Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-09-29
Z EFg From the Cleveland Herald.
Ohio State Fair.
ZASEsvIrIE. Sept, %, 1859

When L felt OteFel6ut lOr tne DIAL
Fair, via Columbus, the weather portend
ed nothing very favorable for the Grea
Show. Night closed in, and with it th
prospects became more gloomy. Through
the kinduess and attention of Mr.. Brace
the courteous Conductor of Mr.. Stanley
sleeping car on the C. C. ds c.. train,
pleasant sleeping berth enabled your cor
respondent TO pass the ride from Cleve
land to Columbus in comfort, carless as t,
how the weather acted. About midnigb
the first snooze being ended, was made
aware for few minutes of tremendou:
roaring ofrain torrents and pealing of thun
der, mingled with the continuous clatter Of
the cars, whilst flashing lighinings at times
glittered through the Stats of the blinds
In another moment l was perfectly oblivi
Gus of every thing, and so remained until
the train stopped at Columbus, halfpast
one in the morning.
Raio, rain, rain. Steady, dowDpouring,
monotonous rain. Depot moist and sticky.
Cars just come in from GAINESVILLE, damp
and sloppy. Take look out of doors
wet and slushy. Three hours to wait for
the cars bound Zanesyille-ward. "Gents
Sitting Room" full ofmud-spattered coun.
tsymen coiled up on settees fast asleep
Ladies Sitting Room" occupied by leu
tonic feminines disposed on seats and floors
in attitudes that would shock the sensibili-
ties of the oversensitive females who can
not say "legs." Baby on the floor begins
to yell. No chance TO sit down there
Senior Editor of morning contemporary goes
off prospecting, and finds dark and desert
ed room with benches therein. Euter two
Editors and a stranger. Five minutes af-
terwards grand trio of snores issues from the
darkness.
The train on the Central Ohio started
out 4: :25 A. N. with tremendous load
of Fair going people. At first the rain
continued TO fall heavily, but as the day
broke the rain decreased, and finally the
skies cleared. At every little station
crowds of people rushed through the mud
to the cars, and the train soon became as
heavy as the engine could we'll start on the
slippery rails.
The Central Ohio Railroad from Colum-
bus to GAINESVILLE passes through lovely
country. The road follows the course of
the Licking River branch, and passes
through a rolling country. The grass was
OF bright green, freshened by the heavy
rain of the preceding night, the soil turned
up by the plow showed a rich brown red,
and as was said by somebody-was it Sid
ney Smith or Douglas Jerrold ?-"if you
tickeld it with hoe it would laugh with
harvest" The buckwheat grew thick, and,
the farmers say it is not a fall crop, it
would be called on the lake shore "bust-
ing CROP" The trees along the bottoms
and low hills were decked in brilliant hues,
mingliug the dark glossy green of summer
with the pale green, yellow, and fiery red
Of autumn. Beyond Newark for some
miles the railroad rau along the bank of the
river, the other bank of which was formed
of perpendicular rocks of a dark color,
crowned with woods of rich green. The
red rocky wall, stretching along for miles,
reminded me of some parts of the Lake
Superior shore, though of much increased
beauty in its verdant clothing.
Arriving at GAINESVILLE tue first rush was
TO the Fair Grounds branch of the Cincin-
naii, Wilmington d GAINESVILLE Railroad,
trains on which We're run every fifteen min
utes during the day. Through the kind
ness of Independent Police Officer Gala
CHER, Of Cleveland, found sleeping place
in the Zane House, and, having settled this
matter, started for the Fair Grounds.
The Grounds are of considerable extent,
and beautifully located, taking in high
knoH within its extent. Within the en-
closure it resembles Wilson Park, the level
ground denuded of its trees, and its size
expanded. On the summit of the hill is
the Fine Art Hall. AT the foot of the
hill is the large trotting ring, well kept and
the track in good condition, considering the
heavy rains of the preceding night. On
the side of the ring, opposite the hill, the
Grand Stand has been built. The stand
and hill combined afford splended facilities
for watching the "sceues in the circle" and
have been constantly crowded during the
day.
On first arriving here your correspond
ent commenced thorough examination of
the ground and its contents. The first i'm
preston resulting was that the Show was
more of local Fair for Licking and Mus
kingum counties than Fair for the whole
State of Ohio. The names of places in
those counties occurred so often on the
cards of ownership that it seemed there
were no other places known. A more min
ute search revealed a few names from the
Reserve" but Jet the t,+o counties afore-
said have the lions share of the articles ON
exhibition. The spectators are almost ex-
from these counties, and reveal
type of physiognomy totally different from
that prevalent on the lake shore. The
Dutch ancestry is Enthusiastically evident.
There are but very few persons from the
Reserve, and only slight spriuklng from
Cincinnati. Reporters are here from all
the Cincinnati papers, also from Wheeling,
kentucky, Columbus, Cleveland, and per-
haps some other places.
The. attendance yesterday was not very
large, the receipts at the gate being So, 600.
Besides this about 81 900 have been taken
for exhibitors fees. To-day there is
much larger attendance, and everything is
passing off with more spirit. The process
sioa Of four Fire Companies with their ma