, 1874-09-16
The Grahdest Exhibition Ever Hald
in the State.
Immense Display Of Thor.
oughbred Stock.
List of Premiums Awarded for Bfoodcd
Stock.
Other State, County, and District
Exhibitions.

zoha OF Peoria sna thoir State Fair visitors
u"oKe tlla mornfngit was to anu the sky clo"F,
wv a,f ue'!sattully COOL, aud tue stfoots COM
'ara''so'y afy' II bid fair to be Just tile right
"'A|ot oAY on which to lnaugurato
4ns aaANDEsT EXHIBITION
.oa to.a uaer tao auspices OF tue Illinois
1ast!'u.s"a, society. Those who thought 20
n,",, ".1o NV u'a@ppoantea. From morntEg until
7sA' 1a u'9,' oouy 1oi1 9ooa' aad from fre8ident
.onn w. x. no5no'as 70 tAo hunb!eat enployo OF
t,'o Society, everybody worked hard snd
cheer1ung TO put things to rights aud
get tho show in shape to bo goon by tne thou-
sands WIN wilt 7ocE :, I'm ,xo,,.,1 0 '
ami t,,o auccoo;nr aara s.as s,ss. ~ to-mo.ton
~ 49,: ~ . eeee.A' u"5o' 'e't To tno efonnas
auts loteuooa utHcloRod tno TACT thHt, aado from
Mling up tho cattle, horseB, Bheop, hog. aud
poultry departments, very little prooraaa had
beon made. The snaca n1tottnf, h hoa,,7 ,avno
;,,n1on,o,,ta so,on ~ a,.na ~, " t'aFs AatA'
'u4to' '9.o 'oa @s'' ~ u1.'ot, Waa Ill =
asato OF chaos' oat az O'CLOCK ~ tho afternoon
ORDER nE1oNED
there aud q finer diapla7 or creator varIotv NJ
| arttcloa yor TIN cuft,vot;on NJ tha so1 49,.
nro,h,v uava- soan an f,,xs.,on"a ''n .p,,so "as
psooAo'y noFos seon .e's .aas-ssoa'a- ihoro
ia everything thofo that tito mind OF man can
conceive Of which will tond to render moro oasy
tho work OF the farmer Tho building got annrt
for tho recopton tof farm producta III Tho morn-
~ .aoa ,nns,,, H.. - .a a.. :. W. .aosa
log was neafly empty ons aa sho aaS progressed
ontrios poured In, and by nightfall ovory inch Of
spaco was flied. Mr. George $. Hnshon, Of
| Rockford. occuutes alona with bts Boeds md
nn,a 49,, anr.n,, s~.a,.u .,.ost ,.1t - -. ~.
nou "'u sa,oe' ptUoueo @4'os' "~'A VI one eo"
Oh sne pulaalug. ioe sno" OF
LAnon-sAv1:'o MACHINERY
| thus far La enall, but may nick IN somevhat AZ
tho -ook advancan Tho ,orco hr;1T,;ro dali.
sae eos ~ aosauoes ne .u.so uullans ocul-
oA.oo W Wv ueo4 - .ao uo1 al1ls's'
art-patrons, maoutaeturefa Of textile fabrca,
aud historians, cannot fail to become tho coutro
Of attraction for tho cultivated csssos. It is a.
! cd with bunting aud ovosgrcons, aud, wien every-
| thing is in. will preHont beautiful appearance.
Az noutiouod in tuego dispatches last right Tho
| livestock exhibition will bo
sIsrrLY TREMENDOUS.
OF tho 750 stalls for lorBcs not QUO WAS vacant At
| 10 o'clock thia morning, and tue managers wero
compelled to order tho erection Of fifty more for
| the accommodation OF tho late arrivals. Men
depaFmon Of tue fair ] anything @ Of i tho
| kind evor known on the American Continent,
both as regards tho unnlber Of entries and quality
of stock exhibited. OF tue 800 odd horses on
the ground, probably GOO afo fifty included under
| the title OF
THOROUGHBRED DRAFT HoRsEs.
| r. Dillon t. Co., Of Normal, alone exhibit
forty head Of Norman etallions. nares, and colts.
Thcir, hcayleat sk3lion weighs about $500
| several Of his mares kick the beam st 1850
| pounds. There aro i've stalions on tho grounds
whose unttod weight reachea 10s33 pounds. In
| Hone OF the claasoB Of horses thoro arc as high
as thirty eutries. The difficulty of picking out
tho animal most worthy to
| CARRY THE DLuE RIBBON
from among such largo field can only be utl-
derstooa by the Judge assigned to tho task OF
making tho selection. OF courae each horse
owner consclentiously believes that his particu-
| lar ansnnl il tho bost, aud, when tho award is
finally made, there are tweuty-nine disappointed
[ men, who 60 back to the stables swearing that
ha is ths last state talr fhst tey y" syes e.
ions. It is tho Ranae with reference to the OK
hibtion OF
| FLOODED CATTLE.
In this department tho numbsr 1 ct ontTes Is
class Of stock shown is fully up to previous or
hibitons. OF hogs there are innamerabIo "
| rieties. filling the long rows Of covered pens,
As all hogs smell alike, tho odor arising from
rrouads ep canpos I be- dispenghoa @ from rom t thst
| which diBeuHtcd tho npstril of the wr1tot last
week wailo inspecting tho swine On exhibition 1t
| Milwaukee,. But the hogs hero appear bestar
the rouLrnY DEPARTMENT.,
which Is under tho control OF tho Illinois Poultry
Association, is biz success. Every class and
variety ; is is fu!ty topre5onsod. 49,.
morning At > o'clock, snd, excort ahort intor-
mission taken for Lunch at 12 o'clock. continued
! at Woro ali day. Tho anmals we're exhibited in
a ring pitchod within tho half.milo track, and
immediately facing tho amphitheatre, wlllcl, dur
| ;nr tho aftcrnoon. WAS vol filled with men and
| you1eu, The attendance ut 2 o'clock, at which
! hour tbs stallious competing az
| HORSES ron ALL wonK
| wore exhibited. vas quite 1000 in number. Az
| tho aoyoral ontrios were trottcd up and down tho
ring, ito ontlusiasm manifested must have iu-
| epired tho horses, Tor they archod their proud
necks aud prancod and oavortod about apparently
conscious Of tho admiration they wero olicitiug.
Amopg lbs prefnium-taking livestock ownors
we're T. r. Horrrott and j. L. Conuelly, for f.
yoars-old jacks ". r: Duncan, for 8 and !
wear old Jacks ]. ". Di.ly was awarded two
| premiums, Que for tonueies and tho other for q
S-yoar-oId mulo. j. i. Winter COS tbs blue rib
bon for bost 3-ye&r-old mule. while ]. l. Con-
| molly aud D. ". Page wora awarded first nod
| second urnpltums. respectively. for mu}oa yenr
| old. Tho premiums for sucking mufos we're
riyon to r. +. Herrlots and ]. J. Oarnagony. J.
T. Conneliy took
7l1E 800 pREanuM
for best swecpstalo jack, and Ira ptlly, $50, foe
tho tho samc DESCRIPTION Of jenny. Tho follow
;,,S awards wero made to ownors Of horso4 for
III work; John Woedtanl. Farmor City; Charlea