The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-10-14

OUR FAIR NISrr.-Last Thursday
we visited the State Fair at Salem.
The train was advertised to be at
Albany Station about a. NJ. In due
time we were ut the station. Others
were there. In fact, many. Indeed
we may say y crowd. Between one
and two hundred men, fine looking,
women, handsome, gathered in and
out of that depot, conpl;tcently await
ing the train. They moved about;
they smiled; they chatted; they sat
down; they laughed; they got up
in truth the brightness OF content
ment and happiness sparkled III every
eye (those we looked at, anyhow. uli-
til . O'Clock had come and gone. and
-no train. Did you ever know Il
train to be on time to take Il big crowd!
Did you? 80 have we. But to re-
sumo. Compliment countenances be-
gan to look anxious. Ten minutes
went by; twenty fled thirty absIlllt-
ulated small cloud, no larger tllan
Il mans hand, began to gather Oh those
ilitl, rto smiling faces, (tiloSe we
looked at. Forty minutes We're :. nll-
melated'' and ..tol,nd' much incrpas-
ed wanting of that train. "W hats
the matter with that bu!gine as
- " here's that locomotive depot -
''Why don't the railroad come 2"
Nv olderift the railroads offthc tr;tcl>?'
and t,t tt.r .a%,.I,n,atiolS Questions
We're beginning 10 drop from voices Of
mingled inpatience and despair, Wien
the emblem Of civilization and smash
ups hove i!i sight. \ whistle. Il stop.
aboard, Ia scrcech from the loconlo-
tive, and With Il rattle a:Id Il roar eff,
Welt the Albany 200 for the Fair.
Trees, fences. houses, fit eel by, sta
tons, were CT ledat, and sometime be-
fore high noon we lit opposite the
Fair grounds.
Here We're tents, wagons, horte5.
people. Joining stream OF, the Iat-
ter, we tloaied up to the gate, showed
our complimentary, and drified III.
A current carried Us into the Pavilion.
Here the human current was alnao It Il
jam. Slowly we moved around, Wit
nessiilga a i;.ie floral display, Il good
show of fruits and cookcries, and a
moderate exhibition Of hou ;ellold ian
plcments. The needle and flncy-voli.
department we didn't see.
We joined the main current again.
and %lw provision. candy, larger beer,
and other booths and stands, shows of
different kinds, whir!agigS. hawkvrs
of cllre-alls, itinerlrt cigar ven,ie.r-,
etc, scattered along Il connllo,;ious
race track, as thick az flies in a molls-
ses barrel. Is this he animal depart
ment? exclaimed we, speech.es5ly.
Just then Il small. very small, c,lu,'
shot us around Il coruCr. AID 1T some
distance from the main current Of iiu-
manity, along With Il few solemn look
ing fioaters. we gazed at some very
, fine Cashmere. COtSwold. and OTHER
less noted sheep. a little further. a
few lonesome looking hogs. Drifting
around again, we were Slot by IN i'm
! pulse across the main channel. over
! the fence. into the race track inclOs-
llre. Here we saw some bulls. cows.
/ calves. An unexpected current car
ried us from here, under the fence, to
some sheds where there We're quite a
number of pioWS. wagons, carria ges,
patent fences. hay presses, etc. which
we could have bought had we desired,
and had Il qtoit',na sM6ictt Of filthy lu-
ere. After this we floated about with
out aim or ambition. We could not,
however, avoid noticing the very large,
orderly crowd that filled the inclostre.
A better dressed, more civil crowd we
never saw anywhere, ut Il fair.
AT about five O'Clock, with blistered
feet and small headache, we boarded
the train, and, with many other IA
tigued Albanians, soon arrived "t,l
hum.'' where. on due reflection. we
vote the State Fair Il successful horse
show.
LONG TRAIN.-The longest train
that ever passed over the O. eo C. Rail
road, of which we have any knowl-
edge, passed through this city, bound
north, Oil Monday. There We're thirty
ears. besides the locomotive, tender,
! and baggage car.
NEW AGENT.-Mr. NJ. NJ. Hart.
the new agent at the Q. &. G. II. r.
depot, is "A very accommodating gentle
m;ll, and is giving great satisfaction.
SIECIsESSEI-I It'll Girl.S Lor..c