Henry Brown, Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga co., O., percussion matches.

C. A. Richter, Cleveland, O., 2 faucets.

A. F. Newell, Warren, O., patent fruit boxes.

T. G. Bristor, Cleveland, O., specimen of dentistry.

West Union Telegraph Company, Cleveland, O., telegraphic repeater.

H. Craig, Cleveland, O., case of microscopes.

Lightning Rod Company, Cleveland, O., lightning rods.

J. W. Penfield, Willoughby. O., drain tile.

Henry Craig, Cleveland, O., case of artificial eyes.

Mrs O. L. Hinckley, Brooklyn, O., 10 pounds lard.

Hammon Stevens, Sheffield, O., bees wax.

Mrs. B. F. Dwelle, Port Clinton, O., dried currants.

Miss E. Minuse, Milan, O., pine apple preserves.

B. H. Bohmer, Cleveland, O., display of Aloes and Cactus, in pots, (Prof.

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(From the Ohio Farmer.

THE OHIO STATE FAIR.

The Fourteenth Annual Ohio State Fair opened on Tuesday of this week, with the weather fresh from the showers of the few days preceding. Our people are now so well settled upon a quiet war basis, that they had determined to go to the Fair, and they did go to the Fair: thirty thousand people, is a fair computation of the attendance on Thursday, which was the big day. Thirty thousand is a good many people-equal to thirty regiments of infantry, which occupy more space than they are generally estimated to fill, so that when you hear of a crowd of fifty thousand people, think of the vast proportions of a grand division of the army and revise your arithmetic fifty thousand crowds of civilians are scarce, and five thousand are not plenty, even at Fairs. But this was a happy and a busy crowd, till the afternoon of Thursday, when there came on a sweeping rain which was better for the earth than the State Fair, but was awfully destructive of gaiters and bonnets; and awfully productive of a show of matched calves, which is in the agricultural line!

A reference to the list of awards following, will show who were the successful competitors in the several classes, but no mention which we have space to make, can do justice to the thousand and one articles of merit on exhibition. On the whole it was a good Fair and a large Fair, the receipts of money footing up some $15,000.

THE HORSE DEPARTMENT.

In the article of horses for useful purposes, this State Fair has seldom been excelled; but the most useful horses, like the most useful men, do not make the greatest display on public occasions. As usual, the horse ring was the centre of attraction for a large number of visitors, and whenever the exciting classes of horses were on trial, the excitable portion of the crowd were sure to pack the amphitheater and line the rails with a perfect park of tense humanity.

Thoroughbred Horses.-The contestants in this ring were “Col. Grayson," belonging to J. W. Fitch, of Cleveland; "Boston," and "Dan Webster," owned by Sam. Alexander, of Greene county; "Ben Butler," owned by Anderson & McMillan, of Greene county; "Young Grey Eagle," owned by Mr. Richardson of Cleveland; "Perfection," owned by Dan Law, of Willoughby; and Spangler's "Boston,”—a ring of handsome horseflesh. The red card was taken by "Col. Grayson," and the blue by "Ben Butler." The verdict of the outsiders appeared to be in favor of reversing this arrangement--but "Ben Butler" is young, and can bide his time.

The Roadster Ring was a galaxy of noble form and display of excellent muscle. Old Hiatoga showed to a disadvantage in harness for want of training, but showed well enough to take the red ribbon. Excelsior did some of the fairest trotting that crowd ever saw-he always trots fair. St. Lawrence, the new $5,000 purchase of James M. Brown, is a stylish animal, combining the fine and the muscular, but was unfortunately suffering from a difficulty in his fore pasterns, which prevented him from being put to his speed.

The Sweepstakes Ring for stallions, brought out the force of the field, which was a goodly sight, wherein each animal was put upon his individual merits, whether of blood, muscle or perform

ance. We have not space to particularize further in a class where all did well, and where to secure special attention, the winner must do very well.

THE CATTLE DEPARTMENT.

The famous old short horn breeders have abated somewhat of their old time ambition in the fitting up of herds for the ring, so, that the show of cattle, though very fair, was not so heavy as it was a few years ago, especially when we had a large competition from Kentucky and Indiana. Never before on this continent was seen, and we fear never again shall we live to see, such a congregation of bovine beauties as were upon the grounds in Dayton, in 1860.

THE SHEEP DEPARTMENT.

