Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-21
THE FAIR.
Frlday-The Fashionable and Great Day OF
the F~alr-Fifteen Thousand
PeOple Present.
The Great Drawing The Mule Race-Tbe
Baby Show-The Turf Explicit and
the Shooting Match.
All the Children In Town at the Fair-The
Machinery and Hogs Making Noise.
Shelby County Ahead of Everything Yet

The 9th day OF ths fair was the great
day of the week; and as we predicted,
there were bstwesn IL, 900 and 10000 per-
sons on the grounds. So great crowd
was never seen at any one gathering on
the fair grounds at Memphis. At eight
o'clock the first train left the city filled
with people. From that hour till three
o'clock in the afternoon trains LETT every
half hour filed with people; some trains
carried as many 80 two thousand persons
out. The day was beautiful, a little not
perhaps, but not too much 80 for excur-
siOns to the fair grounds, and for 3 thor
ough enjoyment ofthe fair pleasures. me
throne of people poured in regularly from
earlY morning till near dewy v without
any intermission. About three or four
O'Clock the general expression was "How
snail we get homer" It seemed impossi-
bic. in the presence of so many people 70
get home sat ALL" There were perhaps a
dozen Of trains concerned in bringing out
the multitude to the fair grounds, so
those VIII chad the power of reasoning In
the midstof so much excitement, began 70
calculate on the probabilities Of getting
into town without having TO resort
to the extreme measure OF walking.
The misery tha resulted from the
Chicago ire was not equal to the pangs
suffered by these people in their anxiety
TO get back to the city. The business Of
the fair rushed along at a fearful rate.
Committees were at work all over the
grounds, in the halls and out of them,
they were busy everywhere; such q rush
Of people hither and thither was never
seen before. The mere statement OF the
fact that One-fOurth the population OF the
city and about tWo-thirds that Ofthe coun-
ty outside of the city, were on the grounds
would fail to convey a proper idea
TO our readers Of the rush and throng
that covered the fair grounds yesterday.
From early morning to late st night every
booth of every possible description was
crowded with persons of both sexes and
all ages. The side shows were stuffed
with people. The scamps about the
grounds who drive a ~ on the credu-
lily and weakness of humanity were in
high feather, and the refreshment people
managed to shove OF their "hash" at high
figures. Oyster stews went to seventy
i've cents per oyster. The only square
men about the premises we're the
people who Yended fluid refreshments,
and the interchangeable man who sold
tickets in the drawing. They dealt
square" The liquor man never went
above 25c Der swig, and the ticket man in
variabiy sold Tor two dollars. There was
no discount on them. The hash folks and
the mountebsnks, seeing that II was the
last day Of the fair, took down the price OF
their wares to an alarming extent, and
cultivated the good grsces of b crowd by
pulling down prices n inducing custom
by Offering things cheap. What was DOC
and 81 on the previous day was SOLD Ior
&c Yesterday. The hasheries were mighty
glad to get of their unsaleable wares or
anything they could furnish for what
could be realized on it. There was table
room tor perhaps 1000 people on the
ground, but the remaining fifteen or
twenty thereon had to procure victuals
the best way they could.
TIE DRAWING.
This part of the programme was con-
Quoted es fairly as could be under the SUI
p-erintendence Of Messrs. TreadWeu, Fon-
tame, Galbreath, Pinson and Frank >.
Davis. of the First National bank. The
great drawing came of at about three
O'Clock. After many untoward delays
the business Of this great festure OF
the fair was started in the midst OF
supreme excitement. At the very
first whirl of the wheel 1t
seen that the machine would not Co. The
wheel, which had been manufactured by
some man on Main street, would no do.
The wheel caught the tickets in the joints
between the tin and glass, and held them
there. The committeeman did the best
they could. They took sill the tickets out
of an oblong box by hundreds, and, I'M
lOOsing them from the i~ndia-rubber bands
which encircled them. cast them into the
huge machine, in perfect hope that they
would be all correct" in the drawing,
but the moment they were Withdrawn it
was found that they did not work well.
They stuck All round the machine, and
even fell out by he score. The peo-
pie around there were exercising
their wit at the expense Of the
committee by cries of "sweep the floor
they will all blow away" etc. After half
of the numbers were drawn from the
wheel, it was found necessary to take the
tickets out OF the wheel and put them in
a hat, or rather tin can, which Mr.. Davis
had prepared for the occasion. The crowd
down stairs were impatient, and kept
CRYING out for a better arrangement, but
it could not be had under the circum-
stances, The circumstance required a de-
gree of intelligence and prescience that is
not to be found in this mundane sphere,
In the whole course of the drawing the
gentlemen of the committee labored anx-
iously to the very best they could. The
result of the drawing, which lasted DUR
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