Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-01-27
,r,.. s,a,e Roard---Fnir Al ZanesviIle

The state BOard---Fair at ZanesVlhe-
The State Board of Agriculture met at Co
Iumbus on the 25th, to arrange the Premium
List and location and time of holding the tenth
aunual State Fair of Ohio. The members pres
eht were \ S. Townshend of LOrain, President
D. E Gardner of Lucas, John NJ. Milliken of
Butler. ]. NJ. Trimble of Highland, Lucien
Buttles of Franklin, John Reber of Fairfield,
I. @ Rawson of Sandusky, VIM. Dewitt of
slCuyahoga, 4snd c. ". POtwin of Muskingum.
zoiA lWaddle Of CLARK, absent. 80 I
% -s The location of the next State Fair excited
considerable interest. The claims and advan-
taees of Cleveland were advocated by Repre-
sentative Parsons, who read a letter from tve
prominent citizens of Cleveland pledging them
selves to give the Board $4,000, the use OF the
Fair grounds, and to remove the present build
inss from Sandusky. Gen Buttles presented
the resolutions of the City Council of Column
bus asking that the Fair be located there, to-
gether with their bond for $4,000 Mr.. Martin
by speech also set forth the advantages of Co.
Iumbus. Gov Ford spoke for Mansfield, and
presented the plejge of her spirited people that
the Board should receive $4,000 and Fair
grounds conveniently located in the city, and
als5 that the buildings should be removed from
Sandusky without expense to the Board Judge
Burns also urged the claims of Mansfield Mr..
Best offered 50, 600 and grounds for GAINESVILLE.
Mr.. Day, member of the House from Cadiz, IA
vored ZanesviIIe, as point most desirable tor
the people of Eastern Ohio. ta
s' The vote of the Board stood six for GAINESVILLE
two for Columbus, one for Cleveland, and one
for Mansfield. The Board fixed the time fol
holding the Fair, September goth, 2lst, ed
and 23d GAINESVILLE is a good location, and the
next State Fair very properly belonged to that
section of the State. The population of Zanes
vile and its enEirons is about $4,000. There
are about Is hotels in the city, and some sc
boarding houses. It is accessible by water and
railroad, and the sixteen counties surrounding
it, incllding Muskngum, contain an aggregate
population Of about -455,O0O. The counties
contain about 10000 horses, 375, 600 cattle,
100000 sheep, and $50 900 hogs. The rich
Mdskingum Valley will be new section o.
Ohio for most of our Reserve people to visit
and Cheesedom will send down choice lots o
her products and her Yankees.
The regulation charging 50 cents for admis
sion to the Fair the first day was changed, 81
that at the State Fairnext September there vii
be but one price for admission, and that q
cents Exhibitors and committee men wheI
E they enter the gate set apart for them will gv'
csive Their tiicEsrs agaIt wnehrhey rstfrs:s gill III
premium lat was taken up and much of i
passed upon the first day of the session of th'
Board, but no material change from that of las
year was made The State Journal, from whose
full report we have epitomized the above facts
says -51'---
The Board were very desirous to adopt some
plan to prevent the wholesale entry of stock and
other articles, for the sake of getting the stock
-l stabbed and fed during the Fair, and procuring
tickets good during the whole Fair for the hold
er and his family, all for one dollar; for instance,
at the Sandusky Fair there were over seventy
entries in, the class of Harness and Saddle
Horses, and when the committee called for that
class but twenty-three animals were brought
into the ring, and in the class of Roadsters
there were one hundred and eleven entries, aud
but fifty five horses appeared in the ring for ex-
hiDition.
Mr.. Milliken offered the following resolution
for adoption, which was laid on the table for
further consideration:
Resolped, That each person making an entry
in the irsl class shall, before making entry,
give statement that the animal is in good faith
entered for exhibition and If not duly exhibited
in competition, that he will pay - dollars
for the exhibitors ticket by him used provi-
ded, however, if the Executive Committee shall
be satisfied that said animal was not exhibited
because of some good and sufficient reason
then they may remit the sum of - dollars.