Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-10-20

was not, therefore, go novel as then; yet il
created much amusement. A platform mount
ed on wheels, and drawn by oxen, was occu-
pied by men and women dressed in ancient
looking costumes, each Of whom was Occu-
pied in some employment peculiar to our
forefathers and fore e-nothers half century
ago. One was spinning, another dressing
fax, another weaving with an old fashioned
hand loom, another separating chaff from
grain, according to the method which pre-
vailed before tanning mills were known
Their clothes were Of "homespun," and
while all looked cheerful, frivolity and hi
larity were evidently strangers to them.
boy followed on horse back taking grist to
mill. Another mounted platform drawn by
horses, supported an entirely different group.
They were dressed in the fashionable gar
ments of to day, and instead Of passing the
time in the useful emplOyments of fifty years
ago they were singing, fddling, card play
ing and wine drinking. As spinning is done
by steam now days much better than it could
be done by hand, and machinery has taken
the place Of about all the laborious and awk-
ward methods Of doing things which were
in vogue among those very worthy but slight
ly prosey ancestors of ours, change in en-
ployments and manners should hardly sur
prise US. Whether men and women are any
better day, when steam and machinery do
the work, than they were fifty years ago,
when work was done "by hand" is ques-
ton for moralists to settle. It is hardly fair
to assume, however, that people in that ear
| ly day devoted their time exclusively to those
industrial empIOyments represented, or that
the people of to-day do nothing but play
cards, drink wine, dance, fiddle and sing.
Entertaining the highest respect for
the people of fifty years ago 1--WE
go not back on our forefathers)
we sigh not for the days of the hatchel and
the spinning wheel, and plead guilty to what
may be the weakness Of preferring the present
day of steam engines, telegraphs, reapers
and mowers, patent corn shelters, postage
stamps, &C., to the olden times.
The caTalcade was led by Leland's band,
and probably satisfied the design, which was
10 amuse the people, and " the people," says
Mr.. slenry, the proprietor of the Horse Rid
ings, muth be amuthed thomhow" After
driving around the ring the performers
alighted and had an old fashioned quadrille
on the green sward. A burlesque cavalry
company added to the amusement of the af-
ternoon.
At three O'Clock there was a trOt for
purse of $50 between the following named
horses:
| RH Abbot named "Smoke."
! W. r. Sheldon named Honest Ike"
! Ed. Russell named "a Buckskin"
The race was best three in five. Honest
Ike &" and " Buckskin each won two heats,
when there was drawn heat between them.
The decisive heat will come of this after
noon. The time made did not vary much
from three minutes.
The fair has not been as successful as could
have been wished. The slim attendance was
caused partially by bad weather and partial
ly by the fact that the public mind is too
much absorbed in the war to attend to the
subject of fairs. In some departments the
display was unusually large and excellent;
in others it was but poor. There we're some
excellent cattle, sheep and swine, and few
good horses. The dairy and vegetable de-.
partments were well filed.
On Saturday afternoon several companies
Of the l24th regiment marched over from
camp and were admitted. They brought
music, and added to the interest of the day
Most of the vegetables, honey, &C., on exhi-
bition were given to the soldiers, who re-
ceived them thankfully and sent them to
camp.
A list of the awards is being made out,
which VIC shall probably publish tomorrow
morning.
Among the most noticeable features of the
domestic department was the showcase Of
Tage & Co.'s shirts, manufactured by them
at their rooms upon Superior street. Mr.. Tage
has been engaged in the manufacture of
shirts in Philadelphia and this city, for
nearly ten years, and thoroughly under
stands his business. His goods are all of the
best workmanship, and for durability cannot
be surpassed. To a competent workman who
both understands and attends to his business,
the public should give that encouragement
which will result in the establishment of a
manufactOry here, upon a scale approximate
to those of eastern cities, which give employ
, ment to hundreds of families.
THEATER.-The present season at the
Academy of Music disproves in a satisfactory
manner the oft repeated assertion that Cleve-
land is not theatre-gOing city. Few thea
ters outside the great cities have ever been
so we'll patronized as ours is being under the
the efficient management of Mr.. .EllsIer. Satur,
day nightthere wasan emphatic 'jam." While
every seat below was occupied the crowd NJ
stairs became 60 dense that the treasurer wal
forced to discontinue selling tickets for thai
part Of the house. The crowd for some TINT
before the performance commenced filed the
space before the ticket Office, thronged tbs
stairs and spread itself on the sidewalk
It was busy time for Treasurer Busch. We
looked in upon him after the first act and h,
was utterly prostrated. He was reclining il
an arm chair in his shirt sleeves, with scarce
Iy breath OF motion left on account of hi