Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-09
MEMPHIS APPEAL
FRuDAY moRxIsG. OCT. 8. Uses
ENNESsEE.
TIE ST. LOUIS AND TIE MEMPHIS
ACRESELTURAL PAIRS

THE ST. LOUIS n THE MEMPHIS
AGRICULTURAL FAIRS.
The great sensation at st. Louis jus.
now is the Annual Fair Of the Mechani
cal and Agricultural Association OF tia
city, to which thousands from adjoining
towns, cities and States have been at
trscted by reason OF the enterprise OF il:
managers. Commencing eight years
ago, the fairs Of this st. Louis AssOcia-
ton have every year proved mare and
more successful eliminating this tine
in such an excess over al former efforts
as to be pronounced only surpassed in
interest By the great exhibition Of New
YORK in 1858. Dictated by q wise policy,
fSstered snd guided by prudence, the
annual gatherings, in competition, OF the
mechanics and farmers OF ST. Louis
county has proven not the least among
the many resorts OF the entsTpTising
gentlemen who are presiding over
the commercial and business interests Of
our sister city, which she is benefited in
wealth and population. Not only does
the association Distribute awards for skill
and industry, and thus encourage a COM
petstive snd rival spirit, in the highest
degree encouraging 70 the great interests
Of trsde and commerce, but by displays,
s ia the present instance, lavishly made,
they bring and hold together for q week,
not the idly curious only, but q large
proportion Of the representative men OF
the country men who pry into and in
yestigRte, and who never fail to svsil
themselves Of opportunities for invest
ment, such as ars abundant il q plsce OF
the enterprise a0d possessed Ct the go
ahead spirit OF ST. Louis.
The hotels Of that city are crowded,
and the arena OF the association is every
dsy filed to overlooking by delighted
spectators. From what we can gather
it Is not too low an estimate to pus the
number OF visitors at 50, 900. These re-
naming for = week at q cost Of s. per
day, ordinary expenses, will leave in the
city Sl50,O00, to which msy be sdd5d the
expenditures fOr goods Of every dssCSip-.
ton, aud stock, making fully one million
dollars to De Jeff with the s.. Louisisns
as only one OF the results Of g Split that
cannot be too highly extolled or too
closely emulstsd.
From this brief resume Of results our
citizens csa gather some idea Of the
benefits that msy sccyus to US fronu the
Fair Of oar County Association which
viii open OF Tuesday, the 20.h inst, al
the grounds Of the Memphis Racing AS.
ISOLATION. In proportion to the popula-
ton Of the surrounding country we may
have as many visitors IS ST. Louis, il
the came efforts and unity characterize
the people Of Memphis that have
proven SO signaLy successful is that
city. And for this we have reason 10
hope. No petty contentious have yet
endangered the success OF the re-estab-
Iishment OF cur County Association,
and from tie character Of The men who
have bresthed life into and so far los
tered II, We sFe sure there viii not Be.
Like the managers OF the st. Louis en-
terprise they are determined only upon
g did achievements, such as shall enti.le
them to the heip and support OF their
fellOW-citizens in years to come. From
little they have accomplished much
much, and under difficulties and
discOuragsmsnts that would have ire
men less determined and ntsl IL
gent upon the subject, feom more than
a mere suggestion, that Ia yesrs might
find the happy solution we are now prom
ised in q few days.
Since the advertisement AID distri5u-
ton OF the list OF prizes many persons
come forward and added handsome
premiums for various industries, iadi-
q susceptibility for appreciation
Of our Associations effort that only
needed thst effort to make it apparent.
The railroads are about to add their mite
10 the general result in reduced tariffs to
and from the city, for live stock, fabrics,
or machinery, forexhibition, and reduced
fares for country visitors. We hope cur
merchants, too, Will take held, and by q
effort, secuce IS large gu attend.
ance Of their country customers as pos
sibIe. All classes of our citzsns should
axe a hand in the good work Of adyer-
Using the Fair, in every possible way;
md, IS q duty, say al the encouraging
words they can c~oDjurs as Likely to in
luce even one yisitor. This Fair of the
shelby County Agricultural Association
3 Of interest to every man, woman and
,hild in the city, and every 2 should
prove their appreciation CT the fact by
work, work, work. We must not cnly 4
distribute appropriate prizes to the
but we must make it pay Is the
OfSk Louis have made their Fairs
pay.