Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1860-11-23
From the Southern Homestead.
Montgomery, County Fair.

The first fair of Montgomery County
was a decided success. We had the pleas
ure OF attending, part Of the time of its
progress. The people Of Montgomery
and adjacent counties were out in large
numbers and exhibited much interest ip
the exercises of each day. The ladies
were out in full force.
The grounds of the Society are large
handsome, and eligible for purposes of
such exhibitions. They are easy of ac-
cess to and from Clarksville both by rail-
road and turnpike, the distance being
about two miles. We were not little
surprised at the accomplishment of so
much by the Directors and public spirited
men Of the county in so short time
The amphitheatre is the~fargest and finest
in the State. The buildings, booths, etc.,
are we'll arranged and commodious. So
far as the Society has gone, there is every
reason for satisfaction and qualification.
The exhibition of agricultural products
was creditable. 1t is hardly necessary to
state that Montgomery county is more
largely interested in the cultivation of to-
bacco than any other crop, and where the
attention of the farming community is
nearly absorbed in particular crop, other
products, in which there 10 less interest
taken, are more or less neglected. The
farmers of Montgomery are, generally, so
far as We had opportunity of judging, a
body of men of much intelligence. The
people are cultivated and, that they are in
a prospering condition, is not to be won
dered at What we saw of the results of
agricultural effort, gave evidence that such
efforts had been we'll directed, bst the dis
play of products was much less than il
should have been. We saw but few sam
pies even Of fine tobacco, and the show Of
other field crops, though creditable in
quality was meagre in quantity.
There were some Of the bost agficultur-
al implements on exhibition that are man,
ufactured in the country. We shall not
now particularize. The Society had not
sufficient time to provide house for this
department and consequently much was
not shown that otherwise would have been
Another year we have no doubt this disa-
ability will have been removed.
Montgomery county is not much Of O
stock section. As before stated her atten
biOh 10 OhiOnJ OthSiW OOOupiouJ pO'
yet there were some very fine animals ex-
hibited. Horses, cattle, sheep, Cashmere
goats, etc., formed no mean feature in the
exhibition. There we're splendid speci.
mems of blood horse stock exhibited. In
roadster and harness stock there were sew
eral fine animals. The entries of Colonel
Lewis, of Cumberland Iron Works, and
Mr.. Hack, of the E. & X. r. r., were Of
high form and carriage.
Last, though by no means least, the la.
dies contributed largely to the interest
not only by their presence, but by cOntri.
buttons of their handiwork. Their inter.
est in the industrial and finer features Of
these exhibitions have never been known
to flag. The highest praise is due them
and if admiration for their industry, phi
} lanthropy and virtues, is any compensa
: ton for their efforts to give pleasure and
: interest to the great progressive objects
contemplated by the Inauguration of these
Fairs, verify they have their reward.
The officers and directors of the Mont
Igomery County Society have our thanks
for their kindness. We shall not forge
their attentions, nor those of other gen
tlemen who laid US under like obligations