Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-09-27

Royal Oxford pix weighing $40 pounds,
and he wasn't very fat, either, besides
a large number of other hogs OF various
ages Of the same. Mr.. Rogers is y "hog
iancier." He takes as much pride in
his splendid hogs as men mostly do in
their "pretty babies"
The display in the several stock de-
partments showed plainly that our
farmers are growing more enthusiastic
in their love for good stock.
IN THE HALLS.
There Is no use in Disgusting the
fact that our people, who had an
abundance to make fine display in
Agricultural & Floral Halls, did not do
as they ought in the way of filling upl
those Halls. Still there were some
very creditable and attractive exhibits.
Floral Hall, was only tolerably well
filed. The flower display was meagre,
but choice, chiefly by DIR. Jno. Tall
man and Mrs. S. B. Powell. Needlel
and Fancy Work, and Jellies and Pre-
serves were there in their usual exu-
berance.
The most noticeable feature in this
Hall was the magnificent display Of
fruits. The contest was close, and each
Wed with the other for the best show.
Samuel MctieOrge excelled in pesrsand
in some varieties of apples. A. c..
Downing, Marshal Thompson and A.
T. McKelvy all had fine exhibits of
apples. The display was very large
and creditable for the present season.
In the Agricultural Hall, as we have
before remarked, there was slim dis
play. What there was of it was mer-
litorious.
The display of agricultural machinery
was chiefly by Cover, Luke d Co.,
VIM. Chambers, and Hoyle Bros. We
have not space to speak of their exhib-
it's.
The following are some of the pre-
miums awarded.
THOROUGHBRED HORSES.
Stallion 4 years old, lst emium
Vim Hoge, "Golddust."
RoADsTERS.
Stallion years old and over, lst, W
E. Waters; %. ID. w. Brewer. Gelding
4 years old, 1st, James T Bentley. Best
pair draft horses, LIST, w r johnson,
I'd, T E Johnston. Best brood mare,
.lDV & l. M Sutton.
swINE-BERKSHIRES
Brood SOW, 1st, w FL Mcbride; I'd,
Hiram Watkins. Fat hog, 1st, Hiram
Watkins.
POLAND CHINA.
/ Boar | year old, 1st, Hugh Rogers
boar under year, l5t,
brood SOW under l year old and pigs
lst, Hugh Rogers; brood SOW under
} year old, 1st, Hugh Rogers. Fat hog,
Hugh Rogers,
Boar year and upward, 1st, w \
Stilwell. Brood sow and pigs, 1st, "
, Y Stillwell.
: CHESTER WHITE.
\ Boar year cid, 1st, Fl B Close; boa
: under l year old, 1st, w g Rankin
] Brood SOW / year old and over and
pigs, 1st, w. G. Rankin; brood SOW
e under year old, 1st, w G Rankin.
3 FINE WOOL SHEEP.
: Buck years old, 1st, N w Holmes
ID, s & s Campbell. Buck years old
r ID, s & S Cam pbell. Buck year old
1st, John Allen; I'd, Samuel Campbell
o Pen 8 ewes, 2 year old, 1st, w v
q Holmes; I'd, John Allen.
. THE RACES.
!. We simply give the summary Of tn
races, as follows:
= COUNTY TRoT.
= VIM Hoge's Golddust. stallion, 1st
D Darrah's Brown Mare ID; G N Bal
ry's Bay Horse Sd.
Q COUNTY PACE.
:. W w Kilgore's Wild Billy 1st; OFT
y Rottmeir's Ida Jane I'd; John Hendel
j. sons Dutch Billy Sd.
y SWEEPSTAKES PACE.
n A P Hancher's Bay Harry, Wheel
:. ing, 1st; w M Kilgore's Wild Billy %
!, John Henderson's Dutch Billy Sd; j
:, IScOtt's 10 4th. Time, 2:39, 2:27f, 90
II sWEEPsTAKEs TROT.
d Harry Shinn's Wilder, Newark, Isl
y 1T ] WOodmansee's 10 Morgan I'd; Dol
u lsey's Bell Boyd, Pittsburgh, Sd. Time
y t2:27, 2:30f, 2:33i.
It Tne running race could not be salts
= Ifactorily filed. In order to entertai
h the crowd, Daniel Harris and Alex
;. Downing agreed to run their horse
q for $3.50 to first and S. to second
!. Harris "Our Sal" easily won in thre
q straight heats.
:. Every County Fair has its little ep
sodes, but nothing out of the regula
way happened worth reporting
Among the many attractions was tn
fine pair of English Hares belonging
q to our German friend John Ramsel
they were the delight of the little folks
The Narrow Gauge train, too, was
" great curiosity to many as it cam
is dashing up the valley to unload it
J. human freight at one of the entrance
y to the grounds. By the way the N. g
IF train, under the conductolship of MI
Z John Hart, with the steady Lann
ir Archer driving the machine stOot
y its first heavy trial gsllantly, and con
g veyed its precsous freight safely ant
e speedily. During the last day of tn
ls Fair about 5000 people were on tn
n grounds-the largest gathering ther
q for many years. The Society realizes
q handsomely, say about $1,000. Tn
n management, officers, Board, Marshals
l. and all concerned, are to be congrstu
g lated over the great success of the 29tl
) Annual Fair.
|. The Narrow-Gauge transported 10l:
e during the three days of the Fair-61
= on the last day.
THE GALAXY for October is a mum
of unusual interest, and contains sew
:. eral noteworthy articles, among which
}. may be mentioned The Tariff and tn,
e Hard Times by Horace White: For