VOLUME 2. Seventh Annual Fair OF THE Butler County Agricultural Society. To Do liol«l i" BUTLER, oil October 4th, sth and 6th, 1865. The Entry Books will be epened on the 18th day of September, and continue open untli the evening ot the 4th day of October, at which time they will positively be closed. Admission to the Grounds. Admission to the Grounds to be as follows, to wit: Membership and Competitor.. for pre. niluuit, •••••••• SIi'KK- AdinlUlon Children nailer lO ye«r« oil! l>iwnil'» 111 NT. CLASS A.—Grain Clover. Ac. Best 2 acres or more of white wheat 84 00 Second best " " " 200 best 3 acres or more of red wheat, 200 second best " " 1 00 best 2 acres or more of medt. wheat, 2 00 second best " " " 100 best 2 acres or more of rye 2 00 second best best 2 acres or more of corn, second " •' " JOO best 2 acres or more of oats, 2 00 second best " " 1 00 best 2 acres or more of barley 2 00 second best " " I 00 best 2 acres or more of buckwheat, 200 second best " " " 1 00 best 2 acres or more of hay 2 00 second best " " " 1 00 best 2 acres or more of clover 2 00 second best " " " 100 best J acres of potatoes, second best " 1 On best { acre of broom corn, 1 00 best } acte of flaxseed, best j acre of beans, 1 00 best J acre of onions, 100' Milton Maxwell, Centre Tp., Henry Buhl, Forward, Tp., Abner Bartley Penn. The following are the rules under which competitors for premiums in the above class must be governed : Ist. To havo the grounds accurately measured by not less than two disinteres ted persons, whose statements must be verified by affidavit. A statement of the kind and condition of the soil, the variety and quality of the seed plantod or sown, and the mode and expense of cultivation must be presented in writing before a pre mium will be awarded. 2d. The whole amount of roots, grain or grass produced on the amount of land specified, must be measured or weighed; root crops divested of their tops and esti mated by their weight—sixty pounds to be considered a bushel—and grain crops to bo weighed or measured according to the usual standard. CLASS 11 —Seeds, Vegetables, Fruits and Flowers. Best bushel of white wheat, 81 00 second best " " 50 best bushel of red wheat, 1 00 second best " " 50 best bushel of mediterranean wheat, 1 00 second best " " 50 best bushel of corn in the car, 50 bost bushel of oats, 50 best bushel of buckwheat, 50 best bushel of barley, 50 best bushel of flaxseed, 50 best bushel of timothy seed, 50 best bushel of kohl rabbi, 50 best bushel of stowell evergreen, 50 best bushel of castor beans 50 best bushel of sow beans, 50 best bushel of millet seed, 50 best bushel of huugarian grass seed, 50 best bushel of potatoes, 50 best bushel of onions, 50 best bushel of turnips, 50 best bushel of rutabaga turnips, 50 best bushel of tomatoes, 50 best bushel of parsnips. 50 best bushel of carrots, 50 best bushel of beets, 50 best bushel of sweet potatoes, 50 best bushel of summer apples, 50 best bushel of blue stem wheat 1 00 best bushel of winter apples, 50 best bushel of pears, 50 best bushel of apples of any kind, 50 best bushel of peaches, 50 best bushel of quinces, 50 best half dozen of cabbage heads, 50 best haK dozen of common pumkins, 50 best half dozen sweet '• 50 best half d >zen of squashes, 50 best specimen of grapes, 50 dest display, variety and quality of flowers, 1 00 best floral display of living plauts, 100 best floral ornaments, 50 best pair of boquits, 50 best arnnged basket of flowers, 50 best display of cucumbers, 50 best display of radishes, 50 best display and greatest variety of apples, 1 00 best water mellons, 50 best musk " 50 best citrons 50 Hon. Thomas Stevenson, Slipperyrock, Jas. Mitchell, Summit, Jas. Norris Clin ton. CLASS C—Stallioiu, TtroHers dbc. Best blooded Stilliou over 4 yr's 815 00 2d best " " " 10 00 best " " 8 years 5 00 2d best " » 2 00 best " " 2 years 300 best common " " 1 50 best " " 4 years 500 best " " 3 years 300 best " " 2 years 200 best draught " 4 years 500 2d best « " " 2 00 best trotting stallion of any age, 400 AMERICAN CITIZEN. best racking or pacing stallion of any nse 4 00 best and fastest trotting horso or mare, 4 00 second " " " 2 00 best and fastest rackng or pacing hcrse or mare, 10 00 second best " " " 5 00 1). It. Kennedy, Muddycrcek, Thomas Moore Slippcryrock, Lewis Reed Zelieno ple. Class D.