Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-06-04
The Tobacco Exhibition.

the State Agricultural Society. came of
yesterday, and was complete success, Il
as to the quality Of the staple exhibited,
The prices brought for the premium hogs
heads, and the large attendance attract
ed Ii any one had aBy doubts as to the
advantages Of these exhibitions, they
would have been dispelled by observing
the immense number Of hogshesds stor-
ed in and around all the warehouses,
and seeing the large crowds attracted TO
the sale from all paris Of this State, IN
Guiding many strangers from other cities
The sales Of the tobacco which was com
peted for bat did not obtain premiums,
viii Be continued at the city warehouses
IRON day 10 dav until all Is disposed OF,
and We shall defer further comment on
various matters which the exhibition
suggested to Us until we can give the
total aggregate sales Of thertl lie brought
20 The city on this occasion.
After the judges had performed their
duties IN examining the various samples,
the awards we're announced as follows
70 which we append the amounts reeeiy-
I'd for the sale Of the various hogsheads
which took premiums upon their indi-
vidusl merits.
NAsUFkeTURISG LEAF.
First best hid. FL Sablett, Ballard,
$50 Pickett Warehouse. Sold for $500
10 Lawrence Anderson
Second best hhd-T. Reeves, Ballard, I
s25 Louisville Sold for Sl95 10 ]. I.
Edmonds.
Third best hhd-Birch & Parrish,
Hart, sl5 Ninth street Sold for SITS i
TO W j Anderson.
Extra premium for a hid less than 900 1
los 10 T. d. Mason, Of Ballard Sold fer |
500 to w j. Anderson
SHIPPING LEAF.
First best hhd-S Edwards, Ballard, |
$50. Pickett Sold for $g4
Second best hhd--Mrs p T. Fox,
Christian, So. Louisville. Sold for |
$3.50
Second best hide r Moss. Chris |
tan, SO Pickett Sold for $50.
CUTTING LEAF.
First best hhd-B B. Morgan, Owen,
$50 Pickett Sold for s75.
Second best hid james Norris, Ma
son, SIS Pickett. Sold for $50
Third best hhd-Johu A. Stafford,
Oven SIS. Ninth street sold Tor
SO.
CIGAR LEAF
lst best Hhd-Robertson ( Winter,
Brackeu, $50 Picket Warehouse Sold
! for S37.
Dad hest Hhd-Robertson & Winter,
Bracken $25 Pickett Warehouse Sold
for S33
81 best Hbd-D. J. Bradford / Co,
Braeken, SIS Picket Warehouse Sold
for $27.
TO rHE LADY n WHOSE NAME rHE BEST
HHD. on LgAF TOBACCO Was ENTERED
RRGAaDLEss or CLASSIFICATION.
lst Premium--A coffee aud tea set of
silver plated ware, valued at sl25, was
awarded to Mira james Norris, Of Ma
1 son
"a Premium Contributed by VIM II.
Crather-A silver cake basket with ruby
lining valued at SO, was awarded to
Mrs w P. Griffin, Of Ballard.
REsr THx HHps
/ lst Prem.--D W. Settle, Ballard, si25.
Louisville.
ID Prem.-R. n. Wyatt, Ballard, SIS,
Boone.
/ Bird Prem.-So award
BEsT 1--WE HoGsHgADs
First Premium-Mrs. h. T. Rrame.
/ Christian, 500, Pickett
/ Second Premium-Richard Durrett,
Christian. So. Pickett
Third Premium-W. Thornberry, Nc
Cracker, $50, Ninth Street
HEsr THREE BoasHEApz
First Premium r. SabIelt, Ballard.
$50, Pickett
Second Premnium--R Williams, Nc.
Cracker, go, Pickett.
Third Primium--Bireh & Paris, Hart,
SIS, Ninth Street
For Best Priced and Handzomest HID
Premium Sl0-Awarded to j. w. Pruetf,
Taylor
The astonishing price Of s49s paid for
the first best hogshead Of manufacturing
leaf by Mr.. Lawrence Anderson Of cur
city, Is the finest compensation ever
awarded 10 a grower for care in culiiva-
lion, preparation. and handling. Mr.. ].
III Sablett, Of Ballard county, Ky, Is
entitled to the honor Of having raised
this superb tobacco, and IL is a remark
able fact that il comes from the extreme
northwestern part OF our State, nt the
confluence Of the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers, where we we're under the impress
sion the lawlessness Of gnerrillas and the
depredations OF rebel raids had not per-
miited the planters 70 grow any crors
OF the twenty-four premiums, Ballard
county took eight or one-shird Of the
whole, and McCraeksn, It's next door
i neighbor on the east. took two. Central
Kentucky took of two premiums from
Hart and the ore from Taylor county,
awarded to Mr. Pruett for the handsom-
est and best raised hogsheads, seems 10
belong TO him as a matter Of course, for
be wins it year after year Southern
Kentucky carried four awards from
Christian county, while in the upper part
of the State, Bracken carried all three
premiums for cigar leaf, and Mason and
Owen two each. The jackson Pur-
chase has "won the horns gloriousIy
this year, with three premiums for manu-
featuring leaf, one for shipping leaf, one
for lsdys entry. two for ten h0gsheads
IN each lot, and one for three in the lot.
EtNAA@@ANt eAE EA&AnG &AAED4 anu
the State Agricultural Society, all have
reason TO be satisfied and proud at the
results Of the Seventh ANIMAL Tobacco
Fair
The premiums awarded to the owner
of the best ten horsheads Of leaf tcbac-
CO was the donation Of the Louisville
Hotel and consisted Of coffee SET, tete-a-
tete, and castor of silver-plated ware.
and that awarded to the best I've hogs
heads was silver-plaied coffee set, pre-
serted by the National Hotel The vol
uuteer premium 70 the second best LADY
entry, given BY Mr. Cruteher, was a su-
perb silver cake-basket, with ruby lining.
The liberality of the donors viii be sp-
preeiated by the pnblic--Loais5iile
Journal
DIED.