Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-11-19
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THE aTATE FAIR.

T, ,,as MIR pood fortune TO he able to spend day or
,,o !, coIpmha during the week of the late Stnte
Fair Without note for reference before us, for we
were too much engaged to take one it will not he e1-
r,ced that we shall be either full or explicit las the
,h,... ,os,, n telling abuu, il.
rho ,,,,.d :, ,,,endance was admitted on all hands
n, bs the largest ever brought together in Columbia
IT,. Hotels were orer.crsmmed. some private houses
,s,s ssd and still MANY an unlucky wight, carpet
h. i; hand was left TO wander about The streets like
lo., ,nir, seeking whose bread and meat he might
,I.ro,, Ersn,uallv ,honph, ws> believe all were
.,o,,.r.a :, one nlace or another. On Tuesday the
lii .sr.r hundred bodies with aouls were emped
80, or tho Granville cars alon. and nearly four hnn.
,a f,or tho cborlot,e cars. TIL other roads poured
,,h;Ie m, a Gaw like ourself) arrived
an ,,o.,bs, we ,viz. the crowd) were
.;,
~, Ao,oo;.,;o, convened in the old
r,'..;.,.. ,,d soo, slled tho room. The
n"'i' n c.,o,, os ps,d,s,on opened
'e''' ..,:,h oda,o., rnon the subiect.matter
'"e "'ee'"s Wv 7, ,r,o an admirable
OF toe o'caS'"'' "s' "' ,d q, tho same
pr"o"c'''' :" ,ho s,ns tim. ornate.
.ine e"e"t"s' -. ,;r,s .,oouen, II occu.
in OF oe'HN a'o NJ ''' -. a.,;vsrv and the
F'ea co"'."''Ao' ,,o,o end more inter.
"h",e ""''e".o 49, 49, IT,. .,s.tar wos inerrupted
.0'," W M ..,,. -, ,nn,or.e esnscialIy turing the
y, ~ b, oddrs.. when the high Thoughts of
"'.' ,.,, ,b.;, colo,inps 10 his chas,e
1'.e"E ....,.,,. mamma, A. his conclusion,
Wv wv" "',N -. ,nh,v yps,e followed nv q
wv '''' =, ,o,;sf.,,;on and Measure among
te"e'"' 'r y. d.. Society The nolitical cast of
'"' "'e .., ....,. d;J m, annear 10 many of his
II" os'"''0l. ".,.,;h,s with the circumstances
80, nos,,,. Ri, these were unob-
,oa ;, n,o,nn,od =. thew were hy the convictions of
'e''e' y" yu. ,.,,, .rJ ,ots Fl, pran,ed.
',C., ~ c.,,,, .aa,.,. ,,;,l he nrn,ed
'"e ~ ..r... hu.;nes, wa, transacted sf.
,hrouab and the Association ad.
.e' '"' 'e'i'e' 80. e., the nurnose of
''''N -, CT. -, r., l.r,rsoN. We
"e"''''s "1 '. IN. - h.,, hi. oro,ion. On
| 'es'e' "". IL" '''7 '''' ' g.. n,,;,rr;sbsd
al sues - sps mn .sa,.o, ~ law !, before Our
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'e"ue'' ~. WV" ,h. r.r m Tuesday; in.
49,, ,,,;,.,, .r,sne,5 here before
u's' >,. .,,., ,.,, n, "Wednesday forenoon,
','' e'''''ns ,anon ~ assemble on the
Wv ,'..,;n,,, ,,h;,L sbowsd the eaperness
s.'u,''' "''. = ~ ,,.. :. r. es.n Rv midday
VI all ~ sse "''"'' H.. ,:,o,..na. noss;nu ,hi,
'''ey ",e"' "e '':. ;,..,..,, n N. other
way "''o "n',V ~, ' .,,.. n.,ro IN shaggy
''''' 1"'''s ''e c.r;,. and flowers lher
s'a's."'" ] :.r, :.",,a ~ ;.nns,s-.,bis moment
scanning '"e '"s..'". ~ -, Corm,n h,rd anon I,
Listening ~ '"e s,'" ors minnie admi
'"e ','"'s W oe .,;u,nn md sculpture, III.
rug "'A"''": ' ..',.,, ;,n,orsJ n,ow.s,ocks. Ir
"e"' e"I's -: r... ,h;. nIoc. III that, ant
'"o'' "'', ,,;,, co,,s md bulls and OF
..'' 49,, b..s Ill. and nbsasan,s and can
IH".n hoa. n,,cl.wo,k fan immense assort
90. .aowers and woolen domcsiics and vege
,.h,ss hr,,ss and carrinpes and pianos and water
,,oor boo,s and prest MANY other things Of ever!
rr,J. the b;g Fair day Of Wednesday was melo
dramatic panorama such as is not often presented II
the OPTICS OF The passing generation, and would hav
IL, ,la bpu IN a cOnfu
'naoe "o' S. S -. s,o-e,z.c-,-s