Switzerland & Ohio Fair Awards – 1858

The awards from the Switzerland County and Ohio County, Indiana, Agricultural Society Fair appeared in:
The Indiana Reveille – 20 October 1858 – Page 2, Column 2.

List of Premiums

Awarded by the Switzerland & Ohio County Agricultural Society at the 7th Annual Fair, held on the 28th, 29th and 30th of September, 1858.

Class 1 – Section 1.
Horses for all Purposes.

  • Best Stallion 4 years old and over, Jefferson Hizer, $4.00; 2nd best, Thomas McCreary, 2.
  • Best Stallion 3 years old and over, Henry Sedam, 4; 2nd best, John W. Morrison.
  • Best Stallion 2 years old or over, H. A. Tinker 4; 2nd best, S. G. Powell 2.
  • Best Stallion 1 year old or over, G. W. Boswell 4; 2nd best, Richard Nash, 2
  • Best Sucking Horse Colt, Moses Wisner 3; 2nd best, Zachariah Scott 1.
  • Best Brood Mare 4 years old or over, J. T. North 4; 2nd best, Samuel Hyde 2.
  • Best Filly 3 years old or over, George Singer 4; 2nd best, John F. McCreary.
  • Best Filly 2 years old or over, Simon Dehart 4; 2nd best, Ab’m Wycoff 2.
  • Best Filly 1 year old or over, Wesley McHenry 4; second best, James Barker 2.
  • Best Sucking Mare colt, John W. Dorman 3; second best, Hugh R. Maples 1.
  • Best Gelding 3 years old or over, Ralph N. Wycoff 3; second best, John F. McCreary 2.
  • Best Gelding 2 years old or over, DeW?t Kemper 3; second best, Joseph A. Cole 2.
  • Best pair matched horses, Wm Adkins, 5.

Class 1 – Section 2.
Horses for Light Harness.

  • Best Stallion 4 years old or over, Wm. Blew 4, second best, Ab’m Peters 2.
  • Best Gelding 4 years old or over, G. M. Bryson 4; second best, Joseph M. Shull 2.
  • Best Gelding under 4 years, Robert P. Porter 4; second best E. G. Seymour 2.
  • Best mare 4 years old or over, T. M. Danglade 4.
  • Best mare under 4 years old, W. H. Powell 4; second best, Daniel Norris 2.

Class 1 – Section 3.
Trolling and Pacing Horses, at least a mile in 6 minutes.

  • Best Stallion 4 years old or over, John H. Vernon 4.
  • Best Gelding or Mare, 4 years old or over, James Low 4; second best, Robert A. Knox 2.
  • Best Pacing Stallion, 4 years old or under, P. W. Wycoff 4.

Trotting and Pacing Horses, at least a mile in 4 minutes.

  • Best trotting Gelding or Mare, 4 years old or over, Dennis Phillips 4; second best, J. Culp 2.
  • Best Pacing Stallion, 4 years old or over, John Dibble 4; second best, Daniel Norris 2.
  • Best Pacing Stallion under 4 years old, Daniel Dowell 4.
  • Best Pacing Mare or Gelding, 4 years old or over, M. L. Boage 4; second best L. Scoggin 2.

Class 1 – Section 4.
Horses for Saddle.

  • Best Gelding, Thomas McCreary 3; second best, Chas. Schmidt 2.
  • Best Mare, G. G. Johnson 3; second best, Jerome Williams 2.

Sweepstakes on Horses.

  • Best Stallion or Gelding, G. W. Berkshire 5.
  • Best Mare or Filly, Dillard Drake 4.

Class 1 – Section 5.
Jacks, Jennets and Mules.

  • Best Sucking Jack Colt, J P Searcy 3.
  • Best Jennet 3 years old or over, J P Searcy 3.
  • Best Sucking Jennet Colt, G B Garlinghouse 2.
  • Best Mule 3 years old or over, John Peters 3; second best John Peters 3.
  • Best mule 2 years old or over, Robert Wining 3; second best, Robert Wining 2.
  • Best mule 1 year old or over, Jacob Weaver 3; second best, Jacob Weaver 2.
  • Best Sucking Mule Colt, Joseph F North 2; second best, Peter Lostutter, jr. 1.

Horses and Mules for Draft.

