The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-04-13
Features of the st. Louis Fair.

| great city OF the world
| The st. Louis Fair is sometbin,, d;s.;,o. o,a
noteworthy It is not state fair or = oor,,,
fair. 1t Is the Fair Of the St. Louis Ayr;c,,tu.
raj and Mechanical Association. Ia ,a
comprises area of eighty-three acres 90 uh;,h
from twelve TO fifteen are covered bv ro0Sro
and not d little OF this over permanent s.ruc.
| lures.
The Eleventh Annual Fair was held fror,
Monday. Oct %, to Friday, Oct 9Th. The an.
trance fees on the first day were near Sc 900. IN
the second still greater, on the third Sl5, 30
on the fourth near $4,000. The attendance
(estimatedl wentup from about thirteen thousand
on Monday to eighty thousand on Thursday.
One reason why this Fair is attractive il. III.
large number and the large amount of nrs.
mums. Another reason is, that "the Who'll.
! boundless continent" recognises St Louis az -.
| common centre. He who has a new thing n, .
| good thing serviceabe to mortal use takes il n
st. Louis, that the world may see it at q slsnce.
| and by one exhibition. All the States are repre.
scented here; Canada and the Indian stions.
Seven OF the cotton growing States were repre.
sented at the opening by two hundred and
ninety-seven exhibitors, competing for the $1O.
oo0 offered as premium in that department, Tho
corn planter and the cotton planter, the hsv
press and the cotton press, stand side bv side
with the single cutter, for Northern pinsa.
irving and smoothing 2S in a mlnutel the nav.
ly patented graiu-coolcrs for the Hoo<s Of thu
mammoth warehouses of the grain growing
| states.
II l. not easy to conceive Of any new and use.
! ful thing not there, from the diamond drill
which cuts Mount Cents tunnel to the delicate
machinery and nimble fingers Of the Elgin
| watch makers. The ingenious the curion, tia
beautiful and useful machinery, Of farm and
shop, and much OF it peculiar to given localities.
were there. For example, TIE common pillow.
"The Lady'- G. ,iter' !or the cotton 6eld-",a,
row, low in the instep high in the heel" "a use.
less here rs Massachusetts, field plow would be
on prairie. There were three hundred and
sixty entries OF Agricultural implements. of
which probably three-fonrths were different in
their use. aid observation-disclosures. varieties.
! There were hundred and forty.one entries Of
poultry, covering nearly oil varieties worth hsv.
ing. There were two hundred and twenty.one
specimens OF machinery in the mechanical de.
par'ment. There wera nine hundred entries at
the opening Of textile fabrics and nsteriAl
There were representatives of the fiues, blood.
ed stock ever seen in the United S.a,ss from the
best breeds in the known world The Pre,,dent
of the United States hal seventeen stalls Of
blooded stock, from hi, s.. Loui. farm Ina
word, human industry aud skill a, every where
applied showed their choicest products there:
! tropical flowers and fruits, mammoth products
OF the field Gnd Z rle> varieties Of grapes hang.
ing 10 their vines, countless varieties Of wines:
textile fabrics aud paintings and sculptures, il.
lu-tratins Protestant and Catholic origin Ma
donnas in wood and Marble, aud plaster What.
ever is usual elsewhere VS. here in profusion, in
varied and costly elegance. Besides that, were
the unusual and the uncommon huge nuggets
of native silver, from the mines, and great
blocks of bullion silver bars
! The Amphlthestre is distinct feature. It
encoses a race course Of one .fourth Of mile in
circuit, central pagoda for music and judges.
The Amphitheatre provides seats for twenty
thousand people, sud covering for seventy
thousand. Under its promenade gallery on the
outer circuit, and The tiers Of seats facing out.
wardly, are ststeroom- or apartments, Of size
varying from few feet TO large rooms, occupied
as restaurants and saloons. and representing
large number of natienslites. Some represent.
ing religious societies, Catholic Orphan Home"
"St Cecilia" Baptist Church" Tho May flow.
er Church." etc. Piles Of bread, cold meats,
boiled hams, bologna ssussges, &C., &c, il.
| lustratc what an amount of "msnna" such Q
multitude needs for dinner. Tons Of ale, kegs
of ale, wagon loads of ale, indicate the lars!
concourse of that folk known in 1861 and go q
the id Dutch" whose bayonets then saved
that city to the Union They have an interest
here in the mechanic arts, in fine arts, "a chem
lists, merchant princes, 40 tobacconists, farm.
gardeners brewers, and vintners This Fair 10
polyglot, as we'll as continental, and has vast
and varied stores of fluid refreshments. These
saloons representatives of saloons in the city.
The German, however, does not drink all tho
beer; nor is beer alone drank. The official re-
port of St. Louis for September 1871 Zone monthly
shows 1744 arrests; of these 720 scere for drunk.
enness in the streets. 412 females arrested, and
for drunkenness 1877. 1882 males arrested, for
drunkenness 5Ga The nationslities represented
are as follows: U. S. GAO, u g. Co'orsd geo,
Ireland Goo, German 230, etc.
Scarcely nothing of drunkenness or disorder
appears on the Fair Ground. There tho intslli.
uert prclucers the pr.izans of a great country.