Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1883 — Great Scott! [ARTICLE]

Great Scott!

A Lire President to Rein Monon Hext Thursday. President Arthur will attend the opening of the Great Exposition at Lousville, next Wednesday, and from there will start, the next day, upon his proposed western trip. He will go to Chicago over the L., N-A. &C. railway, and, of course, will pass through Rensselaer. He will be conveyed by a special train, which will leave Louisville at 8 o’clock a. m. At Monon a stop of one how will be made, not to allow the President an opportunity to try his hand at stabbing bull-frogs, but to enable him to shake hands and talk with a party of prominent men from Indianapolis, \ who will come out by special train, over the C. & I. Air-line. From Monon, the presidential party will proceed to Chicago, passing through this town, as already stated. Next Thursday, Aug. 2nd, is the day appointed for his passage over the road. According to the Courier there is considerable probability that the Lafayette Fair will be discontinued, for this year at least. It has lost mqpey for its managers every year, heretofore, and the fact that Barnum’B show is to ex.hibit at Lafayette, during one of the days of the Fair, has given good grounds for the fear that the deficit this year will be much greater than ever before. The Courier blames the Association for not advertising more extensively* and judiciously, and the people of Lafayette for their lack of appreciation for “The greatest stock show in America.”