Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-03-16


Admittancs to Fairs.
The following. from the pen OF Dr..
Stevenson. though written with re-
ference to the State Fair, contains some
hints of value to the Directors Of our
County Fain. II Is from the Indiana
Farmer.
EprroRs INDIANA FARMER: The
',est nodeof admitting persons to
the State Fair, is o question OF
some difficulty.
The usual mode hasbeen by en-
trance tickets and by badges
which admit the headsof the fam
lilies, and all under twenty years
Of age during the show. The OBJ
lection to these badges are, first,
that as they remain in the hands
Of the purchasers, and are not
lifted at the gate, they are passed
out to others who come in on
them. They are sold, loaned and
given away, and Ihave no doubt
that this thing is increasing at
our annual exhibitions very rap
idly, and may soon render the
amount collected at the gates un-
certain.
The moral effect Of this thing
is worse than the loss sustained.
1t is a great temptation to boys
and others to beg or buy badges
at a trifling price from those who
have used them, and resell at q
small profit. And it is no less
criminal on the part Of those who
sell, loan or give away. These
temptstions should be avoided, II
possible, or tho good ofour shows
may be overbalanced by this evil.
The only remedy that occurs to
my mind is in issuing entrance
tickets that admit but one person
one time, and which are lifted by
the gate-keeper. But it is OBJ
ject to this, that persons wish to
20 in and out during the day
For this there is no remdey, in my
opinion, without falling on the
evils just alluded to. But so
soon as it is understood that the
contract is for but one admittance,
oil complaints will soon cease
Exhibitorsare compelled frequent
ly to be passed in and out. For
these, there should be a few tick.
cts, called exhibitors tickets
which should authorize passing
uud requesting, and should pe sold
by the Secretary when the en-
tries are made, with the name o
the exhibitor written on the face
Of the ticket.
Will tickets yield asmuch mon
ey as badges : Ithinkmore, ant
If it should not, 1t will it least re-
move the immoral temptation
which attend the fadge system
No carriages should be ad
mitted 10 the show ground
First they are in the way; in the
inside they are running ovel
every body. Secondly, it costs
considerable to make a carriage
way-and people in carriage
never see anything. A gentle
man drives up to the gate, (noI
the entry gate proper,) with sever
or eight persons behind him il
his Garage, and holds up a badg'
or q ticket or two, and inho goes
for few gate-keepers would have
the courage or the mcanness Il
pull out q few well dressed ladies
and turn them back, so they al
60 in.
All shows should be excluded
from the inside OF the sho,
ground, as we'll as from the adjoin
ing grounds, on the outside
They are generally a set Of swim
dlers that should not be encourag
ed by farmers. They are not goo'
company for our sons and daugh
tiers. They are highly demoral
izing. Their lying representa-
tons tempt our children to visi
them, and divert their attention
from what they should see an'
learn. Everything demoralizinl
should be as carefully prohibite,
at our State and County Fairs a
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