The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-08
EURoPYs GREAT FAIRS AND xaRKETs.


multiplied the great annual gatherings which
served TO stimulate and concentrate trade are
fast vanishing from Europe. Most of the lively
temporary bazaars once held Mt Greenwich.
Edmonton. Peterborough. and Charlton Green.
and which reproduced the wcll-known features
Of Bart'rmy Fair" have been abolished 10y act
of Parliament while even in Ireland the hustle
and gaycty associated with the names of Donny-
brook and Ballinasloe have passed into ira
ditiOns. On the continent. however. some types
Of those half-festive. half-mcrcantlc ASSEM-
bagcs survive. whose quaint or fantastic char
actors merit notice. The Jahrnnrkt." or an
nual mart. in Germany. differs essentially from
an English fair ut the epoch when the latter
nourishcd. and no less markedly from an ltal-
ian carnival. or any other scene Of boistcrous
saturnalia. A Jahrmarkt can hardly be called
divertng, being nothing more than an ordi-
nary market. held for the most part In the open
air with this distinction. indeed, that the pre-
pondcrancc in business. instead Of attaching to
staple comosiibes. beongs To articles Of cloth
ing. toys. cakes. pipes. and particularly books.
one of the most important Of these periodical
marts being that of Lcipsc. specifically known
as a"book fair" But while these meetings
seem analogous in their commercial aspects 70
our American trade sales. what is known IA II
German carnival is something very different
Take. for instance. the Grotcsduc. rollckng
festival which passes under that name mt Co
logne This is splendid exhibition Of
national oddities. not wanting. moreover. in
poetic element. Here you see promcnadcd
through the streets world of figures allcgor-
zeal and NEUROLOGICAL, drawn in chHriots or on
wheeled thrones by horses strangely capari-
soned. or by oxen and other animals trickcd
out to simulate bears. tigers lions. and other
fcrorious beusa. These vehicles. which dis
play the most diverse and outlandish costumes.
corresponding To the persons Represented. are
marshallcd and followed 10y knots Of horscmcn
and men on foot. bearing banners gay with en-
hlrms and devices. and by troops OF musicians
and aorohais. the latter performing fcats Of
vigor and agility. and the former blowing mar
tial sound from sonorous metal, ~ the process
sion files along. The dcilling OF this cortcge.
which is not married by shabblncss. ms IT. coun-
trrfeiis in other places often are. hut has q bar
barrie magnnccncc. fills the principal streets Of
Cologne through the greater part Of a morning.
In the afternoon. all the participants in th
mediaya pageant betake themselves to n ban
quet at one Of the taVcrns in the town. whore
after jovial and uproarious entertainments in
tcrspcrs"d with songs political illusions. and
personal gibes. they relapse into that bland and
phlcgmatc form Of drunkenness which seems
TO be- pee uiar to Germany
The Tyrolcse fairs are certain TO charm the
eye 10y III" bright rolors ana unipu" shapes of
III" gaia costumes worn by men ana women,
hut their principal attraction TO the stranger
lies IN Ia" rhoirs made up 10 execute Ia" pecu-
liar mu-icol the country. The most -trlkingly
dlsslihli"r voices are selected ana by constant
practice IN concert mai" To rroduc" effects at
once drliehiul ana original ~ To the carni-
walls of Venice and other Italian cities. which
YfAr tho Tvr.,l xc,uld paturuIlv ,,tn.. in ,t.l.r
ihy are too iam'linrly known io need do-crip-
ti"n. We may mention. however. that new
species Of fair has lately been introduced In the
r'uinsnla' nancy, the 'air"l wins. I'LL" ilrst
TOOK pace IN March lo'@' ana the samples ol
It'liah Nh''ises collected ON ihat occasion are
s"d To nav" exceeded loo" bottles.
Russian iNir" may b' DIVIDED INTO three cato
CORES we Hr-' DOME HaI' UP oil dramNll' rep
rose lii'h- hli'r IN" manner "i th' "ld mira
'r ui"NS' some "i ti'-' are r"'iiy noteworthy
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sour h'"r' i'rn'ni'd cabbage. not emitting the
ran 'ld %r'Hsu win whi'h t' C"Ssacks smear
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'Iu"h'd rl'"hr~s' many "i th'm pelns herr
looms ana r'pr'-ch'inS II may DEE the whole IN
h''tHn'e oi great laniy' me most salient