—Horses Mares Colts it- Mules. Best pair heavy daangh horses or uiares, 85 00 2d best " " " 2 00 best pair light draught horses or mares, 4 00 2d best " " 2 00 best pair matched carriage horses or mares 4 00 2d best " " 2 00 best pair matched carriage mules, 300 best single buggy horse or mare, 200 2d be-4 '• " " 1 00 best saddle horse or man 2 00 2d best " « ' 1 00 best brood mare -yyith CO;*, 5 00 2d best " " " 2 00 best gelding, 4 00 2d best " " 2 00 best three year old horse, 5 00 2d best " " 3 00 j best three year old mare 5 00 best horse colt 2 years old 4 00 2d best " " 2 00 best horse colt 1 year old, 3 00 2d best " " 2 00 best horso colt, (sprinjr,) 2 00 best mare colt 2 years old, 4 00 2d bast " " • - 00 best mare colt 1 year old, 3 00 2d best " " best mare colt, spriug, 2 00 best jack 2 00 2d best 2 09 best ?ennet, 2 00 2d best « 1 00 best pair of mules over 3 years old, 3 00 2d best " I 00 best mule colt, spring, 1 00 John K. Kennedy, Prospect, John Douthett, Penn, Henry Kohlmayer. Class E—Blooded and Grade Cattle. Best durhatn bull 3 years old, 85 00 2d best " " 3 00 best durham bull 2 years old, 4 00 2d best " 2 00 best durhatn bull 1 year oil, 3 00 2d I) st " " 2 00 best durham bull calf, 2 00 2d best " " 1 00 best durham cow 3 years old, 5 00 2d best " " 3 00 best durham cow 2 years o'.', 4 00 2d best " " 2 00 best durham cow 1 year old, 3 00 2d best " " 2 00 best durham heifer calf, 2 00 2d « " 1 00 Coulter McCandless, Centre, William Lindsey, Summit, Win. S. Boyd, Butler. Class F.—Native rattle it- workixg c ten. Best native bull 3 years old, 3 00 2d best « " 2 00 best native bull 2 years old, 2 50 2d bpst •' " 1 50 best native bull 1 year old, 2 00 2d best " " 1 00 best native bull calf, 1 00 best native now 3 years old, 3 00 2d best, " " 2 00 best uativo cow 2 years old, 2 00 2.1 best " " 100 best native cow 1 year old, 1 50 2d best •' " 1 00 best native heifer calf, 1 00 best yoke of oxen 4 years old, 4 00 2d best « « .2 00 best yoke of oxen 3 years old, 3 00 2d best " '• 1 50 bast yoke of oxen 2 years old, 2 00 2d best « " 1 00 lajgcst and best train of oxon, over 4 years old, from any one town ship, not less than 12 pairs hitched, 15 00 Samuel Marshal Adams, Thos. Mc- Nees,Worth ; Robert Gilleland, Summit. Class G Sheep and Wnol. Best spauish merino buck, 85 00 2d best " " " 2 00 best saxon buck, 3 On 2d best" " " 1 50 best french merino buck, 3 00 2d best" " " 1 50 best leicester buck, 2 00 best southdown buck, 2 00 best common buck, 2 00 best 3 spauish merino ewes, 5 00 best 3 saxon ewes, 3 00 Id best" " " 1 50 2d best " " " 2 00 best 6 trench merino ewes, o 00 2d best" " 1 50 bcEt 3 leicester ewes, 2 00 best 3 southdown ewes, 2 00 best 3 common ewes, 2 00 best 3 Spanish buck lambs, 5 00 best 3 saxon buck lambs, 2 00 best 3 freuch buck lambs, 2 00 best 3 Spanish ewe lambs, 5 00 best 3 saxon ewe lambs, 2 00 best 3 french ewe lambs, 2 00 best 3 fleeces of wool, 1 00 S. G- Meals, Washington ; D Marshall Prospeot; Daniel Converry, Oakland. CLASS H— Swine. Beit boar over 2 y«ar old, $4 00 2d do " «' 200 best boar pig from 6 to 12 months old, 2 00 2d best" « 1 00 best and fattest barrow, 2 00 2d best" " 1 00 best brood sow, 4 00 2p best " " 2 00 best litter of pigs not less than 5, 200 2d best" " 1 00 Miltoi} Maxwell, Butler; George Jiei ber, Butler, Andrew Alber, Can tre. " Let us have Faith that Right ma.-es Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it"-- A LWOOLN BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1865. CLASS J.— Poultry and Dairy Prodncts Best pair of turkeys, 50 do pair of ducks, do do pair of geese, do do pair of black Spanish chickeDS, do do pair of brama pootra chickens, do do pair of cross breed chickens, do do pair cochin china chickens, do do pair dorking chickens, " do do pair shanghia chickens, do do do bantam chickens, do do pair poland chickens, do do pair game chickens, do do pair sprucy chickens, do do 5 pounds of butter, 81 00 second best 5 pounds of butter 50 best 5 pounds of honey, do do 5 pounds ot maple suger, do do 10 lbs of bread, do do 3 loaves of bread, do do cheese, not less than 10 pounds, do do- galiou of apple butter, do do gallon of peach butter, do do quart of sugar can molasses, do do quart nf maple molasses, do do six bottles of tomatoes, do do scapor palace of bees, 1 00 do exhibit 3 kinks of pickels, 5 00 do exhibit of preserved friut, do do cured ham and manner of curing do do lot of light cakes, 25 do pound cake. 25 ls.iao Kiiey, Oakland, John Q. A. Ken [ nedy, I'enn, Dr. J. McMichael, Millers town. CLASS K.