, 1863-10-07
More light upon the Conduct of Fairs
and the EAirueaR Of the Qnndncf

ana EAe FAaI0es1 OF inc Conduct =.
Since the public feeling has been to great ex-
tent Agitated By some nominal efforts at reform
among the officers and committees OF Agricultural
Societies, which efforts hare been Instigated ard
30 far developed by the agent of the Wheeler 4
Wnton Sewing Machine Company in th,s city, and
inssmucb as this Company, through their aspiring
| and oyer, ambitions agent here, has already as.
serted that the Grover d Baker Sewing Machine
| Company are In the habit OF bribing aEar3fnp
committees And officers Of yarions societies. an
compelled, very reluctantly, to make use OF Din
gent testimony TO the point. Much Of this has
oeen IN my possession for some time, but, choos
ing 10 aFoid controversy, and not inclined TO take
aovaatage until compelled 80 to do, it has been
Wltnhelo Iris testimony, while it may do some.
1hang to"a1da the defense Of the Company which
represent here, will certainly do much to show
how strong claim Mr. ChIttcnden has tn thu
privilege Of advertising himself as the great relor
mef among the bonght.up, unfortunate and de.
generate officers Of the Agricultural Societies in
the Northwest as well as the leader in movement
denounctpg "wire-pulling," pasttality. bribery.
and unfaitneas. As frequently heretofone. tha
chestnut may be too hot successfully to invite fha
manly hand Of Mr. Chlttendep, and ha NAV ..
heretofore. at sufficient price, make others v1n.
neate his course and applaud his libe.a1,tv fair
ness and maenanimity to the echo. Yet here ,,a
The documents and facts which ehall be hacked hv
ovetpo"ering testimony In objeet1np to conn.
m1tfees lately, Ar. Chittendeu has taken tba
ground thai the Grover i Baker Sewing Machine
Company are in the habit Of presenting ind,v,.
dual members and officers with sewing rn,ebInss
Hearing these assertions President Van Enna ~
me Illinois State Agricultural Society, remarked
IN nearing OF many, that be did not sec how Mr.
Chittenden dare 10 take such eroand. for, as
be openly asserts, he van Epps) had, while Super
intendent Of the department in which sewing ma
chtres were exhibited, been silently app,oaeAed
with present Of a Wheeler d Wilson sewing
machine, and areceipted bill for tho came. The
price was $780, The sewing machine and blu WAS
delivered to his house while he was absent.
Item No. 2 Copy Of atsdayit:
State OF Illinois, County of WkIteside ss.
Andrew ). Fuller, of fhe town Of % P.opbetstoyn.
In the County and State Aforesaid, 6einr dnl1
sworn, deposes and says:
Sewing Machines at the Illinois State Fair for 1851
held a: Chicago; that while the COMMITTEES we're
MAXIM making their s5alninatton Of ths different ma
den, Agent tor the Wheeler d Wilson Sewing Ma.
chimes chimes, Wished to Epeak with me-, went to MI.
stood with regard to the premium. / told hun We
had not DECLARED it yet 1ae then eaid he wouldgiyc
ne ne = shfek yor one hundred dollars 7 would get
q HFdf
premium; then said It was out Of my power to
WtIson rc,cnta Msse ~ eo at iot Inc wheeler
Of one OF his aeents to which h. renIied fha9 20
there must be something wrong; that they had
sMG1n bciar. ma th,s ea,r ~ w. - FgdleR. sns
CHARLES Wn1onT, Justice Of TIC Pc.ce.
Another provoking ..leak'' In connection with
the Fair above referred to is: The committee of
reyen "a, requiring four vacancies in theis num-
Der to be filed, the Superintendent gave the
Wheeler & Wilson agent the privilege Of naming
two, and the same privilege to the Grover d Baker
agent. Mr.. Chittcuden eagerly ayatled himself Of
such privilege, and named Mr.. Tucker, Of the
Briggs House, and one other gentleman from this
city. The joke 'scomes in'' when they cast thel,
vote for the Grover d Baker machine, much to the
chacrfn land disappointment Of Mr Chitteuden.
In face Of these f.cts, tand We have many more
as s1ong;, we can only reconcile the apparent dis
crrpancy between them and Mr. Chittendcn's per-
sikte1t clamor for fairness and honorable action
now, by concluding that he .repents and thinks it
high time be was reforming; that he has conclud-
ed to cast out the 'beam In order to assist In re
moving the "mote; !" that he is resolved to clean |
out the "Augean Stable'' In order that he may
with good grace asslst In renoyating the bueIness
Offices Of the agricultural societies and |
sewing machine arms within his extend.
ed power and influence. We sincerely
bone that 1t NAV be IN and ha,n ~
matter on. ,xe ,,re hin, +,,a ~. g.. -. N