Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-10-22
THE HAIa.
secon d Days Exhibition. !

| The new eatries, In the Gentletnen 4
Department, a, the Fair yesterday were
two Wagner bays, to contest the best
buggy team, by Mr.. Harry Tomlinson
the Tennessee dssherless ehurn, by Or
gill Bros; a barrel Of -four and barrel
Of corn meal from the Benges Mills; a
barrel OF -four from Harris a Co. 8 Mills
q set buggy harness and patent bitby G.
W. Case q Co.; portrait Of little girl 10
a swing, by Charles Guthrie the sprites
Hole in England, an ingenious combina'
ton Of corks, by Mr.. Hood, OF Tooley 4
Barnum's. In the Ladies' Department
the entries we're an Afghan buggy
blanket, by Mrs. George Henry; French
embroidery. by Miss Rachel Levy
raised worsted ladies' work stand, by
Mrs. Parker; embroidered pillow-case,
by Mrs. George Henry; ohild's dress OF
embroidered silk, by Mrs. Rosina
Hahn; gentleman's fine shirt, by Mrs.
Della Colburn; log-cabin silk guilt, by
Mrs G. W. Scott; patchwork silk guilt,
by Mrs. A. J. Hays; Jobs patchwork
quilt, a curiosity Of 5000 pieces, by a
young lady; chenille embroidery, by
Mrs. r. Morrison; exquisite wax flowers,
by Mrs. J. Brown; Shelby butter, by
Mrs. Kellogg; Shelby biscuit, by Mrs. G..
G. Holmes; a pair of wooden socks,
knit by blind woman at the
age of sixty-two, or over; pretty Berlin
wool flowers by Mrs. Coleman Boyd
English embroidery aud tatting by Mrs.
Henry Lske. In the Agricultural De-
partmeut, R. G. Craig q Co., Of this
city, entered bushel Of red May
wheat, raised by Robert Stephenson, OF
Grenada, Mississippi, with the yield Of
twenty bushels to the ncre; John Morri-
son, of Fort Pickering, one bushel OF
Peabody prolific field wheat, one peck
of cornfeld peas, lot Of Irish pink po-
tatoes and bushel Of red potatoes,
yams, corr, sweet potatoes, etc.; VIM.
Penn, the veteran gardener, a splendid
lot of all the table and garden vegetables
known to this climate-potatoes, turnips,
carrots, beets, mustard, parsnips, beans,
okra, sage, Scotch kale, radishesi Mrs.
Holmes, bag of hops, one of sage;
John Morrison, q lot of genuine Tom
Thumb popcorn; Harris, Cochran d
Co., lot of Boughton wheat, raised in
Giles county, and said to bring from one
third to as much again to the acre as any
other variety; R. G.. Craig Il Co., fine
assortment Of seeds, agricultural imple-
ments, ETC.; Colonel A. ]. Keller, four
bushels of Irish potatoes, different vari-
cites; James c. Crenshaw, one bale of
cotton; T. G. Stephenson and r. 81.
Boatman, one bale each samples of thirT
teen bales from DR.. e. P. Bates. In the
way of Fruits, Mr.. Ed. s. Elan, of
Shelby, exhibited twenty different speci-
mems of apples raised at his place, sew
eral of them from seedlings-very fne
indeed six specimens of fine apples
were exhibited by Mrs. Alexander Don
elson. In the Hardware line, Jukes IL
SCOTS stoves occupy quite a space
they have the Union stove, Plymouth
Rock, Capital Heating stove and others;
II. Wetter Il Co. have the Fireside stove
quite a novelty-the Daley, for parlors
and torchlight Heating stove. All the
stoyea are to have cooking match next
The Tobacco interest was
partly represented by e. P. Bates 4 Co,
who exhibit specimen of fine leaf
grown in Shelby county. Game Fowls
were plentiful. Mrs. W. Il. Stovall en-
tered one pair of brown-speckled Ban
tam chickens; Mrs. John W. Fowler one
pair white Bantsms; Mrs. George j.
Henry family of speckled Bantams;
Junius Wright pair ofgolden Bantams;
Walton Wright pair of Tennessee game
chickens; T. T. Wright pair of Span
sh game chickens; Mrs. Holmes pair
Of Poland ducks; A. Pleschke Poland |
Mrs. George G. Holmes lot
,f Brahma chickens; Mr.. E. D. Duncan
, tjsir of Csyugs ducks and half grown
rood; also pair of Reuen ducks and
pair of Leghorn chickens. No premi-
inns we're awarded. The programme of
Wednesday will be completed on Sat-
friday. |