Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-14
AT THE FAIR.
Fourth Day-Immense Crowd-Th
baby show, etc., etc.

larger than on any preceding day during
the week. The railroad company report
having carried FIVE thousand persons.
This number with those who went by
private conveyance, would probably
make seven thousand. The stands and
stalls we're crowded during the entire
day.
The exhibition OF stock in the arena
surpassed anything Of the kind ever be
fore seen on the grounds. The trotting
match between Jennings, Anthony
Wayne and Lewis Clara, was closely
contested, and won by Clara, the first
mile being made in 2.37, and the second
lin 2.40.
Next came the shooting match bel
tween Messrs. Duncan and Tucker, those
gentlemen having made tie shots the
day previous. The gun was won BY
Mr.. Duncan, he having brought down
jnine birds to Mr.. fuckers seven.
The baby show was the grand feature
|of the day, and attracted considerable
attention. Five crusty old bachelors
we're selected as judges, which fact
created some displeasure on the part of
several fond mama's, they declaring that
young men should have been selected.
The entries, some twenty-five or thirty inI
humber, we're pareded in the ring, and
after careful observation by the judges
they taking into consideration age
health, beauty, etc., finally settled upon
the baby Of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ainslie,
|and awarded the carriage accordingly.
The announcement of the decision was
received enthusiastically by the assem-
|blage-excepting, ofcourse, about twenty
|eight mamas, who declared the decision
unjust. To-day the attendance was good,
but not as large as that of yesterday.
THE SCHOOLS A
This is grand gala day for the school
Ichildren-there being at least $500 on|
the grounds, besides about 800 colored
children
FANCY GROCERIES.
One of the most beautiful displays in|
Floral Hall is an endless assortment of
fancy groceries by Oliver Finnie 4 Co. !,
the well known importing house on
Main street. The stock ON exhibition
would fill half dozen frst-class show
windows. 1t includes every known and
marketable variety of foreign and do
nestle canned and bottled fruits, pre-
serves, meats, fish. vegetables, Aavoring
extracts and the like, arranged in most
attractive style, together with an extern
!2sive assortment of goods, classed under
the head of fancy groceries, both do
+ mestic and imported, including every
thing in the line that can be mentioned
#or desired. Its effect is such as to i'm
upress the observer with the importance
+ which this branch of business has at
tanned since the war. Oliver, Fnnie &
Co. haze labored necessarily in its de-
velopmcnt, and, as is we'll known to the
public, have been amply repaid for their
enterprise in the immense trade which
they haye built up, and is said to aggre-
gate nearly one million dollars annually
in the specially to WHICH we have refer
ence. The stock here includes all man,
|ner of Shaker preserves and canned
goods of every description, English
CRACKERS of all kinds, and Albert biscuit,
imported direct; cove oysters and shell
fish of all kinds in cans and
Il bottles; sauces in endless va
Ariety, and the extracts; the genuine In
ndiap cufW-poyder; French goods, con
i sisting Of mushrooms, pickles, olives
\ Estragon, troubles, pat9s de fol grqs,
&every variety of brandy fruits, all i'm
NPqFtedj apricots, calves foot jelly, PEs1
Hfrag9R ti6algts; dalialqag French pickles
R0f various kinds Liebig's extract of
&beef small teacupful Of which Is equal
il in strength and nutriment to ten pounds
2of meat; sisco sauce; capers nonpa-
3riels; all. sorts of French English, Span
fish and Italian fruits, in syrups and in|
Hbrandy; domestic fruits and vegetables
Vim cans, and representatives of everyl
4Olime ana every sessoHi the dellcaeies|
of old ocean, in'piokled and fresh loh-l
asters, oysters, muscles and clans, sol
suggestive of We We and pleasures at the|
sea-side; champignons de conches; So. ,
dimes saEs gretesi anchOris au sci Il
gshrims; spices, jellies, sauces, cat
3sqps, and favoring extracts gd ig-|
sfpitum. 1t is . display at once pleas
ing to the eye and tempting to the ap1I
petite. The astonishing part of it, look
ling back a few years, is that one store inI
Memphis can supply all the luxuries for|
which we once looked to New York andl
Cincinnati, and we are informed that
s0liver, Finnie & Co. now control this'
branch of business so far as Memphis
|and its surroundings are concerned. Thel
exhibition is also suggestive of a stock
/ of fancy groceries and the like, the i'm
mensity and variety of which We arel
Ipowerless to do justice, The observer
wonders as he gazes. In the line of
domestic canned goods, will be OBJ
served peaches, tomatoes, strawber-
I ries, raspberries, backberries, blueber-
| ries, pineapples, green cages, egg-|
plums, cherries, gooseberries, grapes,
pears, green corn, green peas, lima and
string beans, and extra oyster asparagus,
Iall of the most reputable brands. There
IaFe also all sorts of coFees, teas, sugars,
ETC., including the yeFy best qualities
The line Of foreign fruits includes also
raisins Of every well-knoEn brand, cur
rants, Turkish and French prunes, fgs'
in baskets, boxes and drums, dates in|
] trails, Bordeaux prunes in cans for tablet
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