Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-31
wEAKLEY COUNTY FAIR.
First Day-Oc.. rs. 1865.

AAS1 APAy -Ocss ~os ACOos
This is the first meeting Of the Agricul-
lural and Mechanical Association for
Weakly county, held at Dresden, cJm-
Wednesday The 18th inst, and
The weather being fine, the interest mani
Tested by the people was commendable,
and generally speaking everything tended
to make the occasion one of very inter-
esting char acter. Considering that the
officers and people have only been working
in this matter for few weeks, We regard
every prospect as very hattering for very
successful exhibition throughout the entire
time set part for the fair. The Ladies'
Industrial Hall is filled with rich variety
of articles, rejecting great credit alike
upon their taste, their industrial skill and
enierprising public spirit. Too much
praise cannot be awarded TO the ladies and
managers for this noble old county of Weak
ley, in this, their first fair. The following
are the officers NJ. D. Cardwell, President,
]. NJ. Ridgeway, Vice President, ]. L.
McGlothlin, Treasurer, W. r. Ross, Seere-
tary, D. L. Shaver, R. n. irvine and J. E.
Vincent, Directors.
70 flowing is list Of articles and
awards for the
FIRST DAY.s
Best five yards of jeans, premium to
Mrs T B White.
Best five yards of coarse jeans, premium
Mrs. f Latham.
Best carpet, premium to Mrs Archer.
Best specimen of needle work, premium
TO Miss Nettie Gardner.
Specimen silk embroidery, premium TO
Mrs Lue Shaver.
Worsted embroidery, premium to Mrs Z
c Elliott.
Crochet work, premium to Miss Mettie
Gardner.
Cotton embroidery, premium to Miss
Sue Archer.
Best pair of wooden hose, premium to
Miss Kate Alexander.
Wooden hair falla, premium to Miss F A
Younger.
Cotton shirt, premium to Miss Kate
Alexander.
Pair of blankets, all wool, premium to
Miss Kate Alexander.
Pair of blanket, half wool, premium tc
Mrs A Millner.
Wooden cOVerlets, premium to E D Fan.
sill.
Patchwork cotton quilt, premium tc
Mrs Z C Elliott.
Worsted quilt, premium to Miss Sue
Archer.
Best ten pounds soap, premium Mrs R
II Yonger.
Five pounds honey, premium to Alfred
Gardner, jr.
Bottle wine, premium to Benz Rogers.
Loaf wheat bread, premium to Mrs
Archer.
Two pounds butter, premium to Mrs J
F Latham.
Pair chickens, premium to Miss Metlie
Gardner.
Plow for general Use, premium to HoI-
land & DiCkie, Paducah, Kentucky.
Four horse wagon, premium to Holland
& Dickie, Paducah, Kentucky,
Dried pears, premium 10 Mrs Ann Jen-
kins.
Peck grapes, premium to r H Yonger.
Bushel Irish potatoes, premium 70 L P
Berry.
Sweet potatoes, premium to J L Nc
LOthiin.
Peck Of beats, premium to r H Yonger.
Cabbage, six heads, premium to A Gard
ner.
Peck onions, premium to Mrs E Sum
mers.
One-half bushel turnips, premium TO A
Gardner.
Best ears corn, white, Premium to r H
Yonger.
Bast ears yellow corn, premiumtO J R
Vaughn.
Best red wheat, premium TO J r
Vaughn.
Leaf tobacco, manufacturing, premium
to 2 NJ Farmer.
Best shipping leaf tobacco, premium to
p NJ Farmer
Second best shipping leaf tobacco, pre-
mjum to f S jenkins.
Best sheep, buck, premium to A Gard
ner.
Best eve, premium to A Gardner.
Best gentleman rider, premium to John
Blakemore.
Best citron, premium to Mrs B A Rogers.
Sweet pickles premium to Mrs b A
Rogers.
Sour pickles, premium to Mrs B A Rog
ers.
Brandy peache', premium to Mrs B A
Rogers.
APeach preserves, premium to Mrs Card
we'll.
Ginger preserves, premium to Mrs G A
Rogers.
Peach jelly, premium to Mrs c Martin.
Canned peaches, premium 10 Mrs B A
Rogers.
Best gouber peas, premium to Clarence
Irvine.
The proceedings all passed off quietly
and to the entire satisfaction OF everybody.
We give below part of the proceedings of
the
SECOND DAY.
Best pair of pigs, premium TO John
Winston.
Best thoroughbred stallion, premium to
G Edwards.
Best bull of any age, premium to S B
Jones.
Best cali, premium to i D Fansil.
Best harness gelding, premium to NJ D
Carlwell.
l est harness mare, premium to W FlaCk.
FASTEST pacing horse, premium to X
Gibbs.
The balance Of the awards will appear
in our next. We return many thanks for
courtesies extended to the representative
of the UNION AND AMERICAN by the Of
fcers of the Fair and friends generally.