The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-07-02
The Louisiana State Fair.
No. Q. -SUMMARY.

W. continue from our New Orlean
agents interesting letters a Summary o
the principal New Orleans exhibitors.
One of the largest and handsomest ex
| hibitions was that Of Messrs. Slocomb
| Baldwin & Co. They occupied one cornel
Of a large hall all to themselves. Fifteer
large glass cases were used to contain only
a part Of their list. The table cutlery was
certainly the largest and handsomest dis
| play in that line ever seen here. The firm
| exhibited boiler and sheet iron, bar iron
| rolled iron; steel, cast, shear and blistered
a large assortment of railroad hardware
| bellows, weighing machines, anvils, horse
/ shoes, nails, cotton cards, spurs, brides,
bits, tools for farmers, carpenters, ceopers,
sadlers, harness makers and a great varie
ty Of miscellaneous hardware. They also
exhibited q large number of the best
scythes, grain cradles, grain drills, rakes,
spades, shovels, garden tools generally,
and the best piows-taking among their
five dozen premiums several for Halls
plows and for BaldWin's.
The two highest and only awards for
display Of tools, apparatus and materials
appertaining to the dental profession, were
given to Mr.. A. A. Fayerweather. whose
Dental Depot, at No. IS st. Charles street,
is aone of the largest and most successful in
the South.
That ~enterprising Young. Louisianian,
Mr.. Werlein, one of our most popular music
Dealers exhibited a Grand and an Upright
Piano, made by Mr.. Burchard, of this city,
and took the highest premiums for them as
made in Louisiana"
No less than eighteen or twenty prizes
were carried off by the "Puroline Compa-
ny" represented BY Dr.. Jeryey and Mr..
Petit. Their cottage was Respondent with
their elegant chandeliers, lamps and lanterns
of all patterns and for all uses, tastefully
arranged and brilliant from the clear,
steady light of the popular "Puroline
Illuminating Fluid" which thorough ex-
perimen4s have shown to be entirely harm
less.
Messrs. e j. Hart G Go, made one of
the most interesting and valuable exhibit
tons on the grounds. It comprised a dis
play IN three distinct departments, aud
included their own fine Stomach Bitters"
the choicest cooking and tiayoring extracts,
soda and sedlitz powders, b~enzine, essence
Jamaica ginger, the celebrated Coleman
London Mustard and a new and first
premium soda apparatus Their large
and complete assortment of the very choi-
cest home and foreign drugs, chemicals
and pharmaceutical preparations their
large and interesting displays of rare mine
rails and of surgical instruments, elected
the praise Of every visitor. / need not say
that they were rewarded for this elegant
and valuable display By d number of the
highest awards.
Gentlemen, who have q taste for neat
and elegant clothing, stylish but not extra
VACANT concurred in praising the choice
samples shown by Messrss Pierson d
Hewes, No. Is Camp street, Is one of the
handsosnest to be found III the city. !
aggreed with them.
For number, value and variety Of articles,
for originality, delicacT and taste n design
and exquisite skill in workmanship, the
palm Of merit was undoubtedly due. as it
was deserved. 10 DIR. Yescay, the artist