Dearborne County Fair Brings Notable Exhibits and Big Premiums
The Dearborne County Fair drew large crowds with 10675 entries and premiums totaling about $58950, likely near $700 when untallied items are included. Highlights included a self-taking reaper from Hamilton, a wheat-cleaning chess screen by Capt. Tres ter, an India rubber clothes wringer, a Guilford plough, and a rising sun knitting machine that makes socks in ten minutes. Poultry by Simon Humfelat and a superb fruit display captivated attendees, with many exhibitors and rich catalogues from Thomas Hubbard Wyman and W. House & Sons listing apples, pears, peaches, grapes, and a variety of other fruits and trees.
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Dearborne County
Hamilton
Trester
Guilford
Scott
Simon Humfelat
Thomas Hubbard
Roxbury Russett
Rariton Co
Newtown
Vandever Co
Rhode Island
Talman Sweeting
Virginia
Hawley
Columbia
Bennett’s Mammoth
Ulrey
John E. Wymond
Department of Fine Arts
Freeman
Raphael
Madonda
Venice
Elaborate Fair Booth Showcases Arts and Livestock
The fair displays a wide range of arts from embroidery and beadwork to shellwork and leather crafts by local ladies. Culinary and dairy skills shine in breads and butter, while livestock exhibits show improved quality, especially in horses. Public speakers Parson Brownlow and Horace Maynard addressed audiences amid large crowds and strong Union sentiment.
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D&c
Parson Brownlow
Horace Maynard
Tennessee
October Ladies Repository praises high quality reading matter
The October number of the Ladies Repository sustains its sterling reputation with superb embellishments and top tier reading matter. Published by Pos and Hitchcock in Cincinnati at 2.59 dollars per year. Tax Artunario Monraty for October also released. Contributors include ablest writers nationwide. Ticknor and Fields in Boston publish at 3 dollars per year.
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Ladies’ Repository
Sterling
Pos & Hitchcock
Cincinnati
Ticknor & Fields
Boston
Mass
Indiana appoints Fanquaan as Disbursing Officer
The notice reports Joan H Fanquaan appointed Chist Mustering and Disbursing Officer of Indiana. It references speaking at the Dearborn County Fair on the 26th with Rev G W Brownlow and Hon Horace Miloard billed as speakers. It notes Reverend Brownlow spoke about fifty minutes and identified as Virginian with a blood and thunder demeanor.
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Carr
Joan H. Fanquaan
Chist
State of
Indiana
Brownlow
Horace Miloard
Dearborn
Iheas
Bates
Fragmentary 1863 Musings from a Fraternal Note
Fragmentary OCR reads as a murky blessing for two men in a religious or fraternal context. It mentions God, moral canopy, longevity, and a date of September 29 1863 with obscure initials and references. The text is too fragmentary to identify people, places, or events beyond the date and vague benevolence.
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Contested Charges and Challenge in 1863 Church Row
In 1863, Rev S B Chamberlain returns to Manchester Circuit amid charges by Bro. Cotton. A heated public quarrel follows with demands for testimony and proofs, warnings of removal from the circuit, and pledges to pursue truth despite threats and stormy reception. Also includes a long county fair premiums list from Dearborn County Agricultural Society.
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Manchester
Bro. Cotton
Bro. Steward
Bro. C
God
A. J. Corron
Worre Corracs
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Dearborn County Agricultural Society
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