The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-09-06
The Coming Fair.

The Coming Fair.
The, officers of the Monroe County
A Agricul ural Society continue to receive
rom every part Of the county the most
gratifying assurances that the coming
Fair and Picnic Of the Society, to be
held on their New and greatly enlarged
Grounds on the a8th, 18th and 30th of
will be the largest gathering
of the kind ever assembled on the So.
ciety's grounds since its organization
twenty-five yeats ago.
Applications are pouring into the
Secretary asking for terms and space for
a multitude of different interests. Two
or three want the exclusive right to
ma nufacture and sell hot candy on the
grounds; four or five applications are
on file asking for room and right to sell
new and improved tinware.
Four different persons are applying
for the privilege of selling soap prize
packages One halls from Washington,
DC, one from Cleveland. Ohio, and one
from Cincinnati, Ohio. They have ap
paren,ly rather curious way of making
money. They will roll five dollar bill
up in prize cake package, snow you
see it and now you don't see it," and
they will sell all to you for one dollar.
One fellow wants you to strike great
ponderous blows with a huge sledge
hammer at 5 cents. Walk up. 1t is
delightful exercise. No vulgar work
about it.
Another wants you to test his new
and improved litter; you pay your five
cents, pull off your coat, jump on to the
platform and say you don't feel like lift
ing to-day, don't feel we'll, can't lift
morn half as much as Jake did, spit on
your;hands, seize the thing and pull un-
til you get red at the tip of your ears,
your eyes pop out foot, and your sus-
penders burst and all for cents. Cheap
as dirt.
One wants room for hotel and res
tsurant; acother for q stand to sell pea.
nuts, candy and lemonade, &c, DC.
We have assurances that McCormick's
horse, the celebrated "Wild Wagoner,'
will contest for the trotting premium
Many predict that be will give Ex-Sher'
if Cochran's horse, "White Cloud" .
full days work.
Tue flying bay mare, $50 Hannah,
from Newport, it is confidently expected
will be here and take part in the dispo.
si,ion of the Premiums.
I Also, the presence OF the celebrated
full blood morgan, bay mare OF Georg
Forshey's, which is said to show her tai
to ALL of them, is pronounced certain
ty for this Fair.
Also, the Marietta borse "Clay Bank,
and mare "Lulu,'' will want 10 hav
their owners carry of two Of the prizes
We also expect to have on exhibition
a monster block of coal, (black dia
mond) which will be taken from tn
Woods6eld Coal Company's mine OF
the farm of DR.. T. H Armstrong, o
Captina Creek, near Armstrong; mil
into which they have sunk shaft 6
ieet below the surface and SO feet belo,
the A foot vein on Sunish near Woods
field. They have thus by their enter
prise and an outlay of about $500
opened up to commerce and manufat
turers this great coal field. Success t
them
One of the chief features of this Fai
and Picnic will be the intellectual tres
in store for the assembled multitude
] Rev. Edmonds. of the NJ. E. Church
e Hon. Jas. R. Morris, Geo. W. Garrett
e rers, ESQ.,, Hon. R K. Walton and job
, B. Driggs, ESQ, have kindly cousente
to address the people on the Fa
Ground on subjects to be selected b
themselves and which will be announce
8 hereafter.
}, The managers fatter themselves th,
they will have the pleasure of havin
rttnesee grounds ready Tor the aecommf
8 dation of-.he boys in blue who propcs
e holding re union here in October.
We will bid the brave men who
i storms of she'll, and grape and caniste
: saber CLEAN and bayouet tarust, impe
s lied life and limb, devoting themselve
l. TO destruction, if need be, to save II
r heritage OF our fathers welcome, an
e whether with bowed heads and in sat
j. ness lamenting the untimelv death of
e brave comrade by dastardly and GOV
e ardly assassination or rejoicing IN tt
IS assured prospect of his ultimate reco'
e cry, we will bid them thrice welcome
d these grounds if they will in any ws
s serve their purpose.
o Come in your wagons, IN your ca
IS riages, with your folks OF all ages ar
: lei Us have a rousing County Picnic
: and Fair. By order Of the Board.
u JAMES WATSON, President.
WIN. H. SIMMONS, Secretary.