  • Best four Draft Horses or Mares, Wm Oaks, jr., 5; second best, Robert Fox 3.
  • Best four mules, James A Dickason 5; second best, Wm P Dickason 3.
  • Best single Draft Horse, John Dickason 2; second best J L Peale 1.

Class 2 – Section 1.
Horned Cattle.

  • Best Bull 3 years old or over, A Washer 4; second best, Franklin Reed 2.
  • Best Bull two years or over, James Cole 4; second best, A T Lindsay 2.
  • Best Bull Calf, Timothy Ellis 2; second best, James H Rice 1.
  • Best three year old Cow, J W Monroe 4; second best Timothy Ellis 2.
  • Best yearling Heifer, James Cole 2; second best, John Wycoff 1.
  • Best heifer Calf, Timothy Ellis 2; second best, C T Lodge 1.

Class 2 – Section 2.

  • Best pair Working Oxen, four years old or over, John Cole 4; second best, John Cole 2.
  • Best pair Working Oxen three years old or over, R A Harris 3; second best, Philip W Wallick 2.
  • Best Bull 2 years old or over, W W Huston 3.
  • Best 3 year old Steer, G W Dickason 3.
  • Best one year old Steer, G W Dickason 3; second best, R A Harris 1.

Class 2 – Section 3.
Milch Cows.

  • Best Milch Cow four years old or over, James Cole 4; second best, James Cole 2.
  • Best Milch Cow three years old or over, James Cole 4; second best, William Peelman.

Class 2 – Section 4.
Fat Cattle and Sheep.

  • Best Fat Bullock, Wm Stewart 4.
  • Best Fat Cow, Wm Stewart 3.
  • Best Fat Sheep, David Morris 2; second best, G W D Culp 1.

Class 2 – Section 5.
Sweepstakes on Cattle.

  • Best Bull, A Washer 5.
  • Best Cow, A T Lindsay 5.

Class 3 – Section 1.
Fine Wooled Sheep.

  • Best Buck over one year old, S L Culp 3; second best, Joseph Culp 1.
  • Best Buck Lamb, U H Stow 3; second best, U H Stow 1.
  • Best Ewe over one year old, Joseph Culp 3; second best, G W D Culp 1.
  • Best Ewe Lamb, S L Culp 3; second best, G W D Culp 1.

Class 3 – Section 2.
Long-Wooled Sheep.

  • Best Buck over one year old, U H Stow 3; second best, U H Stow 1.
  • Best Buck Lamb, David Vivis 2.
  • Best Ewe over 1 year old, David Visis 3; second best David Vivis 1.
  • Best Ewe Lamb, David Vivis 1; second best U H H Stow 1.
  • Best lot of Sheep, not less than six, David Vivis ?; second best, S L Culp 3.

Class 4 – Section 1.
Hogs.

  • Best Boar under 1 year old, U H Stow 3; second best, M Longwood 1.
  • Best sow one year old, Josh. Satton 4.
  • Best sow under one year old, U H Stow 3; second best, U H Stow 1.

Class 1.
Farming Implements – Plows, Harrows and Cultivators.

  • Best 2 horse plow, Beard & Sinex 2; second best, Bear & Sinex 2.
  • Best subsoil plow, Beard & Sinex 2.
  • Best sod plow, Beard & Sinex 2.
  • Best shovel plow, Thomas Downey 2.
  • Best road plow, Selden T Golay 2.
  • Best cultivator, Beard & Sinex 2.
  • Best wheat drill, E Jones 2.

Class 2.
Forks, Rakes, and other small Tools.

  • Best grain cradles, F Carver 1.
  • Best hand rakes, S S Barker 1.
  • Best 6 axe helves, David Johnson 1.

Class 3.
Mills, Presses and Wooden Ware.

  • Best fanning mill, E R Payne 2; second best E R Payne 1.
  • Best wooden bowls, E R Payne 50.
  • Best hayrake, U H Stow 2.
  • Best seed sower, D H Furnish 2.
  • Best cheese press, Salem Pocock 1.
  • Best whisky barrel, T H Downey 1.
  • Best apple barrel, W Miller 50.
  • Best pork barrel, W Miller 1.
  • Best cider mill, G W D Culp 1; second best, S L Culp 1.
  • Best 6 willow baskets, S S Barker 1.
  • Best flour barrel, M Longwood 50.
  • Best hand-loom, P Rous 3.
  • Best cane and cider mill, Clark & Mooney 2.

