Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-09-02
Northwestern Fair for Sanitary commission

4 loyal women OF the North many and various
/ devices for the raising of funds Every city,
| town and village has had lis fair, festival,
| party, picnic, excursion, concert, &c, which
have netted more or less to the cause Of hos
pital relief, according 10 the population Of
| the place, and the amount OF energy and
patriotism employed on the occasion
The need of money for this sacred purpose
| stiIl continues. Our brave men are still
| wrestling with the southern rebellion, y hich,
though oftentimes beaten back, is not vet
! subducd; and the hospitals made vacant by
| death or recovery, are speedily reflIed by
new faces, whom disease has rendered pailid,
and new forms, shattered by glin5hot or "a
| bre stroke W e must still continue To pour
| down sanitary supplies for the comfort and
| care of our suffering soldiers, whose well be
| ing lies near the heart OF all loyal men and
| women. We must still continue to exercise
our ingenuity for the supply OF funds, since
/ the most valuable sanitary supplies can only
/ be obtained with money.
| This continued need of money has suggest
! ed TO many of the active and patriotic women
/ of the Northwest the necessity of holding a
/ grand Northwestern Fair In the fall, for the
! benefit Of the Sanitary Commission After
/ a correspondence of nearly two months with
| some of the principal Aid Societies and Union
| Leagues of the Northwest aided in many in
| stances by personal interviews, it has been
| decided TO hold a Northwestern Fair in Chi
/ cago during the last week of October and the
/ first OF November, the proceeds to be deyot-
ed to the relief Of our sick and suffering sol
/ diers. Assurances have been received that
/ the States of Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,
| Iowa and Minnesota will generally join in
! this project, and substantial offers OF aid
/ have been preferred by leading persons in
1 these States. A mass meeting OF ladies has
/ already been held in Chicago at Bryan Hall
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! dies was appointed, TO make such arrange
ments for the holding of the Fair in this city
as might be necessary. 1t was also decided
/ 20 call a convention of delegates from tie
Aid Societies and Union Leagues of the
/ above mentioned States, which snail meet in
Chicago, at Bryan Hail. September St at 10
o'clock A. NJ, to make necessary arrange
ments for the Fair, which shall be alike
agreeable to all parties The Order OF Good
| Iemplars, an extensive temperance organiza-
ton, which has rendered very efficient help
to the Sanitary Commission, by donations OF
money and supplies, generously volunteer
their and IN this enterprise, and are included
in this call. Every Aid Society and Union
League, and every lodge of Good Templars in
the Northwest, Is therefore hereby requested
to represent itself in that Convention, to be
held September lst, by at least one lady del
egate. elected from its members. As there
it viii be necessary for each one TO pay the
expenses Of its own delegate, which VIII be
but a small tax each single society, but in
the aggregate, would be heavy for any one
organization. On Wednesday, September
ID, at 3 o'clock p. NJ public meeting of
the ladies of Chicago viii be held at the
same place, when the programme Of the Fair
as decided on by the Convention, viii be an
nounced, and such Committees as are neces-
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viii then be chosen. Various plans for the
Fair have already been proposed and dis
cussed but nothing can definitely be agreed
upon until the session Of the approaching
Convention.
Already great enthusiasm is manifested
concerning the Fair. A piano, two or three
first class sewing machines a knitting ma
chine, washing machines, wringing machines
a safe, cabinet ware, oil paintings, wax work
and variety of lesser articles are already
offered Us. We toresee thus early, that no
hall of the city viii be able to accommodate
the Fair, and the Executive Committee are
taking steps to secure some Unoccupied hO-
tel, or recently finished block OF buildings,
which can be fitted up for its accommodation.
The affair has greatly increased in magnitude
since it was first discussed, until now it
promises to eclipse any occasion of the kind
ever before held IL the Northwest It is
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viii be donated. Anything rare, useful, Gu
rious or elegant in nature or art, is solicited,
and it is greatly desired that the Fair shall be
indebted to the handiwork of men as well as
of women, for its enriching.
1t is also proposed to gather large collcc-
ton of relics and memcntOs OF the present
war, for a cabinet, which shall be sold at the
Fair to the highest bidder. Persons, therefore.
who possess relies Of the battle field, memcn-
rps ut rtnr-pps and r3pas rr,gIn ;-+1v; +l,f-
war, or any of the thousand specimens or GU
rOsities which have found their way to the
North from the seat ofwar, during its progress,
are invited to donate them for the furnishing
of this cabinet. As the cabinet case win be
given IN Chicago, 1t IS requested that all such
articles be sent to the Chicago Sanitary Com
mission, labeled with the name and residence
of the donor, and with brief history of the
article donated. Its receipt viii be immc-
diately acknowledged by letter
1t Is also proposed that a series of dinners
be given on four or five davs of each week
OF the Fair, for the increasing of the funds
These dinners are feature of all Chicago
Fairs The materials for the dinners are fur
nished gratuitously by the ladies of the city
IN great abundance, eXquisitely cooked and
OF the best quality. So ample are our ar
engagements for this inevitable accessory to
all Fairs held in Chicago, that from / 600 TO
town at restaurants or cating-dOuses. are
dlned daily during the progress of a weeks
fair, as elegantly and comfortably as in their
own homes. Our country frieuIs can aid us
in these dinners by donations of poultry. eggs.
vegetables, fruit, cream, butter cheese. Sc
During the evenings of the Fair, it is pro
posed 90 hold series of entertainments OF
the most brilliant character. Concerts. tab
lcauX, pantomine, lectures, &c. are already
discussed, and in some instances are in an in
cipient stage of progress. Nothing hat the
talent and ingenuity of the Northwest can
devise VIII be lacking to render the evening
entertainments elegant and recherche
Ii Is hoped that SO, 600 viii be the net re-
ceipts of this great festal occasion Is this
expecting too much Not if the united
Northwest lend willing and active hands sud
generous hearts to the work. At a simple
Ic2-cream and strawberry festival given re
Gently almost impromptu, by a few ladies Of
Chicago, for the benefit Of the Soldiers Home.
over $1,000 was made, where there was almost
nothing 10 sell, and only the cause to attract.
Is II INDUCING eNtrayagant and understandable
expectations to hope that twenty-five times
that amount viii be realized by a Fair of the
great Northwest, which viii be enriched by
the offerings of five States, and viii have
accessory to it all that art, talent taste. skill,
ingenuity and patriotism can devise in the