Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-27
THE FAIR.
What our Mechanics are Doing for lt-what
they will ShoW.

Editors APpeal-I am happy to inform
you that for the last two weeks / have
made the rounds" and visited the va
rious workshops and factories for the pur-
pose of making verbally" known to the
mechanics. artisans and manufacturers.
what is really going on in that line of
preparing specimens for the coming fair.
l was much surprised when / learned from
some mechanics that they were ignorant
of the fact that there was to be such an
exhibition as a Mechanics and Artisans
Fair in our midst. However, 1 soon told
them of the fact, and moreover told them
to prepare their specimens (no matter in
line) for the fair commencing on the
10th day of October next. have seen
others, and a good number of them, who
are in earnest, and who hold out fair
promises to put all hands at work." and
prepare.specimens for the next exhibition.
Those that l visited are engaged in the
various departments of the mechanic arts
and manufactures, etc. This enterprise,
Messrs. Editors, will be a "nelO era" in
he pursuits and history of domestic
manufacture in Memphis. It will be a
test of what we will be able to do
hereafter, and although 1t is an uphill
business now, yet we look to a bright and
prosperous future respecting the mechanic
arts and manufactures in Memphis. I
will now only mention the variety of
specimens preparing, as 1 learned from the
"bosses" OF the shops visited, viz: There
will be specimens of carriages, wagons
and sbuggies; harness and ladies' and
gentlemen's saddles; boots and shoes of
every variety; homemade clothing, car
penter's work, cabinet work, silver
smiths ware, plate and galvanized work,
plate engraving, book binding and ruling.
printing-in great variety, ornamental
writing and h~guration, ornamental, land
scape snd portrait painting, photographs,
marble work and sculpture, carving and
gliding, frame making, sign painting,
drawings and architectural drawings,
eoopersga, machinery, models Of new in
yentions, tin, copper u iron ware, opti-
cal and surveyors instruments memphis
manufacturer, homemade brooms, imple-
ments of husbandry and agriculture, tin
sci work and cutlery, and "A variety Of
others too numerous to mention now.
II this combination of the Fair next
October will prove successful, of which |
have no doubt, the prospects for an
cItenslUe Industrial EIhi6i5iOR-such, for
instance, as they contemplate to have in
Cincinnati next month, bids fair for the
future in Memphis.
In conclusion of the above, 1 take
pleasure to copy the following from a
late Cincinnati paper, respecting their
Industrial Exhibitions: "The exposition
VI L aHu iuuustry Wnlcn Is 70 De held
IN Cincinnati, commencing Wednesday,
September 2lst, and continuing till Sat
urdsy, October 18th, under the auspices
of the Chamber of Commerce, Board of
Trade, and Ohio Mechanics Institute,
bids fair to be a brilliant success, as the
managers have left nothing undone to
make it superior to any display of SINH
lar character which has ever been he'd ip
this country. Our artisans, manufactu-
rarz and inUnnfnru GhanlI .aIaa-C- g
be represented there, as thousands of peo-
pie from all parts of the country will of
course assemble to witness the display"
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