Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-10-22
Ihe Late state Fair.

Editor Ere, Press & Times
have inst received a slip cut from your
r.,,.er co,'toininya brief inquiry and sarcastic
iriir,otior dated Sept 22d, signed " Ciuzen,
o,J se-e-.ly, Rejecting upon the Agricultural
So, f- not stating at that early period after
the Fair. before the premiums or expenses were
Mid the Precise result Of the financial opera
I ions of the Fair. This article Is followed by an
/ editorial remark, quoting from a correspondent
T Of the Springfield Republican, but not confirm
iup his figures, who says, the whole amount Of
premiums, 20, 500, nearly correct expenses
dd5la5 makes the total outgoes 1000" too
much by more than $1,000 Again, " -, 900
single tickets were sold,'' nearly correct. But
now comes the climax, " There were
800 exhibition tickets; total receipts : -
600. a let gain Of 81 900" The secretary
is the only officer that sells these las; mentioned
tickets, and pays over the receipts to the
treasurer. The sum be paid to the Latter was
Just S76i instead of 800, aud IL was said
at the time that 500 or over ot this sum
was for season tickets sod 10 spectators at a
dollar each TO pay them through the Fair
There is an error Of s6,l.6, which would re-
duce his gross estimate 20 - ,-I4, sad the Ht-
gain to muchFless than nothing.
For the benefit Of your inquirer, the people OF
Burlington, and all others DESTROYS Of knowing
| will state that the precise result Is not yet
ascertainei; the premiums are not all pnd, i1r
the reason Of not knowing where 10 send Them
the residence not being entered uf0n Tire pre-
MUM orders returned 20 the Treasurer as they
always should be, and all the expenses are NOT
vet a-rertqiued aud paid; but "a to.erauie cor
rect approximate can be arrived az The gross
rereirfs are a little less than -d,ouo- and the
NET -ain Is over 81 500, and the most SUGGEST d
Fair the Society has ever held, except when the
New England Society co-operated with MS %
Brattlshoro, in e., and nearly up 90 that in ret
psin. The people Of Burlington haFe no cause
10 COMPLAIN Of the society, for IT has paid over
Sls0'gst wear and this in fitting up the grounds
for the accommod alton Of the show. which their
contract with the society bound them to DO.
only men ton this because your inquirer seems
60 reflect uuou the society IN behalf Of the public
and especially Of the citizens of Burlington. ]
should have replied to this long ago had known
Of its existence, but | never saw or knew Cf it
until less than one hour ago.
As TO the insinuatiou Of being silent anil se-
cret as 10 the receipts Of the Fair, can only say,
that the Treasurer answered an questions upon
this subject 10 the best O.: his knowledge, 60
every inquirer, though IL was impossible Co DE
precisely accurate when the great press ~ the
business Of the Fair was going on. The clerks
at all times, have more or less tickets uu'od IN
their hands, and peck Of dirty ami muua-ei
fractional currency such As Is always palmei of
%; Fairs cannot be AT once counted. Your en-
1uirer would have us believed that other Fairs
put. sh their receipts at the immediate close, fu'
these statements are generally mere estimates,
aud often wide from the true result. What good
can be derived by an erroneous and exagcr'ei
sAtement2 There are gentlemen In burlington
that viii say the Treasurer answered their ju-
ouiries several times as to bow many tickets
were sali such and such days, as near rs De-,
could. lfthere has been any " silence and uys-
terry .n this matter it j. unknown 20 .ha writer,
and it is unfair and unjust to throw olt -uch
impurati Jus without some proof To- sustain thea.
oct l3tl, l-Gt. TIE IHEAsrE-E.