The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-05

gers alike The Kewaunee Manufacturing Lam.
panY of Illinois. had, with great libqrslity, pre-
sented the Association with one OF It's handsome
and powerful wiud-mills which was erected over
one OF the wells for the purpose Of supplying
water.
The receipts Of the second fair were sufficient
to pay ell expenses, anda consideTabis anohntp
(some $SOO1 towards tbs cost OF the additional
improvements just completed The BQafd OF
directors, unwilling to subject the STOCKHOLDERS
to the necessity Of an assessment afTsnged for
the payment Of the remaining amount due on the
cost OF improvements, and for an additional strip
OF land which bad been purchased asd partially
enclosed, by loan, which the net receipts OF The
next annual fair will doubtless easily meet, as the
expenses VIII oe less, while the receipts may well
be expected to largely exceed those df ihe last
fair, as the Legislature will be In session next
winter and the fair will be held some time during
the session. Is =
"A third fair, consisting Of flower show and
exhibits Of vegetables and fruit, was hold on the
9Th and 9th Of April, 1880. Although iggtien up
on the spur Of the lnoment - u were. s(hls exhi
biton was particularly creditable and effective as
a means of showing what may be doae with u
little effort This fair was intended especially to
attract the attendance of some OF the large num-
Der OF winter visiturs who were sojournng in the
different sections of the State, particularly in
East Florida; but partly because the rates OF
fare on the railroads were not low enough, and
partly because Of the insane fear existing among
the people OF East Florida lest visitors should see
the farest and most attractive portfon Of the
Slate, and thus few dollars less would be real
lied from the annual crop of tourists, theattend.
ance of this class was small. The proceeds of
the fair, however. covered the expenses
In the work of encouraging immigration the
Association has nol been idle Besides the effect
necessarily produced by the holding of the annual
fairs named, and the acquisition by Leon county
of the prize as the Banner County of the State;'
the method adopted for advertising the second
fair in January, 1872 was part of the Associa-
tion's efforts in this behalf The premium list
was published in the form of large, aSlcolumn
sheet, the same size as the FLoRIDIASI and con-
tanning, besides the premium list proper, several
columns of matter descriptive of Middle Florida,
generally and by counties, articles on rnitculture
in Middle Florida aud other kindred subjects, a
statistical table showing the population, ETC., Of
the ten counties OF the district, and advertise
ments Three large editions, aggregatiBg Ten thou
sand copies, were issued and circulated within
and without the State, on the nrst OF each OF the
three months imme iiatey preceding the fair,
The Board OF Directors for 1879 consisted OF
the following named gentlemen: +. hpusfoun
(Presiden1 ID. w. Gwynn, c. T. Davis, Eeltoy
u. Ball, =. y. Feafce, EDWARD Lewis CEreasaTerb
). ID. PERKINS, John A. Craig, and John bradford.
AT the stockholders meeting, held on Inc Slh OF
April, 1881, the following Board was elected Tor
the ensuing year; I. Houstoun, Y. r. DAVIS,
Lehoy ID. Ball. Z. T. Pearce, John BIadiord, M.
+. fapy' John .. winthrop, Dr. d. Il. handoipn,
and n A. Shine. Upon organizing, the new
boaro re-electeo I. Houstoun as fresluent, Sonh
.. winthrop twho had hiled tie unezpifed term
OF Edward Lewis, resigned j as treasurer, ana
Charles A. Choate, Secretary. Mr. Henry s
Elliott, Assistant Secretary, was subsequently,
eiected secretary, rsce Z. a Choatc resigned,
ana now ably nils that important position. A'3
Inc stockholders comprise the very best and
most SUBSTANTIAL ana representative Acitrzens OF
Leon county, among them many who are moi
gwen to investments which are not likely to pay;
ana II ls SAFE 10 conclude that IN su!sc1oing 10
the capital stock of the Associations they have
not overestimaied lis prospective Ialue. The
great bulk of improvement Of the grounds having
been already accomplished, a continuation of the
success in management and results which has SO
lsi been , So c1n,peuously On % demonstrated wlllnO'
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