Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-27
Attendance at the Fair on the
Increase.
LANDLORDS ARE MUCH PLEASED.

GCgiDS 10 loon as III All lHtnolS were mere
- celebrate her day Two weeks ago the
general talk was that 10000 n day aver
age was a big paid attendance. Then 1t
b, gan TO rise rapidly and soon ran up TO
JIO,000 or more, and now the sanguine be-
sin % talk Of al average Of $50, 900 day.
The landlords Of the Hyde Park annex
smile once more for the baggage wagons
oil through the streets piled high with
trunks and The jingle Of the daddy dollar
Is heard ia the trousers Of the incoming
farmer.
Icall this region the Hyde Park annex
u thc fair. and a queer creation it is.
There is an eaSt aud west street through
st. south of which Il is illegal to sell
whisky, and north Of II, / might almost
say it is illegal to sell anything else. Now
81 this were on tho limo between Kansas
and Missouri, or anywhere else that state
Sovereignty comes in, or even If it were a
county line, these small hotels and cheap
show fellows would probably have some
respect for it. but in tho same cosmopoli-
tan city they look on it rs foolishness and
violate the law many time and oft. 80
there IS a storm center hereabouts. Mrs.
Ellen Foster has been lecturing us about
it. The law and order leagues and the
moral purity leagues and divers other
leagues are az work among us, while "Old
Subscriber" "Veritas,n "Pro Bono Pub
leo" end the rest Of that gang entertain
u in the newspapers.
Now Il is fact oft commented on that
there is rs little drunkenness and disorder
lore as one ever saw in so large a crowd,
md as / walk home Of evenings through
That tangled wilderness of pine sheds
(cailed halls and hotels 10y courtesy l
often have 20 laugh at the careless secur-
Sly Of Indies md other strangers to the
sunny side Of life. The American woman
S. not here Tor her health. She came to
see the entire show and she is seeing it re-
rarlIcss l stepped into a concert hall
about $50 the other evening (my hotel is
TIA the north side of the street above men
UouodI ard sat down near the door when
j was greeted with a merry laugh from
tlunty. table. There sat "a matron and
Is0 your ladies' Of my acquaintance from
al inland town. eve take in the play
.luDc tomorrow said the matrOn, ''and
I..fI.l oua preliminary lesson tonight"
eos. on must Dc careful there, remarked,
"f.rlti reported that some of the shows
u,. ? a. "ll there's anything one bit i'm
,r....-' ,.a, The retort. well tell the
1oi..a, p. ell about it, for we shall quail
is uar-. ives tottetify'
rI,pl., 0auscrl can imagine in this
7ir..,.a AID plaster village is Of fire.
N...I..u t.. M.Hngs are low and there
,r,...... .......- juuicutv. but IL fire should
,,,.,.t started, / fear that this new and
,'.-Ii...u aid g1Iu q flash and before
3a.u cD..1 ..- wide awake and jump out
tYr..... story window From Sixtieth
,tI-...-. rf. south cpd # the grounds all
..e.er. isil.ci, set with every kind of
.1,,..r .-. and omen air games. Buffalo
pII f.f..r. ,f course. A small party Of
a.. T-..rreux have seeded from the
p..r body aft set up an Independent
.t.er, there. fra short, it isa "Coney isl
iu4 croU~ al through. The Manitoba
brId.n- zoo j. outside, the more's the
pity. for 1t has really fine exhibit and
Set =. w pco9,c thnE Of looking outside
taa tlulas log q stote or provincial build
iDr.
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V-a,h.1rtou's stat o building is a wonder
INT ,lf-.ln immense structure Of stone
rrl .t4G and cedar. resting on founda-
lion AZ mammoth logs, and almost
CraoireI with every curious and useful
product q the state. Eyerything is on
tiygu.ic scale from the flagstaff in front,
4, 20. Ia
great skeleton mammoth in the hall, the
LARGEST ever dug up outside Of Sibers.
Everything in tho structure is FROM
Washington except the glass and the
oaint. The ground plan Is that Of modi-
fed Greek cross, 2oSxl25 feet in extent,
und there is a floor space of 5000 square
feet. In the main hall is that represen-
tatiye model Of q Washington grain farm
OF which so much has been said. While
not 80 artistic as the famous grain-and-
grass picture in the Illinois building
that il on tho wall while this Is on the
ioor-it is still a faithful and curious re-
production.
Washington's day is TO balm September,
but the time cannot be set till Governor
John W. McGraw can state positively
the time he can be here Commissioner
George V. Calhoun, in charge of the
building, adds that the size OF the crowd
depends good deal on how the railroads
behave. "You aee Washington Is long
ways Off and most OF our sOO,OOO people
are pretty busy aud have NOT made their
fortunes yet, and so we could not expect
many 'nousag e neie On s suy Sno 10y ~
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Fanways. .,.s, l. o.o .,~ 600.
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higoahu four ice. "o,oo9 s-o sDp' W. ny
On asne Iroa ,asn leu 80, oo s ~. tgr Tn
Tood ever made on lathe. The lathe, by
tho way, was specially constructed lor
such work by Mr., y. L. hygran oil inc
gafz,rua Lumber company. Inc WOOD