The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-17


EDrroRs cLantox: That the ap-
preaching siats Pair here, at the CAPT
tai, il going % Be attended By an i'm
menzae concourse n people admiia q
no doubt nov, hence ] desire 70 ofIsr .
few Suggestions that j trust may Be Of
use to some per-ona; ny aim Is 70 guard
against the confusion and annoyaness
that may arise from not attending 70
these suggestions:
!. Let every hotel, boarding house
and private family in the city prepare
All the extra beds IN their power, even
Il they have 70 "croWd up" and put
themselves 70 some little Inconvenience
for one week 70 do 60; remember that
visitors 70 the Fair who cannot obtain
places 10 sleep viii not remain longer
than they can get away and may never
return here again a. our subsequent
Fairs, no matter what the attractions
may be. Jackson can furnish sleeping
accommodations for thousands Of visit
ors II she viii
2 Let every hotel, boarding house and
private family In the city lay in ample
supplies Of provisions, byore the Far.
During the Fair the merchants Of the
city should have their whole time 70 wait
upon strangers and visitors. that peo-
/ pie may not 20 away from Jackson with
out buying what they wanted because
they could not be waited upon. The
merchants Of Jackson have been very
liberal In making up the three thous-
and dollars bonus 10 have Fair here,
and "the town trade" should not take
up their time during the Fair; they
want TO make all the sales they can dur
/ ing that week to strangers and visitors,
and will not be able 10 do 70. unless our
citizens do their trading before ne FAR.
Then II provisions and groceries are not
laid In before the Fair many a house
wife will have cause te be mortified at
not having In the house what she should
have 10 entertain her visitirs, and fret
ing at servants for not returning prompt
~ from the stores with the desired arti-
cles, because they could not be waited
upon, will do no good. "A stitch in time
saves nine"
3. Fuel-eoal and woOd-like pro-
visions, should be laid in also in good
time. II will be quite difficult 70 get
fuel delivered during the Fair, most all
the teams being employed about IL, and
who knows but a cold snap may be pre-
yailing then when fires will be indispen-
sable at every residence.
4. Every hack or carriage should be
got ready 20 convey passengers from the
trains to TIE Fair Grounds as all will be
needed, aud il will prevent extortion
being Practiced upon visitors, but any
one willing 10 convey passengers at lcss
than the established rates should not be
interfcred with. Composition Is the
life Of trade"
5. As in the wake Of Fairs a lot Of
professional pick-pockets, burglars and
thieves are always 10 be found, let
every one be upon his guard, and
specially let no one leave his house open
and unprotected while off 20 the Fair
grounds.
8. Every attention and courtesy
should be shown by our citizens TO the
Northern visitors and land hunters com
ing here for the first time, upon the ILL.,
inois Central Railroad Excursion, and
all assistance given them to obtain IN
formation upon Mississippi, upon the
location, prospects and advantages Of this
city "a a railroad centre and future MAJ
ufacturing city, that they may be in
duced to locate their families here and
invest their capital in our midst.
A stranger is very apt to form his i'm
preston Of town, as future home, by
the kind reception and attentions he may
receive at the hands Of its citizens, max
ing him feel that his company would be
desirable.
Z. Let every one here, in fact in this
State, feel an interest in making of this
State Fair grand success, and con-
tribute what he or she can towards it.
The good name Of Mississippi has been
brought into great reproach by its fail
ure TO make any display at Louisville,
let this Fair here redeem our name and
wipe out the stain upon our noble
escutcheon, only to be eclipsed by the
magnificent display to be made, side by
side with her sister Southern States at
the great Worlds Exposition, at New
Orleans, in 1884. Mississippians can dc
il If they will.
C. d. BUsTAMASTE.