Taken as a whole, the sheep department may be set down as first rate. Beginning at the north are the pens of the Southdowns, Shropshires, Cotswolds and Leicesters, from Judge Chaffee, of Ashtabula county. The Southdowns are of the stock purchased of J. C. Taylor, of New Jersey; the other from Mr. Miller, of Canada West, from English importations. Henry Priday, of Euclid, shows a very large Cotswold; John Chamberlain, of Lorain, several pens of Cotswolds, among which is an imported ram of most excellent proportions. Fat sheep, from L. G. Byington and E. Driggs, of Elyria, Leicesters, and further on, nice store sheep from the same exhibiters. Wm. Pinchcumbe, of Cuyahoga, two Leicesters; then come the pens of Southdowns from Samuel Toms, of Elyria-as neat and symmetrical as if they had been turned in a lathe. Thos. Bennington, of Laporte, three pens of large Southdowns; John Whitlam, of Cuyahoga, three pens of Southdowns, from stock bred by Samuel Toms. Wm. Leuty, of Cuyahoga, Leicesters, from Raw Jackson stock, and a pen of Cotswolds. William Squires, Copopa, very likely Cotswolds from stock imported and bred by Mr. Stone, of Guelph, C. W. James Leuty, of Cuyahoga, fat Leicesters. Ed. Davis, Royalton, very large Downs, weighing over 300 lbs. each; clip 12 lbs. wool; sold at 60 cts. C. Merrill, Lake county, very large and handsome Leicesters; Charles Button, Medina county, Merinos; Wm. Kennedy, Brunswick, very wooly lambs. Then came a range of pens of Merinos from Vermont, with sheep for sale, some of excellent quality, and so on down. The owners were Messrs. Karr, Foot, Hill and Wright. Thos. Gorby, of Portage county, with the fine wool prize buck, Hannibal, and his worthy fellows, were a great center of attraction. Robert Perrine, of Washington county, Penn., stoutly contested the palm with Mr. Gorby, in this line, with a lot of very nice sheep. J. S. Delano, of Mt. Vernon, who is entering the lists as a breeder of fine-wool sheep, has a start in the right direction; J. W. Worcester, of Pittsfield, has the pick of a flock well known to fame; John Duncan, of Sidney, has two pens of good fine wools; and James Lester, of Avon, closes the range with a lot of heavy Leicesters.

Along side of the wooly people, were the Goats called Cashmere, which everybody crowded up to see and admire. It is time these animals were correctly named, as they are the real Angora and not the Cashmere goat, which latter would be of little service in this country, while the Angora promises to be very profitable.

SWINE.

Large breeds of hogs were well represented by George Anderson and Martin Carroll, of Painesville, who are inveterate prize takers. J. H. Perrine, of Lebannon, and Andrew Caton, of Morrow county, also exhibited some good hogs. Of small breeds, Samuel Toms, of Elyria, had the best animals.

POULTRY.

Since the Shanghai fever died out, this department of our Fairs has never been very full. The main exhibiter this year was Henry Bishop, an "American citizen of African descent,"

of Springfield, who had quite a handsome variety of fowls, including some black bantams, whose "cunning" looks charmed the money out of "Kirk's" pocket for a pair. Mr. Tubbs, of this city, had a pair of his bronze Turkies on show. J. W. Taylor, of Seville, exhibited a pair of "Guilford chickens;" and M. Baker exhibited some fine silver and golden pheasants. The whole display was reasonably good, and what it lacked in numbers was made up in constant "crowing."

MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT.

Among the machinery for farm purposes, the sorghum mills and evaporators attracted a large share of attention. We have described and illustrated the machinery business so fully in the Ohio Farmer this season, that we shall omit a repetition of that branch, at this time. Several new inventions were on the ground which we will illustrate as we have opportunity.

FARM AND DAIRY PRODUCTS.

In this department we found friend H. P. Canon, of Twinsburgh, as Superintendent—a happy selection, but he was not happy on Tuesday evening; his tables were not filling up fast enough. But all this changed on Wednesday, and as the cheese and butter, and vegetables, and everything in his line, crowded in upon him, his face shortened up with a smile that denoted contentment. The united testimony is, that this department was vastly ahead of the exhibition of last

year,

The Dairy products were specially notable. Several of the most noted cheese manufacturers of the Reserve furnished specimens. The average weight of each cheese was over 130 pounds, and one mammoth from E. C. Cox weighed over 350. Butter was also displayed in profusion. Of farm products, the display was not extra large, but the variety was good, as well as the quality. We have no room to speak at length-and can only say that the display in this hall was better than last year, but yet not up to the mark which it should reach in this State of rich soils and good farms.

FRUIT HALL.

This department was under the superintendence of Geo. W. Campbell, the grape man of Delaware, as well as the "Delaware" grape man, who was himself the most liberal exhibiter in that line, having on the tables 28 varieties of native grapes. The number of exhibiters of fruit was small, but the few who contributed in this department did so liberally. Among the largest exhibiters were Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry, of Rochester, N. Y., who showed upon the tables 109 varieties of apples, 110 varieties of pears, and 35 varieties of plums. J. Austin Scott, of Toledo, who exhibited 116 varieties of apples; Messrs. Bateham, Hanford & Co., of Columbus, who presented over 70 varieties of pears; Lewis Nicholson, of Rockport, who had a fine show of peaches and apples; Messrs. Miller, Swan & Layton, of Springfield, who were liberal exhibiters of apples and pears; J. Gallup, of Cleveland, who had the only display of quinces, as well as apples; and Messrs. Robennet & Son, of Bedford, who made a fine display of apples. R. N. Andrews, of Rootstown, F. G. Lewis, of Rockport, M. D. Oviatt, of Euclid, Mrs. R. Hawkins, of Rockport, and T. S. King. of Lake county, made fine shows of apples. The display of apples was much superior to that of peaches. Of the latter the show was limited in quantity, and not extra in quality. Dr. Taylor, of Covedale Nursery, and Lewis Nicholson, of Rockport, were the main exhibiters of this fruit.

