, 1875-09-14
FAIRS.
Opening Day of tho Illinois Htnte
Fair III Ottawa.
The Exhibition Of Thoroughbred AMI
mails Mover Equalea De{ore.
Auspiclons beginning OF The Michigan,
state Fnir at Saginaw.
Numerous Othor Fairs and Exposi.
tiuns.
THE ILLINOIS FAIR.
AI'CCEHSFCL UFENlNN AT OTTAWA,

THE ILLINOIS FAIR.
RvCcEssrcL OPENING AT OTTAWA.
!spfeldt faratth tn The Chicago tribune.
OTTAWA ILL.,, Sct's. 19.-Tha !lrst day Of ths
fair presented liz oily appearance on Tho ground
to Tie {, 600 or G,000 people In attendance. This
In large for the arst day. but aota oil IN compar
feon with tho enormous number Of horsos and
cattle upon Tho grounds, excoodlng as they d.
br thsee-fnla more than ut tie grind sl,ow.day
Of any o.hat stato Fair ever hold III ltiinoia.
Tho 1900 entrlos of ,iyc.elock made
to dato, Which hava not baforo beou
mentioned, ara s: From Alexis, IT,, . hostl
Of shirteen short-hornt.--a h1ll. woiEht
2.4oo; COW, 1,740; an 8.months cali, weight
200 pounds. In Jersey cattle, n l,ord Of tnolyo
from Decntur; COW. weight $50 pounds, wlloAo
milk produces Ia pounls Of buttor por week.
11olssein, from Lake liaw, color black aud wh'to;
fourteen In tho hard; COWS weigh from 1900 to
1,100 pounds; bulls, 4 years old, 1,3oD to l,50A
pounds; CONS that cnlvnd last spring In February
aud March eiyo from " 10 70pouut,s OF milk er
day; cowh Of this herd that were imported &As
satnnor give ftom 60 to 10 pounds Of milk por
dav.
There arc thirteen head Of fino horses from
Otlawa. In one bord from Deer Park aro four
eeon head OF eplont}sd rOAdatorB tsottors. dc.
Tho sheep and swine department will be worry
largo but as 80 many werc constantly coming it
waa impossible to give tt,om tu their appropriate
class.
About 2 acres arc covered With mechanical.
agricultural, and okhor implements. mid articles
too numerous to mention. Almost every variety
Of reaper. inowsr. thseshar Windmill, pow, cul-
tiyator caor-prcss. and the like. known In tic
West is here.
Tho poultry department malea a splendid
showing. Threa hundred copps Ut ovory sort OF
fowl in thia lina had been fccalvcd At nuot. and
entsieB for about 600 moro n,hle by o'clock.
Until arranged in their proper claases 1t will 10
impossible to do them Justice.
Floral Hail III rapidly filling up With fruits,
fIoworA, and fancy articles contributed by tho
ladies In ovory variety that can DO Thought Of.
The Acndcmy OF Natural scionce, OF Ottawa.
tlaso several cases Of splendid spooimons OF taxi
darlnv, entomology. eta
Tho farm products arc hugo, In tho WY Of
coFn.stalAa ID feet high, laden with monstronh
ears aud tho mammoth aquaahes aud pumpkins,
boots and onions, etc.. are marvellous.
There nro ilno dlsplass of mechanical In
boz mailing machines, limitations of eyoFy kind OF
marble made INTO zuantelpicoos, table-tops, otc.,
alBo fGs. clovlees. eto, hogne.collatH, and every
thing in tho line of harnesa.
Tho several matches and other affairs in
equcHtrisulsm will be determined on Friday
next. Tho trotting Esco for a-ycar-o!5B
WAS won by scoFciler, OF Princeton. Cora Cham
pson second, and Warron Davis third. Time OF
winner, 500.
Ttia evening tho late train brough. In droves
Of to stock. Among the lots wore a flue herd
OF HoIstn cattle. and another train had twenty
three splendid horacs. A gentleman from Hhor-
Lam, VT, also came In with twenty flro head Of
msrino aheep Another from, bradford, ILL.,, had
oight bead Of Huporb roadstora aud trottors.