The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-19

Even the weather was in holiday attire
to-day and seemed to realize with the
RHODE ISLAND people that the day of all
days, the first of the State Fair. had ar
rived. There is no event In the RHODE
ISLAND calendar so much looked forward
to, nor which draws such crowds. The
people came from North, South. East and
West, from Burrillville among the hills.
the fat little island OF RHODE ISLAND, the
Blackstone valley and the famed Paw
tuxet valley. Everybody comes, an d
makes IL a point to put on the nice st
smile possible TO greet everybody else.
The big farmer Is full Of the import
ance of bis livestock and pr oduce but he
spares time to look mt everything which
the city merchant aud the great manu-
facturer has to show and to laugh at the
fakirs. The women are OF great import
ance at the fair. for no such thing could
be properly conducted without them.
Their Judgment is TO be consulted on all
matters OF taste, and without their con-
tributions fair, although IL might be
big, wouldn't be interesting.
The fair Is great place for nice young
ladies. They go there and have great fun.
Blooming country girls, awkward coun-
try girls and demure little city misses,
factory girls and sedate matrons, all min
gle in the crowds at the fair.
For the boys 10 Is real picnic The lit
tie ragged urchin saves for weeks in order
to spend one day inside the big fence, and
he would study up all kinds Of devises t.
avade fare ana climb the fence, but that
doesn't work, and he kpows it. But the
boys get In and are there in full force,
being deeply Interested In those Hamlin
horses. which the printer set =" hamburg
the other day. 70 boy o seman is n
hero and u last horse Is never-ending
source OF interest.
The sun shone beautifully, as it has
done during the past week, aud the air
was balmy and invigorating when the
people awoke with a start to-day-yes,
one big start all over the State-and real
lied tnat the Stats Fair was upon them,
and what a bustle there was Citing the
things ready, packing the big pumpkins
into wagons and arranging all the other
goods to be placed in the agIicu turll
display, feeding the live stock ana z JIing
all kinds OF refractory pigs. sheep a..id cat
tie and cac&ling and quack ~ fowls out
to the RHODE ISLAND State 4 ir.
There had been good II sd crowd on
the grounds on Sunday-5.UOJ people said
jolly Secretary Collins as he 40 lged
half questioners aud tried to get
time to attend to all tho business which
was pressing upon him at once. The
horse cars were crowded both ways all
day, but IL was the city people yesterday.
The horses and such cattle ana machin-
cry and other things as were on hand
were inspected and the crowd looked at
itself with interest.
The officials OF the society have been
very busy for weeks but the great effort
of all comes in the next five days. Secre-
tary Collins in the midst of ali his busi-
ness finds time to talk to everybody aud
to tell the reporters that the fair is to be
nm unprecedented success and the assist
ants, committees and everybody else are
for do they not tell the public ali about
the great fair
The people who went out yesterday
were delighted with the improved park,
and all day to-day the exclamation,
"What n splendid improvement ~ has
been heard on all sides.
The tents for the sale of food and un-
alcoholic drinks are all there in their
glory this year, aud all the veaders yell
out their announcement OF the cheapest
and best place on earth to eat Frankfort
sausages or drink soda water or lemon
ade or what not. The fakirs are there
also In all their Rlory-the two-headcd
broken. and other devices to attract
money from the pockets OF the visitors,
and deposit IL deep down la the pockets
OF the iakir men, who find no place where
people arc so good-natured with their
cash as Mt the fair.
The people began TO I'LL up the park
early to-day and President CalIron and all
Of his assistants were kept busy attend
ing TO the details of getting things going
the first day. The Union passenger sta.
tion had Its old-time crowd anu bustle,
aud The trains steamed out one after
another carrying. rs one would think at
glance, everybody. almost everybody.
THE POLICE ARRANGEMENrs