— Agricultural Implements. Best harrow, 82 00 best fanning mill, do beat corn sheller, do best horse rake, do best corn cultivator, 100 best grain cradle, 2 00 best J dozen hay or manure forks, do best reaping and mowing machine, 3 00 best threshing & cleaning machine, 500 best threshing machine, 5 00 best straw cutter, 1 00 best half dozen hoes; do best half dozen hay rakes, do best field roller, do best stump extraotor, do best two horse plow, do best one horse plow, do best seed drill, 2 00 best corn planter, do Thos. Green, Jefferson ; John Martin, Conuoquenessing ; Jas. Anderson, Penn. Class I J. — Mechanical Arts. Best two horse wagon, 83 00 best two horse carriage 8 00 best one horse top buggy ' 2 00 best one horse open buggy 2 00 best sulky 2 00 best wheelbarrow 1 00 best double set of wagon harness 2 00 host double set carriage harness 3 00 best single set carriage harness 2 00 best lady's saddle 1 00 best man's saddle do best bridle and martingale, 1 00 best calf skiu, J 00 best side of harness leather, ] 00 bestsid REGULATIONS. We invito the attention of the public to our premium list. It has been revised with great care, and with direct reference to the liberal encouragement of all class es of industry and commendable enter prise. Look over the list at your leisure; note the premium you wish to draw aud sec to it that some of your neighbors don't go ahead of you. BAND OF MUSIC. A good band of musio will occupy a prominent stand on the grounds during the fair. THE ADDRESS. An address from some distinguished speaker and friend of Agriculture may be expcc'.cd. MEMBERS." Each member of the society will be fur nished ou the payment of the annual fee of one ith a certificate of member ship. This certificate will give the per son whose name is written thereon, to gether with his family accompanying him, free access to the grounds during the fair. These certificates can bo procured from the l'resideut, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. ■m' n ssrs TO.A u 0.0 mj 3. Ist. You are respectfully requested to report yourselves to the managers' tent on the first day of the fair if possible, and in no event later than 10 o'oloek of the second day. 2d, At 10 o'clock of the second day your names will be called at the mana ger's tent, and all vaoanciea will then be filled. iJd. You will reoeive your class books and enter upon the discharge of your du ties immediately. The class books will refer you to the number affixed to the dif ferent animals or articles submitted for your examination. In these books you will also write out your report. 4th. You will not be permitted to serve on a Committee in any clasn in which you may be competing for a premium. sth. You will in no case where there is no competition, award premiums to ar ticles or animals that are not meritori ous. 6th. Pay no attention to animals or articles that have not'* numbered card and class attached. 7th. You will take into consideration the symmetry, early maturing, size, age, feeding, and other circumstances connec. ted with the animal you may judge, hut giT< no encouragement to over feeding. Bth. A majority of the. members on each committee will ooustitute a quorum. 9th. Permit no pcrsous to interfcro with your examinations or to bo present at your deliberations. 10th. Eeach member of the Board of Managers will have the supervision of a particular Jpoartment on the grounds— and to this member you will apply for any instruction or information you may want. GKNKHAL RULKS. Ist. Members of the society must pay the sum of 'jue dollar annuully ou or be fore the first day of the fair. 2d. Competitors for premiums must be members of the society. 