Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-10-24
THE PAIR.
A Lisue Review Of Things There
Awards Yesssrdsy-Th The End.

country, II viii DC reho''y "e"''''eN 49,
the effort Of the Shelby County Agrioul-
tural and Mechanical Association to re-
yiye the old custom Of an annual exhi-
bi,ion has been attended with a degree
Of success scarcely anticipated. That II
is no, equal in any way 70 the exhibitions
held in the old Fair Grounds on the
Raleigh road must Of course be ac-
kuowledged, and no one could expect u
TO be, for the simple reason that our peo-
pie are not only in want Of the means 70
come to the city In the old style OF anu
encs, but lack the labor wherewith to
cultivate their fields, and enable them TO
raise grains, vegetables, and other pro-
ducts, in quantities aud qualities SUN
Gent to make respectable show. We
are satisfied, however, TO have 1t even as
il is, as we look on it as move toward
the reconstruction of ruined farms, and
the restoration Of pleasant feelings
through which, in the course OF time,
prosperity and happiness will surely How
We found the officers Of the Associa-
ton on the ground attending to their
duties with commendable spirit, and only
regretted that larger number of people
from the city did not pay them visit
Az to the suitability of the "hall " for
an exposition of fine arts, horticultural
gems, fancy needle-work, architectural
designs and agricultural products, we'll
say nothing, only hope that hereafter
some place Of comfort and beauty, where
there's room enough to pass lady with
out treading on her toes, may be selected.
The "track" and the ring" answer
very we'll for the exhibition Of cattle;
but if there's q bleaker prospect any
where than that witnessed from the
"stand," W. don't know where to ind 1t
except in Arabia.
Among the staple products we saw a
stalk of cotton not over twenty-six inches
high which had on it upward Of two hun
bred bolls; it was raised from Dickson's
select cotton-seed," aud is well worth
the attention of planters. In the vege-
table way, a Memphis gardener-Pat
Burns-convinced US by samples that
second crops of Irish potatoes can be
raised here in the year, as well as three or
four crops Of peas, lettuce, etc. We saw
a few basketsful of yams and sweet pota-
toes which we're very large; also some
good turnips and fine ears of corn. In
the fruit line, Mrs. E. Rayner exhibited
oranges raised in this county, other ladies
a variety of apples, among which we no.
ticed the Hubbardtown, Nonsuch, Stan
lev and NicBjack, all sweet and juicy.
The display is so email, however, that it
few boys we're to take an apple each,
none would be left to look at.
Patchwork quilts form grand feature
in the exposition of domestic manufac-
lures. Nearly every lady in the rural
districts has sent in a guilt Of embroid :
cred worsted, fancy silk, embroidered
cotton, plain white worsted Or black or
uamented with raised flowers. Some,
however, sent in shirts with more needle
work on their bosoms than common
. man cares about. A piece of sampler
work, representing Christ taken down
from the cross. executed and exhibited
6 by Mrs. Boyd, is very good, showing not
only skillful taste in the blending Of
, colors, but a just judgment of proportion
, But there is a total absence of fabrics
that give work to the million, such as
, linens, woolsey, jeans, cottonades, sheet
, ings, etc. They are the materials one
would like to see at Fair as samples Of
home industry and enterprise.
A very pretty model of English archi'
lecture in the Tudor style is the Sprlte
Hall. cut with penknife out of piece
: of cork, by gentleman of Pooley d Bar
: NUNS establishment who possesses moi
e only the skill Of modeler, but also that
8 of carver.
0 The stoves on exhibition we're all, we
: believe, made in Cincinnati. and are
. shown to advantage here by agents VIII
ling to sell them. H. Wetter 4 Co. have
the Champion cooking stove, will
wrought-iron oven, porcelain boiler, pc
. culiar damper, warming closet, and col
umn wherein everything is cooked in it,
own Juice, Jukes l. Scott have the Ply
/, mouth Book, Filley's Improvement OF
= the Charter Oak, and the Aurora Goa
cooking stove, as we'll as the farmers an'
manufacturers improved boiler, ant
! Bankers patent oil-can. John Il, Eich
! berg has. Stewards psrlor and air'tigh
kitchen stoves, Chamberlains solartyp'
L stove for parlors, and Charter mammoth
g milk-can. John has also a parrot cage
= manufactured by himself, which is al
e excellent piees of tinwork.
,, In agricultural i1pleGents the displa.
!, by no means exhibited the fact tha
d Memphis plowmakers took any interes
in the Fair at all, as the contests for pre-
p nisrc and certificates we're participated
lie in solely by @erchants. McCombs
a. Co. had a set of large circular saws
lie a Collins cast-steel pillow, Straubs port
"A able -four mill, and patent spade an
!: !, fork. Matthew's, JudsOn 4 Co. had
le sugar mill, constructed at RufalO, N. I
Cheeks cottou-press, and variety G