The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-15
LOUISIANA STATE FAIR.
New ORLEANS, April 10th, 1859.

. full of people from the countryn-aIl her
. to visit the Louisiana State Fair. Tho he
tells and street-cars are having good tim
! OF 1t, and If they arc not large stakeholder
In the Fair Association they ought to be-
The weather thus far, during the Fair, ha
been faultless, and the multitude of visitor
seem to be making the beet of it.
Taking i car on Canal street an expens
OF about twenty minutes in time and nv
cents in currency, conveyed your correspon
dent and others of the press, to the grounds
The others pressed in" through the admis
sion gate, but not being supplied with
Member Of the Press" badge, paid tn
fee required of common folk. and passed in
soon procured the badge, however, for
| observed that machinery men. managers
bar-keePers, and everybody else-includin,
of course, Secretary, Luther Holmes-wer,
extra polite to the press. Patent rights b.
the hundred were eloquently explained t,
them. all of which they noted down. ant
will furnish their readers at the rate of TWEEN
| tv five cents line.
The first department through which tn,
| VISITOR passes, is that devoted to stock -
There is but little on exhibition--a few excel.
lent hogs and few cows and sheep make VI
| the variety.
The machinery department is better filled
| IMAM on any previous occasion. There il
! considerable competition in the leading Ia
| oor-saVlnR mplements-especially in plows
| There are great many patents contesting
/ for the award. / notice three sizes from
| Charley Williams shops at jackson, and
| have heard competent judges xpress the
| belief that they would carry off the blue
ribbon. For simplicity, durability and
| cheapness, the Williams pillow has already
acquired most enviBble reputation in Mis-
| sissippi and Red River and Texas planters
! say that IL Is just the thing for their lands
/ Mr.. Williams is entitled to much praise for
| thus competing with plows of established
and extensive reputation; but his conf
dence is inspired by the genuine merits of
| his pillow. and by the endorsement of hum
! dreds who have used it.
Mississippi seems TO have taken consid-
| cradle stock in the State Fair Here we
| come to a tent which is the Headquarters OF
| the Mississippi Machinery agency, and in it
we find Capt. G. ID. Bustamente, dispensing
| information (and refreshments) to all who
! drop in. The Captain has great many use
| full articles on exhibition, and seems TO I'M
derstand the mechanism and practical work
| ing of every machine that he represents as
agent. l was pleased to learn from him that
after October next, he designs having his
| Machinery Depot at Jackson Capt. Bus
tamente is most useful citizen, and his
persevering efforts to supply our planters
with laboT-saving implements are beginning
| 10 be properly encouraged.
Never before, at any State Fair In the
South at least have farmers examined with
| so much interest and care inventions de-
| signed for their benefit, and certainly never
| before was the inventive mind so actively
at work There are machines here patented
by gentlemen of almost every class and
! profession. Mr.. j. 5 Carson, a merchant of
| BroOkhaven, has, for instance, churn that
| produces butter in four minutes. and that
| sPllR for from aiX eleven dOllaFS If il
| greatly admired, and will doubtless take the
award. Rev. DIR. Marshall has several prep
arations of the sweet potato, by which he
claims that at least 80 per cent ofthe entire
sweet potato crop can be saved from rot
ting. Not having opportunity to examine
/ cannot be more particular at this time.
Gentlemen of the legal profession have also
patents on articles OF various kinds.
The two best washing machines at the
Fair are those manufactured by Messrs.
Raoul Sons Il Wadley, at their Car Works
on the Jackson RailrC ad, and by Messrs. NJ
X. Lehman & Co, Chatawa, Mississippi
The first is priced at $40-the latter at $2o.
Washing machines ought and must be made
tor less money, before they can be generally
introduced. Housekeepers are not willing
to experiment at such cost.
Those enterprising machinery agents,
Messrs. Thos. b. Bodley & CO., New Orleans,
have contributed very materially to the
success of the Fair. / will merely mention
sugar Neutrality-suspicious. Mills and Cooks
Evaporation.
Staffords Gang Plow and Cultivator, and
a general assortment of plows for Southern
lands.
Outlets Steel Brush Gin and Cotton
Press.
Coleman's Wheat and Corn Mills.
| Lane & Bodley's Portable Saw Mills.
! Staffords' Garden Cultivator.
The Southern Corn Planter.
| Sanborn's Paper Lever Cutter and Book
Binders Press. &c.
The display of Manufactured articles is
quite extensive. and embraces almost every
| article required in the house and FARM
| There are a great many samples of Cotton
| and Wooden goods from the Eagle and PhG-
| nix Manufacturing Companies of Columbus,
| Georgia among them pair of full-siZe blan-
kets ma de of cotton, but so nearly resem-
bling wool in appearance and touch. 1t IS
quite difficult to conclude that there is not a
wooden thread in it. This style OF blanket
sells for SIS 80 per pair.
| The display of paintings, statuary, needle
| work. ETC. is much better than on any for
| mer occasion. In fine penmanship. book
keeping, etc, Prof Dolbear seems to have
| the best specimens on exhibition. Floral
| Hail is worthy visit, but we must pass II
/ by.
/ L witnessed yesterday a velociPed race
| The best time made around the course o.
one mile was in 571E. The riders could mo-
have been more fatigued after foot-race o
same distance. There is a good deal o
horse-racing at the Fair Grounds, and a
the Race Course, but correspondents mor'
familiar with the ways of the turf Will have
/ to take charge of that department
Altogether, the Fair is a fine success, anC
| demonstrates what can be done In Mtssls
| sippi if our people will but move in the mat
| ter. There are hundreds may say, thou
| sands-here from our State, and all with
| whom | have conversed agree that we ought
/ to have a State Fair in Mississippi. lnven-
| tors and Manufacturers say they Will all at
tend. 1t is true, a resolution was adopted al
| the Convention held at Jackson, in January
| last, to hold a Fair in October next, but viii
| q mere resolution prepare the grounds anC
complete the many details incident to a sue
cessful Fair? The Committee of Arrange
! Enents should meet, and the citizens of Jack
| son should meet, consult, and all lend help
ing hand. Before the war, there was an an
| nual appropriation from the State; canno
aid be obtained again from the same source
| Will somebody see about il? Or, is it every
body's business aud nobodys business ant
must the proposed State Fair go by default
If it does, on the citizens of Jackson vii
mainly rest the responsibility. As pecu
MARY investment alone, we can well amor
to subscribe a few thousand dollars toward
preparing the grounds.
The Mississippi Press is largely represent
ed at the Fair, and her representatives ar
ENJOYING themselves as well as such highly
| privileged characters possibly can. With
! out exception, believe, they favor the pro
posed State Fair at Jackson, and the speed,
Il reconstruction of the State under the new
| programme. Truly, LOGAN.
MISSISSIPPI.