, 1870-10-24
THE FARM AND GARDEN:

show Days instead OF stx-Exor-
bifnnf &h3rCes aud Thetr lkcsull.-
Permanent Location OF .xhu Slate
Fxir.
T-* CHAMPAIGN, Ill, Oct, It.
Ibe season Of f1ira II now closed, md ne
sray at our leisure sum up their advantages
.nd dnAdvantages, as we'll ~ the progress
shcy have made, and correct the ersors that
haze grown up With than, 90 that mott yea,
they may be in tho uaoat perfect order. Like
al other things, thc5 Are creatures Of circum,
stA1ces. suojec: to the demands Of new con
t'tions - ne~ surroundings envelop them.
1Tmatals. they arc OF two.fold
importance, frat Al holiday OF the inius &.
i1ial clAssee, and. secondly, vast camp meet
ing for tho education Of the people. Iueden.
to these are the eale Of atock, the taking Of
orders for yatiou4 ufactures, and the sell.
ing Of royalties for the use Of new patents.
The amount Of raal business transacted At on,
fairs IL not only large, but rapidly increa.iuP
II there WAS Lo other interest than u,efe
holiday, = day for Sightseeing, va could
nor enns1der she institution permanent, for
it would be liable to be replaced By rome oti,sI
popular amusement; but the day il 10 inter
wuTen with valuable lessons aud In .ine.4
| trAnracf1ons that It looks ~ though it had
tcone part OF our social system, ot Il hlghly
| permanent character. For these reasons tho
INSTITUTION should receive the attention OF
the beet minds In the country, in orses to
fully teve!op It and make it the most uteful !;
Ind. In order to do tkts, We should not lose
sight Of aDy OF the objects embraced within
the scope Of its legitimate workings.
he institution il exceedingly democratic in
al ~ encs AID aims, for all meet On com
mon ieve]. and from the same atan lpoiut
/ view tho progress OF tho age. with the hope
ment.
IL each fir that I have attended this season
sheFe mas neeh soma new arrangement that
u'aat IT Ere++ aver last u IT
HI Cnl'n Fair L ctntFalis. hel 1,.t week,
| tlug lts tecuud one, nAa especially tuafks
in tbsr frfpect. Tie pamea NJ exhibitors
we're added to the articles on exhibition. thus
enabling one TO look up the aHner, with =
aud named, snd each article 4ad it'd appropri-
ate place. The showmen AID peddlers i.ad
| oounce set them ~ TO location, but no tounds
on their ncise and Misrepresentation. Ii the
FEEDING or TIE PKoP1E
:hls e1csllsd az other fairs tEat have At
tended. ard take pleasure in calling special
attention to il, not unly for the benefit OF
fairs III general. but to au eatiug-Aouses in
particular. The large eatiug-house was
tented for fve years, the rent be-
| AA6 kAd 20tS IL kA9 OutQ1QE and
fixtures. with Tie conditions that tifs,-ciass
meal should he served up. at charge not ex-
ceetitrE fifty cent?, and that the society should
(.t1Ave all its NECESSARY mex1 tickets 1T forty
eents eAch. The eating-house was pattonized
10 il full Capacity. all came away pleased
with Tue order OF things. aud the proprietor
reaped rich harvest. There WAS no Gro wil-
lrg At the door. po hurry, no turning away,
and no g1unhling. The result vas that ali
the otbef eAting stands bad to supply good
meal at reasonable ratee, and. though there
were from eight to tselve thousand people 90
provided With good food. To feed = iaT.e
eroad OF people IL no small task, and to lsaSe
tie trace to be charged By those who holl =
monopoly IL Lot to the interest OF tue fair.
Lefcse admitting this claaB OF people the
Directors stipulated foz = good meal at rea-
senaele price; and III order to do this the
charges for booths were reasonable At the
lEdiana State Fair The ssrne policy pre- walled
toA great extent, while At our own State Fair
this rart OF it VAS simply disgrace,
How TO SEE THE rA1R.
| The talr 1t ST. Louis is this most largely A.
| tended Of any fair in the United States. II not
III the world, and set one little thing in ita
| management has manly contributed to this
| end.
