The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-01-31
Illinois Agricultural Socie,y--State Fair
for 1868.

The recent meeting at Springfield of tn
Board OF the State Agricultural Society
was highly interesting and important Il
the Foamers OF Illinois.
4 Thespecimens of Sugar from the Chimes,
Sugar cane, the Sorghum, tire Imphee
and Otaheite, were numerous and excel
lent ent:-exceeding two hundred pounds
ano representing ten tons Of the crop O
1862
With Very fattering and we'll founded
hopes OF an Exhibition for 1863 that will
Prove In every respect worth OF the repu
sat'on and immense agricultural resources
o. the State, the following propositions are
offered to the public:
| The executive Board of the Illinois
State Agricultural Society will meet at the
rooms in Springfield, ON Tuesday, the 18th
saay OF February next, for the purpose oI
preparing the Premium List and receiving
Proposals for holding The Annual Exhibition OF
the Society for 1863 The successful ap
plicant for the Fair is expected to comply
substantially with the following require
ments, and to execute responsible bond
to the Executive Board to secure such
compliance. They must agoee to furnish :
I l. sufficient quantity of ground, en-
closed with a close, substantial board fence,
al least seven feet high, with necessary
gates, with suitable eangings and fasten-
ines
| 2. 500 open stalls; two hundred of
whOich shall be eight by twelve feet, resi-
due six by twelve feet-and every tenth
stall shall be close with door to each, to
be used as lodging apartments for grooms
and stock tenders
3. All stalls to be substantially built !;
covered in such manner as TO be proof
against rain-wIth suitable feed troughs
and NAH gers. and substantial Ias:enings
for tying stock to.
$50 pens for sheep and swine, eight
by ten feet each, at least four feet high,
covered with tight shed roofs.
5. An abundant supply of good Dry straw
for bedding stock and other purposes, to
be delivered on the grounds AT such points
as the General Superintendent may direct.
6 Five Exhibition Halls, not less than
forty by one hundLed feet each, with COM
plete fixtures for the exhibition Of Agricul
tural and Mechanical implements, Farm
and Horticultural products, Textile Fa-
brics, Musical instrument, and specimens
in Natural History and Fine Arts.
Z. One poultry house ten by twenty,
furnished with coops the entire length on
each side.
8 One Presidents Office Of such size and
finish rs may be required.
.. One Business office twenty four by
eighty feet, with necessary desks rnd fix
tures, including telegrap Office, floor, &c.
10 Ono eating aud lodging house, i0x
loo feet, divided into two appointments.
on. of which shall be provided with seats
aud tables TO seat at least loo persons the
other to be furnished with bearihs and
r.., 10 l.I1
ii. One editorial hall, l6x30 feet, with
seats, tables, windows. doors. ect
II. One ticket and treasurers Office,
with an erea of GOO square feet, and FIX
lures as may be required.
l3- One general .uperintendents oihce,
2lx3o feet, in two apartments, one of
whicia TO be finished with lodging berths
~. One police office, l6x24 feet, with
bearths, seats and taoles. Six privies, one
at least l6x2i feet, with two rooms.
Is. One granary, l6x2i feet in two
apartments, with floors and doors.
10. All the before named structures TO
be covered with roofs, substantial and
tight, to protect the contents from wind
aud rain, with such doors, openings, WIN
dows, desks, tables, seats, stsgings, aud
other necessary fixtures, and erected at
such points on the grounds as the Execu-
tive Committee may direct.
IL. ring, for the exhibition OF horses
not less than one third OF mile in circum
ference, with a smooth, well worked track
fifty feet wide; the whole to be enclosed
with posts trnly set and projecting four
four feet above the ground, with a substan
tial rope or railing Is may be required
Is 4 Iagoda, TWO stories high with
seats, tight roof and floors, for the use Of
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TO be surmoun,ed 10y a pole 1T least fifty
feet high with fixtures for hosting flag
10 An ampitteater outside of aud adj
joining the ring, with seats capable of seat
ing at one time 1000 persons.
20 A full and constant supply of pure,
good water for stock, and drinking water,
with ice, for persons, distributed on the
grounds at such points and in such guam
titles as the Executive Board, through the
General Superintendent, may direct.
q. A day and night police paid for
the number to be deter mined by the Gene
raj Superintendent and the persons sery-
ing TO be selected by the Board.
-. Ample accommodations for borrdng
and lodging visitors during the Fair a,
reasonable rates; cheap and ample facili-
ties for carrying passengers and freight to
aud from tine Fair Grounds and principal
hotels, and railroad stations, and ample
and convenient grounds for camping pur-
poses must be guaranteed to the Executive
Committee.
The Executive Committee eserve the
right to cnange or modify these specifca-
tions, or any part thereof if deemed im-
poitant to do so-snd all tho foreging re-
quirements are To be complied with by
the successful applicant, free Of cost to the
State Agricultural Society.
Communications on the sebject may be
addressed to any member of the Board
previous 10 the meeting, or to the UNDER
signed, at :be Agricultural Rooms, Spring
field, Illinois. This, January 18th, 1868
By order of the Executive Committee. ,
JoHx P. REYNOLDS,
Cor Secy ILL., st. Ag. Society.
Papers friendly to the cause of Agrcul-
ture, and circulating in Illinois, are re-
spectfully requested to copy
An Original Duel.
Old Col -, of Wisconsin, was an old
genius, q queer compound Of comic se-
riousness. Replete with jokes, both origi- |
nal and selected, he was not slew in hatch /!
ing them up and dealing them out in
small dozes on different occasions
One evening. at party ofyoupg gentle
men: upon one OF whom the Colonel had
told some cutting jokes, feeling himself
feeling himself insulted, he challenged the
Colonel to mortal combat.
The challenge was accepted
Having the choice of weapons, and the
of the place of meeting, the
Colonel told the young man to repair, the
following morning, at six o clock, to a GER
tain spot, and added that he would see
the weapons were there
The following morning. at the appointed
time, the young man repaired to the iadi-
Gated spot (said spot being among the
leading mines, was, naturally, furrowed
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