
S29: Henry s Gran Grant. Best tlly three years old and
under three, $40, Henry Grant; second bess 81 o
81 s, A. q. Babcock second best, So Henry Grant.
pest pair Of mares % or geioings In harness s2S. j.
Best PAGER, eco, j. A. McCaull.
CLASS II.
| SECTIONS 8 AND Fiat Hogs. Sheep, Cattle,
seond sI fat socp Iss a eoyss ST o. "
mer. Rest fat cow or heifer, 1875. Thones L. Me-
Keen second best fat cow or heifr 81 5. George W.
Palmer Best lot fatcattc, not less Than four, $50,
FIT Sheep.-Best lot fat sheen, not less than six,
$50, =. ). Cooper. Best lot slaughtered mutton,
ESsays.-Under the rules of the Society all essays
are required to be handed to the secretary be-
fore the lst day Of October next prf c"ding the
Fair. as The rule was not complied with in this in
stance but naptrs were coming In until the day
on % which n the Fair opened the committee were un;
says and requested TO report on them at the next
meeting OF the Executive Committee of the so-
| ceiy.
rLoUGIIING MATCH.
The committee would state that MIR. Maurice Car
ter deserves special notice AS first-cl ss plough
| and the successful competitor.
For oest ploHghman With four horses, silver plate
| worth s2o, William Shppperson. For best plough
man with three horses. silver plate worth I'll B.,
| same. For best ploughman with two horses, silver
plate worth $40, Thomas P. Bottoms. For best
| ploughman with one horse. silver ate worth IS,
same. For best coored ploughnan with four
horses. $40. Horace 'ade For best c"lored plough
man with three horses, S15. stephen Jones ror
best colored plougnan vi h TWO horses IL 0, same.
| For best colored ploughman with Que horse, IS,
same.
Discretionary Premiums.
The special committee appointed to eX.
anime Bradbury piano exhibited by
| Messrs. Starke & Ryand, and clarion or
gan exhibited by Thomas II. Bullock (of his
| own manuiacturel pronounced them in
| struments of considerable merit and worthy
| of special PREMIUM and in accordance
herewith diploma was awarded to Mr..
| Thomas Fl. Pollock for the organ.
| A special premium was also recommended
| to Captain Samuel +. McGhee for refrige.
rator aid water.cooler combined.
| The committee on Class 1, section H. re-
| commended that the D>cretio nary Commit
| tee award premium of S25 and diploma
! to 9. Talbot & Sons for throttle:valYe at.
tachment on steam-engines to Rahm & Hun
/ ter q medal for Condos steam pump; to
! Rahm & Hunter Tor Ames'S engine; to
Joshua Thomas for portable engine and
running gear for engine; TO cut nail. picker,
exhibited by John Bell, as being the best
implement for separating faulty from perfect
| nails they have ever seen, and worthy OF
| tirst-class premium.
| Another committee recommend that spe-
cial premium be awarded Franck & Co. for
combination scroll and hand.saw; honorable
mention to j. D. Imboden for car-lifter as
being something long wanted. A discre-
tionary committee also recommend that
| honorable mention he made Of Singers sew
ing-machine company for apparatus for rum
ming machine by water honorable mention
TO Rahm Il Hunter for brick represSer !;
| honorable mention to A. D. Atkinson for
! best draiu-!ile machine; tirst-class premi-
um 10 Old Dominion Iron and Nail-W forks
for nails, rolled iron, &C.; also to Tredegar
Company frst-class premium for horse
shoes, railroad chairs, spikes, and flsh bars !;
honorable mention to ArmiStead ~ Benson
tor strawberry crates; diploma to Simpson
a. Brother for spokes. carriage stuff, bodies,
&c. TO Cosby & McGovern special notice
and diploma for invalid bedstead; diplo-
ma to Joseph NJ. Rotarder for guide to hem.
mer; diploma to W. 3. Hersman, Of Rich
mond, for patent closing faucet; diploma
| for Stephens's parallel vice. Tue Committee
on Stoves make special recommendation of
| john Bowers's s'lowdoWn CRATE aud mar
bleized mantel."
| In The list Of carriages, &c, published on
| Yesterday, the name Of G. & G. Gross, as
having taken the medal for top-buggles, was
misprinted GrdCeS.
| Special Mention.
The Virginia State Agricultural Society
make their acknowledgment to the eXhlDl-
| tors mentioned below, to whom cerllhcates
or medals will be delivered upon application
to the secretary.
w. C. KNIGHT, President.
| Gro-T ,nt Scfp
by E, B. Tyler, Baltimore, Md; clarion or
eau (pearI tiuish), manufactured by 7. Fl.
Pollock, Of Richmond; improved carriage
step, y. A. Francis, coachmaKer, Richmond !;
tiue assortment OF perfumery, l.. Wagner,
Richmond; photographs and crayonS,
| Anderson & Co., Richmond; dental
instruments, DR.. Judson B. Wood, Rlch-
mond; improved photograph ow.ffame,
| W. III. Ralston {; handsome collection of chro-
mos, West, Johnston & Co., Richmond; ;
samples of cement, A. S. Lee, Richmond; |;
| West Virginia walnut, fine specimen, j. A.
| Clay ton, Richmond; handsome piano, Starke
| 81 Rsland; Garret f. Watson, handsome
chamberlurnlture, manufactured at Rich
mond Works W. G.. smith, baby carriages
Of all patterns, manufactured at Richmond
factory; Clemmtt & Jones, handsome
specimens of book and j)D printing, Rich
mond; Whittet & Shepperson, handsome spe-
cimens OF book aud jJo printing, Richmond;
John Perry, Richmond, elegantly
copies of Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery,
| Guizors France. &C.; j. W. Randolph II
| English, handsome specimen oil book bind
ing: FL. II. Miller Il Co., gentlemen's fur
n,shlng goods; Wilkinson d Withers, gen.
tlemen's furnishing goods, Richmond; w.
G. Bell, improved culIiyating double
shoyelled ploughs; Elijah BAKER, Richmond,
Premium Bltters; specimens OF na',ve m'!-
erals, in handsome case of native Virginia
wood, exhibited by General St. John; case
of interesting Indian relics from jamestown;
and an eagle feather from the War-cap OF a
| Modoc: Rahm & Hunter, steam-pump, sta
| tiopary engine, machine for pressing STOCK
brick with loggie point; Waldon, tobacco
shapes county rights churn, Frank Lafono' )
ground sumac, ". F. King; Eureka ammo
Mated grlano, J. B. FickIin d Co.; Old 10,
| mluion fertilizer; James, patent cooler ana
refrigerator tooacco keys. NJ. +. Gary )
strawberry crates; portable engine with
patent, truck, Joshua Thomas; tnIottie-
valve attachment on engine Oh Iaioo'1
! & Son; independent boiler feeder, Rabn
d Hunter; patent carriage step, V. a.
! Francis; Kerby reaper and mower CON-
hIued with Baltimore rake, ). Z. Dur
row: Kerby mower, two wheels tSaue) !;
Hinnau porse.rake, same; coal, 5. ID. HaWe';
! Sweepstake thresher and separator, joshua
Thomas; Smiths cylinder corn.sbucser;; ;;
Hebner's railway horsepower; bucSeye
mower aud reaper, with Matter self.Take at
| :. ..hr,o,t Soshue Thomas. RuckeYa mower