The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-09-18

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The dreaIy waste Of political tAtlle,
which the newspapers print noW.a-dayS,
e bnghia1ed up here and there by re-
ports q StAte and county hin and expo
auonA Thy reffest the eye q The Fea-
der Like oases In s desert. This & the
season Of fairs Is Of political conventions:
and happily the Astounding good nature
Of the one class Of AsSemblAges comes to
GllAy the lTritAtions and Disappointment
inevitable 10 the other. Politicians are
deToured with anxiety for the future; bat
the farmers, who are the backbone o!
State fairs, ieel 81 peace and cheered with
the bounleous hAFVestl gathered or yet to
be. Hence We read in dispatches from
Iowa, Illinois, Kansas and other Of the
great agricultural States, that the fairs
this year are uneommonly well attended.
The buildings are larger and the display
Of entries inner than ever seen before. Most
Of these fairs have ample slde-shoWs o.
Art A gallery Of paintings Is now indls-
penSable TO the well.reSulated fair; and
We regard the exhibition Of pictures on
thesa occasions IS one Of the most fAcile
methods Of disseminating Z love Of at
throughout the country. Thus the COIN
Try fair, which some years ago was only
8 stimulant for the production Of NAM
moth cucumbers and prize pigs, now be-
comes the patron Of the highest refine
nent and culture. It Is interesting 10 no.
ice how much the horse figures In the
hairs Of this day. We have not seen q
programme Of one Of these meetings in
which trials Of speed for substantial
premiums" did not Ippear In q larger
style Of type than any Cher Of the attrac.
tons This is right Where we find
men particular about their horses, nice in
pedigrees and strenuous Is 10 fraction Of 3
minute, We find no lack Of business DIVE
and public spirit Horse breeding GOES
hAnd.in.hGnd on the farm with other meas
ure Of enlightenment and progress. The
best farming regions are those which
have the largest number Of good hOrss;
and 50 il TAILS out that the excellence Of
the horse show Is the accepted evidence
Of the general merits Of an agricultural
lair. This year the purses have been IN
precedentedly heavy, and the races very
spirited and interesting. While the far.
ming regions are thus taking their hard.
earned holiday, many Of the large cities
are holding industrial exhibitions Of the
usual pattern. We have already noticed
with COMMUNICATION the American InSti.
tute Fair, opened s few days ago. It ID
IS good as any Of its forty predecessors,
and that Is praise enough. The energetic
spirits Of the Institute cannot be forever
surprising themselves. Cincinnati has .
superb exhibition this year. The people
Of that city have reduced the fair business
70 the exsctness offs science. They know
how 10 run fairs as thoroughly IS old
TAmmAny once knew how 70 run conven-
tons The Cincinnati Fair Is 8 thing Of
beauty, which promises to be literally &
joy forever. This Is the third or fourth
year OF the enterprise, and the people are
ionder Of il than ever; and the exposi-
lion deserves their increased admiration
BY the perpetual round Of novelties dis
played. The art gallery Is the finest ever
seen 81 the West Ii Is worth . IMP to
the busy Q! Newark, \. J., to see the great
fAir Aiely o2ened there Newark L the
Se2I u 50 many wonderful industries that
she could Ill Tn acre building with
p1ocigieS Of her oEn manufacture. Prob
ably there Is no city o. her sue in the
United States where greater variety Of
rSdes Is pCrsued The Newark Far Is
the exhibition Of the best O; SeEArk's All
snd ingenuity, unGide1, We believe, By
Qualifications frou any Other plsce
Thick! Is the news q fairs po1rs in upon
., the season 70. there pleasant events
has 61i jcs; hesun Many Of the finest
exhibitions viii opsa towards the close Of
September, and so1e OF them, ike the
graf State FGi- q GeTgiA, viii not BE-
gin III The 1rst OF seoood week in Octo-
oec. Wherever and whenever these e.
me:coos q the nations industry and skill
take P!sce, We give them our hear6est
oentSoo-sos they are directly prouodve
q Al those qualities IN The citizen which
go to make up the wel-osde-ed state