Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-09
RURAL FOLK.
Large Proportion Of laborirg
People at the Fair.
Management Thinks that October
Will Prove Best Month.
Fua Amsns Ruralists-All want b oss All.
clss oi Luxury.

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Although the attendance for late Sepsenh
Der was surprisingly large, the unse4nCrh
able weather threw such q coldness ovca
,b, m,,tinu that there In much discusnion
of the question. VIII October bc tho beet
month, The enthusiastic Major HandN
laughs at the idea Of there being any Quesa
tion about IL and saws. ut IL the uniform
rule that the last month of great exposi.
tion il the best IL was so at PHILADELPHIA
IL was still more so at Psris--Octobea
showed nv far the largest attendance. And
there Ia sense in IL MANY Thousands coma
for n short trim. are not satixfiet with IL
30 home and arrange their business for Z
longer trip IN cooler weather. Take notice
also that lust at the time the business. men
NJ the east and the cities should have lseu
here tho panic came. and they Ind to stay
Mt home and watch their fences. And thu
.ountrv neopl,--you are nltopether mis-
taken nbout their being too busy. This IA
their time. and they arr coming Ask tn
railroad men about their contracts. Ask
the hotel men about applications fos
rooms"
whore They Come From.
Two Of his statements know To he true.
The country people are certainly here, and
they are here to enjoy themselves to
show their clothes. have seen more "hicks
ory" and "caiicoed" shirts. more jeans
pants and "linsey woolsey" dresses In the
last 10 days than had seen IN 10 years be.
fore. ! have met mt least 30 people whom
l saw here In the summer--come back foB
their second visit, Al the risk OF beina
personal, must give the record OF coun-
try town in Indiana which usually con.
slider my home. The population is scane
5000, and 2S5 Of It's people have been here..
There are 20 on the grounds today, and
those still to come (who have rooms con-
tracted for) will make the attendance from
that place $40, or about onesixth Of the
entire population. This and many similar
cases make 1t certain TO my mind tha4
much more tban half Of the attendants
has been from within u circuit Of 200 miles
or less.
cannot but notice how eagcr the coun.
try people are To sec all the fine jewelry
and rich silks. the fine furniture. the gold
and silver ornaments, the great vases and
curtains and all the appurtenances Of great
wealth aud luxury. We NIL want the
"otheruess''- something entirely foreign 70
our common life, something we cannot sos
at home. They keep the Tiffany paviliona
iammed from opening to closing, and about
the revolving pointer which carries the
great diamond they are 10 deep. Another
jam is about the big showcase where the
works OF 2,2o0 watches, all wound by cleo.
tricity, are running in unison. A smaller.
quieter and much more studious crowd IL
around the case containing the historic
watches. To these ] paid little attention
at first, doubling their genuineness. but
examination has convinced me that the
history attached to each Is substantially
correct These are In the Wnitham collec-
tion.
First In interest Is the watch OF Olives
Cromwell, for 1t IL a curious TACT that
Cromwcll's career is known TO more unsd.
ucated people than that OF any other man
in English history. When boy, l noticed
this and explained 1t by the fact that Quak.
ers and Presbyterians predominatedA among
our neighbors' but nave SINCE ho.iced ~
all over the onr,en , o,ates am low n.ssnS S
explanation. us "a'cn Is s'iser c"sou - "Iss
not quite 30 'h'ee as en aye'as. s.us
%,a or ra,ner Two sauoIs ,I hs.,,sv ,% nan -
L., a., .o,,d I, ,,aa nod. in taIa I'D