The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-10-13
The 9th Annual Fair or the Wood
60. Agricultural Society.

The Oth Annual Fats or the Wood
60. Agricultural society.
The Esir a Boylipg Gwsp last Wednesdsy
sud TNarsasy was web snued and tbs fecNpis
were Sufficient to pcf, alt tsemsnds pboa he
socie,y., The displsy of ,&k lrss ~ dc
saus, to thai. exhibited a. rbrIsgs, bdt s1Nss
Nevertheless very good. tn gain, vegetables,
fruit, Sc, tho two Fairs were perhaps about
equal Bnt the ladies' OF Bowling Green. in their
nsedls end Urns u,enlsl work .excelled, We never
saw bOttstaisplw.in thi, depoitmept, at sny
County Fair
The day was most pleasant, and the Mana.
gers aud Officers. bs their. sigihnee spd good
judgmenl. kucceeded in preserving good ORDER
while oil articles o., exhibition we're properly
arranged for examination by tho several com
mites. -s,,,,y,,,yvr
We no'iced a-repctiton OF former error Of
this Fair, which shouM not be egain repeated.
We Iei,r to the, ttoiiing, course. II wts con.
stucted around the Fair grounds, and SO ar
ranged 'het people were, constantly crossing and
re rossirg The tretky st the risk of being run
over by 40 ne awkward or careless driver, ,orl by
some ungovernable steed. No one could hook
upon this feature Of ths Fair without rnonen.
tarily expecting 10 witness some sad occident
Boys were mounted upon old mares. blind and
spawned horses, and whipping them TO ,htit
utmost speed while others we're driving carriages,
buggies, gigs and wagons at furious rate, sp.
parenty through crowd OF men, wouen, chill.
drpn, trees, aud stumps. The track for the tx-
hbtion of horses should bs convenientto, but
not srapnJ and on the Fair Groupds 81 II such
groundt cannoe be obtained at Bowling Green.
the Fair should be held where they can be had.
We dont wish TO unduly reflect upon the man
ayers Of the Fair just held for they only adop-
ted the plan Of thcir predecessors; but we wish
merely 10 call attsniion to this matter in the
hope that it may be remembered in the future.
All-in-all, the last Fair would compare favor
ably with its predecessors. tsfr
We think the oflicars, in order TO preserve Q
healthy interest in the Society and thereby ac-
eomplish much good, should strive each year to
add some new aud attractive feature 10 their
exhibition. Simply TO present duplicate copies
of former Fairs, will fail to make the County
FAIR what il should be. ....tt. .r.r
hgnin; ifthe Fair connot be permanently 10.
GATED by common consent, such location should
not be made No locality has a claim upon the
Fair, and reasonable people will not seek 10
secure 1t at their doors against the wishes Of the
people aud the interests Of the Society. For
our part, we don't care where the Fair is held
provided those most interested are suited But,
to all outsider, the wOtiare between Bowling
Green anl Portage is slightly disgusting, Ole
may be right and the other wrong or both
NAV be 1T fouIt-~we know not. But If they
have conflicting aspirations, and cannot pull
together the outside people should not interposp
but let them alone in th.ir glory" and hold
the Fair at some other point dn,iI the citizens
of these localities cease TO pullcach Others hair
and gouge each Others eyes. When two old wo.
men get to fighting about some foolish thing, we
don't think it part OF thu duty Of the Agricul.
tural Society to step in and hold the linnen OF
either, .' ~" "" '.'" t.- "
Upon tho whole. we tort think the Fair 10
sf materinl advantage to any village. The cit
zens pay dear Tor the whistle" US q general
| thing. They no, ,nly have TO ltbor anJ
ex, end tho means in fitting up the g ounds but
they have to feed aud sleep hosts OF stranger,
during the Fair grstuitously. A few grocery
keepers, who generally give nothing and do
nothing Tor the Fair, reap a small harvest; but
the ,nass of those who Lake. an interest in the
objects Of the Fair, are losers Wefhope 10 ate
its location governed by the best intereStslof the
Society, In the future, let that location be where
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