Class 4.
Threshers, Mowers & Wagons.

  • Best reaper and mower combined, War?, Brokam & ?.

Class 5.
Carriages and Cabinet Ware.

  • Best buggy, James F Simpson 4, second best, H A Tinker 2.
  • Best sulky, H A Tinker, second best H A Tinker 2.
  • Best dress bureau, E W Gould 2.
  • Best set common chairs, J Luther 2.

Class 1.
Agricultural Products – Vegetables.

  • Best sweet pumpkins, Henry Bayne 1.
  • Best Irish potatoes, Joseph Shull 50.
  • Best sweet potatoes, S Stow 50.
  • Best vegetable eggs, S S Barker 50.
  • Best squashes, G B Garlinghouse 50.
  • Best beets, T J Heath 50.
  • Best onions, Beram Stow 50.

Class 2.
Grain and Seed.

  • Best bushel white corn, Henry Bayne 1; second best, D G Rabb 50.
  • Best half bushel white beans, Henry Bayne 50; second best G B Garlinghouse 25.
  • Best bushel barley, James Cole 50; second best, Moses Cole 50.
  • Best bushel oats, James Cole 1; second best, Moses Cole 50.
  • Best bushel yellow corn, James Cole 1; second best, Morris Bradford 50.
  • Best bushel timothy seed, Sam’l Hyde 1; second best, Thos. Bliss 50.
  • Best bushel white wheat, Moses Cole 1; second best, P L Davis 1.
  • Best bushel Mediterranean wheat, A Hyzer 1; second best, S Hyzer 50.
  • Best bushel rye, 1; second best Moses Cole 50.
  • Best bushel red top seed, John Smith 1.

Class 3 – Field Crops.

  • 1 acre corn entered by J S Olmstead, the statements not filed; when filed will be examined by the Committee.
  • ½ acre sugar cane entered by G W D Culp – same as Olmstead’s corn.

Farm and Hedge Fences.

  • Best arranged and cultivated farm, A C Adams 5; second best, U H Stow 3.
  • Best hedge fence, Benj. Dennis 5; second best, Wm. Glenn 3.

Poultry.

  • Best Brahmas, James Cole 1.
  • Best pair common ducks, Thos Downey 1.
  • Best pair Shanghais, Shadrick Dennis 1.
  • Best Bramah pootra, Shadrick Dennis 1.
  • Best cross breeds, Shadrick Dennis 1.
  • Best collection poultry, Shadrick Dennis 1.
  • Best pair turkeys, S Stow 1; second best, A Hyde 50.

Domestic Manufactures.
Class 1 – Needlework.

  • Best needlework, Jane Murphy 1.
  • Best fancy needle work, Jane Murphy 50.
  • Best worsted work, Jane Murphy 1.
  • Best fine shirt, Jos. Brown 1.
  • Best quilt, Wm. Goodwin 1; second best, Miss A English 50.
  • Best woolen dress, A Hyde 1; second best, B Bodwin 50.
  • Best coat, Miss A English 1.
  • Best vest, Miss A English 1.
  • Best pair pants, Miss A English 1.
  • Best fine worked slippers, Miss Viola Stow 1.
  • Best skirt, Joseph A Cole 50; second best, Miss E J Hall 25.
  • Best sleeves and pants, James Clement 50.
  • Best beadwork, Miss G J Cole 1; silk embroidery, Miss Abbey Washer 1; cape, Miss Viola Star 50; worsted table cover, Miss Louisa LeClerc 1; head dress, Mrs. Detraz and Tardy 1; second best, Miss E B Kincaid 50; mourning bonnet, Mrs Detraz & Tardy 50; trimmed bonnet, Mrs Detraz & Tardy 50; silk quilt, Mrs Detraz & Tardy 1; merino quilt, Mrs Detraz & Tardy 50; lady’s cap, Miss E B Kincaid 1; second best, Mrs Detraz & Tardy 50; silk dress, Miss E B Kincaid 1; second best; Mrs Detraz & Tardy 50; embroidered sack, Mrs Detraz & Tardy 50; shaw, Mrs Detraz & Tardy 1; fancy dress, Miss E B Kincaid 50; merino dress 1; calico dress, cloak 50; mantle 50; satin bonnet 50; straw bonnet 50; silk bonnet 1; riding hat, Mrs Detraz & Tardy 50; misses’ hat 50; infant hat 50.

