Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-15

81. lonIs. no. o.. Z. 1S70.

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DEAR HERALD: "Dum vivimus
vivanus," which is to say, dog-on.
the luck, who cares! said excla
nation being the philosophical
conclusion Of our disappointed
minds at not reaching this place
until 3 p. IN. yesterday, owing 10
detention by fogs, etc. But we
cannot blame the boat or its of
tlcers. The latter were even more
disappointed than the passengers.
johnny Blake disappointed his
sweetheart. Billy Thomas and
Dan Blake missed putting on
Style in a dashing equipage en-
gagged expressly for the occasion,
and the balance had sweet sorrow
on their faces, but all to no pur-
pose. But, after all, | think there
was no harm done, except to our
generous steward, Mr.. Tod. From
the manner his viands disappear.
ed, | feared the commissary de-
partment would become bankrupt
ere we reached the "happy ca.
man ;" but not so, plenty reigned
throughout. Thursday was the
great, grand, and glorious day
for the Fair. That means it was
the day for crowding, squeezing,
crushing and examining. | met
Ben. Hardaway last evening said
/, How did you like the Fair to-
day ?" 20, grand, magnificent!
/ never, never saw such a crowd !"
l saw lockwood; said l, "Bil.
ly, how was the Fair to-dayY'
Observation-Disclosures crowd was
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES saw so
many peOple-a perfect ava
lanche." Met o. v. Shearer:
"What of the Fair to-day p
"Great guns! l never supposed
there were so many people in the
world. Julius Scissors! it was
awful !" "But what did you see,
Shearer ?" 30, l saw everything.
l saw more pretty ladies than ever
before. l stood, like an island in
a perfect ocean of female lowell
ness" And so it was: all l could
learn of yesterdays Fair from the
Vicksburg visitors was-that
there was an awful crowd. They
had actually seen nothing from
this very cause, except Shearer,
and he, of course, saw the beauti-
full hourii, lis that a correct plu-
ral?)
Our party lost nothing by miss
ing yesterdays Fair. 1t was the
very worst time to see anything
but crowds.
1t is estimated that one hundred
and twenty-five thousand people
visited the grounds yesterday. |
learn that 100000 were taken at
the gate. The amphitheatre is of
magnificent proportions and can
accommodate every man, woman
and child in Warren county, with
out regard to sex, color or previ.
Gus condition. The display of
products Of the loom, the field
and farm, Of the work shop and
factory, of scientific mechanism is
al infaitum.
The exhibition Of stock is ex-
traordinary. Ebuine, bovine, for
cine, etc, magnificent. Hogs
size of oxen weighing 1000
pounds! Steeds fit for the chariot
Of Jupiter, or Mars, or Apollo or
to bear Juno or n Venus. Cattle
that would justify the worship of
the Burmese, poultry and dogs,
adj lib0Wm.
But there is not the least parti-
Gle of use in attempting a descrip.
ton Of what can be seen at this
Fair. Each days report takes Of.
teen or twenty Of the great
columns Of the Missouri Republi-
can. Perhaps, after all, the mon
ster crowds of people are the
greatest sight. II you are sepa-
rated for a moment when on the
grounds, from your companion,
he is swallowed up instantaneous
ly in the scething vortex Of this
human sea and only comes to the
surface and to you by one Of those
rare upheavals of the cratic
maelstrom.
1t is Il wondrOus sight, almost
APPALLING, to 60 out, late in the at
ternOon, on one OF the grand ave
from the Fair and witness
the multitudes returning to the
city. From the head of throng
Observation-Disclosures as far as the
eye can reach, nothing but n black
ocean Of surging humanity, ON
.nibusses, hacks, wagons, car
riages, carts, drays, street cars,
horses mules, ox.wagons and
on foot!
You dare notmeetthem advancing
for fear you will be annihilated
so you dodge into a side street
and watch the fearful torrent 90
by. Such a scene Of demOraliza-
as this huge rabble presents,
l have only known in the route of
immense armies; each one seeking
refuge Of escape.