The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-08


clothing furnishing goods, shirts, gloves, UNI
brelas, &c, and Child & Phipps make very
attractive display of fine boots and gents and
ladies' shoes and fancy foot gear generally.
4 sTUNrER!
Rut now we are at our wits end, for
next we must pass up the middle aisle Of this
WING and describe what we see on either side,
in classes K. and l.. Describe! There are
500 articles, of half of which we don't even
know the name. Well, Mrs. +. c. King shows
cotton and wooden knit stockings, "A marvel
ous infants dress and Il lamp mat; Mrs. 4
IStraWn matches the stockings and supple
'Imcnts them with a miraculous patchwork
quilt: Mrs. NJ. A. Hills shows knit stockings,
Il plain shirt, worked collar, handmade shirt,
and pair Of mittens; Mrs. Is. 7. Phelps shows
a couple of patchwork quilts and "A crochetted
counterpane; Miss Jennie Strobel, 6 years old,
shows a patchwork quilt, very ereditable in
Idecd; Miss A. Schobcr shows two fancy rag
'Irugs; Ella IIaines, wool knit stockings; Mrs.
John Stout, knit stockings and mittens; Mary
A. Hutton, patchwork and worsted quilt
Mrs. A. Lowman, same and Il silk quilt; Mrs.
7 4. Lock, patchwork quilt bed spread and
double coverlet; Mrs. T. Arthurs, Mrs. j. n.
Strawn, Mrs. Lydia DEEMS and Miss p Smith
each "A quilt; Miss Mary Latferty hand
made shirt; Mrs Thos Larkin, white bed and
cradle spread; Augusta Barnard, fruit dish
mat; Mrs. +. c. Lewis, infants cradle quilt
! n.
Nitschcm, crocheted counerpane; Mrs. A. NJ.
Ebcrsol, Mrs. b. \. Murphy, Anna Eichcbcr-
ger and Mrs Cyrus Pool, knit mittens; Miss
NJ. II. Uousekeeper, of Bcardstown, H., spcci.
mems of fancy mending and darning, and fan
cv RUGS embroidered in burlap; Sarah 4.
Reese, Mrs Stockslagcr and Mrs. w J. Nicely,
plain and fine shirts; Mrs. L. Hathaway skill
in mending and darning; Mrs. 7. Z. Mac
Kinlay, infant dress, log cabin worsted quilt
and ctocheted skirt; Alice Fiske, toilet set in
lace and muslin, &c, &C. and conspicuous in
the center is shown Il beautiful worked chair,
by an old lady Of G1-namc not given. The
display is the finest of ladies' fancy work we
ever saw at any fair, and is the most beautiful
and interesting Of the whole exhibition. Mrs.
MacKinlay, as superintendent, has displayed
admirable skill in its arrangement, and both
she and all the lady contributors deserve the
endless thanks of the Society for such mag
niicent contribution. 1t is also due in this
connection, to pay an equal tribute to Mr. and
Mrs. O. G. Thompson, to whom was assigned
the general charge of Floral Hall, and to
whose skill and judgment, therefore, the Soci-
ETY. are indebted for its admirable general ar
rangement.
PREMIUMS AWARDED IN CLASSES Kali
Best cotton knit stockings, Mrs. A. strawn st Mrs +. C.
Best Wool knit stockings, Mrs. A. strawn LIST, Mrs John
Best calico patchwork quilt Mrs b Phelps 1st Mrs A.
Best millinery goods Mrs $. Gregg LIST.
Best taste in ornamental quilt Mrs j. n srawn ls Lydia
Best hne shirt Mrs stockslager LIST Sarah A. Reese 3D.
Best plain shirt Mrs Stockslager lst.
Best skin in mendng Miss NJ r. Housekeeper 1st Mrs f.
Best skill darning, Mrs E. c. Hathaway lst Miss
Best ' Infants dress, Mrs T. E. MacKinlay 1st
Best shirt made by hand Mary A. Iaierty ls Sarah A.
Best log cabin worsted cotton quilt Mrs. T. E. MacKin
Best ditto silk quilt, Mrs A. Lowman.
Best knit counterpane Mrs b. T. Phelps ls Helen Nits
Best knit mittens, Mrs b. A. Murphy lst Mrs. NJ A. Hill
Best rug of gathered rags. Mrs A. shober
Best fancy rug Of braided rags, same
Best fancy embroidered in burlap Anna Echelberger
LIST, Miss Housekeer ID.
Best toilet set OF lace and muslin Alice Fiske.,
Best limp fruit dish mat, Augusta Barnard is Mrs cy
!sst niants cradle qaIlI, Mrs. F. G: Lewis n
Hest RSHSsd All Mrs. 3D.
s Feet G GoSs s cSvsr MF. Ms f GTs 5aFe
Best quilt by child years old, Jennie NJ Strobe.
The following premiums were awarded in
Glass Farm Products-shown in Floral
Hall:
Re, A. = N; E9ersol 1st, Geo N. punayan &C.
B BI Oats WIN Arthur LIST, \. Lock ID.
W6its oats: 4 Il fSersoi lst E. c. Nelson I'd.
i%Shy seed III Moore st. t,' VIM T. ro %I@ e. '
Same on prairie, A. NJ, Ebersol list. j. II. Omstead ID
White White sod sod corn John NaG Cox lst ,,o,
P9p Corn, g. l. Thompson LIST, +. c. Hathaway ID.
Canary seed, I. Gusta LIST.
tbs following premiums were awarded in
Fruits-Class |:
Skinner gSs5 yTS sSD srpT SasTny 1s : Pr,1 81
W a tsR apps Sa b. pr t + s H Hnyes ~
Peaches, d. J. Price lst-no competition
Grapes best display, Hathaway LIST. Jerry Ford ID
Best varieties grapes, G. l. Thompson ls L. c. Hattie
ID.
Siberian crabs Lucy Cox Ist Hqthsgqy d
Russian crabs, Frank Bennett LIST.
Concord grapes VIM Arthur LIST, \. Lock q.
Poultry.
The exhibition of poultry was much the
largest ever made at our county fair and in
deed up to any we had seen at the state fair.
The display was not only notable in numbers,
but in the splendid quality of the fowls and
animals. First entitled to honorable mention
among the exhibitors was Mr.. \. G. Barthole-
NEW, of Emwood, Peoria county, not only for
coming 50 far but for heauty and nertectiOn oil