452 The Eifjlith Annual State Fair of Ohio. [October, 



Mr. Samuel Fisher, at Laurel, lias a fine orchard and grapery 

 on the hill, back of the town. He finds the measuring, stepping, 

 or o"reen inch worm very destructive to fruit in the early part of 

 the season, causing it to fall continually, and where it is allowed to 

 remain on the ground, the insect rises again in the seed. 



THE EIGHTH ANNUAL STATE FAIR OF OHIO. 



This great Harvest-home gathering of our noble State has become 

 a matter of history. The exhibition of results in the products of 

 the farm, and workshop, of the garden and orchard, has been en- 

 joyed by a countless multitude, and the triumphant success of this 

 the ei^-hth annual State Fair of Ohio has been heralded throughout 

 the country. Every citizen must have contemplated this splendid 

 exhibition of the agricultural and mechanical productions of Ohio 

 with an unspeakable degree of pride and exultation. Errors and 

 defects there were, both in design and execution, and with some, these, 

 as ever, will be greatly exaggerated. The Board have acqitted them- 

 selves nobly, and deserve the united commendation of all, whose 

 interests they have supervised. The impressions made by the 

 mighty gathering off the people to witness the display of the Farm 

 and Mechanic shop, will not soon be effaced from the mind. These 

 impressions will be taken home to occupy many an evening hour in 

 thought, and furnish subjects of fruitful remark and amicable dis- 

 cussion, by the way side, in the shop and on the farm during the 

 coming year. The exhibition was emphatically a success. Not that 

 it was the very best in every department, that could have been made, 

 but it combined so many most interesting features that it is safe to 

 say, it has rarely been surpassed. To enter into a description of 

 those features of the Fair most commendable, or a criticism of such 

 as mif'ht be deemed worthy of it, would at this time neither be ad- 

 visable or profitable. The floral and pomonal displays, were both 

 superior. The former was greatly enhanced by the taste and skill 

 displayed in the arrangement, and design, in this department. The 

 floral tent was one of great attraction, and deservedly so. The 

 grotto rock-work and fountain were executed with most exquisite 

 taste, and the whole arrangement of grounds, tents, etc., for the Fair 

 •was well designed. For this the managers were, much indebted to 



