, 1863-10-05
TIE NORTHWESTERN LADIES'
FAIR.
Meeting Of the Ladies at Bryan
Hall,
THE WORK TO BE DONE, AND
WHO Is TO DO IT,

"AA~ ~ ~ Nv AAt
Notwithstanding the inelemency Of the weather,
the meeting Of the ladies' OF Chicago, to prepare
for the crest Northwestern Fair to be held In this
city, during the last week in Octobe. and the first
in November, was well attended.
At q few minutes past $ o'clockthe meeting vas
called to order By Mrs. Hoge, who WAS appointed
Chairman, and Miss II. L. Wilson requested to
act as Secretary; On assuming the position, Mrs.
Hoge made an able and pertinent address. etating
the object Of the meeting, and inviting the ladies'
present to eugEest plans. She stated that all in
dicstions are vor1ble to the sncceas Of The Great
Fair ITO be held for the benefit Of the Sanitary
week OF Novembef.) In every part of the North
weet the people we're exhibiting an interest in the
Fair. she had receired assurances oE liberal
ous other CITIES, towns and villages: The dre had
the good citizens Of Pittsburgh. where msnnfac.
tureis and others promise liberal contributions Of
their manufactured articles, merchandise, etc.
that 10Th Filter nd AZ Ionsisl1ow " hsd ID sisaiaea
and the River Side press would print as many
potms as might be required, and she had no doubt
a large number OF copies wonld be sold. They
w0nld also have the manuscrpte which che
thought could be advantageonely disposed OF.
MI. Holt and Mr. Hca1y had agreed to arrange the
pictures Il the tne-Art galley, which she antici-
Of the fine arts that had ever been on exhibition
in the Nett. They we're also making arrange
pents fos CHURCHES celebrated rated PtstaIs +The
what they expected to get from the President, as
thcy might not get i, but she would tell them
1t hd 5ss ot ss
Mr. Hcaly bad promised portrait q Daniel
Webster. for which that distinguished statesman
his own hand writing. She understood that Mr.
Higgins, our own artist, was painting picture
I en sne ~osd s s. sa = Sas Rs
manqiactaFes; she thooght + neeessay that tho
tive and Ibe:al, and that its T7ide ahonla BE- BE- a m
peaisa -, and no effort sparai 10 make thcls fair
compare fayorably With the one the ladies Of Bos.
ton were getting mp for the eame purpose, md
$50 900. She thought that every lady present
to their friends In the country to ret up large ex
e4eusiionists SC could Get their dinne1s I 1t Bf5an
Hall, visit the city, DO ehopping and hare no e1
penss here except lodging one night ~ they could
items Of interest al effort would be made to gtye
the fair intellectual character. and that the Ia
dies would probably be pleased to hear that Auna
Ct il the East. and who had been very highly spo-
ken Of wasexpected to deliver or two lectures,
and that they also expected Curtis aud Sumner
effort was being made to get Gen. Butler Edward
Eyerett "1e e1pecteo an1 an ehoId was oelng
ieotnrs nd IN o1isr H. c+st,fva ltTae nnrnhar Of
persons John B. Gough. the distinguished lecturer
on temperance, whose fame extended over both
haa 1ae so atti,,1 h. a1
copcert was slso expected, which would BE- Of a
high order. ard at which eoMe OF the best talent
IN .aas c1i5 moaao aSs,at a1e saan III mte
| from our own State, and among them would be 4
yery fine plow ard various kinds Of machinery.
noftnnitT to cxhibitoTs Of machiuery and manq-
| factures. One Of the prominent featuree Of the
Fair Eon,d be the dinner, and It would De neees, @
S eboSnid he apnointed ed who should ca1l upon Ill.
She thought hat al ought to feel interest, and
CONT ibnte as AZ sn)ogea .ae bsnent a1a P1osse ss
H.n.tnn ~ eao AVA "A@4eA- VIZ
She Thought that all classes onght to be repre-
e9nteo ~ re falf, ano tnose R59 @ eouia glsIS r. =
2'd ,a hnrss1d ps,s M tor 80 +ha e.ts ~
having the work thoroughly done, she Thought The
$ ~ M ,! ~ h,s shas on1d h.s
stamped The words :" For the western FAIR and
thst they would be signed by Mrs. Ltvermo1e and
herte1 that people might kno" tnat they were so
This precaut,on WIS NECESSARY to prevent i'm,
position, as it was reported that certaiu parties
rot anlhofzsa' nad ziteaog eeeh nG 4p ZIP ~
csnyatse,s ehond caIi npou ali md give The labor
| ing men and the laboring won3en. who might fee
their humble means In the iu1thesance o. an on
9ect MnlCa I,d XII " ~ snoI4nrtt - an ~
Ana When he cai.vassers ca1led she hoped ii
Konld feel that III Is more blessed TO give tnaa Il
receive
hes. ftAnAn0 soesee.eo .nst uany " ~
chHFcnes naa commenced "otA 'ot .ne eAt' ~ -.
had intended cansass1ng 1ae Guy fAtss eo'ao etn
cnsflon 70 10 "netnef me 1ao.ee snoula ~ ps uuae