The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-08-15
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| In perusing the Daily Inquirer of the
/ 18th inst, found an article over the sigma
ture of &C." purporting to advocate the
retention of our present Fair Grounds
Each and every article written upon the sub
iect OF its removal has surprised him, and
then the President, calling meeting OF the
stockholders on the 10th, to take into con-
sideration the removal of said Grounds, sur
prised him still more. A man of surprise,
he He thinks Mr.. Hornbrook, and all, did
well; and, consequently, any Improvement
upon what Mr. III. has done would be n de-
traction of merit. He fails TO show any
reason for retaining the present grounds, or
any advantages they possess, or are likely
to possess, over another selection. The fact
is just this, when the present grounds
were located, it was confidently believed
that the airline railroad would be built, and
that speedily, which would pass as near the
grounds as desirable; but that enterprise
proved abortive. Another objection is, that
the road over which we travel is through
one dense cloud of dust the whole route, and
when once at the Fair Grounds, the market
and other wagons passing to and from the
city keep you more or less in said cloud as
long as you are on the grounds. Again
the last Fair convinced me that the facilities
tor going to and returning from the grounds
were wholly inadequate, even for the num-
bers that have heretofore shown their coun-
tenances there. To my certain knowledge,
at the last Fair, many remained on the
grounds until ten and eleven o'clock at
night, before they could obtain conveyances
home, at the same time Offering as much 10
be conveyed to the city as would pay
their passage to Princeton on the railroad (;
while many more who could wslk home, did
so, all denouncing the Fair and grounds,
and saying that they would never put their
feet upon the present grounds again. And,
besides these, there were a great many 9TH
ers who avowed the same thing. The dust
last year was insufferable, to say nothing
the present arrangement of the grounds,
&C. Now, what the stockholders want, and
what the wants of the city demand, is a
good Fair Ground, pleasantly and eligibly
situated, easy of access, and where an album
dance Of fresh water can be had, both for
man and beast and no better place can be
selected than out on the Evansville L Craw-
fordsville railroad, near the creek. There it
can be reached in short time, either by the
cars or with vehicles Have train of cars
pass in and ont every half hour during the
day, for the accommodation of passengers,
and those who have CARRIAGES, and prefer
going in that way, go thus; or in omni-
buses, as some prefer, and as now all are
compelled to go, or walk-and in some
cases, in times past, the right of volition has
been denied us. Being situated on the rail-
road, many will visit our Fair from Terre
Haute, Sullivan, Carlisle, Vincennes, PATIO
ka, Princeton, and all other points on the
road, besides many of our own citizens
would, for the sake of the ride and conven-
fence of travelling, visit the Fair daily, who
have never been on the grounds. Again, if
we ever expect to have our State Fair at Ev-
ansville, we must prepare for it. 1t will be
held at New Albany this year. Let us Sc
lect our grounds, lay them out iastefully,
beautify and embellish them in becoming
manner, and let us have the State Fair in
Evansville just as soon as we can get it,
Shall we do 500 r.