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Show Tin Fair. The attendance at the lair, yrlcr day, ws l yond expectation, nd frotu the hour of opeuiog uulil thai of closing, the building aud grounds! were crowded. There were uumrroua additions to the various departments, and a second vitit nhowtd many new atlractious. H is safe lo conclude tliat a person vUiiing the t xtut.itiou every day during the period while it remains open would ho paid by h,i sight of article ol inier;-, which must neccsraiily esca.y nitce on a previous attendance, through the great uumtjrM things worthy ol ol.ne 'ifcoAluir, ' Tlio principal addtlioud are to the art, Horn I, fruits and stock departments. The exhibition of tine arts was much improved and greAt iutert'Bt was nutnleattd by visitors in the display. The paintings are those of Mesons. Oltiuger, Tulhdge, Lam bourne, Dahlgreu, Wegeland, VyUrisuanseu ana oiners, ana many oi their work-t Wvt tbo recipients ol' very high encomiums. Tiie .tok display oouliuues the best exhibition exhi-bition iu the fair, and strangers stran-gers were very free iu retutrks of praise at the collection of blooded stock. It is a simple impossibility to make meutiou ol everything worthy of notice, and the best thing any person can do is to p.iy a visit lo the exhibition. By so dom the whole can readilyj be seeu, aud any one of iotclligcuco or a dupjsitiua lo view the progress of lint territory, mil be well repaid. " " The music was furnished in the fore part of the day by Beezt-ley'd martial baud and in the atternoou by the i Teulh Ward brass baud. ! The luuscum was densely crowded, and il was a matter of gen era! 'regret thai so fiue a collection col-lection ol curioeiiies should be kept in so poor pUce lor exhibition. Tne room ia poorly lighted, poorly ventilated, venti-lated, and the display made is so crowd ei t lobe rendered greatly uu-appreciable. uu-appreciable. Proleasor Bar.'ool has uow boxed awjy some 50,000 specimens, speci-mens, ol which he can make no show ing, owing to a lack of room. One great benefit which will nsu'.t Irom the connection ot the museum to the fair will be the briugiug of this va u ab!e inslitutiou lo the atteution ot the public, both in the vicinity of tnU city -nd in other portiors of the territory, ter-ritory, a majority of the iuhabi tants being uuaware of its existence. Ttie premiums were awarded as per announcement and a complete and .ofiiciallUt will be published as soon as made out. - The fair will remain open until Saturday evening, and there is some Ulk ot continuing il through a por lion of next week. The idea is a good one and irould in all probability result profitably if carried out. The articles now on exhibition will not destroy, and the display would be equally as remunerative to the exht-! exht-! oitors as au adveiusement as it would to the society under while auspices it is being conducted. If OIKS TO BXUtFfTORa- ABd CONTtSr ANTS. ' Premiums are expected to be attached at-tached to exhibits by l'Z o'clocK to day. Exhibitors ol live alock will please is tneir stock remain od exbibmon tilt 6 o'clock p.m. each day of the tair. A great xuaoy were disappointed disap-pointed in not seeing the very fine collection ol stock after 2 p.m. yea-lerdy. yea-lerdy. " 1 - . The hve 3tock exhibition closes today. to-day. The plowing match will come off at 10 o'clock this morning on Alma Pratt's farm, one mile and a half south of fair grounds. - Knits Faraiere . competing with sincle plows will be awarded: First prize A new plow. feeennd priw Diploma. Third pnze Silver medal. . Entrance fee $2 00. . . Merchants competinc with gng, agricultural implemonb, will be twarded: First prixe Diploma. -Second prize SilveV medal. Tmnl prize --Bnrxe medal. Eotranoe ec H CO for each implement. imple-ment. Points to be considered by the judges: Simplicity, adjustability, esse of management, quality of work, superiority of bilob and draft. |