New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-05-01
gew Orleans Republican.
WHAT WE SAW AT THE FAIR.
u. Il. Knight.

j. Il. Knight.
The candor and good judgment OF this
exhibitor of machinery makes him pecu
liarly useful to all who may need it. he vii
give The farmer or manufacturer the most
reliable information. not only as to what ht
has himself TO sell him, whether engines
mills or any thing else, but as to his require
ments and the sort of things which az
should and can procure.
Mr.. Knights little portable engine, Sc
readily put up, SO easily managed. by no
vice, should have the premium for It's uni
yersal adaptabiity to ordinary wants, and
being 30 economical in its management.
Broom Corn.
The raising of broom corn is likely To
be one of the most fruitful Of Southern pro
ducts. when three more crops OF 1t Can be
raised than in the North. MIR. Knight, who
has taken the prize for broom manufacture
in New Orleans, furnishes directions for
culture and sells fresh seed to farmers. He
can be seen at the fair.
Artificial atone.
1t to be hoped, now that stone is made
here by artificial means that we shall have
greater number OF stone fronts. The
brown stone seems to be most called for,
but grey stone, in imitation OF granite,
would be more pleasant 10 the eye. This
Frear stone seems, from the specimens we
have examined at the fair, TO be better than
most natural sand stones, from its regularity
and compactness. There are no strata to
stelve off or to crack through. The new
stone hardens all the TINE after 1t is made,
and exposure to water and rain does not In
juriously affect it.
Very beautiful monuments, ornamental
gateways and cornices can be made OF this
material and they are vastly cheaper, more
beautiful and more valuable than tie ordi-
nary ones cemented on brick, and which are
constantly breaking of and needing 10 be
replaced.
The Best Washing Machine
On exhibition at the fair is the one which
does its work with the least fatigue and
trouble to the operator, leaves nothing to be
done by hand, is convenient in aud out Of
the washing season, will be used by servants,
if you have them, and by yourself, If CON-
peeled to do your own work, without annoy
xnce, and consequently By preference TO
hand work or other machines. 1t is the one
made here on Louisiana avenue, by
Fails q Howell,
And which takes the blue. ribbons of the
ladies, while its name. "The Grand Prairie
Washing Machine, shows that where water
is scarce, and wood more SO, it is the ouly
machine which can be economically and
satisfactorily used. Messrs Falls & Howell
are with their machine at the fair, and will
take pleasure in showing it to you.
stern brothers.
To raise agricultural products with profit
you must have rich land, and poor and worn
though yours may be, you may secure rich
crops from it by using pure and strong fer
tilizers. If you enter the main gate of the
Fair and go into the first building on your
right, you will be able to see some manufac-
tured here in New Orleans of the immense
supply Of materials which have been and
still are allowed to accumulate here, the
spoil taken from the country, and which
these gentlemen are manufacturing for
use.
These fertilizers have been tried and prov
en- efficatious in doubling the crops where
they have been employed, as shown by eX-
ampes of rows where the fertilizers are
used, and rows where they have been omit
ted.
j. VilIars ubIa d Co.
"Lengthened sweetness long drawn OUT
is exhibited by these gentlemen in its most
enchanting forms, to the delight of the ju-
niors.. A more diversified exhibition Of
candies and confections was never before TO
be seen here. What is best, all is Of home
manufacture. The star candies, the pre-.
cious drops, the limitations OF beans, nuts,
etc; the beautiful flowers, all OF sugar,
tinted Of the different colors of the floral
kingdom, and transparent and bright as
beautiful, were all made here in that most
extensive maEufactory of these gentlemen,
at No. SO Old Levee street, where they have
succeed to Mr.. Ernest TurpiD, Mr.. B. Tur-
pin remaining as partner in commendu and
Mr.. ia. d'Hemecourt being associated
with dir. Villarrubia 10 the general business
OF this extensive establishment.
Among the certificates of the acceptable.
ness of the
waco 81 Gibbs seyIng Machine,
as shown at the Fair by Mr.. NJ. s. He'd
rick, is General 4. E. Lees. whose approval
could not be obtained without the most
thorough satisfaction with the workings OF
the machine. But this distinguished gen.
tleman only reiterates what every one who
sees it working at the Fair must say, that it
does as complete work, his thorough, as
handsome, as neat, and in ali respects as
well as any double thread machine, and
runs lighter and gives less trouble than if
there was another thread, a shuttle and
complicated machinery connected there
with TO fix up half the time and to cause de-
lays 10 doing the work.
Simple and easy to work, no one who has
tried the Wilcox q Gibbs, which uses All the
attachments to the other machines, will use
any other while this is attainable.
At the fair you can zee how you can
remedy the difficulty of
Building IN the Country.
Even where the trees grow it is difficult TO
build houses. There may be no saw mill
nearby, and, il there be one, carpenters are
scarce, and take their time tor ali they do,
as we'll az much money. A man who wants
TO go to work at once on his farm, or to put
MP Office or a small store in a village with
out delay. can not bear to wait the slow
motions Of rural saw mills and carpenters.
TIE best thing he can do is to get ready
made house, portable and well proportioned,
a sample of which is to be seen in the offices
occupied by the chief officers of the Fair
Grounds ASSOCIATION. Such houses, suited
to the plantation, to the village and to any
use when small room is required, you may
get Of Messrs. Carrie d Co., who are
the exhibitors at the fair, and whose yard
is at the New Basin.
The Howe Sewing Machine.
No one who sees these machines, as ex-
hibited at the Fair by Messrs. S. G. ParInly
d Co., doubts that they possess peculiar
qualities which give them advantages over
all others. They are compact, simple and
durdle, aud their tension is uniform, even,
and regulates itself in crossing heavy seams,
30 AS TO prevent missing stitches.
The short straight needles used will not
break as readily as the long curved ones
dies which are nearly as fine as the thread. |
and thus make much prettier and neater
stitch.
They have all the attachments used in |
other machines for quilting, braiding, |
cording, telling. hemming, ETC., and sew |
either thick or thin fabficks with equal ease |
and beauty Of appearance.
liable q Daltoa
Sill keep putting up premiums for their |
various house furnishing articles. We took |
friend around yesterday to look at the |