Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-09-13
UNDER the WIRE.
The State Fair Comes Down the
Home Stretch In Good Shape,
And Passes the Judges Stand Far Ahead Of
All Competition---The Spectators -
Say Il Will Be a Winner
in 1886.

The West Virginia Exposition and State
Fair Of 1885 has passed into history. The
races, the exhibits, the fakirs and the spec
tators have deserted the grounds upon
which they met upon one common muddy
level, and the broad acres which during six
days teemed with life and umbrellas are
now bare Of eli save the homely peanut
shuck, the unproductive and injudicious
pool ticket and an odor Of stale beer, the
latter lingering beneath the grand stand.
The careful newspaper man, with a head
ache and six columns of space to fill, finds,
in locking over the Fair week, that
FIVE SALIENT POINTS
presents themselves to the mind, to-wit: The
Exposition was well managed, it played in
tough luck as to westher,it was well patron
lied by the public when people could ven,
lure out without fear OF being drowned, it
was largely contributed to by farmer exhi
bitors, and, i contained shsmetully small
number Of exhibits BY our local msnufsc.
turers and business men. All these points
however, have been dWelt upon at length,
save only the last, and with it for text We
beg leave to be INDUCED for short time.
Wheeling is pre- eminently manufactur-
irg centre, and her industries are large and
diversified almost beyond comparison with
any other city of equal population. We
have rolling and bail mills, machine shops,
fourdries, glass houses, q pottery second to
none in the West lantern works, msnufsct-
urers oil miscellaneous iron and steel work,
tsuueries, breweries, plumbers, and other
concerns Of large ard small degree engaged
IN the production Of Injuries or necessities,
ard yet
NONE OF THEM
had an exhibit on the ground. We have
mercantile houses engaged in handling al!
the innumera6le articles of traffic and com
MERGE and yet beyond few lines like mus
ical instruments, sewing machines, farm
machinery or dry goods, the
representation was, generally speak
ing, fsr from what our city should have con
lributed. The country people came to the
frcrt literally IN the matter of exhibits in
live stock poultry and farm products, bat
our manufacturers, who should have Wed
with the agricul,uralis's in making display,
did nothing, and our merchants beyond
few energetic gentlemen let the oppor;u
nity for Il truthful aud creditable exhibition
of cur varied industries, 90 by unheeded
What stranger looking over the grouno
Sculd have ever dreamed that Wneeliug
wss the usil center Of the United States, or
that it contained the most extensive glass
works in the country, or vas noted for hsc
stogies. This omission Of our people TO
hsng cut
A TWENTY ACRE ADVERTISEMENT
n the face of the word for one week Look
bad, when viewed in the light of the enter
Prise displayed IN other cities-CinCiunsti
OF PIttsburg, for examples. Gentlemen, let
us DO better another year, and let all the
world see, when September shall roll around
again, that we are engaged in turning our
various articles OF commerce, and that We
have energy sufficient to hang few samples
mp where the visitor from abroad can get 8
Iook at them.
Yesterday was the IDEAL day for Fair
TIE sun shown brightly, and It's warm rays
we're pleasantlytempered by gentle breeze
EVERYBODY was in the best of spirits, and
while on the ground enjoyed themselves to
their full capacity. The attendance in the
morning was light, but soon after noon the
number Of spectators increased to very
respectable crowd, and when the hour for
calling the races arrived there were about
two thousand people in sight from the re-
porttrs stand. With but two or three OK
ceptions, none of the exhibitors lett thu
grounds until one or two o'clock, and these
removals were confined 70 live stock or the
paispherrsha Of the takers AID others hold
ing privileges. As on the previous DAYS,
there was snabseuce Of anything ike drunk
erress ard disorder, ard tie day passed off
In very pleasant manner Below will be
ioUud the races in detail.
The receipts OF the Association during
The week at the gate foot up something over
$4,000, divided about as follows Monday
5000 Tuesday 800; Wednesday, 81, 100,
Thursday, $4,000; Friday, s., 100, aad Sat.
urday about 81 200. ih"se being but approx
innate round numbers The receipts from
all other sources must be half as much
more, which will lei the management out
and something over.