The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-01
FAKIRS And CATTLE
Crowds Enjoy the Sights
at the Interstate Fair
in Trenton.
specfcl to the Jsrseu Citu Ncaus.

TRENTON, Oct. /, 1S95.-The Farmers
Eastern Carnival, which is the new
name for the great Interstate Fair,
opened YESTERDAY with at least an in
crease of 1000 patrons over the opening
day last yea The score or more OF
flags were unfuried at seven O'Clock, and
the turn5tiles unlocked for the eighth
year of the fair that interests the people
of four States. The day is usually de-
voted to finishing touches and getting all
the details of the show set Alright. Tne
keen winds made the people flock to the
grand stand. and a light fall of snow
kept many in the buildings during the
morning hours. The fakirs were all
mechanics today, setting up their mys-
terious shops and booths for the great
crowds that will come during the rest of
the week.
There was no racing, because the
purses are SO heavy and those who are
entertained by the track events are al
ways in the minority, SO that the DAY
is made dress rehearsal day for the
great vaudeville show that entertains on
the big stage in front of the grand stand
and in the circle. Secretary John Guild
Muirhead. the Secretary and General
Manager of the show, late this afternoon
visited every part of the show, and in
formed ex-senator John w. Taylor. VINO
is the President of the Board of Drec-
tors, tina in no time in the history OF the
fair was every department so crowded,
and with the best kind of exhibits. The
advance sale of seats. in the grand stand
for Wednesday and Thursday indicate
the greatest crowds in the history of
this exhibition.
PLENTN OF FAKIRS.
There is every catch-penny scheme
known to the science of modern taking,
there are no swindling schemes, for
John Colville is the chief of a large force
of detectives and special policemen, who
see that no tricks that are vain or de-
ceiving are practiced on the city folks
or their country cousins. Police Justice
Matheson, who has the keen sense of
Jersey Justice, and who is not a bit
squeamish about imposing heavy lines,
sits as dispenser OF justice.
4. ]. Cassatt. Of Philadelphia, shows
nine of the finest hackneys ever brought
to this country. E. T. Aitken, of New
York. has a herd OF e.ghteen fre eeen
shown before. Walter W; Law. Of New
York. has a C~lydesdale which is a big
as am elephant"
e. E. Colburn, of Portlandyille. N. Y,
shows the only herd OF French Canadian
cattle in THE United States. In the cattle
building everybody was engaged in pol
ishing horns, whiie in the swine depart
ment the porkers We're obliged to shlver
in the chilly autumn air while they were
treated to. a royal good scrubbing. The
rams and the lambs, some with fleece as
white as snow and others with wool as
black as night, We're in the hands OF dec
orators, for ribbons are always necessary
to sheep when forced to leok !, ~oeautifu4 H.,
the Art Building is overcrowded and
the. character of the work entered is
above the average, that there IS a sharp
lookout for professional artists VINO; IN
davs gone by, walked off with the best
premlIms. : T 20 viii win be er6 GndidT Naw
ITensav and P~ennsylvania will be admitted
free. The races WIN begin. the great
clam bake will be put in operation the
will be turned on and the
brazen voice of the jolly fakir the
roasted frankfurter vende VIII be heard