Class 2. – Linen, Woolen and Cotton, made by hand.

  • Best 4 years rag carpet, Salem Pocock $2.00; second best, Constant Golay 1.
  • Best woolen socks, Elizabeth Pocock .50.
  • Best cotton socks, Elizabeth Pocock .50.
  • Best woolen mittens, Thomas Bliss .50.
  • Best pair of blankets, Hugh L Norris 2; second best, W L Monroe 1.
  • Best 10 years janes, W L Monroe 2; second best, Nancy Clark 1.
  • Best 5 years tow twine, Nancy Clark 2.
  • Best 3 pair woolen knit socks, Nancy Clark .50.
  • Best pair coverlids, Martha Holland 2; second best, Samuel Adkinson 1.
  • Best 4 chair tidys, James Clement .50.
  • Best striped linsey, Nancy Clark 2.
  • Best 2 quilts, Benjamin Bodine 1.
  • Best white counterpane, Wm Shaw 1.
  • Best single blanket, Mrs. Caroline Edgar 1.
  • Best cut stocking yarn, Caroline Edgar .50.

Class 3.—Linen, woolen and cotton made by machinery.

  • Best 10 yards satinet, P. H. & F. M. Roots 1; best 10 yards plain flannel, do 1; best 10 yards casimere, do 1; best 10 yards dress flannel, do 1; best pair blankets, do 1; best 5 cuts stocking yarn, do 1, second best do, do .50.

Class 4. – Leather and Leather manufacture.

  • Best calf skin leather, Daniel K. Harris 1, second best do, J. M. Safford, .50; best upper leather, Daniel K. Harris 1.

Fruits, Flowers and Fine Arts.

Class 1. – Fruits.

  • Best peaches, S. T. Golay 1; best quinces, do .50; best apples, Benjamin Dennis 1; best 12 varieties apples, John Smith 1; best 6 varieties apples, U H Stow 1; best 3 varieties apples, U H Stow 1; best 3 varieties apples, Frederic Harris, .50; best pears, Nancy Clark .50; best grapes, John Smith .50.

Class 2 – Flowers.

  • Best single verbima, Miss Margaret Gillespie .50, second best do, Miss Viola Stow .25; best round boquet, Miss Margaret Gillespie .50; best 3 vanletis dablin, Miss Viola Stow .50; best fair roses, H. H Sedam .50.

Table Comforts.

Class 1 – Cheese, Butter, &c.

  • Best 20 pounds cheese, Salem Pocock 2; best 10 pounds butter made in September, A. Hyde 2, second best do, P. Rous 1; best 5 pounds do, Israel Smith 1, second best do, A Hyde .50; best loaf bread, S. S. Barker .50; best barrel corn meal, A. Hyde 1.

Class 2. – Jellies, Preserves, &c.

  • Best collection jellies, S. Stow 2, second best do, Miss Viola Stow 1.

Miscellaneous.

  • Best barrel flour, George & William Lamb 2.

Not enumerated.

  • Best portable fence, Samuel Hyde 1.
  • Best hay bed, A. Kirkpatrick 1.
  • Best sewing machine, Wheeler & Wilson 1.
  • Best rifle gun, R. B. Gillespie 1.
  • Best spring wagon, R. B. Gillespie 1.
  • Best steel crobar, P. Pous .50.
  • Best sample broom corn, S. Stow .50.
  • Best sample hominy corn, S. Stow .50.
  • Best stump puller, U. H. Stow 1.
  • Best pair goats, Beran Stow 1.
  • Best hay hooks, John W. Chittenden 1.
  • Best pleasure wagon, James F. Simpson 1.
  • Best specimen hard soap, Miss E. J. Hall .50.
  • Best horse shoe, Thomas Platt .50.
  • Best sugar cane, William Chandler .50.
  • Best quince figs, S. T. Golay .50.
  • Best boat pump, S. T. Golay .50.
  • Best hand cart, S. T. Golay .50.
  • Best hand wagon, S. T. Golay .50.
  • Best sett block, S. T. Golay .50.
  • Best canary birds, S. T. Golay .50.
  • Best horse shoes, Joseph H. Vanice .50.
  • Best horse shoe nails, Joseph H. Vanice .50.