Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-10-14
so Cents! 80 Cents !!
A good Kid Glove at McCausland & Bed
ford's for 90 cents, worth 81.
st. Louis Fair.

Wednesday night of last week we went to
st. Louis to see the great fair. We found
the city full Of people, and all the hotels
crowded. or course we put up at Bar
NUNS, where nearly all Lexington people
stop, and of course the accommodating clerk,
Tom. Pritchard, a former Lexington boy,
found comfortable quarters for us. As
Thursday was the big day, there was agreat
rush for cOnveyances. The street cars 60
ing toward the fair grounds, were loaded to
the utmost Some care aarpi.a Fail, se.y
persons at each trip. The grounds were
alive with people, and every hall was jam
med. We saw hundreds of things which
were well worthy of close study, but u
slight glance was about all we had time t.
give them. Machinery Hall, Fine Art Hall,
Floral Hall, and several other halls were all
crowded with useful and beautiful articles,
while the various stalls were full of fine,
fat cattle, or celebrated horses. We tried
to see everything, but after two days of hard
work in squeezing through various depart
ments, we came to the conclusion that we
had not seen half of the SHOW.
The GROVE In attendance on Thursday
was variously est mated at from sixty thou
sand to one hundred and fifty thousand per-
sons. Sixty thousand was about the num-
Der present. The gate receipts for the day
were nearly 81, 900, and of course there
were many dead-heads, stock men, and
others who paid nothing. The weather was
very disagreeable, being cool and windy,
which kept many from attending.
Tho Iap, n a~of,o Hor,h I;rl,A a..
the city at night was q splendid sight, and
very encouraging to democrats. The pro-
cessiOn was over three miles long, marching
four, and sometimes eight abreast, with
bands of music to every hundred men. All
were in uniform, and each man, except the
musicians, had u torch or q transparency.
For more than Il mile Fifth street was a
solid mass OF people, who stood watching
the procession.
Friday was q more disagreeable day thar
any preceding one. The win blew a
perfect blast, and it was miserabIy cold,
but there were about thirty-tiye thou
sand people on the fair grounds. 1t seemed
as though. most people were visiting the
halls, and only went to See the stock rings
when they were very tired and wanted to
sit dow and rest. Although the stock was
good, the ring was so large it could not b.
seen to advantage. The fastest trOtting
done in the ring, looked rather slow. A
fine brass brand occupied a position in the
center Of the ring, but it was only OCCASION
ally that we could catch u strain of music.
The continual murmur OF twenty or thirty
thousand voices rowne the noise of The
band. ...'
The geological department was we'll SUD.
piled, and was visited by everybody. We
think that department should be kept open
for several months, as q free exhibition,
hundreds of people did not know the tigers
from the leopards, and thousands had no
idea OF the names of the different beasts thew
saw. The monkeys drew such crowds that
we found it impossible to get near enough
to see them. Every department of the fair
was complete, and the exhibition is pro-
nounced the largest and best ever held, 1t
would be almost impossible to mention the
hundreds of useful and fancy articles ON
exhibition.
There was quite q number of LeXipgto-
mans in st. Louis during the week, but il
was only an accident that any two met. In
TACT, st. Louis Is quite q large town, and il
II was not so far from Lexington it might
soon expect to rival New York. AS it is.
everybody seemed to be busy, and the pave
ments near the wholesale houses were
crowde with boxes of goods. We think
the city and the fair, together, are quite a
big thing.
Cooks circus, Which went I'D the river
about two months ago, passed down on their
boat this week. This show was billed for
sedalia and other inland points, but In com.
ing down the river the boat got upon a bsr
and stuck there two days. They concluded
that as they could not reach Sedalia they
would show here. As the license for a cir
Gus Was too high for them they only p,v.
minstrel entertainments. Tuesday night tho
audience was slim. Wednesday night the
house was two-thirds full, but the perform.
ancs was much below what was expectsd
The trained dogs and the contortisnist were
pretty good. but the balance was yery du,I
The tight rope performance in the evening
which consisted Sf WALKING an, n,,