New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-04-29
WHAT WE SAW AT THE FAIR.
The Confectioneries of i. VlllarrubIa d

WHAT WE SAW AT THE FAIR.
The Confectioner ries of j. ViliarrubIa q
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Attract more attention than anything else
for when the children come into Department
B. they fad the most wonderful display of
work in sugar. consisting Of flowers even
more beautiful than those of nature in some
respects, and candies of every conceivable
sort and description, which we are accus-
toned to think are TO be got only from
France, but which are made right here;
and when the children point the way the
mothers will follow.
We mentioned yesterday their statuette of
Venus shown at The fair. We had occasion
yesterday to visit their establishment at No.
SO Old Levee, and found there large num-
ber of just such images, of exquisite delicacy
and beauty Of finish, and most appro prlately
colored, so as to surpass anything made With
coarser materials.
Those who look at their exhibits at the
fair can form all idea of the variety and
richness of their manufacture Of candies,
syrups, chocolates, cakes, etc, but they can
not fully appreciate the extent Of their ope-
rati0ns unless they would go to their estao-
llshment and get permission to go pack
where the rear OF half square Is occupied
with their extensive shops and laboratories
for the construction OF connections. Here
we found lofty pa8oda, III nougat work,
which had been put up tor the steamboat
Pauline Carroll, and WAS about to go to H.
It was composed of sugar and alronds on
the lodges, and out Of the Windows of the
pagoda beautiful nosegays OF roses ajd
other flowers were prorudlns, giving "
most inviting look to the student OF tie
history CT the Celestial kingdom. This
pagoda has gone up the river, but you Can
see Just such flowers, ETC., IN their display
at the fair.
The Grover 6 Baker Machines.
+ These sewing machines attract as much
attention as ever at the fair. The high tes-
timonials from all parts OF the world are
eagerly read; but these are not needed to
prove that these machines rank first among
the multitude Of divers names and sorts
which are for sale all over the country.
True. there are now many trst-class sew
ing machines; but ten years ago there were
only three, which ranked as sucn, and the
Grover IL Baker was one OF them. 1t has
never lost its friends, and constantly gains
new ones, and its makers are able to adc
every Improvement which IS patented. sc
| that it is constantly increasing II It's VALUE
to the family. You are sure of getting {
good machine. when you buy the Grover q
Baker.
Stern's Fertiiizers.
The pungent smell of the preparations o
bone, exhibited by Stern & Bros, attract
attention and sometimes send people of
but if these fertilizers were not strong they
would be worthless. If they are strong IL
comparison with those brought from abroad
| so much the better for the purchaser whf
wants TO put strength into his enteeplet
| land.
| These superphosphates are prepared her
| in New Orleans, and are always fresh
| There is no place in the United State
where the materials can be so easily pro
Cured as here, and here, therefore, the.
| can best be made, for the product Cal
| be tested 1T the time Of purchase, or,
| found to be impure or inefficient, can b
returned; but, if you buy fertilizers made
| thousand miles from here, you can rot ge
redress for any defects you may find IN them
Elias Howe, Jr.
| The medallion of the head of the invento
of the sewing machine. which adorns eacl
| of the machines specially named after hin
and furnished with his latest improvements
shows him to have been ofvenerable aspect
and his head might be taken for that G
| Benjamin Franklin, whom he rivaled in til
| benefits COZ ferred on mankind Dy his inven
tons. The Howe sewing machine Is repre-
sented az the tair by
| Messrs. :. c. Parm'y q Co..
| Enterprising gentlemen, who, seeing tha
| this machine must necessarily be superlo
| to almost any other, from its origin, an
knowing that 1t has proved itself to hav
superior advantages are pushing its sale
forward here with the greatest energy an
| success.
Grand Prairie Washing Machine.
On the Grand Prairie, in the Opelousa
| region, fuel is necessarily scarce, and III
| great saving which this machine makes i
| the time taken 10 wash was probably th
reason why Falls & Howell named thei
machine, which is manufactured here, an
is g home made machine, the Grand Pra
rie.r Perhaps it was first made by ali lii
nois man. fully impressed with tie greatnes
Of the grand prairie OF that busy State.
One thing is certain, it is the cheapest {
all the machines, for you get a twelve dol
lar wringer with it, and all for twenty-hv
dollars.
There is crowd standing around it s
the fair all the time. We should not wor
der if the last sample machine Oh hand Wa
sold out by this time.
The Single Thread Sewing Machin
Sewing machines have been sold hel
ever since they were first constructed. Ou
deceased fellow citizen, w. H. Bunnel
was one Of the first, if not the first, to brin
them here, and he had them both for sal
and in use, making bags for grocers. H
| were Single LuICdu IlldCDIEcS, but tuCoo Z
way then to the double thread machine
because at that time the twisted loop stitt
Of
Wilcox G Gibbs
Had not been invented. Everybody q
CUES that the single thread machine Is mo
simple and easy to use, and the douo
threaders, with their troublesome shuttl
are in use only from belief that the sing
thread machine has not been perfected. o
| 4Ln 2
machine feel sure that it makes as secu
and neat seam as any.
M s. Hedrick,
The Oldest sewing machine man in the cit
who has sold and still sells all the machine
says the Wilcox & Gibbs is the paragt
among them. Call on him at the Fair al
ask his opinion.
Cares Portable Houses.
These will be in brisk demand hereafte
for the prairie regions in the Attakapas al
Opelousas region, and on old plantation
where the houses have disappeared al
. lumber and logs are unattainable or carpe
ters are scarce. Cares houses have tt
advantage, even when materials are plen1
fui, that house can not be made and p
up in day. You want to build your hou
to-day and go to work on your farm
morrow, aud unless you take one of Carr'
Portable Houses with you, you can not
this. Carre can build a whole village
you in the briefest space of time, and mo
it whenever the business dies ouS. Ra
road men should look into this, especial
They are made of the best Pearl river lu
Der from Cares own mills.
Home Made Leather.
Some of the best specimens of fine c.
skins, kip leather, sole leather, morocco
sheep skins. ETC., (all tanned in this cit!
are on exhibition in Department F, by \
Thomas Schorr, of No. 81 Customhou