Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-10-24

| Worcester. .........-.23l 1909 5!55 |
Total.14S3 13o,7s9 ll12 1926
Net gain in five years lea being equal to almost Ii
! per cent
United States a fculturuI Exhibition,
The annual exhibon Of the United States
Agricultural Society ened at Boston, yesterday,
and the display exceed by far anything of the
kind ever seen in Is country The arrange
ments, says the Bostt Journal, are the most
liberal and magnifcei scale.
The exhibition gnnds embrace a tract of
thirty acres Of land funded by Harrison Av-
enue, Brookline, Amy, and Chester Street.
This lot has been enosed with close board
fence ten feet high The main entrance is on
Harrison Avenue, ooosite franklin Square.
AS the visitor appaches the ground from
franklin Square, Tia first thing that attracts
his attention is the btutful arch which spans
this entrance, and wich is supported by two
noble towers forty fet in height. Over these
towers wave the . Slrs and Stripes" The
arch bears the simpenscription- S. AG~
RIcULTURAL SOCIETY On either side of the
entrance are window for the sale of tickets.
There are twenty oithese, SO that no delay
need be apprehendedin procuring tickets
Further South there iIanother entrance, over
which a plain arch hs been erected. Visi-
tors with tickets will L admitted here also.
On the right of thenain entrance are seats
for ten thousand poole, erected in the most
substantial manner, ald capable of supporting
much greater weighithan it will be possible
to put upon them. tom these seats fine
view OF the whole felicia be obtained. On
the left Of the main entrance the stalls for
horses commence, and they and the cattle
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ure, until they reach the southerly end of the
seats on Harrison Avenue There are between
six and seven hundred of Them The stalls
for horses are furnished with doors and sub
stantial locks The stalls are all covered With
white duck, and a scolloped fringe runs along
TO the Stars a tSs.rssaTiug e2d Cestooning Give
pearance. Each bread 1l5rS6s and cattle
will be arranged IN a distinct department ,des.
ignated by a large sign raised over the stalls.
The ranges for the sheep and swine are
erected on the north east corner of the lot
They are substantial pens, with roofs to pro-
tect the animals from the weather.
For the purpose Of showing the horses to
the best advantage fine track, forty feet
wide, and half a mile in length, has been pre-
pared. 1t is of an oval form, with no sharp
corners, and is rolled smooth and hard.
The judges stand viii early attract the at
tention of the yisitsr. This is large octagon
tower, seventy feet high, with piazza run
ming all round the same on the ground line,
making this floor twenty feet SQUIRE and two
feet up from the ground this will be occupied
by the representatives Of the press. Twelve
feet above this floor is another floor, with
balcony running round the same, four feet
outside the floor, to be occupied by the Judges,
d to be called the Judges stand. Above
this there is still another story, which will be
occupied by ladies. The tower is arched on
every side and story, and is Handsomely orna
mented with brackets, rustics, ballustrades,
and with American flags, one of which sur
mounts it, and Others are extended from the
different stories. This tower stands opposite
the centre Of the seats on the Western side of
the enclosure.
just south of the tower is music stand,
made in the gothic style. This will be occu-
pied each day during the continuance Of the
Fair, by an excellent band Of music.
-Four water temples of the same style of
architecture as the tower, are erected at dit
ferent points Of the green inside the race
track. At these the multitude win be enabled
to Stake their thirst with the pure Cochituate
On the green, within the ellpse, are sever
al tents. The enc which is nearest the main
entrance, is the Presidents reception tent. 1t
is hoored and Hastily furnished with drapery
curtains hung in festoons. In this tent the
President will receive the distinguished guests
from the different sections OF the Union who
may be present. 1t bears the name of the
'President's Tent" and in front of it floats
the American flag
Next is a very tasty round tent This is for
the ladies. Within it Mr.. George Copeland
has stand to supply the ladies with such re-
ireshments as they may want. In the rear Of
this there is a tont which will be used as a
drawing room for the ladies' where, with the
assistance Of an officiating maid, bonnets and
collars and curls may be becomingy adjusted,
if disaranged within the throng.
Next we come to the "Reporters Tent"
| This will be furnished with tables and chairs,
| paper, pens, ink, envelopes, and in fact ey-
erything to facilitate the labors of the report.
ers. a messenger will leave the tent every
half hour, from II A. NJ. to z. NJ, to carry
the "copy" for the different offices in the city.
and the letters Of reporters from abroad, to
the Post Office. The Reporters Tent will be
| in charge Of a special marshal, with whom
all representatives Of the press from abroad arc
requested to register their names on arrival
just south of tho Reporters Tent, and With
III few feet Of it, is the tent of Gen. John s.
Tyler, the Chief Marshal, and his assistants,
Directly in the rear Of these tents, and in
the conte Of the ollipso, is "Wrght's man,
moth tent" beneath which the grand agri-
cultural banquet is to be held on Friday of.
temoon, IL is hoored, and will be lighted
with gas. The tables will be spread for two
thousand guests and there is no doubt thai
every plate will be occupied Among tho el.
oquent men announced to be present arc
Messrs Everett, Choate and Winthrop OF Oui
own State, and others from all parts of the
Union. With favorable weather this ban
quet will be u magnificent affair.
Across the track, and between that and
the cattle pens, is another large tent, boneatl
which Mr.. Wright has provided tables ont
the other necessary paraphernalia for feeding
the multitudes from day to day. This ar
rangemont viii enable person TO remain OF
the ground all day II he so chooses. Each Of
these tents viii be designated by large sigr
showing the purpose for which tits used.
On Che oasterly side Of the enclosure out.
side Of the range Of stalls is a large wooden
building in which is the Executive Commit
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