, 1861-09-16
THE STATE FAIR At BRIGHTON,
Fifth Day Of the Exhibition.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
THE SUNDAY QUESTION OPENED,

Anh EVNUaA W ho& &kVN WfENEUs
sRaral'' on Textile Fabrics and Sevtte
Machines,
RuAosr1ss, Draft HORSES Asp SHIRT HORNS
Agricultural Implements Continued.
Programme Of the Continued Exhibition,
Saturday saW the misfortunes of the State
Fair at Brighton culminate. The heavy rain
c1F1iday night was too much for the suscep-
tible Eoil Of that locality, and the "powers Of
mud" came out in full strength. It had been
bad enough on preceding days Of the week,
but on Saturday it beggared all description.
We thought our experience as resident Of
Chicago lad fortified us against any unpleas-
snt novelties in the way Of mud, but it seems
deeper depth Was reserved for, Brighton,
which interesting suburb let no other in the
vicinity Of Cbicsgo dare to compete with It
certainly hiss taken the premium at the State
Fair.
It is high time to pay some little attention
to thie question Of location. We chose to de-
fer this until such period az might in the least
possible degree affect the interests Of the ILL.,
nois stase Agricultural Society. The fact
canrot be concealed, as it has not been from
any Of the visitors to the State Fair the past
week, TIN! never was site more lily chosen, or
moro unfortunate, and this without touching
the matter Of weather, for had this been
Throughout Of the finest description, it would
not have removed the evil under which the
Fair has been crushed, and the Society and
the public made victims.
We do not 20 back to blame any one for
what has happened, ard certainly not the press
OF the city, forif We remember right the ques-
ticn Of location Was settled before any discus
sion began in Chicago. It was bespoken aad
predestined for BRIGHTON so fully and firmly,
that all that remsined to be done Was to 90
forward and do all that could be done to Sc
cure the best success Of the Fair, in the face of
inevitable sd7e1sity.
1t is time now to let it be understood as
most expeIsiyely demonstrated, that only in
the vicinity Of the Calumet could an equally
unfortunate sits be chosen. AL who were
mistaken in this, before, are fully undeceived
now, and We regret that the larger share Of
tie tuition fee falls upon the State Society.
Giving credit where credit is due, the high
| est need Ct praise must be given to Vim. Der.
By fer the design and erection Of the best class
Of structures We have ever sc en- at State Fair.
These are intended to be permanent, and it is
| understood that some of our citizens are inter.
eeted in an enterprise looking at annual Fairs
at Brighton for term Of years, now dead
failu1e as an Investment, If the verdict Of the
public be of any avail, so dearly have ths pub.
lie bought their knowledge on the subject.
Never have Fair-seekers suffered more dis
comforts. Those who went to Brighton by
the roads, did go through unfragrant local.
ties, for We do ayer that Bridgeport Is no gar:
den Of rcses, and the slaughter.houses and
glue factories Of that vicinity, are to the nos
11i1z unpleasant.
We do the st. Lous, Alton d Chicago R4ii
road Company ample justice in writing that
no railroad managers could do more than they
have have cone, with the facilities they pos.
sees; but with their single track, what else
could reeult but discomfort to the thousands
Of passengers pressed upon them in excess
OF their facilities. 1thas often taken anhour
for the train to reach this city,a distance of
six miles. the cars some Of them, open plat
form cars, dense1y and dangerously pack I'd
We think it Is rare that the public have been
offered railroad facilities 80 unpleasing ami
Objectionable as those connecting them will
= tt3s unfortunate Brighton Fair. And let it b
remembered that this was the best and mos
feasible route to be taken. The result Of al
this has been that our Chicago residents stay
ed at home. Among the throng at the Fai
Ground the 1nrge1 share were our visitors from
! the country, Hho turned out in large numbers
What we have written would have bee,
: true Of the State Fair, whatever the weathe
> auspices. How much all these evils hav
becn enhanced by the un1ucky meteorological
copjunctions, is q less easy task to set forth.
? It would be ludicrous were 1t not absolutel
: too serious for q joke, to recount the expt
rienees Of the public in the mud and slime a
/ Brighton. On Saturday the roadways On tn
d Fair Grounds were an expanse of "puddle
d mire, " through which the people foundere
i to and fro, those to the manor bor
t wearing top boots, as they vaunted how muc
r this Was "better than dust" conso1atio
y equally available for an unfortunate wigt
8 caught out in shower without an umbrel
The receipts for gate money on Saturds
were only a few hundred dollars, and the q
pointed week Of the State Fair was dismal
ended.
~ And now We com e to speak Of matter th
- - We even more regret than what we have sbo
~ written, for while the one deals with what tt
:" society are not responsible for, the other has
~ do with what If carried out as SONS of its Of
Gers had planned, and publicly announce
: would have inflicted indelb1e disgrace On Il
~ Illinois State Agricultural Society. If t
Association has any permanent and lasti,
- -. basis 1t is In the homes Of our Western far
~ ere. We are grateful for the fact that to the
belongs an atmosphere Of morality purer tn
~ exists among the more mixed and motley co.
'e' munities Of our great cities. The farmers "
IN learn with surprise that their Fair Groun
III narrowly escaped being scene Of Saba
n desecration On scale new even in our Ct
I'd It was extensively advertised that on Sund
Mt the Fair would be open to the public, a
es trains be run hourly from the city. This
ds rangemeut is happily countermanded to
) great disappointment OF the numerous ke
,er e1s CT conspicuous saloons on the F
he grounds
And here let us ask, If It would not be
he better taste in future State Fairs to keep m
az in the background the features which 6
fit this Fair at Brighton the semblance Of :
ve Beer Garden. # there is any one thing ma
more prominent than Lager Beer, it Is,
law should say, Ale, and nothing else comes W
:be either in consp1cuousness. One meets
tn huge placards or all sides, and beer stands
old every corner and angle. The brewers b
mt their place in the community, and to thept
1nt 1ende,s belong their habitation and name,
a,n there may be too much Of a good thing, e
DIV in the line Of malt, and we submit that
mi line has BEEN far transcended at Brighton.
nes We do not make these structures = pleas
,,n. duty, but we cannot defer them longer. II
lew are among the reasons why the State Fair
tn not been the success desirable, OF even
ute which 1t is proved wss at It's very do
Brighton is Killed dead as q site for II