Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-10-17
TIE HAIR.


tion Of Vast Crowd of strangers.
Thousands OF strangers from oil parts
of the county will DO here next week TO
visit the Shelby County Agricultural and
Mechanical Fair. TO be opened on Tues
day morning next, at the Race Grounds,
BY purely local enterprise, without the
slightest aid or assistance from the State
Government, which is so Radically bent
on evil as to squander the peoples
money on lsziness aud yagabondsge,
instead Of encouraging home manuiac-
lures and restoring the State to It's
former prosperity and happiness. Not
witbstanding ell the indifference met
here and there, and the constant cry OF
croakers that times are too hard and
unsettled to do anything" the officers OF
the Association, with commemorate
spirit, have surmounted nearly all OBJ
| stacles, and only need the corporation
of the uoble-hearted farmers, generous
souled merchants aud hard.fsted me-
chanics of Shelby TO make a grand,
prsise-worthy aud successful Exhibition.
The exertious Of the Managers OF the
| Fair, we think, will be handsomely re-
warded by vast throng OF visitors each
day Of exhibition; and they ought to
| feel satisfied on this occasion IT oil ex'
penses are paid and small surplus lei'
on hand wherewith TO erect, 10 a more
convenient locality and closer 70 the CITY
than the Race Grounds, Show House
for themselves next year, ALREADY the
note Of preparation SOUNDS IN al quar-
tiers, and everybody In a state OF exci,e-
ment looking out for customers. we
hope everybody's great expectations
will be fully realized, and that the fair
will turn out to be not only great place
Of enjoyment but greas source OF
profit Pleasure no doubt there VIII De,
IL the weather is hne and II viii De
strange if profits don't now from sucn .
concourse OF people.
Our railroad superintendent nave
made arrangements whereby persons. VINO
wish to come to the Fair with art,cies
will be received at any station, ana the
strictest attention paid to their orders as
to how flowers, fruit, vegetables, enc ,
should be handled. Full fare viii De
charged coming, but on returning !he
passenger is to receive freepass, wnicn
is the same as placing the round Trip
at half price. The directors oil the stree'
railroad are htting up extra cars lot tne
occasion, and arranging a system wnere'
by the greatest speed going to ana com,
ing from the Fair Grounds can be erected
without the slightest confusion. HACK
men, livery stable men, omnibus men and
| wagoners are trimming and repairing
their vehicles so as to make them look
| handsome and comfortable, in expecta'
| ton of great loads; and even steamboat
men are washing their decks and CABINS
to be ready for freight and passengers
from the river districts.
The scrubbing-brush, the mop and the
duster are being freely used at all tne
hotels, where cleanliness and comfort
should reign supreme. Old rooms are
being newly decorated, old beds freshly
aired, and old furniture revarplshed, SO
as to make all appear as good as new u
not better. Merchants are placing their
goods in attractive heaps and piles, IN
windows, on shelves, and ABOUT their
store-doors, with an eye to business and
great expectations OF gam uulins
Fair week. Milliners are filing their
showcases with the latest styles oil RID
bons, laces, trimmings, flowers hats
bonnets and feathers, so as to draw Gus
tom from the fair sex by great display
of pretty things; and merchant tallors
are getting ready teggery OF such fash
ionable cut and texture as to fascInate
the most fnical Beau Brunlmel
In the amusement line. Chris. Stem
kuhl, assisted by Bob McWade, Is bring
ing out the legitimate drama at the New
Memphis in all its purity and per rec:
ton, with company not eequalnled TINS
side Of Gotham, Miss Charlotte Ihom n
son, the little Alabama actress Sia oe aogn 'n a.
bright, particular star p VINE !o"n o.
the Varieties manager DrooI 80. 20 po
pairing Tor the occasion ION, ta"a ~ spe 0b;ne
Belle Helene; and here on the corner OF