The entries are all made week or two
lresioua tho heavy articles are on the ground
and III their t'a:e By the opening. and, when
IL
all things are ready; the committees 20 to
work at once, the awards are made, and the
tu'I week j. detotct, not to preparations. but
70 the e1his itiou. II We will turn from tl1is
tn our onn State Fair, we ehaIl hear tbs no,es
J VI preparation, the putting in place OF various
wagons in full display during Monday, Tues
day, and up 10 Wednesday noon and more or
lets of 1t continued up to the last daT
Of the exhitisitn. This, ia a grelt part. il
dCc to the late arrival OF the goods md ID the
fault, III the first place, OF not providing for
their more early Transmission by the rAilroa4le.
Tle railroads wilt find it to their interest to cu
courage the shipping OF heavy machinery aud
goods ut more eatlv day, and should se11
communication tickets for the fair to the per
Eons ~ho are to take charge Of them. While
the St. Louis Fair has si1 DAYS OF real exhibi-
half.
Five things stood prominent, and conspircd
TO ruin the Last State fair, and to render
it unpopular: l.. The want Of timely prerar-
alton that limits Tho fair to s.eo 1ssst days,
lay of swsrling The premiums Pr 'i IL
consequence Of the want OF preparation. $,
Tie exo1Lir2nt charge at the gate for sin
gle ticket-tf!y cents. While This I'D little
weight with people from = distance, get il
serd.nce. 1. The bad management Of Tie
au.te eupp1. ., e.Ts This Of i,.elf vas
SSvs vslnr Sf 'a ,Ea az ;s f Fl hi; ~ s.s,
The inadequate ,rrangemenss for fsedinc the
people, md the high pr1css charged therefor,
These things. repeated ye,r Ia and wear
out, have silently worked aeziusf
issSe saS eeo attendance. Tue receipts we're
eas s2 at ftT fpfessnas eeaps ass,b - sr9xa 9 for
IN The Aggregate, about equal to Sa:urdav 1t
tho St; Louis fair. At Indianapolis the charge
for eingle ticket was twenty-five cents. tfe
receipts ESQ, 600, representing An attendancs
Of not lees than 120, ,00o people during the
fair. To Offset the fits. cent ti:k.ts at Cur
State Fair there wero sold *xhihitors' Tickets
70 the numter Of pethapn oha Thousand.
1hose By transfer would admit 1T least six
reiFoEs eseh. or one peEsou free six times,
which would increase the attend Ance OF einclr
admission, cay, to GO, 600. makiue tho xyr9e-
gate admission not 1esu than lO0, 900 during
'he .entira fair. Tuus, With an ATTENDANCE
nearly equal to that OF Indiana, and selling
'.ckess It oouble the price, tho receipts III
Ehott f111 910, ,0U0.
While tho receipts should be sufs :;ent to
detKay the expenses and to pay The charces.
thete charges should be Il sm1ii AZ possible
and IN no cs>e will these extra charges add to
tEe receipts in the long run The Charging OF
exhibitors fees and the selling Of season lick
Ste have In all cases worked badly; The best
results have come from the twenty -fiye-cent
was nut At for+x ctnts snJ ~ ~ f,n,;I .;asse
we've eold At int III. rre.1e an,,,i sns
of war. ard tLe Directnrs wa1a coTnna11et -
ee!l co,nmutsf;on t,efe ~ cnnt.;rnH e;1 ~ ~
ters for one dn1l,r' ria rssnis T,s rra.t
demand for the si1-number tickets, Had tho
,]iefe wouij har, haan ~ .trn.,i1a - r. ns. aa.
new o,rd yr;,l inol ~ tha.n t,,;..ss 49,, oos
trsr.icsl rtar '.]oo;nt tlax m ,,in. ,,,r go
Fair m tn mi st.snds;,ra WIZ, 1. ~ ost;
hitor II ,t-.H ras tha nr;jo ~ n1r NO .,ae.,ia
tic Attendance VISA sS s;,r.i y.;sr,a ~ toop;
we.tler ;s nfsnd.,1 II 6.~ nd ~, ~, v"4 -