Watertown Republican

Cattle and Horse Fair.—The second livestock exhibition and Sale in this city came off on Wednesday and Thursday of last week, according to previous notice. It was not as well attended as the preceding one, though the attendance was quite as large, and exhibition in all respects as fine as could have been expected under the circumstances. We do not think the selection of time was a very good one, being as it was the day after the election, when people, as a general thing, are too much absorbed in other matters to attend to anything in the way of Fairs. Mr. Martin Hoph, who kept an account of the sales, reports the following as the results of the day's transactions.
There were sold, 25 Milch Cows, 84 Head of Working and Beef Cattle, and 13 Horses. Total amount of sales. $3,309. We call this a pretty good day's business. There can be no doubt as to the practicability of the plan adopted for bringing buyer and seller together, and the benefits arising from it. We look upon these exhibitions as just the thing for dealers in stock, and trust they have become permanent institutions in our city.