The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-04-09
WHAT WE saw AT TAE FAIR YEs-
TERDAY.

Going In the main enuance, lne nrst tnins t'a'
strikes The view is the fine array OF watches
frem Chicago, Ills Mr.. P. s. Bartlett, the travel
ing agent, snabls and courteous, ia there in at
tendance. We are shown the workings of these
delicate and accurate time pieces and are forced
to acknowledge them complete in every respect.
Mr.. Bartlett the travelling agent takes orders for
the National Watch Company. whose salesrooms
and business Offices are located corner of Lake
and La Sale streets, Chicago, Ills. The factory at
Egin, Ills, turns cut one hundred watches per
day and has employed AS workmen. Adjoining
the watch and chronometer display OF the Nation
al Watch Company is the exhibition of silverware
Of Mr.. Chas. Pescsy. The specimens here set
forth are massive, elegant and chaste correct in
design and perfect IN finish. The ice cream set is
deserving of special MENTION while the solid silver
engine which Is offered for rattle Is real master
piece of workmanship. The engine, we are told
by the handsome and courteous exhibitor, Mr..
Martin. is to be filed after the rattle with Bradys
family bitters. The engine will then play away
for the benefit of the thirsty.
overhaDging the silverwsrs and other valuables
We discover three quits Of dainty needlewoTk the
product, doubtless, of fair hands and taper fin
gers. The design of these quilts is somewhat
quaint and peculiar. The ordinary patchwork
style is completely discarded, and only strips Of
parti-colored silks employed. whoever made
them, they are curosities in their wsy. Near By,
just over the Naticrsi Watch CompaEy's
case, we see some splendid specimens Of
kair work. Conspicuous above sl and me-iting
praise for compactncss and delicscy. we nete the
wreath Of flowers formed of thirty-nine varieties
of hair The leaves in this wreath ere perfect,
and each flower stands forth real like. There is
no frlzzlpg OF hair or false coloring. the real,
bona fide hair Only being 1sed. The fair Trainer
of this pretty wreath certainly deserves the prize
for her patience and skill.
20 the right we find the sewing machines OF
Wheeler q Wilson-the chief attraction of which
may be set down as the beautiful operators.
Then we pass By Jennings gas fixtures. and A.
| b. Grswold q Co.'s silver ware and jewelry, till
| we come to the pianos Listning awhile to the
1 music, we stroll along and come to Department E.
/ Here we naturally pause at the entrance to ex-
anime Mr.. Evan Skelly's salphurous acid gas ma
| chine model. As many Of our sugar planters are
| just now visiting town, we would call their atten
| tion to this machine for defeating and bleaching
cane juice. To be properly appreciated it must
be seen, but one item strikes ne as specially in its
! favor. viz while bleaching the juice and defeat
ing it thoroughly. no offensive fumes Of sulphur
| are allowed to escape. while, by an automatic
| con,rivance the supply il still kept up.
| Entering the Totunda tbs smiling faces of those
| beautiful young ladies', who engineer the sewing
| machine department of NJ. S. ,Heddiek attracted
| our attention. Of course we went over, for what
mortal made Of clay could resist such attraction
busy all the time, showing to wondering crowds
the different specimens of work, from the coarsest
to the finest material which the Wilcox and Gibbs
| and Sloat elliptic machines are capable OF pro-
ducing they yet find time to answer all questions.
Mr.. Heddrick's depot for sewing machines, etc..
is at 81 Canal street. Strangers DESTROYS OF pur-
chasing sewing machines cannot do better than
| at his place.
We saw an admiring crowd Of the fraternity,
at that highly finished black walnut case, con-
tanning those magnificent specimens of Masonic
and Odd Fellows jewels, manufactured by our
fellow citizen Chas. Pescay-if pnblic opinion Is
of any weight, Mr.. Pescsy will sarry off all the
| prizes awarded TO such work.
| We have heard, on one or two occasions during
our short life, that "there is nothing new under
| the sum- We now think this must be mistake
Water, heretofore has been the great enemy of
| FIRE, but Mr.. F. S. Anderson has on exhibition,
burning In lamps, an Illuminating fluid, called "La
| Gloria,n which we were informed by him ia ex-
| tracted from dirty acater. This fluid is neither
greasy nor explosive, AID gives light equal to
the best coal oil. tits sold at the low price of
fifty cents per gallon.
| Fl. A. Wheelock & Co. exhibit Valleys SELF
fastening cotton tie The advantage this buckle has
Ter all others is that 1t is seffastening and that
the hook rests against round surfaces. thereby
entirely avoiding their breaking, as they would,
being drawn over square corners. This tie is made
of the best quality Of English iron, aud guaranteed
to stand the test under any circumstances. 1t is
adjusted quickly holds better and is less liable to
become unfastened than any tie now in use. Plan
tiers and all others Interested would do well to ex.
anime this tie. We believe Mr.. VALLEY, the in.
ventor, Is In attendance.
1t is a startling fact, according TO the reports
and statistics of the agricultural department at
Washington, the average yield of nearly all the
crops cultivated North and South has decreased
rapidly since 1868. Constant culture of the soil
exhausts it, and unless this is checked by the
adoption of a better and more effective system of
fertiliziDg the productiveness Of the soil will con-
tinue to diminish.
The most important question for the farmer will
be- which is the best as well as the most econoni-
cal fertilizer for restoring exhausted lands, and
keeping them in condition for profitable cultiva-
ton. Sterns' Pure Raw Bone Fertilizer has been
put forward for this purpose. Twenty-Five years
experience in the manufacture OF the same in Ger.
many, and its great popularity in that country,
are proofs of its efficiency. Il is unrivalled,
not even "gusno" (which is much cost.
lier) excelling it in his effects and durability.
The farmers in the West and North have used
raw bone as fertilizer for years. and its utility is
becoming yearly better known and appreciated.
For prices. address Stern's Raw Bone Fertilizer
Factory, Office SO Magazine and 96 Grsyier streets,
New Orleans, La.
We call the attention OF sugar planters and all
others interested TO the sugar manufacturing ma.
chinery exhibited in the heavy machine shed,
opposite the Rotunda Building. The Victor Cane
Mil and Cooks Sugar Evsporators can here be
seen doing work, that makes the old time planter
open his eyes in astonishment at these wonders Of
the inventors skill. II does not now take for.
tune to start sugar planting. We were assured