Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-09-24
Our Reporter Goes TO the heh'"eh'
State Fair.


TWO O'CLOCK p. NJ.
ou.nor,er Goes 10 the 4 Kentucky
state Fair.
The following telegraphic despatch from
o,,r ,r,valiou reporter was written in the
COMMUNICATION Saturday night. on the back
of a proof-sheet, and ought 10 have been Is
sued. in Justice to hepublic, in an extra yes
terday morning; but it was MT
WE srAET TO The PAIR
rumor having obtained currency IN THIS
city last week that the Kentucky State L ar
was going on at Bowling Green, seventy-one
miles ND The Railroad, and that STEPHEN a
RRECkIyRIDGE and JOHN c. DOUGLAS mot 10
mention. q in the hurry of the moment,
number of ..other distinguished speakers, }
would talk politics to the people during Inc
prevaienc. of the exhibition, we got on the
$50 train Wednesday evening and started up
10 see and hear what was going ON. TOOK
our agricultural and mechanical friend, L.
p WILLIAMS, of the Southern Homestead, along
tn look after the Kentucky Fair, while we
looked after the still-mOre-sO--thatl Is 10 say
the girIs-having been commissioned Oy
several wealthy young gentlemen OF ibis
State 10 pick them out Kentucky wives, they
having learned that all the girls in the DARK
op5 RIoody Ground are as rich as the Illinois
Central Railroad Company, and possessing
all the minor prerequisites on the same liberal
scale.
WE STOP At FRANKLIN
Expecting that all the hotels at bowling
Green were crowded, concluded to pause Tor
the night at Franklin, twenty miles this SIDE
send around for - OLD GAN" Of the DeHo-
cratic Banner. and with brace OF empty pis-
tolls at his breast, force him to come down Tor
ehampaigne and oysters, or in case OF FALL
ure at that figure, to bring him out heavily
on sardines and crackers Got of at Frank
lin about s O'Clock. Night as dark as the
deuce. and no vehicle to convey passengers
nm town Int negro with lantern. Started
him ahead with the light, and followed SOL
EMMY and silently to the hotel. Learhed
tbere that ..OLD Gan" was al Bowling
Green. Abandoned the idea OF champagne
and oysters as quite too visionary Tor ms
utilitarian age and went into supper uAder
the ordinary bill of fare. Owing TO search
tvof houses and people to live in them. Frank
lin is not as large as Nashville, and proDa-
bIv won't be for several years. Population
six or seven hundred Two taverns, about
ten dry-goods stores, and one newspaper
Streets macadamized with red clay As we
had no inducements held out to US to locate
there. the world will not be surprised to learn
that at this stage of our journey
WE LEAVE FRANKLIN.
Went down to the Depot Thursday morn
ing to wait for tue rain from Nashville.
Very chilly morning, with lowering clouds
and cold, damp rain. Depot crowded with
folks going TO the Fair. Heavy sprInkling
Of ladies. some of them with ligbt-colored
dresses and white bonnets. Thought they
ought to stay at home, but did MT like to tell
them so. and suffered them depart. Cars
very full Had TO ride in the baggage car.
Lit a cigar and went in Found the first i'm
poIite Adams Express Messenger the Com
pany has ever introduced into this country.
Was freshly imported from some section where
gentlemen are cot indigenous 10 the soil, and
did n,tkpow bow to behave. Wanted to tell
him so, but being tbinly ARMED, having moth
ing in fact but a brace of reporters, a twelve
inch BoHie-knife and a hickory stick, con-
cludsd to let him be told by somebody else
We are aware that in the selection OF EN-
ployees. mistakes will sometimes happen IN
the best regulated companies, and therefore
accept the apologies of the Express Com
pany, and promise to say nothing more
81 FL
WE REACH BOWLING GREEN.
By which time the weather had begun TO
clear up, and the sun came out brightly.
Found the attendance at the Fair quite re-
spectacle, one side of the amphitbeatre being
cTammed full of hoops, with fright smart
chance" of the same popular folly all around
the circle. Glanced over the assembly for
half an hour or so, went over TO tender the
compliments OF The season to the officers Of
the Society, and then Walked down to POW
srHaII'' TO look at the machinery and agri
cultural implements there on exhibition Al
sorts of such things, and some OF them yer,
fine-for instance, ploEs with gilded handle
and txo-hOrse wagons varnished like mahoga
nv sideboards-intended no doubt TO be use'
in the parlor when the weather is too wet Q
work out of doors. Saw one Tennessea
therein. NUSSEIKE, Of Columbia. Had
patent revolving harrow, which he says Is ih
best hing OF the kind to be had, and Is bein
paironized by all the sensible farmers Sa'
a circular saw-mill that walked through
poplar log like the driving wheel OF Loco
motive through bank of snow. Would a
hesitate to recommend it 10 the lumber pull
lie, If properly paid for doing So More ma
chinery at the Kentucky State Fair than q
ours. The Bureau ought TO follow the lea
of Kentucky in this respect. Saw The Seer'
tsry of the Burean looking around ver