3d. All animals or articles placed iu competition for premiums must bo twned in the county by persons offering the same, or by members of their family under twenty years of age—except in class O. 4th. Products of the soil or manufac tured articles must be produced or manu factured in the county. sth. Members of the society will be entitled to exhibit any number of ani mals or articles in any class but in case the same article is entered to compete iu more than one class, twenty'five cents ad ditional wiil be charged fur eaoli entry after the first. oth. Animals or articles notwithstand ing they may be exhibited in more than one class, can draw but one premium. 7th. Exhibitors are rsquired to havo their animals or articles entered on the books at the Secretary's office, and arran ged in their proper places on the first day of the fair. Bth. On the entry of animals or articles cards will be furnished by the Secretary with the number and class as entered at the office, which must bo attached to the animals, or articles, otherwise the judges will pay no attention to them. 9th. Competitors must exhibit to the Secretary certificates of membership be fore he will make any eutry for competi tion. 10th. Stock of all kiuds entorcd for competitions must remain in the stalls un til called for by the marshal. 11th. Premiums must be called for within three months after the fair or they will be forfeited to the society. 12th. The Board of Managers will take every prccaut on iu their power for the safety of the stock and articles on ex hibition, but will not be responsible for any loss or damage that may occur. 13th. Intoxicating drinks of all kiuds arc strictly prohibited on the fair grounds. 14th. disorderly conduct of every kind is forbidden ; those indulging there in will forfeit their right to remain longer on the fair grouuds and will be promptly ejected. 15th. No person will be permitted to engage in an;/ kind of business on the fair grouuds without a written permit from the Secretary and Treasurer. 10th. No carriages, buggies, sulkeys, wagons or other vehicles will be admitted on the fair grounds during the exhibi tion except those entered for premiums. Order of FIRSTDAY —General preparations, en tries and arrangements of animals and articles. SECOND DAY. —ficneral exhibition examination of blooded stock and fast trotting and pacing horses; address, and report of judges. THIRD DAY. —The grand trot, and dis play of stock in Class 0. \V. 0. MIAOKENRIDGE, President. —A correspondent of the N. Y. Even flu, Post gives the following account of what was known as the " Dead Line" at the Andersonville slaughter pen : '•I have heard much of what is termed the "dead linefew, however, know what is meant by it. After the comple tion of the prison and its use, those eon fined thero were accustomed to approach the stockade and look through the open ings between the posts, or talk to outsi ders. After the assumption of command by Major Wirz, he caused the prisoners to be notified that if they approached within thirty feet of the stockade, they would be shot by the guards on the out side, This limit of thirty feet was un marked by any line whatever; it was ideal, and left to the arbitrary determin ation of men on guard, a-majority of whom were us incapable of judging of distan ces, or of this distance of thirty feet, as were the poor prisoners, who were doomed if they transgressed it. The consequence was that weekly, yes, almost daily, the prisoners were, shot down by the guards when these thought that they bad trao soended the imaginary line which separa ted thirty-seven thousand hunan beings from eternity." —They that laugh at everything, and they that fret at everything, are fools alike. The Devil and the Women. From the commencement of the rebel lion until now, the devil and the women of the South have been the ablest allies tho cause of treason had in the field.