The time was not favorable for a large show of grapes, yet many of the varieties in this portion of the State were exhibited in variety. As already mentioned, Geo. W. Campbell, of Delaware, had 28 varieties, D. C. Richmond, of Sandusky, had 9 varieties, L. Nicholson had 9 varieties, E. S. Willard had several varieties, as had also Lewis Ford, of East Cleveland, and various others of this region. Nothing in Fruit Hall attracted the attention of visitors so much

as six splendid bunches of Black Hamburg grapes, presented by A. W. Pond, of the Newburg Asylum. They were of unusual weight of bunch and size of berry.

T. S. King, of Lake county, Thos. Bushnell, of Ashland, and M. B. Oviatt, of Euclid, made each a display of uncultivated fruits and nuts; and J. D. Herrick, of Ashtabula, presented a collection of Ohio woods and plants.

We confess to a shade of disappointment at the exhibition of fruits. In variety and quality the State of Ohio was not fairly represented.

FLORAL HALL.

There was no feature of the Fair that attracted more attention than that of Floral Hall. The amateur florists of this region determined that this exhibition should excel anything of the kind heretofore seen in Ohio, and they succeeded in their determination. Under the superintendence of J. Kirkpatrick, of this city, the Hall was tastefully decorated with evergreens, and the plants and flowers arranged with artistic skill. From the collections of H. B. Hulburt, Joseph Perkins, and A Stone, of this city, was presented a large array of rare and beautiful greenhouse plants. Mr. B. H. Bohmer, of Cleveland, also exhibited many greenhouse plants, and a beautiful collection of fifty seedling verbenas raised by him. Messrs. Bateham, Hanford, & Co., of Columbus, were also liberal exhibiters of plants. Of cut flowers, the show was very attractive. The main exhibiters in this line were Messrs. McIntosh & Co., of this city, Peter Herker, of East Cleveland, Mrs. Henry Wick, &c. Among the boquets and floral ornaments, we noticed, as all visitors did, some fine boquets from Mrs. L. Marshall, of Painesville, and boquets and hanging baskets from Mrs. N. Fitch, of Concord, Lake county.

The State Fair will travel for some time, and seek several locations, before it will present its visitors such another rare and beautiful assortment of plants and flowers, or a floral hall so attractive in all its features.

FINE ARTS HALL.

Under the superintendence of Mr. Hopkins, and with the assistance of the artists, and others of Cleveland, the Fine Arts Hall was rendered very attractive. The first thing to attract the eye of the visitor upon entering the building was the display of all sizes and styles of photographs from the gallery of J. F. Ryder, of this city, including some colored in the highest style of the art. Mr. R.'s pictures were not prepared specially for this occasion, but were such as he executes every day at his rooms on Superior street. Turning to the left from his collection, the eye fell upon life-size and life-like portraits of Dr. J. P. Kirtland, John Brough, and J. R. Giddings, surrounded by a collection of other oil paintings, all from the studio of Miss C. L. Ranson, of Cleveland. To the right and left of these were displayed drawings and paintings by amateurs, and beautiful specimens of cone and moss work, in the shape of picture frames and baskets, the handiwork of ladies. Among these was a very handsome cone frame and picture by Mrs J. H. Sargent, of Cleveland, and cone and moss work by Miss Forress, of Painesville, Miss Weston, of Warrensville, Mrs. Hurst, of Elyria, and others. Messrs. Bryant, Stratton & Felton, of the Cleveland Commercial College, exhibited speciments of penmanship by their teachers and scholars. H. Craig, and the Messrs. Singer, exhibited their collections of insects, shells, and butterflies, as did Mrs. Milford a collection of butterflies. T. Y. Gardner exhibited plaster medallions of the Rev. Dr. Aiken and Rev. Mr. Goodrich, which were handsome works of art.

In the centre of the Hall were several melodeons manufactured in Cleveland by Messrs. Jewett & Goodman, and some pianos.

Next to the Floral Hall, the Fine Arts Hall was the most complete feature of the Fair.

HALL OF "INDUSTRY."

Around this little building, where the "little busy bee" was teaching its lesson of industry to lazy men, a constant throng of visitors was crowding-the noted Bee men, W. A. Flanders,