Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-09-17

second premiums for carriage teams
The exhibition of carriage teams was
| grand. MI. f. d. Macomber, of New
Lisbon. with fire trotters; Bowes and
MADDEN. of GAINESVILLE. and Atwood and
Rountree, of Platteville, besides many
other horses too numerous to mention,
were found at the stalls.
Four hundred and seventeen head of
cattle puzzled the skill of the Judges
Holsteins and Fresians, of much better
grade than ever appeared here before,
were awarded the premiums, as the
property Of Mr.. l. G.. Morse. of Sparta.
| lie had 10 months bull calf weighing
81 pounds. :. C. Kisor, OF Oregon, and
N. W. Palmer, of Brooklyn, had May
lowers and Jerseys of remarkable
worth. All parts OF the state were well
represented in the stock line.
In sheep Mr.. 4. Hatch. of jefferson,
had 10 Shropshire Downs. Mr. Jewell
sustained the reputation of Mineral
Point with his group. Mr.. Hall, of
Walworth county, and Mr.. O. Malley, of
Dane county, exhibited fine groups.
Mr.. r. II. Mills, of jefferson county,
and Mr.. Pritchard, of Walworth county,
had over twenty head each of Merinos.
Chas. Hill, of Brookfeld, took four first
and two second premiums on South
downs in competition with the Shrop-
/ shire Downs.
! Swine Of all breeds filled the stalls
prepared for them. This branch of the
fair was very closely marked by the
judges.
Machinery, by the acre, covered
large portion of the ground enclosed by
the track. Mr.. S. l.. Sheldons exhibits
could be found on any part of the
grounds. He had everything from
steam-tnresher to a corn-planter. The
Deoring harvesting machine company;
Mccormick harvesting company; Rum
Icy threshers from La Porte, Indiana:
Hiram Dodge & Son, Madison, had
machines attached to the shafts, all
operating. Fuller & johnson, of Madi-
son, and many other firms. were repre-
sented.
AT IL poultry sheds WAS the finest
exhibit for years-over 800 coops were
found there. Mr. Chas. Bedding, Sho-
pierre, 10 coops(a pair of turkeys weigh
ing 81 pounds). Mr.. j. r. Brabazon,
OF Delaware. had 20 ceops. Mrs I'll. (.
Munger, of Evansville, AZ coops. M.
Breitenbach, Is coops of doves Hou-
dams, Hsmburgs, Plymouth Roc ks, Lang
shans, Brahmas, Bantams and all kinds
of Cochins were displayed White
guineas, rabbits, pea-fowls geese, ducks
and turkeys of the finest grades were
shown.
Thursday there was an amusing Shet-
land pony race by ponies owned by Mr..
Bishop, of Beloit. A chariot drawn by
four blacks and one by four whites
pleased the crowd very much. Jack
Cutler" owned by L. G. Maynard, took
the first money, $3.50, in the 800 trot-
ting race; time 2:52 daisy So owned
by S. Silvemail, Waukesha, End, S75;
81 c." owned by j. c. McKasson, Sha-
ron, Sd, S45; ''Gold Dust" owned by
j. II. Pilling. Beaver Dam. 4th. $50.
In the 4-year old colt race, the horses
entered were Rival" Frank Willard,
Lake Mills; "Briggus," T. j. Hollis,
Beloit .'Bevis," j. Demerit, Lake
Mills. Rival won the race in first and
second heat, time 3:15 and 3:19.
On Friday the free for-all and 2:4o
races were very exciting. The ponies
entertained the audiences again with
dash. Hope won the 2;40 race, time
2:30; Jack Cutler won the fres-for-all
Speeches were made by Gov Rusk,
and f. w. Dwight, of Brooklyn, Wis,
on Thursday; and by Gen. Green Clay
Smith, of Kentucky. I. C. Richmond
and Hon. Wm. T. Price, of Wisconsin,
on Friday. Mr.. Price took occasion to
defend the Republican party and spir-
tied debate was had
The following Grant county visitors
were seen upon the grounds: Hon. r.
M. Day and wife, of Mt. Hope, and
their neighbors, r. j. Weaver. Il. A.
Morse and E. 0. Pendleton; Hon. w.
j. Mccoy, j. J. Mckenzie. John Horsh-
berger and Harry Nathan, Of Lancaster;
I. j. Brooks. Ed. Meyer, NJ B. Pitt
man, Geo. L. Hildebrand, NJ McSpa-
den, Nj. Heller, Dr. Hayman, John
Ruka, Jr., VIM. II. Rose, aud Misses
Lizzie Bird and Julia O Conner, of Bos.
cobel; the ladies while here were the
guests of Mrs. Chas Bradford, nee Cora
Gulliford, of Boscobel Fred Never,
of Lancaster, took in the fair and then
rejoined his class at the University of
Wisco nsin.
The State agricultural society met at
the senate chamber Thursday evening
and houored themselves by re-electing
Mr.. A. Arnold, president. Clinton Bah
bitt, on the informal ballot for secre-
tary, received 80 votes against scatter
ing. Cyrus Miner. of GAINESVILLE. was
chosen treasurer The following vice
presidents were elected for their re-
spective congressional districts
First-S Fisher, Rock county.
Second-H ID. Hit. FSnd du Lac.
Third-M. Il. Dorm. Madison
Fourth ID. r. Pilgrim. Milwaukee,.
Fifth. NJ Smith, Green Bay.
Sixth - 4. w. Vaughn. Lodi
Seventh E d. Macomber, New Lis
bon.
/ Eighth-W A. johnson. GalesvilIe
Ninth-A. +. Marquardt, Marathon
county.
Thefollowing are the executive board
Chas. Clark. Whitewater; Geo. Cox
Iowa county; L. L. Newton. Beaver
Dam; F. C. Curtis, Rocky Run; A. Lud
now, Monroe; John True. Baraboo, an,
Geo. A. Austin, Clark county.
The State Veterinarians chose T
t Atkinson president, and DR.. BYer-, .
Monroe, secretary.