The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-09

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The "Fair" opeSeSven Tuesday with
goodly attendance, which, though not so
large as on tie first day of last years exhibi.
ton, was still considerable ard "highly re-
Specialize" The numbers increased daily, so
that on Frid,y think the crowd was fully as
great as at any former periOd-and feel GER
tain that til. number, variety and quality of
the articles)n exhibition far exceeded those
of last yeah In one department 1t was the
universal Impression hat East Tennessee could
never be approached, much less beaten. 1t
is to be regretted that no premium was offer
ed for articles of this class. | allude to that
of ngiy or lard .tarorcf people. You are not
to understand, however, that such was the
general character of the individuals com.
prisng the 'rowd. On the contrary, n stran-
ger would lave been forcbly impressed with
the great nImbcr Of fine looking men and
eminently beautiful women who made up the
bulk Of the tssemblagc. Nor do | consider
that am Going any injustice to this, "my
own, my native land, in thus abiding to the
display homdincSS exhibited during the four
days of the memorable occasion. The speci-
mems, | ought to say, were few, and only
served to eXenpiiy the exceeding iruitfulness
OF our soil in every variety of product which
the generous earth yields to the perscverins
industry Of man!
Not the least Interesting among the articles
| an o>bilit,nu ,vos J, coll nntinn f Eua
ings, deposited by Mr.. LEVY, OF this city. lie
claims that one of theniisa Raphael, another
an Angelo. | learn that this collection has,
since the Fair become the property of VIM.
g. Swan, Esq, who's, we'll known literary
and artistic taste aiflrls sufficient guaranty
that the paintings, whether their pretcnsions
to antiquity are just or not, are not without
considerable merit. In this connection must
not omit to mentioa the specimens of oil
| paintings and crayon work, exhibited by Mrs.
| GoRE, of the Female Institute at this place.
! These not only took premium, but formed
one of the chief objects of attraction, afford
ing the greatest delight to all lovers of the
| beautiful. | know not five have many critics
here, in the fine arts---if so, | think these
pieces contain points which would challenge
even their admiration
1t is, perhaps, dcscent from the Arts to
fine Siock, yet l must iot down. now, while
they occur to me. my impressions of the spe
cimens in this department. The McGnEEs
of Monroe, so well known as Industrious, en-
ergetic and successful stockholders, went
away literally covered up with certificates
and premiums. | would not like to undertake
to say what domestic animal it was they di,
not get premium for But for the fastest
trotting horse, 10. WILLIAMS, of Granger, wor
the prize. When | saw him mounted in hi.
light, spider-web looking vehicle, sailing
round the track. with his coat-tails STREAMING
to the breeze, l asked myself if he was moi
flying. could but think of that celebrated
race of John Gilpin:-
| "Away went Gilpn, neck or naught
Away went hat and wig.
| "The wind did blow, the coat did ny
| Like strcamcrs long and gay,
| Til loop and button failing both,
| AT last it iicw away.
"The dogs did bark, the ladies' screamed,
| Up went the mems hats all,
| And every soul cried ont, well done
As loud as he could lkwl"
| Williams horse is on1 inlhogsee and vii