Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-01-21
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SErNNn ANIMAL FNlR


sondfion.
We gave last week (t cost us only a few
e,ups Dr. scissors. and Of course w could afford
10 giw it) n description Of the Fair held III this
Mace the Ia & ilth i~n$tantS, with notices OF
tho reception of the honorable Henry Clay
among us. the beauty Of our "tura' v,lla*"'
and its surprisingly beautiful ladies. All this,
ms we then stated. aud still affirm, was the re-
suit Of a single writing of a pen which the
chivnlrcuS Colonel Bradbury, Of the Trorlc,
found in our armed chair. Said pen might
have hecn GOOD, bad, or indifferent. as YOU
please and il We new take up another with
the view Of testing its efficacy on the same
subject. we hope the reader will never ina.
ginc that il is from n desire 10 indulge either
il objections against, or criticisms upon, the
lahorS of the former. No. no! We vcnerate
TIA, COED old standby; II has some sfssiy points
about it, and possesses, like many other ter
rcStial things. the gSand merit Of having done
what ii will probably never do again. 1t is
an antlQuary among pcnS-now near Surcran-
nuatcd-and Of course liable to these llttle
omissions md inaccuracies to which aTc-vcn-
esatc it as We willis ever liable.
However. il did It's duty we'll in the hand
Of Col. Bradbury--quite as well as the novel
~ Of its position and the popularity Of the
circumstances would authorize liz 10 expect,
That description Of the arrival OF Mr., Clay
was very far we remarked i'll it but one or
ror, rather important, It's true, but Just such
as might naturally be expected from a neutral
pom. 1t is admitted those pens may SOM.
times err, though seldom ; yet that onc-hc-
ING decidedly a Baton Rouge pcn--should
have been sufficiently acquainted with local
matters, to have known that that storm was
gotten up expressly for the occasion, having
hecn devised by the committee OF arrange
mcn,s as The best method of lnsuring a faith
ful compliance with the promise made Ia Afr,
Clay, that he should not, on his arrival here,
he received with too much parade and pcmr.
This is a fact and if Baton Rouge is no more
than a &" rural village" We shonld like to see
a committee of arrangements in New Orleans.
ar WI tAItIi Wy INV SCN ny bUt'CE stti w IN kIiC
same shor, ~notiee! We brag on that Storm,
and on the committee that worked it up and
until We see it e~qualled some where else, we
eNall consider ourselves at perfect liberty so
sa de-
But to the Far it Disappointed again this
year as it DID las, almost every one who
Witnessed it-disappolnted their ant;crpa,ions
hy surprising them far, far away, in the num-
her Of people and objects congregated from
every sectI'an Of tie Stste, and in the lively,
" deer. universal interest prevailing respecting
it--leayjng ao lcnEer ropn {. a DOUBT OF the
ultimate Soccess, and great practical benefits
cf tie Assocjat on. The feel ng il its favor
rrnv,r AZ il should srow-nodsra:s1y. health
y, sru'v. J. ia taSiag deep and sure root
r-ha minds Of a. I.he operative classes Of socie-
~. plaR.cis ana Misunderstanding, ar
ts:s aud men Of ~sclence, come c~rowdIDe round
State as q means through which her mate.
rial shall be improved and the light Of In;eiiI-
renee she'd abroad on her citizens. Such is
is tendency. and ,bose who warmly e0rsnr.
re aid support IT will not be deceived 10 the
result. The Fair this year vas a decided
,,,proynent En- that of last year, ard the next.
:. v;I, We seen, Wi! leave this a long, loag
way in the shade
We cory from the record o. Tie clerk Of lie
cir the following summary 0: articles ox-
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