St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-10-20
FAIR TIME AGAIN
The Purpose Of Our Own Festival anda
History Of Some Others

YHY fair? We can't all that from single
point something different practically every
Of u.s. There doubt though that the feeling gayey
universal-even to those who must work like
make the occasion
The with crouch has business at fair this
year. You 60 prepared enjoy the e Of band and the
million that keyed up
sight of thousands of chatterng makers decorations of
pretty girls of sdehows and bahoo Of popcorn balls red tissue
and sweating glasses Of orangad sizzling sandwiches and ice
of livestock and household and implement displays of paterng
oer and and running horses Of buzzng gndtand Of golden
sunshine and yellow dustou Yes and tired feet and whmperng
babies with heatras and aecks here and therefor haven't
reached the land Of perfection yet
let's peel the surface off the situation and what's inside
This going be pretty fine advertisement for whole
communicative surrounding farm lands and farmers the town and its
eppng pubcsprited merchants And really that is the rock
bottom purpose of holding r-adveisng 1t is a community aim
to show it's how much they amount to- and to show out
mighty good place to live progressive
country nhbory people looking for place which to
couldn't reasonably ask for anything more or better
Courtesy to Visitors
The folks of this community understand another Our farmers
know the with whom they deal Our men
pretty acquainted with of the people who come into their
stores Now showa of spirit OF kndnes and
intelligence strangers within gates during the festival season.
1t is best sort of advertising can put forth
It inestimably worth visitors home and
alvavs like to attend their The whole wgge its
tcrinp at me- And they're the pepego out of their
to be pote-eady give information do little favolm certainly
going and acquainted with some of them
In order further the question which introduces this arc
We take down our handy booa large red turn
to mage 1926 Therein that the word fair the
Old French eire the French foire the Italian the
Latin feria" meaning holiday and that TINS Is VIII ~
Latin "festus" meaning feast.
Tn tho Tinted States there are no the kind that have been
in the Old World here applied to variety OF
exhibitions such charity and agricultural exhibitions and
state national or exposons fairs The TACT 49, ne
term is applied exhibitions where people are expected 10 oso
patronage make purchases
Bits Of Fair History.
The most common agricultural farscouny and stat at
~ lnow This kind got their regular thing in America IN
1910 At Albany Y there prosperous merchant hkana"
Watson who that such enterprise "oao encourage
d fnrno and help business He use his influence with the
state legislature that body appropriated yearly m M
r nremiums on agricultural products and family manufactures
Since county, district and state rs are qut see
y held The district and county fairs especially held not mainly
~ Tho sale o goods hut for advertising have said CITY
street fairs where kinds furnished intended
promote welfare of the city by attracting traders to them The
same goes worlds s which held in this country While
nlodties sold, the primary object is to advertise
In the Old World the ancient institution
could of the daily and country week when old Mr
Pharaoh was kngng living Professor Plato dscousng
on pure the and how Of republic when the thou
sand and one An Nights beng
worked out should pobavfnd articles like this editors
wrie-up of annual fair in his.tovn
Barter and Exchange Places.
People throughout Europe upon the fair meeting held for
the purpose exhibiting and goods Originally fairs were held
at stated times places the M Of particular class Of
candse the sale Of goods Of general character People
rcsoed to them to exchange goods and collect their m Tor