, 1859-05-31
The Art Hall is to 6e sesentsA6s&set in d.
ameter with proper arH kgemcnts for tn a1A}fe
bition Of paintings, &c. E<centra1 eleyatioa 6f
twenty feQnqt the base NJ Lighted by saes
lights, Ha8shAplan Of sky Ign, o. zlQptcd'
lists, ~S

The Hall for the exhibition Of textile fabritg'
V to.Es one hundred feet by forty, well protcc-
tHu cva2y way.
Tue business Office, sixty by twenty-thrce feet,
will not be continuation of the eating and
sleeping apartments, but located convenient
to the entrance gate. The show ring is leiW
feet in circumference, to be surrounded by seats
free to the ladies'.
The Hall for Machinery, forty by sixty feet,
fitted up with shafting and pulies, is to be sup.
piled with one Of Gatcs & Co.'s powerful en-
gines for the driving Of machinery.
The editorial fraternity will be amply provid-
ed for.
The various pump and windmill men " i'll hare
u chance to furnst. the multitudes with water
from wells to be prepared expressly for the pur-
pose in aud near the grounds.
The Natural History department will receive
large contributions and be brought out with t1rst
class cases, to the admiration Of the curious and
the instruction Of the young.
Prof. u lbcr is directing special attention to
this branch with good success in different parts
Of the StQte.
The stalls for horses and cattle are to be each
one secured With door on hinges. Ample car
riage ways will be laid out through the grounds.
No special beer or liquor licenses will be grant
ed BY the city authorities, but such special DO
lice employed as may be deemed necessary to
preserve perfect order within the city limits.
1t is to be regretted that no notice has been
considered that VIC build more and better reap
ers than all the rest Of the Union. that our en-
terprising manufacturers have struggled under
the most embarrassing circumstances to keep
up their establishments, and, in 70 doing, hnye
furnished work for hundreds Of idle hands and
contributed to the support and comfort Of as
many families, it must be admitted that a little
attention to them was merlted. It need not be
said that satisfactory trial cannot be got up.
We hare undertaken to conduct the trial Of
steam plows on sensible plan-and The only
rational one-that Of skilfu1, practical men su-
perintending and directing their operations, and
testing each machine deliberately to their eatis.
faction.
Ii is no mattcr of surprise that the great
unsatisfactory. The test should be made in H.
linois, where We hare both the fields and the
men. If they had both, they did not uss them.
It is infinitely more difficult to make fair trial
Of steam cultiyator under the resolution Of the
Society rs adopted, than to give \ fair tria1 Of
reapers.
This part Of the State is densely populated,
completed to this city in August, making an
easy and convenient outlet for Southern Wis
conain to como in with its teeniog abundance.
Its proximity to the river, and direct connection
By railroad, favors the citizens of adjoining
states along the Mississippi to join the gather:
The Illinois Central Railroad Co. have made
liberal subscriptions to aid in the enterprise.
fully redeeming their old pledges Of interest il
he agricultural prosperity OF the State. The
9alena and Chicago Union R. R. Co. nrc exceed
ing every former liberality on their part.
With this hasty synopsis Of the present. plans
and prospective operations, you may form some
idea Of what it is hoped the State Fair will be,
PTorsded, no untoward circumstances intervene.