Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-11
TWENTY THOUSAND.
The State Fair Grounds SWarmi7g
With Sightsesrs.
A PopUL LAR TiMAT
Tire People Get Damp and CheerIesS Day
at Defance.--The Great Exhibition
in Full Blast.
AN oUTPoURING EXPECTED TO-DAY

Yesterday morning broke bright and
sunny, and the officials and exhibitors at
the State Fair rejoiced With exceeding
great Joy over the prospects Of at last get,
ting q spell Of weather in some manner be
fitting the occasion and worthy the eXhibl.
ton over which they have laborcd 80 long
and so earnestly. Thousands OF people
likewise shared in this feeling Of elation,
Tor not only did a very large number OF
citizens and strangers much desire an op-
portunity Of attending the Fair, but the
vast multitude Of the friends of the enter.
prise earnestly hoped that some measure OF
success might recomTense the members OF
The ASSOCIATION
for the great risk they had run and the spirit
Of enterprise they had shown in building up
20 great an institution in our midst, Ey.
erybody seemed in the best Of spirits, and
long before the gates were thrown open the
people began 10 wend their way to the
grounds by all possible avenues OF approach.
Even as early as the hour for opening the
.a,es it was patent 10 the mo:t careless 90,
server that it would be big day. All the
conditions were favorable Daring the
night various railroads had brought an i'm
mense number OF people from the towns
ying within a radius Of one hundred miles
around the hotels contained
STANDING ROOM oN.T,
and very limited amount Of that, the tav-
ems aud boarding houses were jammed
and private citizens who did no: have from
one TO half dJzeG country relatives and
trirLGs Quartered upon them were eNcep-
tions to the general rule During the early
portion OF the day the various railroads on
both sides OF the river bgourhj in special
trains heavily loaded with expcctaut sight
seers, the steamboats, sent another quota TO
swell the throu-, and the cities and towns
ust without our walls seemed TO have
turned their entire population INTO our
streets. The tgrmcrs, TOO, were AZ behind
the rest, aai hundreds came or horseback,
or in wagons with their families to SEE the
sreat Far. Before the hour c. opening The
yntes The rush across the river commenced,
aud the half hundred o. more tercgmen had
heir hands tdll o accommodate tue swarm
Of patrons which kept pressing upon them
INSIDE TIE GGGvTrs
very thing was in apple pie order, and not
withstaudinr the stI! wei eHr>l and
dre~ched buildings tne Exposition never
iooLI's IN better shape. Soon AFTER 30 clock
th, beauty of the oiear blue sky began 10 D.
malred by dr;f,i 2 masses OF dark, ominous
looking clouds, ard an hour later The
.4avpns mad assumed a airlI. l-4N.s""d -
! ubicr forDuIed no good Soon aIt"r ii
| o'clock drilling ram bean 10 ta.!, and 1t
S,eu.,G as though a long, steady rain we're
sbout 70 set in. The rush of people tell oil
in a marked degree from that time until
about D dock, man" strangers who had
intended gu.nr over living up the idea and
devoting themselves, 20 the regular rounue
OF their .sual oceupat;ors n Ii" 2,se It The
former class, and to shopping in the latter.
The threatened storm dd mt y-eaa how
ever, a:tnoggh it was
CLOSE cAj1.
aud aHer d5ilzlin! aud spririling for an
hour or two the clouds begaE TO break up,
and by > o'clock the sun was showing HIM
| SET fhrou "a an occasional opening. Seeing
| the rain wGs likely to hold oa the rush OF
ptorle recommended about o clock, and
| icr TWO or threa hours an almost unintec-
| -rp,ed pro- pssiou wendcd y way down South
| h,ort street from the bridge and ferries
| Hundreds care into the grounds ov the
south Penn street entrance, while the gate
=, ,Se extrame point Was thrown open and
r. Wclh ferry beat made frequent land
,... from either side OF the river. At ;
,,n; he crowd wa3 tremendous II being
.. -nil,a hgt once or vice in all the history
. rh. Nss-ciation Experienced Fair men
... r,r,.,meu Otherwise competent put the
.. .no-t At
>y. .NR FROM TWENTY THOUSAND,
a,a this estimate seemed to be entirely
reasonable when one came 10 trareI over the
.colnGs and size up the multitude. The
view from the reporters stand at he race
track, st This hour w@s noa5ie one, and
S.,,h the entire piice Of admission. The
~ ID stand, with Il ,apaciy Of lhFe' ;hou'
=, i five hundred Was ulisd TO i:s utmost
o.. ,,i.y the Quarter stretch Swarmei With
pr, p!e and rigs Of all kind, the space de-
ys,sd 10 pool selling vas black, while
around The entire circuit OF the halt nile
,r,ck stretched M uAJ.O..eH Inc Ct hunaA,
:,r in many places i~0. thee four, and
even siN deep, The crowd ia this circle q one
b.irr estimated "a. five or ak thousand.
WIh ten thousand peOple thu. in sight the
remainder Of tie grounds up along Tue 1--we
stock pens aroun,; j. sp,." ":.,''rG 10 Tue
rrglaurar'>, caS.es I'D -hC%s AID about
he buildings wa5 Ihe
g, Mass OF GErs
=, q hi. alle IN Main Building !. va,
crr.h and Machinery and uor,icuI urs.
Halls neld hundreds Of o,usrs. 1t vas dts
-irr,;r,y an ou-o.tcwn crowd. Not hat
there we're not thousands OF city psCn'e
nrestn,. out these were lost in the over
yrI.'m;ng number OF folks from abroad
puits nimber Of city folks went over :;
lie POUNDS in l,,lo family parties az! II
tours skies and eirhts Of young folks, TAX
jDr toothsome luncheons along, and eadng
Sinner in some c" the buildings or IN ta'
onon air 10 picnic, thus making ii possl Vi
- pu, in the entire day il seeing the lghts
O,bers again patrouizcd some one OF tn
various lunch counters, but these were lo'
The most part country folks and othe
.,rarsers. who had but a limited amount 0
lime ., their disposal and desired to MAKE
: it 90
IS rAE As POSSIBLE.
hmonr nll the thousands in attendan,
he 5es, Of order prevailed, and no 'nsilnG'
, E e.scrder or even uu-ou,lemaulinesr coli'
Na heard Of. The moving panorama pre-
ser,,d y the vast thro6g was an eve
csar,irc but alwsys interesting on"
and ,he student of human naturr and 'a'
observer Of the curious and amusing va
never al loss for something 10 r4g'-e NJ
attention.
About one O'CLOCK q REGISTER re22Ti9
found Secretary George Hook in his Oh ..
his face w,eatled ms miles and genera. al
e o. satisfaction perm yatiag E!' wl9.e 's. =
IN response to . question as to how matter
+ ~ere g7iug. be said: Capital. capita
You can say the Fair boom has struck u
. at last, and that we have nearly tEert
. thousand people inside tn fence. L n
5 weather has been against Us right aIOnG
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