Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-17

'there's no place like home.r Not only
were the entries of superiority, but they
were arranged with such regard for aesthe-
tics that the tout ensemble for prettiness was
highly pleasing.
Mrs. Ulrich was at home as superintendent
of the flower department, having filled that
capacity several times before. Her work
received many deserved compliments.
s. A. Shelf was superintendent of the 9Th
division, which included marble, furniture
and leather. The display in this line was
not large, but one business, that of II. h.
Lane, exhibiting.
The Vegetable hall was superintended by
John Hoy, who labored assiduously that his
department might reach the standard, and
while the exhibits were all first class and
bespoke an excellent season, the. number of
exhibits was about half that of 80. This
is DUE" said Mr.. Hoy, "to the exceedingly
unfavorable weather for blowing we have
been having prior TO fair week. The far
mers all desired to attend the greater portion
of the fair but could not do this and prepare
exhibits too. Either one or the other had to
be slighted, and it was the exhibition part
that was slighted."
Still the vegetable show was interesting.
Mr.. Hoy himself made some forty entries
when he found that the exhibits would be
slack 1t was in the cereals that the most of
the meagerness was observed.
MACHINERY.
South of the main road entering the
grounds was the display of machinery, and
it was an enormous one. All the territory
to the poultry pens was occupied by all kinds
of agricultural machinery of the most recent
design and invention. Traction engines,
threshers, clover hullers, feed choppers,
grinders and many other kinds of machIn-
cry were in full operation and their noise
fell like music on the ears of those who are
interested In this class of machinery
HORSES.
The horses were under the supervision of
B. F. Pontius. 1t would be impossible to
mention the great variety of horse flesh
herein placed on exhibition. There were
French, English and Belgium drafts, road
sters and carriage horses, standard bred
trotters. 1t was remarked many times that
the horses brought to the fair this year far
excelled those of previous years.
CATTLE.
The entries here were far above the average
in both quality and quantity. The stalls are
situated on the southern part of the grounds,
but the distance from the main attractions
did not lessen the crowds of admirers in this
line, w. N. Fast was superintendent.
The sheep, swine and poultry were super
intended by Ed. Dettmer, @. II. Helberg and
ed their departments with credit.
On Friday afternoon the grand parade of
premium stock was witnessed by thousands.
It was over half mile in length. Headed
by the 10Th Reg't Band it paraded the track,
making one of the most imposing and in
teresting sights of the fair.
ABOVE THE CLOUDS.
The great drawing card of the fair was the
balloon ascension and parachute decenslon
on Thursday and Friday afternoons by Miss
Gertie Carmo the assistant of Prof. Bar
thoemew, an aeronaut of world wide fame.
The Prof. is practical balloonlst and has
made many successful trips above tne CLOUDS,
but of late years he employees assistants
himself, performing the more particular
work of initiating the balloon.
| The ascensions on both days were COM
pete successes. The weather was tine for
the purpose, the Prof. himself remarking
that had he the reins that controlled the
atmosphere he could not have made better
l days for the ascent. The parachute was tleo
to the top of the balloon by light string
with bar dangling within foot of the young
lady's reach. When the height of about 1000
feet was reached, at a signal fired from a
revolver by Bartholomew, she seizes the bar
and jumping, breaks the cord and sewers
herself and parachute from the balloon. She
falls about 200 feet at terrible speed, but
gradually the immense umbrella-l1ke canvas
opens, the buoyant air rushes up from below,
it's hasty fall towards terra frma is arrested,
and the girl alights with scarcely jar; A
sand bag is tied to the top of the balloon,
which, as soon as relieved of the girls
weight, is inverted, little by little is relieved
of the gas and falls to the earth minute
after the parachute.
Thursday the aeronaut reached the earth
about 20 feet from the river; Friday. she
lighted in the river just above the bridge
She is no swimmer, and as precautlon
wears life preserver, which has often stood
her in good need. While at the Detroit Elk
position she struck the Detroit river three
times, at one time fully an hour elapslng
before she was rescued.
Edw. Hogan. who m t his death at Detroit,
was in the employ of Prof. Bartholomew al
the time.