The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-05-29

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The STATE FAR.-7J. II. Klippart, Esq,
Secretary of the State Board of Agricul-
lure, has recently issued circular in re-
gard to the holding of the next State Fair
in this city. The following extracts from
this circular viii be read with interest and
pleasure both at home and abroad:
The Seventeenth Annual Fair of the Ohio
State Board Of Agriculture will be held on
Phillips Hill and the grounds Immediately
adjoining, just south of the corporation
line of the city of Dayton, commencing on
Tuesday. the 25th of September, and clos
ing on Friday afternoon, the 2Sth Of Sep
tember, 1866.
Dayton is situated IN the midst of the
Miami Valley-a region which for fertility
of soil, beauty of natural scenery and
geniality of climate, has few, If any SUI
periors in the Union. The city itself Is
handsomely laid ont on the left bank of the
Great Miami. Immediately below the mouth
of the Mad River. 1t Is one of the oldest
towns In the State, having been laid out in
1895 by General Jonathan Dayton, General
and Governor Arthur st. Clair, James Will
kinson and Colonel Israel Ludlow. Much
taste has been displayed In building the
private residences, and ornamenting the
grounds which surround them.
notwithstanding the population OF 1910
was less than 10000, In 1850 less than IL 900
in 1860 1t was 10000, and at present Is fully
10000; the population of the city has pre-
served more healthy ratio with that ofI
the county than almost any other In the
State, and has long held the rank of second
in point of manufacturing In the State
Since the destruction of Pixies Opera build
ing in Cincinnati, Dayton now boasts the
finest nnara Housa In thu Gtata
There are very few points more accessi-
BILE in the State than Dayton, as the follow
ing synopsis of railways will show. There
Is railroad connection with the following
points, viz:
With Cincinnati, by the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton and Dayton r: r., sixty miles.
With Columbus. by the DAYTON, Xenia
and Belpre II. r. and Columbus and Xenia
II. r.. seventy-one miles.
With Columbus, by the Sandusky and
Dayton, Springfield and London and Co
lumbus and Xenia.
With Columbus, by the Dayton and Mich
igan, and Indiana Central. "
With Toledo, by the Dayton and Michi-
gan X. II.
With sandusky City, by the Dayton and
Sandusky X. X.
With Cleveland, by the Atlantic and
Great Western TO Gallon, thence by c. C. |
and c. R.R.
With indianapolis, by the Indiana Cen
tral and Dayton and Western X. II. II
At the present writing MAY, ls60,) there |
are taoentv-one passenger trains arriving In |
Dayton every twenty-four hours. of course, |
the same number departing. beside large |
number of freight trains. Hence Dayton |
enjoys two of the main points which secure |
the Location ofa State Fair, namely, access
sibility and facilities for the accommoda-
ton of the visitors and exhibitors.
The State Fair is great adunafinnal I'm
stitution, where all the industrial products
may be brought together and their compar-
ative merits discussed; improvements sug-
gested, and new inventions intrude them |
selves on the busy brain. The success oil
this 'instltution" depends entirely upon the
interest which exhibitors or producers may
feel In promoting and developing the in
dustrial resources of the State by exhibiting
their own productions whilst the financial |
success of the Board of Managers dependsl
'ntireiy upon the liberal patronage of a
generous public; and IL is matter of graf
incation and pride that these elements of
success have, year after year, been cheer
fully rendered to the Ohio State Board of
Agriculture. This is the seventeenth year
OF the Ohio State Fairs In Ohio, and during
all this time the Board has never once per-
mitted any interruption which has affected
the pubic mind, whether In "peace or war"
TO interfere with the annual return of these
occasions Tor the promotion OF industrial
interests.
The citizens of Dayton have secured to
themselves an enviable reputation tor lib
erality and hospitality, and their reward
for these generous traits of character NAV
be found IA the rapid growth of their beau
tlful and thriving city t; and during the en-
suing Fair there will be no lack OF accoIa-
mediation for visitore and others.
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