River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-25
PIERCE COUNTY FAIR.

The 10Th annual exhibition of the
Pierce County Agricultural Society was
held at Prescott last Thursday and
Friday under the most favorable au-
spices. The weather was bright and
pleasant, the grounds in good condi-
tion, the officers prompt and attentive
to their duties and everything tended
to make the fair as successful as could
be expected from the location. With
very few exceptions the exhibitors
were from the adjoining towns of Oak
Grove and Clifton. The display al
though not large would compare III
quality with that of our state Fair
and was a credit to the society as well
as the surrounding country. Thurs
day and Friday forenoon were devoted
to entering and arranging the various
exhibits which being completed made
a very fine display of the varied agri-
cultural products of this vicinity and
the handiwork displayed in the quilts,
rugs, harnesses, ETC., was highly COM
meIfCfatory to the owners thereof.
Among the most notable exhibits
were the following: q. I'll. Nichols,
of Prescott, six varieties of grapes;
F. Meincke, wagons, sleighs and cut
tiers; Harry Il Todd, brooms; Miss
Martha Caldwell, log cabin quilt; Mrs.
John Miller, beautiful silk quilt, dried
flowers and the finest display of flow
ers. Mrs. Miller's large and complete
list of plants and flowers would add
largely to the attraction of a much
larger fair than this, as would those
of Mr.. James Gum which were taste
IN, ha form nf a
i'm the center of the pavilion. j.
Firner had on hand some excellent
varieties of stoves, and McMurphy x
Havens attracted their share of atten-
tion with some of the best kinds of
agricultural machinery, of which they
are agents at Prescott.
The vegetable display was perhaps
the best of the fair including some OF
the finest specimens we have ever
seen. Il. Harnsberger showed twenty
| three varieties to good advantage.
Among a long list of others we noted
some very fine potatoes of Rev. Bunk
er, pumpkins, squashes, and water
melons equal to those raised III more
| tropical chimes. VIM. Kendrlck, OF
| Clifton, exhibited a watermelon
weighing thirty-three pounds and this
| variety is not injured i'll flavor by the
immense size to which it often attains,
| as we can attest from the excellent
specimen with which he presented us.
| Rolls of well woven rag carpet were
exhibited by Mrs. f. McGray and
| Mrs. n. S. Dunbar. An afghan OF
Eugene Doolltle was highly praised
for the workmanship. Miss Myrtle
Bailey exhibited some very fine specl'
mems of seed work. A grottO of Cor
nelius Meacham deserves notice fol
the ingenuity with which it was con.
structed. Geo. DoolittIe exhibited
a can of peaches grown i'll Ellsworth
in 1877. Louis Jurgens displayed a
fine lot of boots and shoes and the
Boston Square Dealing House of Hast
ings was well represented III the line
of clothing and fancy goods. The
display of apples was better than at
any previous fair. j. II. Wilkinson ex
hibiting twenty-three varieties. The
dairy and household exhibit was small
but of the very best quality.
STOCK.
| Under this head we were very ia
vorably impressed with a full blood
ed Jersey bull exhibited by l.. j.
Richardson. of River Falls, a Short
Horn bull Of G. W. McMurphy and
three very fine Short Horn cattle by
John Mcilroy, of Clifton. A sucking
colt of Belgian stock exhibited by /.
r. Glass took the first premium, A
two year old stud colt weighing ll7O
pounds, the property of ID. Rollin at
tracted considerable attention as also
did one of the same age of j. NJ. Bal
lev weighing 1857 pounds and three
wear old colt of j. A. Stiffatt weigh
ing 400 pounds. 5. a. Brown exhlb'
tied yearling colt weighing lO3C
pounds. The number of sheep eXhlb
tied was small but are deserving OF
more than a passing notice. Fred
Endorf showed some fine Cotswold
| lambs and C. 0. Cone some Leslie and
Cotswold sheep including Il large
buck. Joe COpp exhibited some
Cotswold sheep and some very fine
| AYRSHIRE cattle. We also noticed
some very fine looking Berkshire hogs
of Geo. TeachOut aud q. w. Me
Murphy. A good cow was on exhibit
ton by Jonathan Olive.
The Prescott Cornet Band enlivened
the occasion by discoursing excellent
music at intervals during Friday at
ternoon. Upon the invitation OF Rev
W. T. Bunker we enjoyed q ride after
his we'll matched team. Ihey were
| fine steppers and although not entc!!Hu
for d premium were much admired.
Only two entries were made for the
trotting race which was easily won by
Geo. Fortunes horse Spot, OF River
Falls. The running race was hotly
contested, being won by horse of IT,
A. Dill with o. G. Browns mare
MOLLY" one-half length behind. The
number of entries was less than for
several previous years and the at
! tendance not very large.