— Tho influence of tho women, backed up by his Satanic Majesty, filled the rat-ks of the rebel armies, and gave aruor and endurance to the hen pecked men that entered the service. Southern women even petitioned the rebel Congress to en act the law of couscription, so as to force all in the service. Through the influ ence which women had, thousands were forced into the field, and thence to their graves, who never would have left home. Playing into thfe hands of the devil, by thus fulfilling his ranks, they had his ap proval all the time. AVives gave up their husbands, sisters their brothers, and mothers their sons—willing, nay, anxious to immolate their lives to the Molock of war. The women were willing to wear homespun—ready to dispense with the of tablo or toilet—ready to fling nil their jowelay into the Confederate crucible— ready to unsex themselves for the cause of the devil and tho Confederacy. Iu all parts of tho South tho demoral ization of women of tho " female persua sion" is notorious. They have abandon ed their lawful husbands in many instan ces, and formed new associations. And it is a matter of surprise to see with what brazen impudence iliey will return and face those who are perfectly aware of their confederate movements. Nor has this wicked rebellion been without its effects upon women North. North and South the papers teem with accounts of" elope ments," applications for "divorce," and murders growing out of bad faith. The devil is unchained, and the women are taking advantage of his " loose reign.— Women are passing for married women who never were married in their lives.— With the impudence of the devil, they thrust themselves into society, less than one hundred miles from where they start ed out upon their career of crime. Re spectable ladies would do woll, iu all sec tions, to know certainly who they are ma king the acquaintance of, both among males and females. Let time develop the merits of strangers, as it will do, and ever has done, unless parties are so asso ciated as to rendtr their cases clear. We havo no special cases to certify, in view, in these remarks, but make them in view of what tho newspapers teem with, both North and South. Our re marks and allusions ire general, and are only intended to hurl where they apjdy. Stern-Wheel Preachers. The reader is ready to inquire what sort of n preachor is a stern-wheelpreach er 112 Ho is one who went into the rebel lion with *i 'ile wheels and double, engines, chafing and fretting, and boasting and blowing that the South would achieve her independence, dressed in fine cloth, and sporting their huge whiskers Ile comes out with a shattered stern-wheel, and a one-horse engine, dressed in gray home-spun, asking to be allowcl to take the amnesty oath, as a means of saving his property, and eooly saying that he never took any part in trying to break up the government. Their treason-festered hearts constitute the safety valves of their shattered crafts, and their record is as their whittle, to ferment and keep alive the troubles of the State. Since peace ban been declared, these stern-wheel preachers, with uplifted eyes, elongated faces, deep sepulchural tones, and raised hands, pollute God's altars with their presenoe, where the recollec tion of treason and murder they have contributed to bring about, sway their guilty souls and set the tune to their hymns of praise ! These canting hypo crites now propose to preach to Union men the religion of Jesus Christ—the religion of the Prince of Peace. When one of these stern-wheel prea chers rises to address you, he cannot con ceal the wolf by his prayers, for you will not be able to learn fYom what he says that there isa United States Government. And the poison of the Upat Tree are the drippings of the sanctuary where he holds iorth. These villains are responsi ble for more of the misery and bloodshed we have all passed through than any oth er set of traitors out of h «[1! — Ex. —A little daughter of Geo. W. Mull, of Newviile, Cumberland county, died suddenly, a few days ago, from the effuotg of eating grapes. Dr. Zitzer, of Carlisle, says he had several cases in hi* practice, this season, where persons died from the same cause. He believes that there is a poison of uome kind in a large portion of the grapes grown this year. —During the dog days in Philadelphia the dog catchers picked up two thousand canines, at a cost tq the city oi we thou sand dollars; NUMBER 40 A Second Andersonville in Texas. The Tribune's Tyler, Tessa, correspon dent describes camp Ford neai that place, a prison pen, second only to Anderson ville in barbarism and atrocities inflicted upon Union prisoners for two years.