New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-04-24
WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY AT
THE FAExS.

with the Fair Grounds Association st his
post. ready to receive all visitors; and the
most OF the exhibitors were present with all
| things well arranged.
| The concourse Of visitors was not large,
| but this was owing to former experience OF
| want of readiness the first day, which hap
ply was not on this occasion to be COM
| planned Of Nevertheless, there WAS much
! larger assem- biage than We expected, and
these enjoyed themselves greatly in examin-
! ing the curiosities of art and nature which
| filed the various buildings and open
grounds of this recherche collection.
| We shall not now undertake to describe
! all that is 30 be seen at the teir, bat will
| touch upoa these things which came
| specially under our notice, reserViug for fl-
/ tnre confederation other matters to which
| We will give our special attention. hereafter.
| Portable HouEes.
| The portable houses constructed By MessrS
| ". w. Cane & Co., of No. $50 Delord street
! (New Basin), have been exhibited at former
fairs, and have come into extensive use. but
not as much so as in these days when
new plantations are constantly being
| opened, and cid ones need to be reftted.
I
S145 70 $40, comfortable, well made, and
| readily put up and taken down tney are
! the very thing for the beginner or for the
| old planter weo desires 10 furnish his hands,
or even himself, with cosy quarters at eco
| nomical rates, and to change the location
| thereof at viii.
| These gentlemen also furnish the finest of
| lumber from their Pearl River mills, where,
| in addition 10 their other works, they have
| just put up gang saw and circular saw,
| and are able to furnish any quantity OF Iunl-
| ber and fill the largest orders.
Wilcox 81 Gibbs Sewing Machines.
| The peculiar excellence of this machine
| is its simplicity. 1t employs bat q single
| threl. and sccomplishes with that all that
| the bsst double thread machines viii DO for
! you. in all the sewing needed for the family.
| Complexity always brings difficulty. When
| YOU have to use the shuttle you must ill
| 1t. and here You lose time; then You must
adjust it. and there you lose more time.
| The Wilcox & 6 bbs machine has been SO
perfected that, with the single thread, il
| runs as complete and close seam as any
| double thread machine in use, and for
family purposes is as convenient and useful
| d sewing machine as one could desire.
! Its price recommends it to every one, and
as It's enterprisIng agent, M. s. Hedrick,
| sells 1t either at No. So or at No. lis Canal
street on credlV, payable in small Install
ments, il comes within the reach OF the
multitude.
| When we saw these useful ard easily
attaipaDle household necessities at work at
| the fair, and thought how many a poor
| woman was IiniDg for relief from the
| drudgery of sewing by hand, not able 30
make up the amount at once for good
machine, We resolved to tell her through
this column TO come out to the falr auU
compare this machine with others, and to
! see how completely it will answer their
every purpose; ana that, furthermore, she
Gao buy IL on q credit and psy for it with
| the proceeds Of the work it viii do, as this
cones in. 50 thnt a. the end 0t The time II
payment it viii have paid for Itself. Silent,
uufsiling and steadfast It Is the poor Wo-
| mans best friend.
New Orleans Made EEoOms.
Turning away for the moment from one
| branch Of woman 8 labors, we came upon
fine assortment of brooms of the most SUBJ
stantial and best make, and found that they
came from New Orleans broom factory,
aud were not, As in former days was always
| the case, imported from the North.
| Examining these brooms, we found them
every way equal to any ever brought here,
both in material and manufacture, and, as
| there are offered at greatly reduced prices,
failure to use them.
This factory, and this beginning of manu-
facture with us, comes from the enterprise
and practical good sense of MIR. j. b.
Knight, who, while he dwells much upon
| weightier matters, does not neglect the
smaller, which 60 to make up the worlds
necessities and uses.
His broom factory is at No. 20 Commerce
street, between POydras and Lafayette.
Let us 90 back to look at the sewing ma
chimes. Grover & Baker were among the
three great manufacturers of these useful
things, and their friends are legion. Their
stitch is peculiar one, and has made their
name famous, and the stitch itself has be-
come famous as the Grover & Baker stitch.
Those who have got into the use of this
machine give it the highest praise, prefer
| it to ell others, and universally recommend
| it to their friends. We found q bevy OF
| these surrounding the operators, who were
showing the various operations which
! these machines could perform, and universal
commendation showed how highly they
were approved. Not desiring to crowd
upon the ladies, We stood outside and heard
| their many expressions of satisfaction, not
| only with what they saw of its work at the
| fair, but with their personal experience in
1
yer had hold upon the female public as
| strong as that OF their stitch upon the
| cloths, which, they say, wears out before
| the sewing gives way, be it cloth of ever so
| good texture.
| But let US look at something which IN ore
concerns ''us men,"
| How can we have thread or cloth to much
] extent unless we have cotton, and we must
| grow this on the uplands, or we will have 8
| 'ishort crOp." and to do this continuously
we must repair the waste of the lands
| wealth.
| This reflection carried US around to where
was exhibited Il quantity of
SGern's Fertilizers.
| These have been abundantly tried, and
are found to be concentrated manures of the
most potent character, and to restore fertil-
| ity to lands badly impoverished fully as we'll
as the best of those brought at greater ex-
pense FROM distance. They are manufac-
| tured here from the materials which this
! great city SO abuDdantly furnishes, and are
| offered to planters at so low cost as to
| render it an act of eggregious folly, when
! lands are impoverished. to fail to use them.
J Look at them, planters, and see whether
you do not need them.
| Going back to household affairs, we come
| across the
Grand Prairie Washing Machine.
Though its name would lead you to think
otherwise, it is built here, in our new Sixth
District at the corner of Louisiana avenue
| and Magazine street, by Messrs. Falls d
Howell, the proprietors. Washing little
things rs well as big ones, the most delicate
ss well as the thickest, it can be used as a
table when through washing, and IS never,