. History of Missouri in words of one syllable . have a good time. Theyknow that all work and no play makes Jack a dullboy. The li-bra-ry and the thea-tre give proof thatdull boys do not thrive in Mis-sou-ri. But thechief pet and pride of Mis-sou-rians is the ex-po-si-tion and fair which is held in St. Lou-is in the fallof each year. As long ere the war as 1855, some men of brainswho had in view the good of the State laid plans forthis fair. The char-ter for it was made out De-cem-ber, 1855. Good men soon made up the funds toform an as-so-ci-a-tion with means to go on with thegood work. By the
. History of Missouri in words of one syllable . have a good time. Theyknow that all work and no play makes Jack a dullboy. The li-bra-ry and the thea-tre give proof thatdull boys do not thrive in Mis-sou-ri. But thechief pet and pride of Mis-sou-rians is the ex-po-si-tion and fair which is held in St. Lou-is in the fallof each year. As long ere the war as 1855, some men of brainswho had in view the good of the State laid plans forthis fair. The char-ter for it was made out De-cem-ber, 1855. Good men soon made up the funds toform an as-so-ci-a-tion with means to go on with thegood work. By the 5th of May, 1856, there was aboard of di-rect-ors and of-fi-cers with well laid plansfor the St. Lou-is Ag-ri-cult-u-ral and Me-chan-i-calAs-so-ci-a-tion. Rich-ard Bar-ret was made pres-i-dent; , A. Har-per, and H. C. Hart, vice-pres-i-dents ; H. S. Tur-ner, treas-u-rer, and G. O. Kalb,a-gent and sec-re-tary. A fine large tract of landwas bought in the north-west-ern part of the ci-ty,and the grounds were soon laid out for the GOV-ERN-OR OF MIS-SOU-Rl 184 History of Alissoziri. $50,000 in pre-mi-ums was the sum held out to farm-ers, in-vent-ors, and stock rais-ers far and near. Theycame, they saw, and the As-so-ci-a-tion was the con-quer-or. When the war storm came, these Fair Groundscame to be a field of tents oer which the U-nion flagheld guard and ward. When peace came, these mensprang to the work once more. All trace of armswas thrust from sight. Where sol-dier guards hadmade rude tracks oer sward and bed of green, theZo-o-log-i-cal Gar-den, that great joy for old andyoung, rose to life. Great build-ings were put up tohold the prod-uct of the land and loom and the in-ven-tors skill, and fine new sheds for stock of allkinds made the new-born Fair Grounds a thing oflife it would be hard to find in any sis-ter State tothis day. But true grit does not know such aword as stop. There is an Ex-po-si-tion build-ing, not in the FairGrounds, but in the heart of the
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