The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-29
LIST OF PREMIUMS
FOR THE
FIFTH ANNUAL FAIR
Indiana Southwestern Az
ricultural Society.
TO be held at the Fair Grounds, near
the City of Evansville, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
October Sth, 9th 10th and nth,
1867.
OF THE
TO THE PUBLIC.

The Fifth Annual Fair of the In
diana Southwestern Agricultural So
eiety will be held at Evansville, COM
mencing on Tuesday, October 9Th,
and continuing on the 9th, 10th, and
11th
Arrangements will be made with
all railroads and packets, leaving this
city, to carry passengers and articles
intended for exhibition, to the Fair
at half rates, in the usual manner.
The Fair Grounds are situated con-
venient to the Railroad
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
TINE OF ENTRIES.
Tuesday will be devoted to making
entries and arranging the same for ex-
hibition. No article will be received
after II o'clock NJ, of Wednesday,
unless unavoidably detained by acct
dent.
CARDS OF ADMISSION.
/. Badges, which will admit the
proper owner to the Fair Grounds
during the week, will be sold to ex-
hibitors ONLY, at one dollar each.
2. Tickets of admission, price TWEEN
ty-fve cents each, children fifteen
cents, can be obtained at the Treas
urer's Office, near the entrance Of the
Fair Grounds and also at several
suita BILE places in the city.
3. Cards admitting a vehicle will
be sold for fifty cents each; but no
person In carriage or other vehicle
will be exempt thereby from procur-
ing ticket of admission before enter
ing the grounds. Omnibusses and
other vehicles can make arrange
ments for the week of the Fair with
the Treasurer.
ARTICLES INTENDED FOR EXHIBITION
Must be entered on the Secretary's
book before they will be admitted
into the enclosure. On the entry of
the articles cards will be furnished
with the class, the name of the arti-
Gle and the number of the entry,
which must be preserved and firmly
attached to the article to be exhibited.
Exhibitors will prevent mistakes by
noticing the class of the articles to be
entered, as set down on the Premium
List, and ha nding the name and class,
in writing, to the Secretary.
SPECIAL sUPERINTENDENTs.
There shall be special Superin-
tendent to each class, to take charge
of, and arrange together every article
in its proper class, and to see that no
article is damaged or removed, and
that every article has it's card at
tached, and is shown to the proper
Awarding Committee for examina-
tion, and to report to the Directory
any interference by exhibitors with
Awarding Committees. At the time
of the exhibition by the Awarding
Committees the halls must be cleared,
and kept so by the respective Super
intendents. Articles of a kind must
be arranged together for the conven-
fence of committees.
ARTICLES. la.
Every animal and article entered
shall be placed entirely under the di-
rection of the officers of the exhibit
ton.
No articles entered can be removed
without permission of the general
Superintendent of the exhibition.
FEED AND STALLS.
Stalls will be furnished to exhibi-
tors only at one dollar EACH Feed
and bedding will be found on the
grounds, and water in abundance.
ALL PREMIUMS
awarded at the Fair, and not called
for by the Oath of October, 1867, will
be considered donated to the Society.
JUDGES.
Members of the Awarding Com
mittee will, on their arrival, please
report themselves to the Secretary,
who will furnish them with proper
badges. They will, if possible. be all
present at the Office on Tuesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock. They will be called
at 10 o'clock on Wednesday in front
of the office of the Executive Com
mittee, on the Fair Grounds. They
will be furnished with a list of the
articles entered in their respective
departments, to be examined; and
they will report their awards to the
Secretary. in writing, before 3 O'Clock
P. NJ. on Friday.
INSTRUCTIONS 70 JUDGES. aer.-
1. When a majority of the Judges
on any class are present they shall
constitute quorum, and be author
lied to award premiums, and the first
on the list of those present shall be
Chairman; but when committee
cannot agree there shall be no award.
2. A premium will not be awarded
when the article is not worthy,
though there be no competition.
3. No discretionary premiums are
to be awarded; but where articles of
merit on which no premiums are
offered happen to be entered in a
regular premium class, they will be
referred by the Judges Of such class
to Miscellaneous Committee.
I'LL T.J-oe &c I. Ill