— The correspondent says they were shot, scourged, beaten and tortured. Theso prisoners were too far off and too closely guarded for their groans to be heard in the outsido world. Their sad story only became known from their shrunken lipa after they had been exchanged. It is a stockaded enclosure of 8 or 10 acres; this estimate includes all adjuncts of the prison. It is situated on the side of a sandy sk>pe at the lower edge of whioh, and just within the stockale, is a spring that supplies water to the prisoners; the enclosure seems to have been eularged at different times to meet tho requirements of rebel captures. It is filled with huts and shanties of almost every imaginable shape, and is constructed of every availa ble material; two barrols on top of each other form the chimney of a hut made of bushes, the limbs of whioh have been pressed together and plastered with mud near the point of which wo enter. Therr is a number of grave-like mounds, scat tered over a space of about one acre. I at first thought they were graves, but on examination I found they were excava tions in tho ground, which had been cov ered first with bushes and then with dirt. They had been made by those of our men who had been captured last, and for whom there wast no room in tho hate above ground. Everywhere are blackened spots, which BIIOW where their fires had formerly been made, by mean* of which those who had no shel ter ato and cooked their daily mite of meat. Fragments of kettles and stove', old cast off pans and flat rocks—thecook ing utenfi's they had used— are strewn about, and 1 noticed in one of the huts that they were piled up with care to await further use. Toward the upper side of the inclosure, where there seem to have been a prison confiueiuent of officers are several stumps, on the top of which those who violated any of the prison rules were made to stand and mark time for, perhaps, a whole day, while the guard had imperative orders to shoot any one that was so unfortunate as to step or fait off from exhaustion. Tho whole scone, with its assooiations, is a horrid illustra tion th« iij humanity that originated and carriod on tho rebellion until its over throw. l'erhaps lam raking a hurtful coal from dead ashes. I will stop. THE CIIKCRFL'L VOICE.—The comfort and happiness of homo and home inter course, let me here say, depend very much on the kindly and afiectionato training of the voice. Trouble, care and vexation, will and must of course, come; but let them not creep into our voices. Let only your kindlier and happier feelings be vo cal in your homes. Let them be so if for no other reason than for the little chil dren's sake. Those sensitive little beings are exceeding ly susceptible t the tones. Let us have consideration for them.— They hear so much that we have forgot ten to hear. For as we advance in years our life becomes more enterior. We ab stract from outward scences and sounds. We think we reflect, we begin gradually to deal with the past, as we have formerly vividly lived in the present. Our ear grows daaf to external sound; it is turn ed inward, and listens chiefly to the ech oes of past voices. We catch no more of the merry laugh of children. We hear no more the note of the morning bird. The brook that used to prattle so gayly to a», rushes unheeded, we have forgotten to hear such things. But little children, remember, sensitively to hear them all.— Mark how, at every sound, the young child starts and turns, and listens! And thus, with equal sensitiveness, does it catch the tones of human voices. How were it possible that the sharp and hasty word, the fretful and complaining tone should not startle and pain, even depress the f«csitive little being, whose harp ot life is so newly and delicately strung, vi brating even to the g ntle breeze and thrilling sensitively ever to the tones of such voices as sweep across it ? Let us be kind and cheerful spoken, then, in oar' homes.— Once a Month, —A Houston, Texas, letter says the opening of the port of Galveston has giv en vigor and life to every braneb of trade. Cotton has been rolling thro' the streets to the cars, and the crowded cotton sheds have been emptied. Large quantities of fancy groceries had arrived and found ready sale. All the troops except a pro vost guard of three hundred have left tin city. Gov. Hamilton'* appointment* givo general satisfaction. A year of unexam pled prosperity for the Sla'o is looked for. Emigration ftom the North is solicited) i—-Laugh and grow fat; sigh awd grow lean.