The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-09-24
The County Fair.

-. >. GOOQnue Outulu nltnScil III HIS
exhibit of apples and pears, while his
grapes were hard to beat.
+. M. Waldron showed about IS
plates of very perfect apples, mostly
OF the winter varieties.
Mrs. w. Hughes display of ounces
was attractive, and E. Otis plums
could not be eXcelled.
l.. H. Gillett exhibited some good
varieties of apples, and Mr.. c. Free
man both apples and pears, while
A. F. Lains' ounces were fine.
In canned fruits there was over 100
specimens, by almost as many exhibit
ors. The cans were, most of them,
we'll put up, showed care in their
handling, and the good housewifery
of the lady exhibitors. A more at
tractive exhibit of goods of this class
we have never seen at any county
fair in the State, and as the canning
of fruit is one of the necessities in all
economical homes, such exhibitions
are of more value than words can
express, and commend themselves to
public appreciation and the exhibit
ors to the thanks of the people, as
the exhibiting of goods in this class
is attended with much trouble and
expense, with little or no remunera
ton.
The display of honey exhibits was
wonderful. Mr.. H. Johnson, of Yer
non, was the largest exhibitor, and
showed pure honey put up in cans
and pals, as well as in the comb, and
of the latter he had the finest box
we ever set eyes upon. Martin Gate,
of West Owosso, also showed honey
in cans that looked good enough for
a feast of the gods, and some fine
boxes. O. S. Smiths display of
boxed honey was not the less attract
i've because not so extensive as that
of the other exhibitors, and Justly de-
served the attention it attracted.
Mrs. Hughes exhibited some of the
very incest maple sugar in cakes that
we have ever seen, and several jars
of maple syrup that looks as though
it would be very palatable on buck
wheat cakes the coming winter.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Woodland & North's fine hearses, in
one of which was a specimen of the
caskets manufactured by the Wood
ard Brothers, of this city, were favor
ably noticed by all visitors in Me-
chanics' Hall.
Any man who inspected the bug
gies and the cutter placed in Mechan-
les Hall by Geo. E. Carpenter will
never be able to say again truthfully
that as good goods in these lines can
not be manufactured in Owosso as
anywhere.
tx. H. Frieseke had a large dis
play of their justly celebrated brick
and drain tile for public inspection.
R. F. Place, of Perry, exhibited the
Moline Plow Co.'s sulky pillow, ard
claimed for it, on what seemed to be
pretty good authority, that it was
''the best pillow that ever turned sod, !"
and it certainly seemed to us to be
pretty good machine for the purposes
for which it was designed. 1t is
called the Flying Dutchman, Jr."
and is manufactured at Moline, Hi
noiS.
c. c. Rowell, Of Owosso township,
exhibited a pair of Deering mowers,
one of which, "the Giant" has cut
of six feet. The Deering is known
as good machine and sells well.
C. A. Dorm, of Owosso township,
exhibited a il. Case & Co., of RAJ
cine, Wisconsin, threshing engine
that was in operation much of the
time.
C.. S., Williams had on the grounds
some extra fine Jackson wagons, than
which none better are made, some
finely finished Oliver combination
plows, and sulky pillow, bob.sled, a
fallow gang pillow, Dowagiac SHOE drill,
a Milford cultivator, a Plymouth wind
mill, an improved harrow, several
specimens of the Jackson fire clay
sewer pipe and drain tile, and fine
display of buggies and cutters in
Mechanics Hall.
Messrs. Brown & McLane, of Yer
non, had on the grounds one of the
famous Holiday standard wind mills
and pumps, manufactured in Batavia,
Illinois. They claimed that it was
the best wind mill manufactured, and
pointed out several Of the claimed
points of excellence that certainly
seemed to justify all claims they made
on the merits of the mill.
Faughner & Co. showed some as
fine specimens of window blinds, etc.,
manufactured at their shops in this
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