The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-09-30
The Fair.

The fit day of the Fair, Monday |: t,
WIS fair and beautiful, am was even a
little too warm for comfo.J :. 1ne streets
and roads were We. y drsty, and no doubt
this fac, form an excuse for many who
were not over anxious to GO to The Fair
Ground. And light here 1t is appropi,-
ate to allude 10 the great Inconvenience
OF having the Fair Grounds so far away
i.om Columbia. 1t is imp0 -sible to Sc
er-e good transportation for eve body,
at the time they want it. A nun Der Of
PEOPLE at Franglin said they would like
to come to our Fair, but it YVES too much
trouble for them to get to and from The
Fair Grounds. Surely the ste ;kholders
of the Association Viii no longer presist
in their opposition 10 removal of the
Fair Ground from its present + )Ji;ion, 10
an appropriate spot near the city. Not
withstanGing such removal is a fole-
gone conclusion, if the socia.ion h. =
any regard for Inc sentiment of the pat
rons of The Fair, and their own inter =. $
the Ell erSetic Officers of the 4 ISOLATION
have aduc some yer much needed i'm
provements. Two comfortable stables
have been britt for stock, G.iG the floor
of the promenade ca. pet i. In the
moi ling there w : one lady, Ms. A,
PR ent, and in the evening qrite large
IL q i
the ticket receipts were lily up to II
year. The number of fine ock W"
probably in exec of that of the first
cay OF the |: It Fair. The aIfay of fine
bulls W: splendid. Boyd & Jol ,.son, of
Gilc Walter Akin, Col. Polk, w. p.
Cant, and Col. G o. p. Webster, ente ar
ed the, thoroughbreds, and It wa5 hard
indeed. to say which was BIT. h'uong
the attractive animals outside the ring,
the fine cotswold. of Johnson, Coz. Over
toms months Old Berkshire pig, Gen.
Ewell's and Maj. Miller's beauti.,l
Southdow 9, and Mr.. Gardnei's Maii-
nc were veiy ,nspicuous. We a'~o
no.cd Two hant some thoroughbred CALVES,
this Sp. ng's calf, oelon9 ng to NJ. II. C.
Go don. The former, a heifer, weiyhs
100 yunds, and the latter NJ. Corr on
VIZ offer, d one hunC ed dolla~, for
on the ground. II is Certainly a e.eat
beauty. The Idle depar ment was
equally complete. Inc je"i :, wines,
ETC., were beauti.ll o behold, and like
Sc the quits, etc. There were two
Deauti ii oil paintings, by Ms. Milt
Noorhi7, which were remarkably we'll
executed for an amateur, one repro en-
ted Castle on the Rhine" and the
other; the bay of Maple :" "Penc:l
DioN mo sioih ihic, was Also very ar
tistically done. a pyramid o. pictures
of familiar face; by Mr.. SeaIy, wa,
admired by eve. body. This accom-
plished artist had also on exhibition We ,
rare works of art. Nj. Cu"en pro en-
ted a boquet of Feather Flowers"
which was very beauti,Jl. Daniel Este
exhibited a variety of the products of b IS
farm, p ca. ofcorn which make half a
bushel Ter being she''cd, a sweet potat 0
weighing 6H..- .ount
Tue day morning dawncd g:oomily.
and Few n better f t, until about ten
o'clock, when the earth W dell~cd
with water ON the clouds. After Gin
ner, however, the rains &c; ed and a
-ood many people went out , the Fa'
grounds. Some We fine hoa were
shown, ally u % tncso Exhibited st
the la5, Fair :, =. T. J. Do cts splen-
{ Berllsf boar. 81 -nce," took a
prem'Im. Mr.. K. a. / iibetter's Eerk>
;hircJ were so Oh the s,ound, and
We fine looking hey arc too.
y pig" On she thug come off late in the
evening. The p ewas to have been a
fine CIR sner gun, but enough entries
were not made, and a $40 prrse was