The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-09-14
(Erom tie Ri1at Ge1atLentan.
The State Bureau---The State Fair.

We hope the friends ofagrieultural progress
will keep it in mind that the State Fair, I'M
der the State Bureau, is fixed for the second
week in November next, in the city of Jack
son. The Directors of the Fair are now en-
gagged in completing the Fair grounds, as much
as the means donated by the State will iusti-
| fy them in doing. They have added house
of 40 by 100 feet, and two stories high, pro-
crossing with other Improvements, intending
to have suitable house for stationary and
portable steam engines for plantation use,
with shafting to work gins, mills, &c, togeth-
er with ladies' saloon, ticket office, &c, &c,
We have peculiar interest in the success of
this enterprise We have been begging for a
Bureau for some twenty yelrs-been active
in every State organization, every fair, and
feel identified with the Bureau. fit fails,
we give up. Really, sincerely, our heart is so
much in the success of the PRESENT effort, that
it would be like losing life 10 fail We earn
estly plead with personal fiends with agri-
cultural friends, with the we'll wishes of our
State-with all; but especially with the ladies',
that they will prepare somlthing to exhibit,
and be present, to add to thesuceess.
We hope that our fellow. citizens will not
be governed by any selfish IDtions; not refrain
from doing something on th score thatthey
show nothing worth premium, or that the
premiums do not pay, or tha they ono good.
I Even the attendance of NUMBERS will do great
good. 1t stimulates to exerion, it buoys up
those who labor for the good Of our country,
and brings out latent talent latent exertion.
Seldom, indeed, will premium be other than
costly; seldom, indeed, but Ehe care and pre-
PARTON, time lost trouble, ST., isworth two or
five times the premium, bit that is not the
profit 1t is only to be compsed to Railroads;
these never pay, yet they build up a country
more than ten times their cot.
We know not that we viii have place ever
again as an active worker, bit should we, we
promise to labor to have sonb change in the
premium list especially in tie ladies' depart
ment This is more at fault than any other
| department, but we can APPEAL to the ladies'
and say, they know the parties who had the
| fixing up the list would not asst slight up
on them. Let them come I'd to the work,
bring all their nice, rich, pretty things, and
trust to us, that hereafter we will do better,
and endeavor to have premiums more in uni
son with the work.
A lady, as much interested ourself, will
devote herself to taking notes DUNG the coming
Fair preparatory to giving us thebenefit of her
mind, and we will hand then over to the
directory next.year.
The directory viii make eyey exertion to
provide stalls, stables, food, yater, with a
vigilant police so that all stock an be kept
where they should be, we think-on the Fair
ground, and as economically food can be
purchased. The friends at dStance should
make much exertion. Upon th,coming Fair,
epends much Of our future Success The
State should prapopriate at leas $4,000 per
year, and if the people show the approve the
work, it is done. Stay not away, and then
find fault. 1t is wrong. Come m to the work
do your part and the Bureaus fixed fact.
The good is not in fairs, we admi, but it is the
means of getting planters togethG, of showing
what we have, and what We capdo,. and what
we want
True, economy demands ths preparation
should be made already, and tie earlier the
better. The economist should be engaged
nom in fatening his winter med, and, there
fore, putting anything in ordertor the fair;
cheaper to be engaged two or hree months
before hand no economical manwill deny.