Morris tribune., 1889-10-02
at the late state fair as being the
finest horse OF his breed In theistate.

at the late state fair as being the
finest horse of his breed In the state.
The display of poultry was esYeciai-
ly noticeable for the numbeF and
variety of the exhibits. Ther9 were
turkeys, chickens, geese and ducks IN
large numbers and all kinds, 9nd our
people will evidently not lPck foI
material for their Thanksgiving
dinners this year.
G, C. Thorpe, of Hancock, handled
the ribbons over one of thq hand
soonest teams of carriage horses ever
seen in this village. They aye of the
Cleveland Bay strain, of bright bay
color and perfectly matchef. They
are only three years old and weigh
about 1900 pounds each.
The TRIBUNE wishes to particular
ly commend the course of j. u.
Campbell in connection with the fair.
Mr.. Campbell had seventy entries In
the different departments, which
shows plainly that he had the success
of the fair at heart. We hope his ex-
ample will be emulated by other OF
our farmers at our future exhibitions.
Mrs. E. p. Watson and Mrs. IL. ii.
Schuman displayed q large number
of beautiful house plants, many OF
which were in bloom, and their bright
colors were veritable gleam OF sun
shine against the dark background of
vegetables surrounding them. 1t is
toe bad there was not more room for
the different exhibits, as the manner
Ill which they were crowded together
detracted materially from the effect
of the different displays; L |
Among the display Iof cattle we
noticed the tollowingi G. Phelps
showed herd of five full-blood
Holsteins,and four Short-Horns; Fl.
w. Stone & Co., exhibited q herd Of
six of their prize winning Red-Polled
cattle, which carried off all the honors
in sight at the state fair; E. P. Wat
son had herd of his Hrerefords and
Jerseys, and J. G. Campbell exhibited
eighteen head of full-blood and graded
Short-Horns and Holsteins. Taken
as whole the cattle display was
credit to the county, and could not be
beaten by any county in the state.
In the center of the building was
large table literally groaning under
its weight of good things in the shape
of cakes, preserves, pickles, &C.. the
product of the culinary skill of the
ladies of the county. We tried to
get appointed as one of the commit
tee to sample these good things, but
the managers were evidently ac-
quainted with the proyerbial appetite
of the printer, and as they wished to
preserve the exhibit until such time
as premiums could be awarded, they
peremptorily refused to appoint us.
AS q consequencetwe don't know who
made the good things. and don,t~be=1
lieve they amoT Teaoto much any
way.
When we entered the building
where the vegetables were displayed
we were simply astounded. There
were vegetables to the right of us,
vegetables to the left of us, and
vegetables all around us. Vegetables
of all varieties, and of such MAN.
moth size that we could scarcely
grasp the idea that they were all
raised in this county. But they
were, however, and clearly demon
strated that our soil is capable of rails
ing as fine vegetables and as great
variety as can be raised any where in
the United States. Among the dis
plays worthy of mention were those
of s. B. Smith, J. G. Campbell, G. X.
Light, A. Anhalt, G. Phelps, and a
number of others whose names we
failed to secure. Taken as a whole
the exhibit was first class.