Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-12-24
Sanitary Fair.

Sanitary EaiP.
The Chairman of the Committee on
Phenomena, reports letter from the
North Pole - We send you frst-class
Alrora BoreaHs 1t carries its own
gas light" The committee think it can
be accommodated in the unoccupied
space above the Bazaar. The same let
ter: "Also, remarkably fine Iceberg is
on the way" The question is how we
shall get them over the mountains.
FRoM ITALY-Ehe Pope sends one of
his famous bulls, very tame and quiet
said to have cast its horns.
Germany sends for the refreshment
room, " The Diet of Worms" and for
the historical cabinet, the original record
| of the Council of Trent, said to throw
valuable light on "The Trent A6dir."
An astronomical society of Europe
sends for the iewelry tables, "The Ring
Ilof Saturn, and the "BeltS of Jupiter. "
| The latter are quite large, and show con-
siderable waist,
Egypt is to be represented. One of
the wheels of Pharoahs chariot, fshed
up from the Red Sea. One of the lean
Kline that another Pharoah saw in dream
and bottle of Egyptian darkness" the
last particularly we'll preserved. -
A committee Of Englishmen (nobles,
and merchants and shipbuilders, send a
livery curious ARTICLE some English
Southern Sympathy 1t is said to re-
semble exhilarating gas, and to leave
/ the Inhaler in very exhausted state;
also, to cause temporary blindness. On
account of its explosive nature, it is
sent in an iron-clad box, cunningly shap-
| ed like ram, and is packed in Sea Is
land cotton Whether it will not evapor-
ate in our climate before it can reach the
Fair, is question. Physicians suggest
that the smell Gt is said to smell very
badly might cause such of our wound
ed soldiers as may visit the Fair to feel
dangerous rushing ofblood to the head.
Even rebellion is to be represented
A soldier presents trophy found in
Bragg's headquarters after the late battle
at Chattanooga A dead dog, well stuff,
ed, having brass collar, on which is
the inscription: Jefferson Daris' cur
: Ensy5 Eusy is a name derived from the
Latin word ersis, which signifies a stUord
showing that the cur was one of Davis
dogs Of icar. 1t is supposed to have
been left by him on his late visit tc
Bragg's army, IN menso1ium. 1t seems
l to have died a natural death. 1t is g
{ cross of the bloodhound, 3 and shows fea
lures of the two famous Southern breed.
: Secession and Chiralry. We opine tha
y its sire was the celebrated bloodhount
Treas on, so named because of a keel
: scent after fugitive slaves, hiding on tree
n in the swamps. rr0
= In the department. of Reptiles is to b
I exhibited the great Copperhead of Ohio
that was killed by Election 1t is not il
Y good preservation. The head is badl
,s smashed, and, altogether, it looks as
,e all the people in the State had had kic
k at it, ~ sl1ahE Tas+r1 sIHFT'
:. Perhaps among the home contribu
J. tons not the least observable will be th
g punapkin-Uiae from the fertile soil of Ir
3e diana, that grew so fast as to chase
y, gangof hogs all around the field.
= But Kentucky will dispute. the homo
a. of sending the most remarkable naturs
phenomenin: the ground squirrel ths
had race with streak of lightning o
- ss a warm fence and beat it, by cutting tn
90 corners, while the lightning had to g
g e around
IS It'll said, we are to have the powerf,
IS IS magnifying glass used by the South Ca
90 olina Seceeding Convention, with whic
* they looked at what they had to con
Is plain of in the Union and to what the
Is were to gain by leaving it.
ss s Among minor articles sent in, is
ss funny collection of figures of speec1
IS found among the Southern chivalry
S8 very puffy md strutty; also from COZ
90 respondents of news papers, large vol
80 30 ume of, R,nsors, each Of which contr;
dicted its predecessor