The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-05-20
The State Fair.

! - Z" means oi DIlHRtlE ABOUT a better anu
more thorough interchange of sentiment
and opinion between practical men, and u
comparison Of the relative advantages oil
different kinds Of culture, the proper rails
| ing and trainingof stock, the best mode OF
| employing and econemising labor and all
the details Of the plantation, there has been
none found more efTicacious than this yearly
Intercourse OF persons engaged in planting.
1 To manufacturers it offers the opportunity
/ Of showing to advantage in person, the va
rious improvements i'm machinery and agri-
cultural implements and of testing and
! proving their advantages on the spot. To
/ the merchant and wholesale dealer it pos
/ sesses the advantage Of allowing them to
/ display their wares and to form tae person.
/ al acquaintance Of their old customers with
whom they may probably have merely dealt
/ with heretofore by letter or through agents,
and OF making new acquaintance aud form
[ ing new business connections. To the re-
tail dealers and tradesnen it brings increas-
cd business by drawing to the city large
numbers OF strangers. all of whom, when
they see the tempting displays made in our
handsome stores, win be sure to buy some
thing. And to all an agricultural fair Is a
source of pleasure i'll aflOrding the opportu-
nifty for that social interchange Of courtesy
aud hospitality. which is twice blessed-both
70 them that give and TO them that receive.
Thus graphically has a contemporary
sketched the advantages of the institution
of annual Fairs which has become en-
grated as permanent thing upon the
industrial system of most of the States of
the Union 1t has been resolved to re-
vive this institution in our own State by
grand State Fair here at the Capital in
October next. To carry out this object
seven thousand dollars have been subscri-
bed by the citizens Of jackson; & they have
entered fully upon the work in a spirit to
make the enterprise success. But to
accomplish it, they will need the cooper
alton Of affiliated societies, and the pub
lie of the State generally. in a brief
time a premium list embracing the vari-
Gus agricultural, mechanical, manufactu-
ring, stock raising and domestic interests
of the State, will be issued Meantime,
let this fact be borne in mind BY all con
cerned, that each may be prepared at the
Fair to contribute something in his or her
line, for the information Of the rest, and
for carrying off the prize in the arena Of
honorable competition The Fair viii
mark the beginning Of new era in the
industry and progress Of our State.
ANTE County. The Southern Her
aid Of the Sth, says that the Offices vaca-
ted in that county. have not yet been fill
ed, greatly to the detriment of the public
interest; and that this condition'of affairs
is not due to the want Of competent per-
sons under the law. II states that las
''soon as the act passed by Congress remov-
ling all persons from Office in this State
who could not take the test oath went
''into effect the names of good and hon
''est men in this county, who could take
''the required oath, were sent ON to dis
''trict headquarters, accompanied by a
/ petition, numerously signed by our citi-
/ ''zens, requesting that the gentlemen sug-
/ 'gestcd should he appointed 10 The vacant
''offices in Amite" The Herald concludes
that "men who are strangers to us and
''our interests viii be appointed TO office,
''to the exclusion of those who are the
''choice of their fellow. citizens. We I'M
'derstand, (says the Herald there are
several communications i'll the postofhce
from district headquarters addressed to
individuals who, with one exception,
are utter strangers to the citizens Of our
community, and We presume these COM
''munications are nothing more nor less
ethan commissions issued to the persons
addressed, appointing them to office in
this county
Our cotemporary finds consolation in
the fact that by the end of the year the
right of the people to elect their own
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