The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-26
CENTENNIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Exhibitions and AwarGis.-J. Esfey n On
OrYnDs.-BOOmer 81 DOscher('s I,Ow.
Cider RrNsa. AO"s

Exouos anu Awnrds.-J. Estey d Co.
TO say that the great majority of exhibit
ors here are dissatisfied with the Awards o
the Judges is stating the case very mildly
That all could not be pleased was inc vitabIt
three.fourths of the exhibitors received
medals, and the medals are of equal merit
many OF the prize-holders are displeased
because when awards are nearly universal
they become comparatively worthless. in.
deed there is more dissatisfaction among
those who received medals than among
those who received none. Those who had
superior exhibits are offended because those
having inferior goods, in the same class, re.
ceived equal honors, and some of the really
deserving got no medals, while some that
every Intelligent person that mas examined
their exhibits knows did not deserve medals.
got them. And SO little confidence had
some OF the most deserving and worthy ex.
| hibitors In the justice aud value of the
awards, that they refused to compete, pre.
Ter ing to let their goods stand on their own
merits, having more faith in discriminate.
ing pubic than in the decision of the judges,
appointed as they are under this system.
That many of the recipients of medals emf.
nently deserved them is undoubtedly true.
ana In some departments the distinguished
scientific character of the Judges was strik
ingly illustrated by the discriminating ver.
diets they rendered. But there was not
enough of this class to redeem the general
and wholesale bestowal Of medals from be.
ing looked upon as farce. 1t is hoped that
the reports which are to contain the reasons
Tor awarding the medals will enlighten the
puzzled and dissatisfied exhibitors.
., AS the really distinguished exhibitors are
the few who received no medals examined
with some care many of the exhibits of this
class, and found not few, without medals
decidedly superior to those which had re.
ceived them and especially was this true
OF the exhibits of those who declined to
compete Tor prizes, preferring the verdict
Oh That comprehensive and impartial Jury
for years.
As good representative of this class ex.
amined the exhibit of a well-known house
OF Worldwide reputation as organ mann.
iacturers, who have been in the business
thirty years, whose goods are sold not only |
all over the United States and Canada. bnt |
this present year have exported to Europe |
nearly as many organs as all other Ameri. |
can manufacturers combined. refer to the |
celebrated organ manufacturers,
>, J. EsTEY d CO., OF BRATTLkBoRo. VT.
The clear, sweet, Inspiring tones OF whose
parlor and church organs are familiar to so
many thousand lovers of good music in both
lemlspheres. Their parlOr organs are dis.
'inguished for their great compass. from
smooth, soft, and almost inaudible notes TO
he loudest sounds, sufficient to gil a church.
or the purity and exquisite sweetness OF
heir tones, and also for the instantaneous
esRPnse they give to the touch, so that quick
music, waltz or march, can be played on
hem as well as on piano. So great is the
popularity of these organs that their sales
re constantly increasing even in these dull
ines, being larger the last month than ever
eiore. Their prices range from $40 to
! 900. Unceasing care that all their goods
nall be perfect, in material and workman.
MP. has won for them public confidence
prize worth more than the medals of n ,
lousand Expositions.
very enterprising firm here, whose ex. !
hit took the first and only prize in their
ne at this Exposition, have excited lively :
lterest among fruitgrowers and farmers by
nblishing the following notice: .
CIDER-MAKING EXTRAORDINARY, :
The Boomer q Boschert Press Co., of Syra. :
Use, New York, will exhibit their Power
der Press in Agricultural Hall, Philadel.
lie, Thursday, Oct. Goth, 1876, when thew
oppose to perform the nprecedented feat "
pressing one hundred barrels of cider Q
om eight hundred bushels of apples in ten
uTs. a