The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-12

The gates opened at 9 O'Clock this morning, and
| for hours continuous stream OF visitors poured
through them into the grounds. The cool, brisk
morning had stirred the blood of all, and vehicles
and foot passengers crowded along the avenues
to the gates. Long before IL O'Clock the grounds
were alive with a multitude which could not
| have been less than five thousand people, and the
staging around the amphitheatre was one living
mass Of human beings pto the top row. New
booths and new shows rose in all directions. and
everything wore busy, thriving look.
The ladies constituted o larger proportion OF
the visitors than In any assem6lage Of the kind
we have yet seen, and If, ;perchance, there had
been tournament, the successful knight would
have been sadly puzzled to choose a Queen Of
Love and Beauty among the numerous lovely
women there. The amusements OF the day COM
sisted principally in the exhibition Of horses In
the ring. and splen lid sightit was as they came
| out glossy and beautifully groomed, from their
stables. The display OF Thoroughbred STOCK was
! magnificent, and comprised all the most celebra.
ted horses In the State. Riding and driving, In
single and double harness, followed each other
alternately throughout the day, as the stock or
different ages and sex were brought forward for
crowd OF spectators, lively interest In the scene
was maintained during the whole time. one
thoroughbred stallion was solsleeG and round
that the saddle could not-be kept on his back IN
riding, and two different riders experienced lgnc-
! minious falls in the ring amid the shouts and
laughter of the spectators. . -, =
Being determined TO enter the building, not
withstanding the crowd, we were compelled nrst
to make the circuit OF il, and, in doing so, came
across beautiful little POTABLE engine; getting
up team to drive the machinery. 1t is exhibited
by the maker, R. Tozer, or Columbia, and was
drawn to the fair grounds by two horses. EnecS-
ing an entrance into the hardware department.
We proceeded to examine the articles on exhi-
bltlon, more closely than on the preceding day.
Messrs. ]. E. Adger Co. are we'll represented 10
the show, and are, we believe, the only hardware
firm in competition from Charleston. AL OF thelr
articles have taken premiums at the Charleston
fair, and amoug them the following are conspicu-
Gus: Fords excelsior culiivalor or Shelf plough,
for one horse, and his gang plough, for two horses
both Of wide repnte and giving universal salts
faction; BIckford L IIurnan.s grain drill, with
attachment for guano; Leeds champion post-hole
digger; the celebrated Watt ploughs, and various
gins. sweeps, ploughs and fodder cutters, too nu-
merous TO mention. -.
Messrs. Lorick & Lowrance, Of Columbia, have
also o large lot OF agricultural, implen IN IS aud
other hardware on exhibition, and the Southern
corn.sheler, made By Charles Palmer, OF Virginia,
the Eureka smut and separating machine, from
New York, and q large and varied stock OF
ploughs and harrows, are among their principal
articles. The Taylor cotton gin, exhibited also oy
this firm, attracted much notice.
The cotton gins formed department oJ them
selves large and very attractive to the planters
present, who examined the Emory's condensng
cotton gin, the Taylor gin, the simpson co'son
gin, from Chester, s. c.; McCreight's saw gin'
from Fairfield, s. c.; the Alabama gin OF Dubois
Co., and fine serviceable looking GIN made
and exhibited by E. Norris, OF Columbia, >. U.
The TWO latter were hard at work, very similar IN
their operatons to the Gullett gin in the Charles
ton Fair, and giving great satisfaction IN their
| performance.
We also noticed the familiar cotton seed huler
| Of Mr.. Shaw, exhibited by Brodie L Co., OF your
| city, hard at work. and creating much astoulsn-
mens as its wonderful performance McCrelghts
reverse grst mill, o huge combination horse
power thresher and cleaner, exhibited by Lorlck
i Lowrance, and lot Of iroa works and iencing'
by Goldsmith L Kind, OF Columbia, S. G., compile
TED our survey in this quarter.
The buggles and carriages. exhibited by Fowler,
Foster 4 Co., and Carol & Speman, are hand
some affairs, aud, the neat sashes blinds ana
wood moulding from the shop OF F. W. Wing, OF
| Columbia, deserve encouragement.
Near these is wonderful little gas stove lot
cooking, and neat enough for parlor. 1t is
called the Gasoline, and Is made and exhibited
by S. Sheridan, Of unbia, S. c. AT the time We
saw II, dinner consisting OF loaf OF bread, some
biscuits and piece Of roast veal, had just been
prepared on IL, and, declining an invitation TO
dine, we were told by the proprietor that he could
cook three meals day for q good-sized family
with only nine cents worth OF gas.
We recovered from our astonishment at this
disclosure while inspecting large quantity OF ice
in blocks, and learned from John c. Seegers that
he made 1t by steam in Columbia. 1t Is clear,
thick and hard, and It Is turned out at the factory
at the rate OF four hundred pounds per hour
Turning to something warmer we saw several
bales Of wool, and about q dozen cotton stalks
bearing an incredible number of bolls, exhibited
by David Dickson, Of Georgia, and n. Pope. r.
Vance also exhibits astalE, which he modest'y J
calls small one and we have no doubt he would
.se to make a small crop In proportion.
The display Of domestic fowls is varied and ex-
tenslve, and the Aylesbury and Rouen ducks,
| white Guinea fowls, mongrel and Muscopy ducks,
game chickens aud other fancy breed OF fowls,
deserve o more minute description than we had
time to give them. Those exhibited by Hayward
Green and Mrs.J. NJ. Crawford are particularly
fine.
The display OF domestic wines, whose quality
we have previously criticised, did not tempt US on
our second tour OF inspection, and we passed on
to the adjoining exhibition Of domestic produce.
The pumpkins, potatoes, turnips and tau vas were
all OF fabulous size. and the corn, oats, wheat and
rye of weight and quality to do a farmers heart
good. Tile cakes OF pressed cotton. exhibited
in this department by the Columbia OIL Company,
created quite sensation.
Pressing up along with the crowd we slowly
mounted the stairs, and not being able to see
much else, we commenced examining the pic.
| lures hung along the walls The sketches by
Miss E. Orchard are conspicuous among these
for their expression and beautiful execution, and
"The Rustic Flute struck US as being particularly
good. Among the oil paintings in another quarter
q wild cottage scene by Miss Kate Crawford, de.
servedly attracted much notice and admiration.