Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-09-20

THE FAIR.-Nbile there was much activity
and life inside the fair grounds during the
week, the outside presented lively scene
also. The streets in the vicinity were lined
with side shows, exhibiting both possible and
impossible curiosities of nature and art. The
inevitable fat woman was around, twisting
impossible snakes about her neck and arms.
Immense pictures represented ravenous men
swallowing swords Of extraordinary length
and stones Of monstrous size and heft A
man in the stereOscopie line advertised to
exhibit all the wonders Of the world for 3" ten
cents" Another proclaimed to a gaping
crowd that he had in his tent the original
intelligent contraband," about whom so
much has been said in the war correspond
enee Of some of our contemporaries. A side
Snowman of sientOrian voice and dirty linen,
shouted to the multitude, inviting them to
walk in and see the wonderful " Bobo-Leo," !"
half babOon and the other half lion. A
large picture embellishing the front of his
tent exhibited the manner in which that re-
markable animal was caught, he standing
most aeeommodatingly still in his native
wilderness, while the hunter adjusted lasso
around his neck, and took a couple Of half
bitches around snubbing post, the reason
why the snubbing post came there being one
Of the unexplained and unexplainable Incl
dents in the life Of the " "Bobo-Leo."
Another tent contained a boxing exhibition.
The doOrkeeper cried out to a man passing,
who was surrounded by his wife and infant
family" bring along the children; this is a
regular school of instruction, exhibiting the
muscular system and the play of the ner-
vous suseeptibilities. The family man
couldn't let slip the opportunity for improv-
ing the minds of his children, and took them
all in.
We never saw so much gambling going on
openly as was presented in the vicinity of the
Fair grounds, notwithstanding the presence
Ofsoveral policemen. BIaeklegs spread their
"sweat-cloths gnite openly, and the patent
safe man carried on a thriving business
without resorting to fence corners and other
remote localities. Lotteries where dice were
thrown for " gifts +" of jewelry, whose value
is correctly estimated at eighteen pence a
bushel, were frequently encountered.
Street cars, omnibuses, and all other con-
veyanees for the million, were well patron
ized during the Fair, and coined money
Through the carelsssness and inefIieiency Of
drivers and conductors Of horse cars on the
Kinsman street road, collisions, break downs
and runs of were Of frequent occurrence, to
the infinite annoyance Of passengers. Some
Of the mishaps were unavoidable, but there
was an evident lack Of good management.
There we're numerous amusing and inter
esting incidents inside the grounds. Our
suggestion with regard to 4" Bounding Bill
lows" being played on the piano was ably
carried out in Fine Art Hall by several musical
damsels from the neighborhood of the district
schools. A young lady with pathetic voice and
melancholy eyes, breathed forth in grief sub
dued tones, "Thou hast learned to love anoth-
er,thou hast broken every vow" Another de-
picted in sorrOwful strains the predieament
Of young Mary" who sought her fathers
roof with her child, while the winds blew
bitter across the wild moor" It was really
quite " teching." Another young lady, with
the bloom of the country gillyhower upon
her cheek, besought the silver moon to " roll
on and continue the benevolent but wholly
unremunerative task Of guiding " the travel
er on his way" with some reference to the
nightingale's song being in tune, as though
it was ever known to get out of tune so as to
require tuner.
The criticism Of eountrymnn on one of
Ryder's photographs amused US. "The hand, 4"
said he, with a look of great acuteness and
penetration, q is altogether too large in pro-
portion to the face. The space between the
fingers is too great, also. The ear is too
large in proportion to length of the head, +"
&c. He was a knowing one.
The Protestant Orphan Asylum children
marched into the grounds on Thursday,
dressed in neat and tasty dresses, and at
traeted much attention. The lO7th regiment