The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-08
The Fair at Castle Garden.


J. r. Scott is in Louisville.
The Fair at Castle Garden.
Since the weather became pleasant, the contribu.
tors Of the various specimens of art have poured in
from every quarter, until the place is perfectly
filed. Every day the spacious is visited by thou
sands partic uary ladies' who enjoy the whole
affair very much indeed.
There is almost everything the mind conceive
Of, from the mammoth steam engine down to a cork
screw in the way of hardware besides every necessary
article of housekeeping and apparel.
Entering the gate at the bridge, there is O
passage each side of which, the various agricultu
raj implements, fire apparatus, and washing machines
are displayed; and the benefit Of many of them upon
examination, may plainly be seen Near the second
gate on the left life boat, said to be the in
which the sailor Jerome saved many from death, at
the burning Of the Ocean Monarch, y while on the
other side is hearse The contrast is striking. The
from and the other to take the body to its
last resting place At the extreme end, next to the
Castle combination of articles. consisting Of a
coffee mill corn shsr cutter and ohIrn al
which puts the whole In notion consists of few small
cogwhesls, surmOunted by inclined circular plat.
form On this platform the dog is stationed. and like
tread MILL he steps forward, the whole is put in
motion. So great is the curiosity to see this per-
Torrance, that the poor dog is kept constantly
at work; and though a fine, mucular looking fell
low when he began the work he now looks as though
nature was sinking under the weight of his Ia
a
table with pile of pamphlets before him and keeps up
a tinual cry Of Catalogues, shilling each %
Re- like the poor dog is poorly rewarded for he rarely
meets with a customer
The fret thing that presents itself on entering the
Castle is fac simile of the renowned Mose which,
ike the original looks as though he had determined
to not run wild de machine any more Taking the
right entrance from the hail. degree of order rarely
witnessed such occasions is presented to the sight
The walls hung with new specimen of patent Stat
window blinds, which, however, seem to attract very
little attention The articles are ranged in three
inc half he first of yvhi ic
devoted to the show of gutta percha articles lamps
cutlery, and b-x, which is said to contain mammoth
cheese, but which has not yet been opened.
The second has a more interesting appearance
One of the greatest aud which is much
represents beautiful landscape, the colors of which
shaded by different coored hair The centre
tains the portrait OF family group the hair froLl
whom composes the work 1t is decidedly the most in.
enous piece of workmanship in the whole collection
At the extreme left end there tu mo-
dels Of steamboats, well patent apparatus for
steering steamboats, or ships In the row are several
miniature hat shops and fancy stores which prese
nothiI worthy Of interest.
The first row Is composed of a combination of arti-
cles any of which may be any time during the
week by taking stroll through Broadway The stage
is handsomely nted with specimens of stuffed
BIRDS, neediework bedseada, and furniture generally
There among the fur niture usr table the top
Of which is said to be upwards Of eight years
old 1t is made of one piece. and is six feet six
inches in diameter report has been circulated, that
this table was to be presented to General Taylor
the 4th of March next but it is said to be intended
for the City Hall in Brooklyn The of the
stage is occupied principally by specimens of babies
clothing and millinery. This part receives al
most the entire attention of the ladies' who express
great admiration of the taste in the
mept and manufacture of the articles. There are
also several handsome specimens of needlework,
which have been produced by great labor by the fair
hands of the depositors. among which is pair of
ottomans the tops of which were wrought by little
girl ten years old Great taste is displayed in the
work, and the little fair deserves a premium for
her proficiency in the art
The gallery is not go well stored as might be ex-
pected, one entire tier containing nothing but
daugerreotypes and photographic specimens, with
vera very good paintings On the right Of the centre
a miniature suspension railroad is constructed, which
att acts considerable attention, and if reduced to
practice might probaby work well, though the facility
OF getting and off the would be poor, and de-
cidedly dangerous especially for aged persons Here
is also miniature magnetic railroad but the thing
will not work at all, and the beautiful little brass
has been removed, and an odd looking machine, made
up almost entirely of springs has taken its place The
extreme left is filled with pianos of almost every de
scrpton and the visiters are constantly entertained
with the air of Lucy Long or some such influential
and vegetables, many of which look delicious but as
they bear each label Of hands off 1T 10 impossible
to speak of the flavor or judge of the qualities as
well, well selected and beautiful specimen of fall
flower
The place set apart for the display of machinery is
the most interesting the thinking portion of
the vsiters. 1t Ia situate the south side of the
outer wall of the CASTLE and there is very large guam
tity Of this specimen of art hand There several
beautiful steam engines which attract general atten-
ton besides improvements almost every branch of
achnery, except the most useful of athe printing
press Iney were nearly all In operation yesterday
afternoon and the hum great that nothing
could be heard. There many valuable improve
me nts, which elected the warmest CONNIE ndation
from those who the operations of the various sps-
cimens.
There can be doubt but there are many useful
and valuable articles on exhibition but there are
also many others which fooishy cotton up as
they useless However. something is requisite,
occasionally to crafty the curious desires of the
people of this great city and certainly nothing could
do it fully the annual fair especially when there
opportunity to observe and be observed every
body.