Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-10-25
rourth 1naiana state Fair.

MONDAY NOkAlNO, VSi- - -
roprth indiana state Fair. {
Fto r,ceirts Of our State Fair, which 4
e,oss,l IFS exhibition on Friday last, amounted
IN the aggregate to $4,000; Of which three
thousand were from the State, by Legislative
,puropriation. one thousand from the county
of Marion. one thousand from the Citizens OF
indianapolis, and eleven thousand from the
sale OF badges, tickets, &c. &c.
The expenditures were S12,6s5; Of which .
$685. were for fitting up the grounds, /
and other incidental matters, and 5000 for
premiums awarded. There consequentlyrc- I
mains in the Treasury Of the Society three
thousand 6rs hundred Gal Fifteen dollars. With
this amount to commence with next year,
and in the absence OF tie necessity Of any
preliminary expenditures, the fixtures now at
hand being permanent, the Executive Com
mittee viii be Justified X nearly Doubling the
premium list. and making the amount to be
paid close to Ten THOUSAND DoLLAEs-
The articles entered regularly for preml-
inns amounted TO about THREE THOUSAND in
number,-quadrupling the number on exhi-
bitiou. last year at Madison, and more than
doubling those displayed at Lafayette, the
previous season. The quality of the
Horses aud Cattle could not be improved up
on and has not been beaten at any Fair IN the
United States. The same may also be said
of the Agricultural, Horticultural and Me-
chsnical departments Of the exhibition
Every interest Of our State was fully and
satisfactorily represented, indicating most adj
mirably, not only the intelligence and enter
prize Of our people, but also their astonishing
prosperity and absolute independence.
What has been said in this article IS evil
dence that our Fair was the best and most
perfect thing of the kind ever heldiu the West
The receipts, as exhibited, show, also, that the
plumber of persons in attendance was equal L
that of the Fairs held in the older States anC
our larger cities Badges. and tickets were sol'
sufficient to admit TO the grounds at leas
SfxrY THOUSAND People. Il is estimate'
by ,.le best of judges that not less than thi
number were in the city Of Indianapolis du
ring the second day Of the Fair. Tha
our readers may rely upon our statements W
have been precise IN taking our figures from
the records, and particular in making our est
mates from the best data that could be afford
ed
It becomes proper for Us, in this connection
70 apply few words 70 the corduct OF tn
Fair,-to speak Of the able and efficient man
szenlent exhibited in the order and precisio
which characterized the execution OF tn
business OF the occasion in its manifold ram
fcauons. The members Of the State Boar
and the Executive Committee, the Superb
tendent, the Secretary and Treasurer, and,
fact, al the officials Ct the time in the mid
of excitement and seeming confusion, dii
played a degree Of patience, and persev'
renee, and determinateness Of purpose, whic
must have won for them the respect and nc
miration of the attending public.
smoke has cleared away from our City, an
our people arc again quiet, following, ;
though nothing had happened. the usual "
cations Of life \ kind Providence gave Il
during the week that is past, a pure air an
clear sky. The autumn's frost had crisped Ii
flowers beneath our feet, and tinged the fore
leaves with russell lustre. The singing biiC
had winged their flight to other chimes. b
the sky was clear and the air was filed Wit
lie. Our veins were full and euoyant, and o.
souls were light and happy, for friends, Ion
absent were about US, and smiles we used
love to feel, again were shedding radiance {
the heart Manhood and youth, dignity an
LONELINESS, intellect and soul, each yindicatC
in its clearest type, were there,-a pauoram
posing ike the cloud away-like ii
shadow of cloud, like life and hope, und
fined, and fleeing as dream Il
gone,-the scene, the occasion, and to u
to the people here, nature itself seen
Sadder than before. We see, in day tim
that the leaves are turning brown, and fec
at night, that the wind is cold and searchin
We know that winter is approaching,-th
his cold breath will whisper death to man
whom we love,-tha, before another autumn
comes, with lis pure air and its clear sky, Il
grass will have grown and withered on athoI
sand graves Of the fragile tenements whic
embodied the manhood am loneliness, Il
intellect and soul of the many who compose
our last weeks Fair