The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-01-09
NUMBER 1875.
exterior portion of the fair yesterday, we shall
now proceed TO say something about
The Interior Display.

now proceed to say something about
The Interior Display.
While the. crowd within the buildings vheye
the various articles OF merchandise. works of art,
| and manufactured goods are exposed, waslnot so
dense as to prove iDconvenient TO any, there were
| yet sufficient visitors to indicate a very general
interest IN the results Of home industry Passing in
at the Esplanade street gate the visitor comes rst
to the cattle sheds, where some noble specimens
| Of Ayreshires and Durhams are stalled on the one
side, and where fattened pigs upon the other keep
| up discordant squeal, making the scene sugges-
tive of sojourn in Cincinnati during the pork pack
ing season. There are here exhibited, too pair Of
deer, eleven months old, brought to this city ten
| months since from near Biloxi, Miss, by Mr.. M.
Miller, the well known restaursteur of st. Charles
street. Passing thence into the first building, one
sees some choice specimens Of manufactured ci-
| gars, exhibited by Mr.. Geo. Alc6s, and others by
Mr.. B. Figuerora, both Of this city, The great at
| traction in this building, however, ia a massive
and shapely obelsk, some fifteen feet in hight.
constructed of vari-colored soap, manufactured
| by keer's Southern Soap Works. The work ia
admirably done, and elected general commenda-
| ton.
! Passing thence through the next building in
| which machinery is being erected and displayed,
as rapidly as hammer and rivet can do IL, we
| come 10 the grand octagonal building, which may
be said TO form the center of interest as il does
| Of the picturesque cluster of buildings in which
il stands. Here we find brilliant in hue and rich
IN attractiveness, the goods displayed by the en-.
| terprisiDg COL Moody, the shirt king of the
| world. They are contained in two cases. one of
which is devoted to furnishing goods, the other
TO rare samples OF that very indispensable
article which has given TO royalty it's name.
There lie among the latter deliberately en-
brodered shirt, entered by lady of this city, for
competition, valued at $780, and which occupied
seven months in its manufacture. Then, too,
there is shirt embroidered with gold thread in
tasteful designs, and valued at $500.
In the furnishing goods case are many rare and
tempting specimens. Upon one side are imported,
upon The other manufactured goods. Among tbs
a Gill ffCa If matt H.
various fruits grown In this latitude. There Is, too,
charming little toilet article for fops-an arti-
hcial rose, which, upon the application of pres
sure to its STEM discharges jet Of fragrant rose
water. The bronze medal fairly won by Colonel
Moody at the Paris Exposition, Is prominently in
view. In fact its very presence there would
almost render any further commentator from us
superfiuous.
Then, in case hard by are some very pretty
specimens Of needle and worsted work. exhibited
by the inmates Of the Girls House of Refuge, of
which Mrs. s. N. Moody is directress; also others
by the little girls OF the Chdren's Home, No. 346
Charires street. We particularly noticed the
crescent pncushion in the one, and the large
worsted one in the other case.
The display Of artificial arms and legs, in an
other part of the building, accompanied by the
card OF Lewis Lockwood. manufacturer, almost
tempts one TO adopt the familiar phrase, " saw my
leg of, in order to obtain an opportunity of pro-
curing one Of these ingeniously made members.
AT the head of the stairway leading to the sec.
ond floor Of this octagonal building are some
very rare specimens of pen and ink work,
seventeen in number) contributed to the
exposition by our enterprisiDg fellow-towns-
man, Rufus Dolbear, OF Dolbear College.
They comprise mercantile specimens, Wig
pettes and pen and ink likenesses of such distia-
guished men as Washington and Lee. The for
mer particularly are noticed as wonderfully re-
sembling the generally conceived idea of the
facial appearance of the Father of his Country.
The whole work reflects credit upon Professors
Dolbear and Montgomery and their pupils
NV al ha hot .har hau
grouped a collection Of his choicest specimens.
AS works Of art and as samples Of skilful work
manship, they are certainly remarkable. The
likeness of Gen. Hancock taken since his ar
Iiyal) is a speaking one, while the smaller
vignette cartes possess delieacy and yet distinct
ness of outline Enthusiastically marking the work Of
good artists.
Then, further on, there are paintings some
few of them quite poor and unworthy of the
place they occupy; others such as would tempt
-; a.. "a ma I'll Il In si-A of tAAna-I
Indian Camp. rear Vaudeville" and the wierd
scene descriptive Of the lowands bordering upon
the Mississippi, (bOth nj paintings) made us stOp
for awhile in thought before them. There are too.
some amusing and well executed cuttings repre-,
sentiDg The Freedman's Paradise " and The
Old Cabin Home.n
An oil painting, showing an Indian horse-aeht
upon the far western prsiries, is an admxable
contribution 10 the exhibition, and we thank the
contributor for having coDjured up for US some
very picturesque vsions OF scenery about the base
During the day the now famous oil painting.
executed by I. 8. Noise, Esq, assisted by Mr.
Pearson, entitled Life on the Metarie" was put
upon exhibition, and for the remainder of the
afternoon was surrounded by crowds of specta-
tors, busily engaged in identifying the various
portraits forming part OF it.
large number of members of the Metarie
Jockey Club are represented in groups upon the
course, and most of them are sufficiently true to
the life TO be at once recognized The picture as
whole, reflects infnite credit upon the taste aud
skill Of the assists who conceived and executed it.
Among those appearing in the scene are ex-Gov.
Hebert, Generals Beauregard, Hays, Dick Taylor
and Westmore; Colonies Breaux, Nixon, Szy-
manski, James, BiDgamin and Merriam; Commo-
core Robinson Captain Slocomb; Messrs. Foley.
Vaudeville, Pike, o. f. Hall, Minor, Orchard,
Lavlebeuvs. |. N. Marks, Hernandez, Parker:
Judge Walker, Hon. d. F. Kenner. and many
others.
Passing out from the octagonal building in tina
direction opposite to that in which we had entered
another long building filed with articles Of every
variety offers its contents for inspection. There
are beautiful beds, rich and costly sets Of furni-
ture, parlor or bedroom you may please.
harness maker displays a great variety of fronts
for fiTemens hats, embracing samples Of those of
every fire company in town. One sees also the
trophy won by the famous horse Gen. Forrest,
the pet Of Orleans Co. No. 81 10 the trial of Nov.
Is, 1866. In another part Of the room is a mnia-
ture model OF asteamboat some three or four feet
in length-the Stonewall Jackson. constructed, an
accompanying placard informed US, bya Con-
prisoner Of war in the Missouri State Penientiary.
We saw, also, as encouraging signs Of Southern
enterprise and industry, some specimens of cotton
and wcoen yarns, linseys, jeans osnaburgs, and
shirtngs. from the mills OF the Mississippi Manu-
featuring Company, at Wesson, Copiah county,
Mississippi, one hundred and thirty.eight miles
distant from this city, the line Of the Jackson
railroad; also some cottonade, of New Orleans
manufacture.
With these few brief illusions to the prominent
objects attracting our attention among the ARTICLES
on owl w md for tba aanf0
remarks upon this interesting subject We shall,
during the continuance of the fair, endeaVOr to do
fall justice TO all exhibitors as the merits Of their
displays may demand.
To GENTLEMEE-Gentiemen in need Of winter
clothing, who may have occasion to travel
North, can obtain everything they could require
in the shape Of light and heavy clothing of
and Magazine streets. This firm is engaged in
wholesale and retail clothing, and