Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-10-05
Tsls werATR FASH.


DIR. J. NeCORTNEY.
THE lOvV pTATR FASH.
b known y citizsas Of Iowa, that
Cur State Fair ~ hbnored BY The prsssecs
ofs sa~pod3((nl u. ~ OhtAso Tine,
and that hsyy Ghsu6sss \. in an insinuatln9
hind ~ ~ IN semittgAed hnabug.
How that iydividoal tks ever prevailed up
On % lssvS' tls haaaA Of ksiisation, end
70 visit kr,lack~sta1 scsass, ~ csnno.
imagine, iun!ess We h,rss oar honor =.
to sonsifrsst Of his rssio s.nius. z sr
hsp,, saty Of = 3 spee~.ioe Of t.'f
umph in the metropd " II ths Northwest,
he s9sEAta rsleass { m EthS burdens Of
great hess amid our ru tic solitudes. n
, q w ponderous pistles to his head
qu3 tsrsJ which, fog, q Div and boubast. arc
NJ unworthy Of the pll Runs hero Of the
sdon zssss. he y Uesds to lecture the
nsophh tiaaSed coun61 people Of Iowa on
IRE objects Of fairs, sua the thousand evils
sfsas pesssuA systsn.s We scarcely know
whether b meant his 6ags disquisitions for
the people Of this section or not, they are 90
spsiaklsd With phrAstt from some foreign
diaSeet. which our unlsttered farmers and in.
nocsnt business men are not supposed TO-
undssstand. In one d these elaborate pro-
16etaons, he starts out \ ith the remark that
u d tho business Of newspaper correspon-
dsat y uskss great deal out Of nothing At
Ill. He tells his readers that he will en-
dsavcr 70 erect" souething worthy Of the
colsmns Of the Nwes ]upon. base Of few
szasgsrazed PumpkinsI land sparse collect
ion Of patent pumps sd clothes wringers."
THE must havS tssn duly trying attempt
Of one moving ia such an exalted sphere -
~ incapable Of khowing the use Of such
yalgsP sluil>a he made the attempt apdl
sdccesdsd il, RilingrrPttuS 0us!s ned
for his erection. ..--1sgshinks our fair WAS
aSsssuvf0F Bringing buyers and sellers 70.
gethsr. and whose operation wss such
that The buyers did N most Of the psying
Perhaps his position l. = " member Of the
pesss" was not sufHcilntly honorsd, or per-
haps It is something pew for people Of his
refined circles to " pay for shat they buy"
The stock was vety Indifferent sxhibi-
ton TO him, travelled man Of the world -
h 10, but, Of course, passed very respectfully
before an assemblsge Of Ha*keyes. He had
hsasa1xs sans shsep on exhibition blsating
at other state fairs. Their plaiotive voices
had grown familiar p his ear, and oonss.
qusntly hs thinks boy should net have
been admitted. As our farmers went there
TO Geo stock worthy d their attention, they
w&s doubtless well rewarded, but our cor
respondent evidently visited for the pur.
pose Of seeing something little different
from that exhibited in the enlightened por-
lions Of the Northwest, and hence was woe.
fully disappointed.
He pays Burlington very dubious Upm-
pGmsnt and proccesiA He thinks tlAt city
is pleasant place, but rather behind the
timse Weary - he cas- with the dust and
excitement Of metropolitan life. he undoubt-
eddy enjoyed himself, exceedingly, in that
rustic retreat. He thinks sour State Fair
was not quite - large or interesting as that
Of New York, and adds that the Scott coun-
y exhibition Of the present year va = good
deal more respectable than tho state fair
Why did he not also say that the Scott
county fair surpassed that Of the majestic
state Of Illinois. with the population Of
Chicago to assist it,
OF the detsils Of the exhibition he speaks
At length. evidently intent on filling up his
allotted space With ''scmethtng Of nothing,
and that very qusck.p lie says:
At the entrance, the arrangements are
remarkable, II not superior. There isS very
wide gateway and very narrow doorway,
sseperatsd only BY very thin post. People
enter and exeunt through the narrow pas
eags. and. Of course, ehcre is about the same
result that would Inexperienced were one
TO attempt 70 forceiS wo two inch augurs
ron opposite direct9pns into Such
oagur hole"
H;.' sSmparison ii ru,y striking. The
Josu'ng must have en very annoying to
country people accu pmed to roam over
oound'ess clover fields hpd immense potato
Peecnes. but to . repr tentative Of Chicago,
y" :. sn'"A'" shodld hdv been very agreeable, !
II not amusing. 4
ne assures US that labor Of from Eve
minutes to one hour NJ sufficient fbr one to
st inside. We suppc3 the feat w,s C.
eeuQ1iaAed ID the fIrst 80 h,.r;o,'.~|