Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-10-09
For the Patriot.
Williamson County Fair.
FRANKLIN. Oct. s, 1858.

10 Ue E<I1toTs o. me Dduy f'0tTl0t:
came out to this pleasant village to at
tend the Fair of the Williamson County Az
ricuitural and Mechanical Society, and to see
the fair of the county generally. l arrived
this morning over the Tennessee and Alaba-
ma Railroad, to which institution cheerfully
disbursed the sum of four shillings and six
pence for my transportation.
The Fair is going on swimmingly, and the
people seem to enjoy 1t quite as much as they
would a Observation-Disclosures
combined-circu which, by the way. is the
only sort of circus this country affords now.
The ladcs-may Heaven bless them-are out
in full hoops-I mean fall fOrce-to-day; and
as naturally love to write about them, and
az you quite as naturally love to read what's
written about them. will make the dear
creatures the subject of this hasty scrawl.
But, before L begin let me step around to the
front entrance and lay in a fresh supply of
fools-cap, for it will require good deal to do
the subject justice.
have just taken on (iic) couple of tum-
blcrs of Col. Waggoner's ale, (doT't let the
cOTnpO-itor knock ont one of those g's, for
the Col. does not spell his cognominal vehicle
as the photographers do the four-whecIed
contraption of that name.) and it has come
very near making tumDler of me. l have
got such a coniounded swimming in my hat
that all the single harness stock now in the
ring are working in pairs; and what's more
remarkable still, every derned pair IF them
h;tchn1 on IN tyU, huGuiaSf | am not surp
this phenomenon il down on the programme,
but it is down in the (Ljc) ring, as sure as
you're born. The weather is quite cool in the
shade; and as | have avoided the sunshine all
day. to save my complexion, felt decidedly
chilly while ago, and believing that drop
of ..something to take was necessary to the
preservation of health under the circumstan-
ccs, | dropped down to the ColOncis cOntec-
tionery (having first negotiated the loan of
small coin or two with an untraveled and
cOnfiding young friend of mne.) and eH'dCgofed
a Scottle of Botch Ale. Not being used to
such treatment. the ira scible stuff .few to
my head" where it seems to have staked out
a claim and squatted for the rest of the day.
Didn't saw ale? / believe | dd say ale,
ny ("1c) gran well II Sd" ale' IL hius'
have teen ale for you woldn't suppose I'd lie
about a small quantity of something to drink.
would you! But doh Know ellner; uiidtr
some circumstances IL Is possible might II
II WASH ale 9ot IL from private HStaolisii-
mcnt outside of the gates. At least think
that must nave bieh 'he way oil IT, Inc TACT
OF the business Is they We got DraS7-o''lu
mere wA!ch plays lahcy uu>'c ioi Tue enter
taInmeht OF tue STOCK "hlie the crowd Is
being exhibited: and somehow OF other ana
the band have got our matters i"c) mixed
up; consequently when dropped down 10
the Colonels (wh"' IN times Oh pohtical excite
ment, is known as 1.-THE Fodder-s'ack man. }
either drank
whisky enough for six, my dear"
while the band PLAYED
.aAle Columbia Apply an1.o
or the hand ,Iaved the whisky for six while
/ I drank tine M. am NOT ur.parrd TO Cbjcl
saw which II WA. on. or tb, other. nm lL,c)
tio,.IL, pu,ir5,,,.t si,-,irv. and so ifi,.
,I,,. sor,.. =, van ,,iu l,.o,, fine ona.tion os
! the coot If g, st.r,-,yboel tavern does her
! cnt,;.o 4, settle itself
I'm, / am noLin., fun ,t van lam really
,,.II-.,,,-,,,, ..,o. c,,on M .or, If Iouor that
r,., t,,,.I.,,,.,, IN ,,,,t brfcl, in yo,,r hat or
+, ,,,bodv e,s,.,s hat Is nermitted 70 be sold
-, the Fai. Groupd.. and Won know Won
I,va NJ, ,,rounds fair nor Unfair for h. .licvino