Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-10-31
Correspondence Of the Nashville Daily Patriot.
Kentucky Fairs.

friend, accidentally strsyed from your good city,
We found ourselves grounded to" in this place on
the night of the 22d, and it was with great diff
Guilty that ahls to make the landing, the
entire 'ievee" being filed to overlooking With the
soVereisns OF the surrounding country. lamp
post in the dstaDcr, supplied with the "oeaginous
excressence" Of the late hog crop, was the beacon
for all strangers navigating the main channel If
HopkinsVilIe, aud companion deserving this
hove to-" and with full pressure of sail brought
our good old buggy OF State" to taW in front Of
the City Hotel We alighted in a dense fog, and
seemin " without frien1-e1hibited or colors
ard cilIed for quiet quarters for the night, but
we're first pulsed and slightly scotehsd by Mr..
Scott and turned over to Judge Fisher, who, like
all good Samaritans, his net the Other side
and fshed up when in the last agony of despair,
and provided Us, through the kinin-ss of Mr.
Gentry, with pleasant and comfortable quarters.
Arising in the morning aud avaling ourselves of
an ablutOn Of Jrangiponi, We found our longitude
and Latitude wrong, the rising in the West,
md the people apparently walking on their heads.
We unable to account for this strange hal u
cination and Immediately appIird 10 Mr. Mercer of
the Mercury" who had mercy on US, and ex-
planned this seeming " transmog ri6cstion of the
natural eours- Of things" BY stating the recent
bubble in the monetary market, the dustin up"
and suspension of the Tonnes banks had a. sub
merged" the usual routine oftrade and lOcomotion,
and lOng-esred animals nov the only la full
tender. We satisfied, of course, with the
explanation, and fearing "requi-iGiou" re
placed 10 charge of Mr.. Level and forthwith leveled
ourselves down street to a more secure and safe
rbo da} nv ha
ing With "paIpitatiOu Of the heart and a demi-
semiquaver of the voice." we w,ra only able to
trticulate au lilly, "L4dirs, the pl asure of your
company othe F IT." which wss responded TO in
the affirmative, and in the twinkling of an eve W.
were on the ground, EARNED and equipped &C.
cordDg to law"
Il is indeed a source of morlifc ton to me to
inform your nun readers that thr late State
Fair held in your city a complete failure or
farce in point of interest taken or numbers in at
tendance, compared 10 this one. The amphithea-
tire here is murh larger than the one in Nashville,
and fitted in more superior style. On Friday
the exhibition OF horses and mul g was the ord
of the day; great number of entries were made
and competition ran high, and the awards seemed
to give general satisf ction to outsiders save IN
one or two instances Mr. R. Williamson, agent
for the company in Sumner county, Tennessee
exhibited four cashmere goats. They attracted
great attention, and Notwithstanding no premium
had been off red by the Fair for the exhibition of
such animals the Committee in attendance, actu
at.d 10y the enduring landmarks of OH Kentucky
liberslty, stepped forward and rendered them a
complimentary premium of $40 silver cup, at
tended with the wish that sister Tennessee may
soon be able to manufacture not only her own
c shmere shaws but some for Kentucky The
proceedings of Friday closed with an exhibition of
a masked company, accompanied with martial mus
sic, called the WhangdoOdleS Aside from their
singular masks, they person tied the extreme of
fashion few vars hence, il we continue to sex
p,nd progress aud don't bust" OF course hoops
and Is some 10 this exhibition, the former
exhibiting in having tn ample folds Of thrty-seven
yards of dry goods hanging gracefully around
hoops which would make a tobacco hogshpad
blush, while the litter presented covering almost
sufficiently large for small circus tent Hoops
triumphed. and the blue ribbon was attached to
the floating battery" amid the shouts Of the vast
multitude.
Saturday the attendance greater than on the
lay previous, the number present being variously
estimated from 5000 10 600 and the interest in
the exhibition evidently the increase 10 the
morning various grades of bloOded horses we're
in the ring contrasting for the prizes. The contest
for horseman.hip and buggy driving from the large
number Of entri 8, closely contested amid great
excitement Our good looking aud graceful friend
DR.. J. though victorious the day previous in
buggy driving. and evidently the favorite to-day,
laaa he bnu,
manner he showered With boquets from the
beautiful lAiies present vas ruled out of the ring
on the seconi c,ll The mandate had gone forth
ths rule imperative fro viii n no appel could he
taken within abe ridg and our friend, with grace
fol boz. made his exit OsarinZ on his bosom rich
trophies that had been heaped upon him by fair
hands and noble hearts.
! We were pleased to see Tennessee so well rep
resented OF tbs occasion, there being quite large
number present from Sumner and Montgomery
] counties, some Of whom contested no1y for III e
dr4t prizs in horse'u ,nship. THe prizs Of a 800
| pitcher, for tn, best twenty-five pnuo Is Of ip-
| ping TOBACCO. awarded TO J. g. CImpbeIl Of
/ CLiwell county. The entri. for thi- prize vas
not as Numerous as vas and Up ite by the commit
tee, but 10 all other articles the number of coates
nv e'''A' tao7h sAuEufu9 expectations al aF-
p"sfing to take active part in exhibiting man
uIactures, products Of the soil aud stock IL being
! the first Fair held 10 ChFi-tan countv, many anti
| cipated a lukeWarmness on the part OF the peopl
20 attend, and some so far aa TO think Il
you'd prove a failure, but the usheriug 10 aod
| gathering together OF the masses on the drss day
Of the Fair, gave assurance that the worl fan"
/ vas no longer on record Ia Sam johnson, Dot
/ lhaL the people were vile asaks 10 their Interest
aud ready to measure arms ~iih any community.
! The great interest manifested By the ladies' OF
Christian county In tbs Fair Is truiy eommendabIs
aud worthy Of imitation throughout the United
States Each day OF The Exhibition the large am
phlthrea,re vas illuminated By the gay aud beauty
OF Hopkioss.lis aad the surrounding eoautry, who
with their presence sad smiles pressed 90 the stout
arms aud 5rave hearts o. lhrir companions, sheir
sseet hearts aud their lovers, 10 deeds Of noble
daFiag aud hosorabie eompsiigln. Saturday wss
,be erosnieg day Of shis grad Fair. as the lair
ooss appeared Ia such gFSat Members. sud taste
tails stirred, that the vhol- circle iooked Ike oae
vsss boqaes--Eeeshtly passed GsFouga 40 adiposa
Of gazssaisTisa--d sEEiog the eye s0d be-iiasrias
toe BRIDE" &c eavea." All hoaor 70 TIE sosrts-
~, klndnsss. snd Hospitality u the eisi1 ns Of
Christian eoansy.
Yoars. psr-pisiassy, BOB.