346                THlE WISCONSIN FARMER.


boy," he continued, "that I may swear re-       The Initernational
Ar. Exhibiton at
pentance upon it."                            E[&mbUrgh-In the Stock
Department there
  He did so. His followers were alike struckHa     brh-nteSokDptm       
           ttee
with the scene.                               were 4,000 entries; 1,700 entries
of sheep
  "You have been our leader in guilt,' said   alone. The United States
were but meagerly
they to their chief; " be the same in the path  represented.
of virtue."
  And they instantly, at his order, made re-    The following is the list
of awards to Ameri-
stitution of the spoil, and vowed repentance can exhibitors as far as made
public-no offi-
on his hand.
                                              cial list having yet appeared:
                                                1. C. It. 5cCormick, of Illinois,
for the introduction
                                              and perfecting the best reaping
and niowiug machine, a
              Trapping a Tiger.               gold -edal.
                                             1 2. Seymour & Morgan, -f
New York, for an improved
  A most ingenious mode of tiger-killing is     eper and mower,a large siver
medal.
that which is employed by the natives of Oude.   3. Thompson and Avery, of
Penneylvania, for an lm-
                       numbe  of he boad lavesof 1roved horse power, with
a threshing machine, a silver
They gather a number of the broad leaves of medal.
the prauss tree, which much resembles the syc-  4. John Kelsey of Pennsylvania,
for an improved har-
amore, and having well besmeared them with row and other implements, a large
bronze medal.
                                                3. George Campbell of Vermont,
for Willard's patent
a kind of bird-lime, they strew   them  in the  root cutter, a lnrge bronze
medal.
animal's way, taking care to lay them with      B Whittemore A Beleher of
Massachusetts, for an as-
the prepared side uppermost. Let a tiger but sortment of agricultural machinery,
a large bronze
                                              medal.
put his paw on one of these innocent-looking    7. Job, Vanderbilt of New
York, for an aszortmeut of
leaves, and  his fate is settled. Finding the agricultural machinery, a large
bronze medal
leaf stick to his paw, he shakes it, to rid him-  8 James A Saxton of Ohio,
for Ball's mower and reap-
self of the nuisance, and finding that plan er.a large bronze medal.
                                                9. Solon P. Hubbell of New
York. for an iniproved
unsuccessful, he endeavors to attain his object broadcast sower, a large
bronze medal.
by rubbing it against his face, thereby smear-  10. John W. Free of Indiana,
for a superior fanning
            by rubbing                        nu~~~~~~~~~t ll, a large bronze
medal.
ing the ropy bird-lime over his nose and eyes   11. L. P. Rose of Michigan,
for a superior and elegant-
and glueing the eyelids together.    By this ly Sinished set of garden implements,
a large bronze
time he has probably trodden upon several       1ordalp
            more f th trecheros levesand i bewld-  12. E. C. Taintor of Massachusetts,
for improved ma-
 more of the treacherous leaves, and IS bewild- chinery for plaining, mortising,
and tenoning, a large
 ered by the novel inconvenience; then he rolls bronze medal.
 on the ground, and rubs his head on the earth   13. Hale and Spier of Pennsylvania,
for an iproved
                                                nwframe plow, a bronze medal.
in his effort to get free. By so doing he adds  14 Johnson & Co. of New
York city, for washing and
fresh bird-lime to his head, body, and limbs, wringing machine,alargebronze
medal.
agglutinates his sleek fur together in unsight-  15. Oeo Campbell of Vermont,
for Spanish me b Ino
                     finishs by  oodwining hmselfsheep, first prize of fifty
thalers tor tho best buck ; one
ly tufts, and finishes by hoodwinking himself prize of twenty five thaders
for the second best buck;
so thoroughly with leaves and bird-lime, that one first prizeof fily thalers
for the best ewes.
he lies floundering on the ground, tearing up   16. II. G. lotchkiss of New
York, for the two best
the earth with his claws, uttering howls of sp17s ofess Parnhall of Nie York,
for a sample of the oil
rage and dismay, and exhausted by the impo- of peppermint, a bronze medal.
tent struggles in which he has been so long    18. John Et. Redstone of Inditana,
for improved lumber
            tent struggles in  winch          ~~and timber sawing mschine,Ba
bronze medal.
engaged. These cries are a signal to the au-    A model of an improved machine,
for gathering and
thors of his misery, who run to the spot, arm- pitching hay, an invention
of Mr. Fowler ot New York,
ed with guns, bows and spears, and find no was exhibited to the committee;
also a model of an im
                   in dipatcing  heirblin  andwea-proved bay and cotton press,
by Mr. H1. A. Schoermau
difficulty in dispatching their blind and  oea-t Louisiana, which would have
received medals but for
ried foe.-Routledgeas J1lust. Nat. History.   the rule excluding models from
the list of premiums.
           __________________________________    As to the Gold Medal awarded
to Mr. Mc-

N   E  W    S   S   U   M   M   A   R   Y     Cormick, we find the statement
in foreign
                                         ____  papers that it was "
an honorary distinction
          INDUSTRIAL AFFAIRS.                 conferred on that gentleman
as being the in-
                                 _________    troducer of reaping machinery
on to the Con-

   Our Fnterprising Neighbors Illinois and     tinent, and not, as some suppose,
awarded in
 lowsa are working hard to make their respec- connection with the trial of
reapers which
 tive exhibitions eminently successful.   We took place."
 admire their energy, wish them an abundant      The correspondent of the
New York Fve-
 reward and would urge our Wisconsin farm- ning Poet has the following remarks
on Mr.
 ers and mechanics to make all reasonable      Campbell's sheep prizes:
 effort to attend them both. This they can ea-    "Mr. Campbell of vermont
wins premiums forth best
                                               ewe and the best two bucks,
snd ti conaeqeeaee of some
 oily do, as they occur in two successive weeks. dissatisfaction on the part
of European exhibitors, Col.



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