Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-19
MARSHALL CO. FAIR.


readers OF the REPUBLICAN even a
brief essay on the Important and
Interesting subject OF fairs 1t has
bcen said that fair is . a meeting
held at stated times for purposes OF
trade The word still has this sig
MITIGATION, somewhat modified, in
most European and Asiatic coun-
rics. In the United States, fairs are
generally held for the purpOse of
enabling the people to exhibit stock.
farm and shop products and works
of art, DC. &c, and occasionally for
benevolent purposes, but rarely
ever for purposes of trade" mere.
~. Fairs for commercial purposes
are SAID to be COCK slant
With commerce, and Especially be
fore steam propelled vehicles were
in use, some central point was need
cd for Interchange of commodities
Such gatherings were known in the
Roman provinces and other cOun-
tries of antiq uitv, and were q
means of promoting socialityN as
well IS trade. In England at times
they degenerated into mere pieces
for amusement, where plays, shows,
giants, dwarfs, experts, whirligigs,
rope dancers, fire caters, eenjure
beasts, fighting bruisers became the
chief attractions, and their prime
object was overlooked, and occa
sion lily they were suppressed as a
nuisance by the police.
At Ballinasloe, Ireland, on annual
fair is held where are exhibited more
than l2,000head ofcatile and 90, 900
sheep. Germany, however, is the
European country for fairs. The
principal ones are held at LoiI (
sic, ct New Year, Easter,
and st. Michael's feast. At the
Easter fair more than $4,000, 900
worth of books changed hands, and
the total value of goods cold
exceeds $4,000, 900 The city con
tains $4,000 inhabitants and the
visitors largely exceed that number.
The gr9at Russian fair, annually
feld about 2G5 miles II. c. OF Mos
cow, at a town with an unpronounc-
able name, continues for eight weeks
md is visited by 100000 dealers.
At IIurdevan fair, in India, about
800, OO0.persons congregate yearly,
and every 18th year the number of
visitors frequently exceeds LOO.
COO. Many Of these are religious
pilgrims, however. Religion and
commerce strangely blend here
Brahmins anu merchants, Dervises
md Hawkes.. intermingle in fantas-
tic compression.
The worlds fairs, held at London,
New York, and Paris, in Crystal and
other palaces, our readers are ia
miliqr with, as also with the great
variety Of fairs held in our own
country.
Improperly conducted our fair will
tend greatly TO improve our farm
aud garden products OF every char
ncter, our mechanical contrivances,
end all our works of art, and give
an impulse to all our legitimate in
dustries that will be immediately
felt throughout the county The
facmers gan meet and acquaint each
other with their several peculiar
inetEode Of cultiyating grains and
fruits fair maidcns can exhibit their
hardiWCrk in butter. embroidery, in
fruits and quilts, and prove their
wOrthiness to be inundated OH the
altar of good husband ry. A thous-
and other benefits may flow from
our fair, if the people desire them.
md enc we will venture to suggest
The people Of our county have for
many years been pittcd against
each other in bitter and hostile p0-
lItical array, and it has been evident
TO close observers that very un-
pleasant state of feeling has existed
among them because Of their politi-
cal hatred. Every citizen of the
county has something in common
with every other citizen, and all are
deeply interested in the improve
nent Of every part Of the county and
in establishing pleasant social rela-
lions among al the people thereof
We may adhere to our opinions Of
every character rs VIC believe them
correct, and at the same time pleas
antly and socially intcrmingle Oh
such terms of equality as oul
gifts" will permit, remembering
that though we be politically or re
liously, "as many as the biloow,'
we should be socially lone as The
sea-"
We trust that all the men, womer
and children that feel desire for til,
advancement Of every interest Of til,
county will attend the fair and brin.