Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-16
Ohio State Fair,
Sept. Sd. 4th, 5th, 9th and 9TH, 1888.

The thirty-fourth annual Ohio State Fair
will he hold at the City of Columbus, on Mon
day, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day, Sept. 3, 1, ), 6 and I, and arrangements
are now so far completed, that the State Board
of Agriculture is able to announce that one of
the largest aud grandest exhibitions of agricul-
tural and mechanical products ever held in
Ohio, is promised by the fattering indications
that are presenting themselves from every sec
tiOn of the country.
Since the permanent location of the Ohio
State Fair upon grounds amply large for all
manner of exhibition conveniences, the board
has been enabled to make improvements not
only in the appearance of the great exhibition
grounds, but in the character of the exhibition
buildings, and in other improvements, the board
has kept in view the greatest comfort and con-
venience of both visitors and exhibitors.
he-exhibition grounds are now among the
largest and most beautiful of any in the United
States, while the exhibition accommodations,
especially in the departments of live stock, are
second to none, the buildings and stalls afford
ing more than one hundred and twenty square
feet of exhibition space under cover.
For the coming fair nearly 5000 is offered
in premium Inducements, and so distributed
throughout the various classes as to insure a
large exhibit Of the very best in each depart
ment.
In addition TO the great attractions that will
be presented in the live stock classes and in
the halls Of machinery, manufactures, farm
products, textile fabrics, art music, horicul-
ture, etc, provision has been made for trials of
speed to take place upon the fine one-milc
track, each day during the fair. The exercises
will consist of trotting, pacing and running
races, and the great breeders stake races for
both runners and trOtters. One of the special
features on the one-mile track will be the grand
parade of all the premium animals in the vari-
GUS classes.
One of the several and decidedly new features
of the fair will he the grand night exhibitions
that are to be given. About fifty of the latest
improved and most powerful electric lights will
be distributed throughout the grounds and into
the exhibition halls. These lights, when in
full operation, as they will be each evening
during the fair, will afford grand sight, one
that will he witnessed with great interest by
thousands of people.
For the accommodation of strangers and
visitors generally, the State Board will open an
intelligence Office near one of the-main gates to
the state house yard. This office will be in
charge of an officer whose duty it will be to
give Tree Information concerning the pubic IN
stitutions, running of trains, hotels, boarding
houses, &c. A larger force of messenger boys
will he on to accompany and direct strangers
to the hotels and boarding houses and for which
no charge whatever is to be made. II anybody
fails to be in every way accommodated it will
be their own fault, as every provision has been
made for the care and comfort of all.
The State Board is putting forth every possi-
bic effort to make the ensuing exhibition
grand entertainment; and that the people of
the entire state may be given an opportunity to
attend, the numerous railways leading into
Columbus have contributed largely in the way
of providing cheap excursions, and plenty of
them, besides greatly reducing the rates of fare
on all regular trains.