Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-12-14

month the bosIo VI
State Agricultural Society Will meet
H.. uo,ncs, for the election OF offlcer
70 serve for the ensuing year,snd for tb
purpose Of locating the place for holding
me next Annual Exhibition Of the Soc'
ETY.. We hope the President OF GU
County Society will be present and us
his best endeavors to procure the holding
OF the State Fair at this city. next year.
1t is claimed at Iowa City, by GU
friend. there, that that place is entitled
TO il 4 second year by virtue OF prece
dent. 1t may follow that because the
State Exhibitors have put up with great
inconyeniences one year that they
should do the same thing over again, to
see how they like it, but we con.
fess thst we cannot see it. We con
slder that the communications at the
Fair Grounds were inadequate. II ere
was an iosufficiency Of many needfu
conveniences and comforts, which was
quite inexcusable. Ooe item 10 particu
lar was enough to condemn the concern
if nothing else woald-tbe want OF wa
ter. 1t would be supposed that this ar
ticle would be supplied 10 abundance,
but to our certain knowledge the supply
was scarce ali the time, and on the third
and fourth days there was almost an en-
tire want Of the article ; in fact during
the last day Of the session, the worst
kind Of brack,sh stuff, called water, was
retaied from the provision booths at
fve cents per glass. The persons whose
duty it was to attend to this matter had
not only most shsmefully neglected their
duty in this particular, but it was the
belief Of many On the ground at the
time, that they had oohnlved with the
praeer persons to extort money by the
saN water.
0sC III al OPCh ~
without tree or shrub, shade or shetei
Of any kind. No matter how hot or how
cold, rain Or shine, the open prairie Ii
there, unadorned, and you can occup,
it or leave. The track is probably tn,
poorest apology in the State, uneven,
coated with grass, and out OF shape il
every manner; it is almost entirely unfit
for use. These, aud many other objec
tlous of Importance, constitute sufficient
reasons why the next Annual FAIR should
be appointed at some more favorable 10
cality-whefe the essential comforts o
life aud State FAIRS can be found.
There is no point in the State which
Gan offer more valuable inducement-
than Davenport. 1t is point where al
portions Of tie State, which have any
thing to do with State Fairs, can be wei
repr, sented /; it is point which wouIa
draw largely rom contiguous States an1
give the Far more buslness-lke an.
pearance; 1t is point where ample and
IN IT. ect,onablc accommodations can b,
furnished for all who may attend-be
that number more or less. The location
Of our Far Grounds il only ten minute.
walk fro m the central or business portion
OF the CITY, thereby precluding the ne
cessity OF paying quarter of q dolla,
every time one wishes to 60 to and FROM
the grounds. The grounds themselves
are the test in the State.
They are lArge-tull one.third of tn,
ontlre area comprises magnificer,,
grove OF most beautiful shade trees. In
this grove are situated the Exhibitors
Stalls, the provision booths, and forms
pleasant retreat and promenade for
patrons and visitors. The water accou.-
modauons are ample; the track is uue-
qualed In the State and is separated
from the main ground by heavy post
and plank fence. The place is especial
ly adapted, IN every particular, for hold.
my State or County Fair, and we trus,
1t viii be duly considered by the board.
loo little attention is paid in this
State TO the location of fair grounds.
We hnd, as a general thing, the selec-
non to &C nsst OF a dead level piece OF
Praisle, about mi or two miles from
any town or village, without a shade
tree or scarcely vel ct water; with
poorly and loosely constructed improve
men,s, and almost an entire lack Of anv
thing like natula al attractions or conven.
fences. Let the board, by its acts, eo.
deavor to regulate this IN after hereafter
by locating State Fairs at no point wher.
the grounds possess not only the p,o.e
architectural and other convenieuces. bu,
which in point of location and natura
attractions, are pleasing to the eye anc
sense. The policy Of encouraging sucl
slip-shod out-in-the-open prairie per
formances as were submitted to last wear
and years before, should be ended a,
once.
FoR THE WEsr.-From thirty to for.