The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-10-28


uL"Vel. ~ '""o bn the y
.n.''S. .l,' ''". ..;."|Seisy lnd to " ~
yisable. ''N '
The Oldest Fai ~
In this season of't-- H., il
Chicago, Cincinna Enrl. WHY" Il
and other cities, aICr s s' ah u'N e
other in the prod io o'e.. Il
hibt of the pract-. - = ~ \. y
of American met oG o :,
is interesting to ~ ~ "
quarter of hcsome Dr. ;r ',
has been in pl s552 ~ of b
magnitude, p' ,e f
yearly eXpo>it ss3s a ~, a
combined lilly Sc c
gorod, in Russ ~ t
its annual di.'4s. q
has been rcpe
four centureiful lin bsS i
producers of !
and of Tarta' ;S Ia t
rcrs of Wc>tt ~. t
raw produce
of ST. Pctcrs.~.D IT, IlzE s-st4e
West and separate6f Ei her twelve
month. The Fair, il laG' a vast mar ',
kct, temporary cityik WI began with :,
the interchange of CO gmlr les between
barbarians four hum 6%ureo rs ago at f.
location some eigh6 mil fstant from ,,
MIMI ovgorod. IT,, xistenCe Gf
two centuries, durihE W" beriod it 40 ,
sorbed into itself m kN,ior or Ekcts until it :
became the princih I knge of the ,,
empire the fair va f'ni::g TO its pres J
ent site. Under iu'h h.i'.'eter the
Great, the governing "F ed its direc-
ton, which authorit M IS eNetaGned.
Unlike the colloss s ma i,;}icc,At struc-
lures OF iron ana ST ox, w. we Aerect as
the receptaccs for os eMt ted Hproduc-
tions, the buildings Oh y. .NEpvgorod
bear close rcsemtlaE J"cc 10 l,fbvrinth
! Of streets and honsRYes "m' WI I, t,lSgcther, ,
makca Turkish bazaE E3"r. l" - broad
open market place, liec'a"s form,
on which are constr4Yic'cu rows of =
buildings, each soln@ ~ lMoS.; Esh hight, :,
having broad veraT u"i' , 81 lesy3ter the :,
passers from sun al 'u I: ~ h!e form /
parallel streets, som e oll n'cii al nearly :,
l20 feet in width. ~ ehHof the r
principal street, VII Eicl.as i 'ne Pade>t, :.
are the government no'e anu cathe- II
dral, on the sides q ~ s'i'' ""u chapel, -
near which are two MI covers e rails. -
the the opening ,nmr;'s OF cl sinof the one E. &
bull buIdinrs in T rests olDFfS9rYr IL; the 1wn 1s -,
other t three are arrolaA .arrolaA byA Ahorse- ,rIS 'r}S
shoe-shapcd moat, ke file "A VIZ water cs,a
at an elevation Of >mc cFtccn feet viii
above the river, as rec"ntn against nr;u
fire. The cdifces aremilt iron stan nrry
chions in the majorit Of ca, and all tin,
that can BE- removed re TAX away at /,
the close of the fair. \ largipmber Of cip,
buildings, however, remain, T. 18th re- MN.
markablc ,trcpgth wihstan a great .nul
yearly inundation of the which viii,
.ubmcrgcs the whole loca ,lvilg br i
only the tallest stIuc,ugstsy u 7le To !
abovcthe waters, ILL., mini; f. Venice: on t
1t is strange coht't; a SE town oi and
80, 900 inhabita14tg pletc Ygh goods "f TIVE,
every descriptia .Ame Wan wagons b
to Persian rug # ting fo about six touc
weeks and tn few nFlIhs later nf
nothing but s1 waste oEvaters h!ls b"tl
its place. Alth the nu'k Per of Wis, thcl
itors at any on ge may Ut exceed ta.c
$50 600. it is es cd that Nly 4 mil use
I1' lion peorle corI 81 90 Will the fair is and an
in progress. a, M value Of Bod> which dee,
have actuallvMcd nand. gluring the be t
fair just close Is imputed "ihSl2oooo,- far
! 600 arti,
The GOVERN O the pro;;Lcc super be l.
vi-c> the mar,seIrnt, aided II a c2:;i' t"n
mttcc choscLby he partc ANTS IN the men
fair. The &C lmitcc controls AL govern hon
mcit propcrt,, rcling the same at ow J..
rate. Thcrcare snlc curlo'l, regulations thol
~ regards exIibitrs, or rather 'cIlers - rrS>
for people c;lnc 0 sell thea and there "t Il
for r.>h-wlcl &c worth r"ting. For II
instance, cac, To' Of bul,lin5sis is de- otc" bull
to some especial ind Of goods, and m"r- his
chants thu, mmEllcl to crowd t"gcthcr mar
are cncour1eI compete with each own
other To Iicyct mnnopolic- and over ear,
.pcculatio a merchant i, permi tied and
to hire mnr IAN three consecutive thci
shops, nor ca II occupy more than one up,
shop unless t'rNdjoin each other, No trrc
impost, or A;ts are levied. and the ycal
shn,s are u>ltN let 10 the first conner, ton
the goycrnmrnasking no other gain of !
than the shalrcnts. which together accr
amount to 300 year. At the last \
fair, for ti- I'M G,oSG shops were .,rl
rented. Il b
The contentof the markets are, OF sam
course wondcrly heterogeneous. Ma som
chimes bearing us we'll known names tran
Of American Fl. are side b: sd" with der
the curious prlct- of Indian and Per and
sian looms. ere are iur> ard skins pai'
from Siberia, Is brought overland from nu'
China. cutlGry)m sheffield, flax, wheat, y
the importa tic Of the great hGu:c, Of our
Moscow andl Srccr-burr, aud Russian rno
iron, bc.dttpu>an,l- of article, repre- aud
scn,ng thhicf industries oi c'rry ma at
ton on ell There are usually I'M and
nrn>c amGt- of iron, stored on sandy suit
island in middle of the river ''k'', iar
about TIN quarters Of a mlIc long, farm
which i. only covered with water at mar
certain sons but whici, changes pile
it, shape cry year. 1t is said that the anc
ouan,ty oiron collected mere, in bars mcr
and ~hrctag.rcga,cs 10000 tons valued nla'
AZ over $Dooooo. In quality IT is 'ald w'a
to be b"tt ban LowmG"r, and equal 10 tur'
the be-, ll-l y tramway runs the 'hu
whole l",h llf he island. and
It i, diul to believe that not "n;;y the
are all tie rs, stores !ilcd and emp up
tied in Acck>, but that the stoir- tn"
hou,cs a rcunoycd and that their sl1s St"'l
are cnvrl la spring hy ten or twelve and
feet ,f w,r On the occasion nf the re- 700
cent vi,of ,,lr Duke Of Edinburgh t" dr"'
anm.n the r I.h""nr H.: """'i in sSnys si1I o| S y @ '
construct entirely Of their stock. @lc 'hr'
>trncturcya. il The form Of a turrr' Rd owe
,,locn Lo tr,c,s were built Of Mr j