Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1883 — Notes from the Fair. [ARTICLE]

Notes from the Fair.

Specially rs) "r l.Tct. ' "» The live stock show at the Fair did not amount to much. ■ Farmers and stock-raisei”- why is this? We know Ahere is fine stock -owned in Jasper 'county. VdirtHMAiirdy-do not advance your own ini orcsis, nor add to the credit of your • :ou:;!y, by making such ... a large iia.i promiaent sliuw of empty stalls and pens, as you had. on exhibition at the la g Fair. ■ Mr. Hughes, of Porter county, had ;tne shcrl-horn showjprvt-ty niuyfi—afl-to himselt He had in nine head of thoroughb'eds, which were liberally decorated with premium ribbons. His two cows, Rose of Sharon,' and Prim” . cess were very tine, and took Istaml 2nd premiums. His two year old Bull, by 7th Lord Oxford, and 2nd Darlington, took Ist premium. His heifers, one two year old. one yearling and, • fourEalreaTAvcrYVlfually fine; auditor?' tuuate. Lewis Sayler entered one two year old thoroughbred short-horn bull, and one yearling, both of the Comstock strain. His tv, o yehr old, is an extra tine animal., showing, many attractive and promising points? That he only received two premium's is no discredit, hH com- tt-er HuHbe advaiitage-in si ahd !'•■ if hot in age. W. A. Pitts, of White county, had in . a three year old, thoroughbred, short ‘Korn I b'uT””BWasT-qjTkto~stwinu good animal,-and"well-entitle! to his firstpremium. 1, J. Porter entered .a, pure bred short horn calf, and a three year old, thoroughbred Jersey bull, ah’ extra i’n-' .animal. 1 y; si; ■. good color, kind disuosi.k-n, ;>nd strong Jersey points, Ist premium. t\Jr. Joseph Willey had in his fine herd of Jerseys, which were deservingly decorated with red ribbons. From ahasty glance, your reporter formed the '.._op.in.ipn timt iiiss jenr old cow possessed ttic most pTomisiug and attraclive pdiufsT ."His two year old'bull is"a good-one, and chuck full of strong Jersey points, liis color and disposition might not-saii evmyohe. The show wf horses was smaller and nearer a laiuire, even, than that of neat stock. H; ;:y Barkley'entered one ---brood mare. one three year old gelding; one heavy draft mare, and one filly, Hood, fair sleek, Ist premium on all. John T;dSnylcr helped put. the'show, by bringing in one three year old heavy |d raft gelding, and one three year old heavy draft mare,, both good stock, Ist -premium. We believe there were one or tWo entries of .stock, not mentioned above, but your reporter was unable to find the owners or learn particulars. Leaving the st alls, a nd'proceeding to the pens, we still find ourselves surrounded by an ail pervading atmosphere of emptiness and sohiudo. C. J. Brown Ind. Era few sheep, from' his fine herd of Cd! $ wold grade?. One pen of lambs were extra good, and. well descrying their red ribbon, J. W. Conard, of Gillam, entered two peris of Ins pure bred Spanish merinos, good, stock, Ist premium. Both these gentleman not only believe _ in raising good slock, but in taking .-mw of it td Lack Mutton being scarce-, we take a lock for pork, which we found even scarcer, and but for Mr. Vy'iiiey would have been nix. Me brought in three small pens of his -new- ‘'Victoria'’ breed of hogs. •'Well 'this looks more like something,” the visitor exclaims, as he comes to the poultry coops, and looks over the large, extensive and interesting, display-of tine, pure bred, fowls. O. K. Ritchey, headed the list of exhibitors, hi the number and variety of his entries. He showed twenty-eight coops; consisting qf light and daik brahmas, black and partridge cochins, white and brown leghorns, white faced black Spanish, black-breasted red games, and black-breasted red game bantams, i’ekin ducks, Toulouse geese, and bronze turkeys. Mr. Willey came in next, with a show of thirteen coups of light brahma-, Plymoulh-rQcks, sea-bright bantams, bronze turkeys, and Pekin ducks. That happy plii'r of sea-bright bantams, with thqii: cunning little chicks, were just too sweet for anything. HxuLOkUgflUfl show of <joop\ Plymoulh-rocks, ’bfeekr hamburgs, bull' cochins, and light bantams. " ' "Dr. Washburp, ten ergethT amTef-” ficient .'supeiintendant of the fowl department, had several coops of black '"leghorns, and partridge cochins, nice lirds. Ktuinal and Seri,, show three coops of bull' cochins, fine large fowls. The poultry show was a decided suo- . cess in every respect, and reflects great

credit upon all of the parties connected with it. Moving on, we pass through machinery hall, .Ivit'h a'hasty glance, and entered Floral Hall, which we were pleased to find was anothei' decided success, and, of course, it could not be otherwise, when so many of j’asper’s fair ladies, had taken hold, and added to the grace and beauty of its artistic attractions, which, we are sorry to say, time did not permit us to note in detail. . •... We venture the suggestion to our friends of the so called Broad Cl auge church, in this place, that a great deal of confusion of ideas would be obviated, were they to adhere to the practice of calling their organization py its rightful name of “The Church of God," rather than the “Christian church” as another extensive church society is commonly spoken of by that taine. :. The Republican’s sunflower entered the Fair and came back, what there was left of it, decorated with the red ribbon of victory, and, metaphorically speaking, ail the scalps of its competitors. It is fourteen and one-third inches in diameter, well formed and was,, before it went to the show, full of big, fat seeds. None'of its competitors approached it in size, but Mr. Erastus' Fcacock exhibited a monstrous large sunflower stalk with a great many flowers upon it. On Thursday Mr. E. Hammerton of Hanging Grove township, brought to town, but thinking he was too late did not -leave at the Fair, two large sunflowers, the largest of which would have been a dangerous rival to ours,