The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-09-27
MEADVILLeITEMs.
Especial UOrrsspondspce of Cleveland LEA

MEADvILLE, Pa, Sept. 2s, 1865.
Our lively town will have 3 succession of
unwOnted events during the present week.
The English party of tourists are expected
here tomorrow, on their return from tbc
succession Of sightseeing, dining ard
speech making which they have enjoyed
or endured for the past three weeks. While
it has been doubtless pleasant and certainly
profitable for them TO have taken their ex-
tensive tour through the western cities, one.
can hardly think without . shdddeI and .
qualm of indigestion of the procession of
highly seasoned and variously cooked sdi-
bles which has been N Irching down their
aching throats, for you and ! have sat down
more thsn once 70 q corporation dinner, or
a st. Georges anniversary supper, and
glowed with inward satisfaction as we
looked on the bill Of good things set forth
with all the sttractiveness of Yankee or
English cookery, and we have thought
"Rejoice, oh my soul, and be merry st the
fatness of this land" But you and have |
also experienced that inevitable TO- morrow
morning, which brought headache and
heartburn and soda water, and we have
. then vowed that the next time We were
similarly invited, We would religiouSly stay
away ourselves and s'send q hand" to fill
our places, as farmers do at raising Or = |
chop ping bee. Think then of the suffer
ings Of these poor victims, who must each |
day eat at least one "collation" and one /
municipal dinner, and must keep up q
tOrch-light procession Of good, bad and in
different champagne, while the procession
will be from one to three hours in passing
given point, with occasional breaks for /
music, and speeches. Whatever the value,
10 themselves or to'the country, of the re-
suits of this trip (And every thinking man
must see what great influence it may have
upon the future development of our rail-
way and commercial interests we can but
extend our commiserstion for the bodily
fatigue the members of the party undergo,
and our admiration for the fortituds with
which they bear the strain.
ofthe movements Of the party for tina
next three days, l am not informed. They
will arrive in Mesdville on Wednesday
forenoon, and be quartered (not bodily and
lgnominiously,s after the manner of Eng
Iish murderers in the Olden time, but roy
ally and luxuriously ss becomes 50 inf1u-
sntial guests) at the McHenry House, whore
Gen. Taylor, of the COmmissary Depart
ment, will attend 10 their wants. Probably
3 portion of the party will venture upon an
exploration Of the Oil Regions, in spite of
Ehe present frightful condition of the roads.
Those most deeply interested in the Allan .
Eic & Great Western will probably be busy
inspecting accounts and reports, while all
AN spend part of the time in examining III
he extensive railway mechanical shops,
md climb the besusiful hills surrounding
he town to secure the magnificent views
here obtained of the French Creek valley.
OnThursday evening, (the 2sth, Js grand
lress ball will be given at the McHenTy
1euse in honor of the foreign guests, TO 4
Vhich a very large number of invitatioDs,
lsvs been given out. AS the Hotel will not
'e able to accommodate many more than
he English party, the citisens Of the place {
Till assist in the entertainment of those |
rho come from sbroad. Leland's fine band, )
rom your city, will furnish the music, and !
be event will doubtless pass off with great '
clat. g
Tho annual Fair of the Crawford County g
-gricultural Society will be held on the
air Grounds, a short distance south of the !
'Wn, on Wednesday, Thursday and Fri :
sy of this week. Last year the Fair Il
'uld boast of great attendance of ople, n
else. The farmers were there n
ith their wives and babies, but they had q
'rgotten to put into their wagons tneirpo- u
Itoes, squsshes, cheeses and butter for ex-
ibition, or to drive there the cattle in
beggsrly account of empty stalls and ia e
les, and the display resolved itself into an E
Inhibition Of human nature, without .
nOugh of the animal or vegetable to make ?
interesting. This year the prospects are =
bod for 9 much more creditable Fair. =
On Saturday next the County Central b
ommittee, R. Lyle White, Chairman, an
ounce Union mass meeting, the first of Il
le campaign, and probably the only one r
lat will be held in Meadville. Senator
Tison, of Massachusetts, and Judge Kelly, .
Philadelphia, are announced as speakers. +
here will be large attendance, but not c
if there were not other things to call the
eople into town during the previous days
the week.
A Horse Fair will be held here on the n
Ith, 18th, 18Th and l4th of October, under /.
le auspices of the Mesdville Driving Park I
ssOCiation, upon the fine grounds belong +
,g to that organisation, upon Durham's
lsts, north of the town. There is = splen-
id haff-mile track here, and other fixtures :
-hich will make the grand attraction. {,
TO the amount Of 81, 500 are Of b
,red, and some of the best stock of this and 9
lrrounding States is expected. CHIPs. g
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