The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-01-12
From the Field and Factory.
sEHssHssIPPH STATE FAIR.

DIISSHSSHPPH STATE FAIR.
We invite attention to the following
eloquent extracts, which we make from q
lengthy article upon the late Estate Fair,
by that gifted and accomplished writer,
Melvin Nj. Cohen, Esq, of the New Or
leans Bulletin, who was present during
the Fair, and made so many warm friends
in our midst, by his genial and polished
manners, and the great interest he took in
everything conducting to the progress and
| development of our industrial resources.
The article will be found In "The Present
age, new and handsome 81 page quar-
terly, Just issued In New Orleans:
"The real power and prosperity of a coun-
try lie in the development of its resources,
and, as a natural sequence, anything that
facilitates, or expedites that development,
operates simply as an infusion of so much
fresh vitality, into the productive ener-
| gies of the people. Hence the importance
and essentially of Fairs whether circum-
scribed within parochial or State limits,
or extended to the broader area of a ma
tional exposition. Holding out as they do
an invitation to the agriculturist, mechan-
Ician, manufacturer, tradesman, and all
classes, who by their individual, or COM
bined efforts, make up the true material
Of country, enterprise is stimulated,
competition induced, and ambition tempt
ed to plume her flights, to loftier and
more aspiring heights All the latest i'm
prOvements in the arts, the most modern
discoveries of science, the ingenious per-
formances of the handicraftsman, and the
practical achievements of genius, whether
of a conceptive, or executive order, are
ranged before the public gaze, in a dis
play, that cannot fail to reveal the skill,
power, and diversity of the human mind
Thus, the activities of intellect are reused
to deeds of noble emprise, and the utili-
tartan spirit of the age excited to a rivalry,
that shaking off the coils of sluggishness,
elsewise enmeshing it. gives it scope to
amplify its enquiries snd researches. If
respective of these considerations, the
hope of reward, which is one of the great
est incentives to exenion, moves the ex-
hibitor to bring oui whatever of latent
talent he might have suffered to slumber,
unrestricted in some valuable inven-
ton, or important discovery which win
ming universal admiration may ultimately |
lead him on to fame, and not unfrequently |
fortune.
These cursory comments, superin- |
duced by the late Mississippi State Fair,
held at jackson, suggest the tribute of a
few brief notices to such as occupied a |
most prominent place in the general ex-
positional picture. L is not inopposite to !
compliment the untirilg zeal of the Presi- |
dent, j. .. Wharton, Esq, and the super |
visory efforts of the Secretary. Mr.. j. l.. |
Power, whose managerial tact, and vigil |
liant action, added materially to the sue |
cess and eclat of the occalion."
1t is unquestionably fattering tribute
to the progressive spirit of the age, that
public attention was signally concentrated |
rather in the probabilities han in the |
poetry of the exhibition. The parade of |
fancy articles naturally excited admira-
ton or invited superficial examination,
but the bent of the popular mini inclined
more to the investigation of
the machinery department.
"Here the rivalry was close and spirit
ed, and the wreathes of smoke that rose
up, in vapory curls, to mingle with the
denser atmosphere of the elements, elo-
quently attested the scientific improve
uIGHIS VI Lie OSb1y anu CuIDOulCu ScllIuS
of mechanical conception. We like these
utilitarian proclivities. They evidence
on the part of the people to
throw off the clogs that have hitherto
bound them down to sectional advance
nent, and happily illustrates the life that
g left in the old land yet x
A territory, teeming with resources, like
ours, should, from its fecund loins, deliver
gigantic issues, and to the finishing
5ouches of the arts and sciences leave their
Complimentary development. As the soil
Yields gracefully to the ploughshare, that
its clods, only that they may
eel the benign influence of Heaven, and
nder its smile, warm to full fruition so
We have about us, in prodigal profusion,
he appliances and appurtenances, that
,nly need the spell of inventive genius
md the craft of the cunning workman, to
adjust and shape them into perfect form.
"The beneficial results of the jackson
Fair viii unfold themselves in the future.
N a numerical point of view, the exposi-
ion was eminently successful, from 5000
o 5000 persons being daily present ON
he grounds. Viewed in the light of a
alutary example, Mississippi will have
.lothed herself with credit and honor
if only in the practical lessons
he has inculcated, and the apt disciples,
Who viii imbibe their wisdom, in sub
cribing to their teachings"
IL