Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-26
INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION.
Display Of Articles ON Exhibition.
Tasteful Arrangement I'm the Different
Departments.


TastefaI arrangement i'm the DiHcreut
Departments.
/ FIRST DAY.
Yesterday morning, the sun rose brilliantly,
and though the sky was decked with fieecy
clouds, vet the morning hours gave promise OF
q pleasant day.
From daylight till sundown. at intervals, the
/ draws were busy hauling out the various ar
t;oles. and though The display was not as large
4 AZ could have been expected, yet those on ex-
hfbitioa were very fine.
| FIRST FLOOR
l s ~ FOUNTAIN.
Fronting the main entrance in the centre Of
| the building is thu fountain, which has been re-
msasled and semsnted by Mr. James Somer
Wills sinee The October fair.
The fountain is the ball and French spray
style, single jet, rejecting credit on the gentle
! men getting it mp, MessrG Akin & Cohman,
and il on the same style as that at Dir, Cofman's
residence Another fountain of Eve Jets was
running early in the forenoon, but was taken eff
] to make room for the ball and spray. al
The water rose in immense jets and fell back
/ in the basin below with q sound. sweet as tho
music Of silver bells, and the spray falling on
rich parterre of flowers at the base, caused
them to glisten like fairy jewels IA
Inside the railing, to the edge of the basin,
was sodded with turf and moses, on which
were set stands and vases Of flowers, unique
and ornamental, belonging to Mrs. j. A. Ma
bry, Crouch & Bro, n Eiier, and others. The
columns were festooned with evergreens, and
presented an appearance exqHisitely beautiful
Seen from above, the varied tints of the rain
bow, o. portrayed in huge prism, or the gof-
geous colors of the kaleidoscope stationary,
were observable, and eyinced the cultured taste
of those who supervised the work.
sTovRs AKp TINwARE.
Hoxsie IL De Pue, of the Knoxville Stoves
House, had the largest display of stoves, tin-
ware and furnishing goods on the grounds,
among which was the famous Fashion," and
with FURNISHED copper and block tin utensils
was exhibited to advantage.
Akin Coffman exhibited the Excelsior
and other stoves circular saws and pumps, to-
gether with a variety, of ~tinware and kitchen
utensils. Sc ST@Cs fgztssFfAI
Martin s. Bro, displayed their new stove.
the Active and Lady Gay with variety
of tinware Of their own manufacture,
- IRON. fn a
The Knoxville Iron Company had on exhibit
ton large assortment of castings embracing
CRATES, ovens, spiders, fre-irons, nail plates,
bar iron and tire iron, and an assortment of
nails of their own make
@s.'ss, RERREsHNEETs. -,s-o
The large dining hall il under the manage
mont Of Mr. j. T. Kinzel, who set q dinner that
Is hard to beat, and was well patronized. His
bin Of fare comprises soups. fsh, chicken. muts
ton, beef ham, pies, tarts, ice cream, cake, &C.,
&c, ad iryfniftai. .e,.,--,,,,-o-a aY-d
Spiro & Bro. have the stand next tothe din
ng hall, where they dispense solid and liquid
refreshments to the spasmodicalIy hungry.
Mr.. I. Lowensten has refreshment stand
in the western end of the building, where cakes,
candies, ice cream, oranges, lemonade, tobacco
and cigars are TO be procured during the Expo
sition. .s, I
The soda fountain of Albers & 90. was well
patronized during the day, and who wonders
when the quality of tho beverage is known?
John Kibler received consignment of fifty |
kegs Of Cincinnati beer, the only place keeping |
it on the ground, together with oranges lunch,
cakes, &c, The stand was deckedsdw with cedar !
bosghs, and presented very inviting appear.
ancei sssez f. s.ss.tza ssa SIS
Rudolf Schmidt also displayed good taste in |
the decoration of his booth, which WAS short |
dstance:from Mr.. Killer on the southeastern 1
corner of the building. -.9ao 53 1' s7F ,sz5
Several small refreshments stands were scat
tered around the grounds, and three orfour out
side the gate did thriving business
AaRICULTUAL nPLENKKTs.
Reid s. Jett of this city, had good as
sortment of their plews, which are becoming 8
fayorite with the farmers of Knox and a1join-
ing counties. These gentlemen's plows are
placed en- the ground floor of the. main, build
ing. -
Hough & Church had large number of diff
ferent improved machines, embracing plows,
wagons, churns, lawn mowers, Dismuke's
clover seed gatherer, and the Sprague Mower,
which attracted great attention from the far
mers. 1-itL %sAh EE4B
AcCorkle & Company made fine display of
agricultural implements. >sulky rskes, reapers
and mowers, threshing machines, feed cutters,
&c. We noticed particularly massive wagon, /
manufactured by Reynolds at Cleveland,
ironed we'll and made ofthe best material. A
gentleman, who has visited several farirs re-
Gently, assures US that those gentleman carry a |
heavier stock than the majority of southern
dealers. 500
Mr.. ]. ID. Kyle, of Chattanooga, Tennessee,
exhibited plow made at chat place, which he |
claims, and it is pronounced by good judges to |
be an excellent turning pillow. =s@S
NIsCELLANEoUs. q 4
Superintendent II. S. Wilds exhibited mag
nificent specimens of Tennessee marble, dressed.
in the shape Of the base, column caps and sill of
one of the windows to be in the ground floor Of
the custom house. sT. basf- .,sef ~
Julius 0chs, Esq, agent for the-safcs of Mos
Ter, Bahman & Co., of Cincinnati, exhibited
different Sizes The locks Of these safes have
never been picked. Also, an automatic oil can