Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-11-06
From the Richmond Wing Of Monday.
The Fair.

The city is already pretty full of visitors to the Fair
which commences tomorrow and the crowd is still pour
ing In from all directions From present indications
therefore we incline to the opinion that the number of
persons III attendance, will be nearly, if not quite
large on anv previous occasion 1t is the first wish
of all of them, doubt to catch glimpse of the Crisis
which Is said to have been prowng about and waylay
ing cities but which from the fat and jolly appearance
OF many Of rural cousins, has not vet penetrated into
the country.
In justice to the general of truth and our own
conscience N particular, cannot say much for the
personal puchritudc of either the the women yet
assembled in goOdy CITY, To be sure they all have
quite healthy and conented appearance if meat and
bread existed in great abundance and if they ndul
ed in these good things to somewhat censurabe excess
We have often marvelled, in times like these when peO
pie cOngregatc in overwhelming crowds, whence come
such multitude of ineXcuSably hOmely folks A Fair
seems to possess inherent and mysterious attraction
for the lfavored OF our proud old Commonwealth We
are cOsOcd by the pleasing reflection, however, that
none Of the sameSort are left behind but that ALL for
the time being, are concentrated here.
We have no idea of provoking personal difficulty
with any of the chvalrOus gentlemen who have come
hther to the Fair, but we do say in spite of the world
the flesh and the devil that Heaven, in manufacturing
most of them, was exceedingly sparing of its comely
materials. We observe a few of Anack from six
to ten feet in he ght and wearing boards and moustaches
that loO! entirely innocent of any knowledge of either
water napkins, who have down here, we sup
pose Tor the sole purpose OF seeing how badly they
righten the animals of the Fair Grounds and the little
children the streets. If they do not scare off the
Crisis then the Crisis is perfectly unscarabe thing. The
remainder of the male portion of the assembled crowd is
i'll admirable keeping with the general appearance of the
Anack boys. We pity the poor fathers and mothers
who have been taed for many years look at and
mediate upon this untigated and boudless ugliness
AS to the female portion language fails speak of
their infinite meritsin the respect alluded ton terms
at once truthful and graphic. The amount of female
homencss in town at the present time utterly indies
crbabc and unmaginable There are few noticeable
and brilliant exceptions, however, to look upon
which is feast to the eye and rapture to the SOUL
But may kind Providence soon take the balance to
himself and make them jewels in his crown-for their
light earth derived from their personal appearance,
will be brighter than that entitled by rusty ten
penny nail. We remark by the way, that crnone APP
pears to have suffered sad collapse Its dimensions
have fearfully Misunderstanding, altogether, pre-
to the pressure. Being ardent admirer and ad-
vocate of crmoinc, deplorc the melancholy and
imposing strait to which it has been reduced and VIC
breathe an everlasting curse upon the pressure
With tear for crinoline, therefore, conclude
original and eloquent and opposite observations the
visitors to the Fair. We protest, moreover that we
have intended offence by discourse to any mortal
male or enale-for while penning these lines we have
been whistmg, like good Uncle Toby L1AabuHeTo, ali
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