The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-11-04
The Fair.

The two first days of the State Fair were
as favorable as could have been desired.
The exhibition has been visited BY many
thousands. 1t is difficult to compare Tue
Numbers now here with those that were mere
., one or two of the great Fairs before the
war. Then the occasion was considered a
Grand state holiday. All that could leave
home came 60 enjoy themselves, ana ina.
M want Of accommodation might obstruct
the; qualification OF the genial and public
spirited disposition. every house in TINS cit!
WAS announced to be open to country visl-
tors. The latch-string Of each door was
hung outside, and each mansion presented
a scene of unusual gaiety--most OF them OF
conyiviality. Under such circumstances
great assemblage of people from the coun,
try was brought together here. b"' s".n
General reception and wholesale enter,
tainment could not become usage, anu
we suppose could hardly be possible Jus'
now. ,..
The hotel and boarding ACCOMMODATIONS
are larger than before the war, and they are
all full, while hundred families are enter
tanning their relatives and friends.
The assemblage is great, and it Is IN earn
est. There is decided practicability IN II.
Men are not running after chimeras now.
The realities of this day do not permit them
to waste time in anything. They know 1t.
They are equal to the emergency OF the
hour, and they are going straight forward
with what they have to do a."2
The exhibition itselfis good-much better
in the agricultural line, in view OF tne
drought, than we could have anticipated.
The Pathological department is admirable
for its fine fruits. The stock of horses Is
very fine. The bovine race is well repre-
sented. There have been a larger number
of animals of stout size and excess OF lat-
ness but this deficit is pretty fairly made
ND by the display of specimens OF good
breeds, some Of them excellent, especially
of the Devon, which is the breed for the ter
race between the head of tide-water ana
Piedmont. The sheep and hogs never were
finer. The show of implements is good, ana
the specimens of minerals on exhibition are
really most gratifying. They were gotten
up hurriedly, but the variety and quality OF
them excite general admiration. The de-
partment of household industry is as good
as ever-that never fails.
All in all, it is n noble exhibition. Cir
cumstances are very unfavorable to such
an undertaking, and its success is surprl-
sing. We do trust that the State Society
will proceed to mend its hold, determined
that the next Fair shall be yet better one.
1t should organize at once with the view to
the highest degree Of activity. Only those
who have action and faith i'll the future
should manage its affairs. With such men
its benefits to Virginia will be of inestima-
BILE value.
. p. s. After the above was written our re-
ports came in from the Fair. Upon the most
reliable data and the general observation
and comparison of notes by our reporters,
we are satisfied the attendance at the Fair
Yesterday was the largest ever present at any
previous Fair. The interest manifested by
all, and the eclat with everything passed,
proved the Fair in every respect grand
success. Our expectations are more than
realized. The proofs given in the grand re-
suit is, that the public spirit is buoyant,
the public energies full 1f vigor, and the
hope and faith of the people thorough. The
triumph of Virginia Is grand indeed!