Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-08

ribbon. Senator, owned by the
same gentleman, a Norman colt
u months old, weight l,l60 Id. mon
opolized three first premiums, and
deserved them all.
Henry Bender's Norman, Bachus
and Canadian stallion, light iron
gray 8 years old, weight 1,34O lbs.
took the red In two classes.
John Brownlee's Norman stallion
Marshal Ney, dapple gray, 5 years
old, weight 1859, imported in July
last. was the heaviest horse on the
grounds. He carried of the red rib
bon in two classes.
O. Buxton's Delaware Bob, Nor
man and Hambletonian stallion, was
perhaps the handsomest horse shown,
and in the opinion of many the best
for all work. He is years old, and
weighs ], 300 lbs.
A number of horses, shown by j.
L. Gregory, ]. FL. Funk, and others
are worthy of mention here, but we
lack space to do justice to all.
CATTLE.
j. G.. Meek showed a fine herd of
eight thoroughbred short-horns and
three grades. Excellent stock in the
several classes was shown by ID. j..
Boydston, ID. B. Neifert, Henry
Bender, j. VanBenthusen, j. w.
Merriman, w. r. Hanna and F, NJ.
Jones.
SHEEP.
A. ]. and w. r.. Hanna and d.
B. Neifert were the principal if not
the only exhibitors. Some of the
Merinos and Coltswolds We're fine.
Mr.. Hanna showed us young Meri-
no eve, from which he clipped last
year nine pounds of the finest wool.
HOGS.
The show in this department was
very small in numbers and variety.
Messrs Cunningham Bros. who usu-
ally show more hogs than all others
had no stock on. the grounds. G. b.
Thompson, JAS. Knowles and Jas.
Cooper took the premiums, as shown
below.
VEHICLES, MACHINERY, IRON, ETC.
Linnville & Seaman exhibited a
very fine spring wagon; d. Smick an
elegant two-horse buggy, S. A. Sha-
fer wagon without irons. A feed mill
invented, manufactured and patent
ed by Capt. l.. Biddle of Knoxville,
attracted special attention. Mr.. B.
claims great advantages for his mill
among them, cheapness, simplicity
and ability to do more work in CIV
en- time and do it better, with less
power than any other mill extant.
See advertisement of this mill in
this paper. Mr.. Biddle's patent neck
yoke fastening is another useful and
novel contrivance worthy the atten-
ton of every man who owns or
drives a tWo-horse vehicle of any
kind.
Knoxville Foundry and Machine
works exhibited a magnificent lot OF
work, including stove, fence sled,
school desk, machine and misceIlan-
eouS castings, demonstrating that as
good work of that kind can be done
here as abroad.
GRAINS, VEGETABLES, ETC.
The showing under this head was
not by any means grand in any re-
spect-in fact not at all creditabIe,
as whole, and not up to that of
former years, though there were
some fine specimens.
IN THE HALL.
The display here in almost every
class, and particularly in the aggre-
gate, was sadly inferior to those of
most former years. There were
some splendid apples, pears, plums
and grapes, that would do credit to
any county or State but we have
done better here, and we might have
done better this year. Pantry stores
were perhaps up to the standard
in excellence, but there were not
enough of them in variety and dis
play. Among the beautiful things
which the ladies had made and
brought there to delight the public
eye and give happy moulding to
public taste were some very hand
some boquets of natural flowers,
some boquets Of feather lilies and
other feather limitations of natural
beauties, some wax flowers, wreaths
ETC., which were truly artistic and
pleasing to the cultivated eye. There
were also some-at least there was