The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-04-14
LETTER FROM NEW ORLEANS.
THE FIRST DAY OF THE FAIR-soME OF
THE SIGHTS TO BE SEEN.

. THE FIRST DAY OF THE FATR-soME {
u THE SIGHTS TO BE SEEN.
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p New ORLEANS, APRIL 8, 1869.
4 FRIEND DEMOCRAT
: The weather for several days pas
t L might say weeks and months, ha
/, been extremely disagreeable, cloudy
3 misty, damp and unreliable. This pre-
vented many persons from sendin
their goods to the Fair for exhibition
at an early day and prevented thou
sands from attending tile opening o
THE THIRD ANNUAL STATE Fam
which took place on Tuesday, the q
inst. A petition or notice was circula
ted amongst the merchants, stating
that they would close at II o'clock A
NJ, SO that "niggers and poor trash
could go down and see the elephant
Blinkins signed it because Doughface
had done SO, and Doughfsce did it be-
cause Dummy's name was there, and
SO on, about eight out of ten feeling
that circumstances forced them to
close, and growing all the time at the
cd humbug," closed their doors at
about 2 or o'clock. 1t is q pity,
friend Democrat, that all poor devils
who can't afford to do as they id
please, don't die off and decrease the
surplus population" When we get to
be merchant, we think that if we have
to sign such a circular, we will not
blame it on our clerks, but then you
know human nature is awful weak
The day looked gloomy, threatening
rain all the time, and this kept many
at home, still there was big crowd on
the ground, numbering between six
and seven thousand people. The open
ing ceremonies were appropriate, a |
prayer by the Rev. DR.. Palmer and an
grafton by the Hon. Alexander Walker,
with occasional treats of music from
The splendid band in attendance.
TIE DISPLAY
was not complete, many persons were
still at work fixing their goods, new
was going up and other i'm
were making. In the fine
'rts gallery the attraction will be very
'reat, including some of the best pic
ures of which our city can boast. Rice l
Brothers & Co., of 80 and 81 Camp
treet and SOS Magazine street, were e
ut with an elegant and complete as 9
ortment of foreign and domestic hard !;
rare, cutlery and farm implements f
hey had Charter Oak stoves there =
ON the size of a cigar box to the full
roportions of Hotel range. The ex- a
amations of delight that greeted the ii
'leldid show of this energetic firm ii
ere heard on all sides with an ear ~
estness that testified their sincerity.
AVIS, axes, spades, Ploughs, farm wa 9e
'ns, cutlery, plated table ware, house Of
!rnisling goods, all these combined to
ith the Charter Oak stoves, made up e en
brilliant and pleasing sight. w. X. ar
swis g. Bros, No. SO Broad street, a.
'ston, Mass, had a large assortment til
goods on exhibition, pickles, pre- M
rves, sauces, canned goods, and hi III
rye lot of Unpopular "Anchor Brand" l a
condensed milk. These gentlemen, n.
must be remembered, sent these Q,
DDS out with an agent expressly for fol
is Fair. Such activity and energy 40 90
serves success. I was pushing along tire
'ough the crowd, when my friend on
lly Akers says, Everybody takes ou
y and l paused-and smiled. me
'uld think that everybody was right 20 tel
take it. Billy is agent for the sale Of
Brady's Family Bitters, an article
It is rapidly growing in public favor S
is good for the constitution. These We
tiers taste very nice, are put up neat lics
and made fine show. They were '
orally patronized during the first T Igu
;, one hundred and seventy-two as
ties were drank at this little stand, a
'erybody took it," and everybody ty.
they were bully. The display of last
stock was not full, there were some w W. !,
hogs, several splendid horses and wild
ealthy looking lot of sheep. Of gro
TRY there were many varieties ex- five
ted, handsome chickens, large him
'e, fine ducks, etc. The grounds nun hJI,
been greatly improved since the reac
exhibition, the buildings have been Wis
tired and completed in such man tram tram
as to make them permanent. The tine
Is aud walks have been rolled and torn
led and are in splendid condition. the
of flowers and rows of rose gun,
les and other shrubbery line the T w
rs, adding greatly to the beauty of ders
place, and huge hot houses for the four
walton of rare plants and flowers cent
been erected. The Directors de- casio
great credit for the perseverance, His
energy that thew have d;snI.ro5 hors
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