New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-23
STATE FAIRS.


Missouri are named as the places wher
State fairs are held this fall. Cincinnati
and Louisville have successfully held thei
grand expositions. St. Louis will follow i,
the good work Of showing what these grea
States are capable of producing for tn,
benefit of mankind. The agricultural. me
chanical and manufacturing resources O.
these States, already Of much Importance
are rapidly increasing. They are all -four
ishing under the stimulus of free labor
Ohio, rating as the first of the Western
States in population, manufactures and
works of internal improvement, and being
blessed with an extensive aud highly pro
ductiye soil, must take rank among the first
in works Of agriculture. For these reasons
the display Of her products-the result Of
the labor of her farmers, mechanics and
| manufacturers-musth have been well worth
seeing when brought together for display
and competition at State fair.
Kentucky. though not as large as Ohio,
is capable of creating much wealth. Her
agricultural and manufacturing resources
are already great, and they are rapidly in
creasing. Besides, Kentucky has made a
great name for herself in the way of stock
raising. Kentucky horses, kentucky mules
and Kentucky beef are hard to beat in any
country. The display that has been made
by the producers of Kentucky at their State
Fair in Louisville has, we should Judge from
reading the Courier-Journal s accounts, been
equal in many respects to the expositions
made at Cincinnati. But we have been
fOrcibly struck with one feature in the
Louisville Fair, and that is the very useful
rivalry that has been stimulated among
Kentucky's fair daughters in the production
Of articles that are just as necessary as cot
ton, sugar, rice, tobacco, etc, that are often
raised to the entire exclusion of everything
else that may be produced about the farm
The articles alluded to may not be blessed
with high-sounding names, such as "King
Cotton" ETC., but they are mighty useful;
and We publish the following extract from
the account given by the Cou,1erJournal
Of the fair in Louisville. to show where
some Of the premiums have been awarded.
The account is interlarded with choice re-
marks by the reporter, which rather tend
to heighten the value Of the articles that
had to be passed upon by "a committee"
The mysterious operations of committee
consisting of an old lady in gold-rimmed
spectacles, a young married woman, who
seemed to appreciate the great RESPONSE
bility Of her position, and three gentlemen
who took advantage Of their good fortune
to make hearty meal on a variety of jel-
lies, and canned fruits. cheese. bread fit
only for the elect to eat. and butter that
would redeem and make holy ANYTHING
which it anointed, the following CONCLUSIONS
were arrived at: Best display of fruit jel-
lies, not less than four sorts, Mrs. w. Boyd
Wilson obtained the premium-blessed be
the maker of such jelly. for she shall in
herit the kingdom OF Heaven: best single
glass, which the same is doing it small.
Emery Law; jar of tomatoes. Mrs Wilson,
who seems to have made subject unto her
all the vegetables of earth she doth put
them into jars, and they perish not away.
there was a spirited competition; the entries
were Mrs. Mary johnson, Mrs. Anna Fitz,
Mrs. Peters, Mrs. L. S. Hardin, NJ. A.
Thatcher, Mr.. j. Stoltz, j. W. Hemminy
and, finally, Miss Kate Smith, who obtained
the premium. Mrs. w. Boyd Wilson did
not enter her bread in time. else the above
mentioned committee might have been
munching away there yet, halting between
two opinions.
plication Of premium butter, with sly dig
at premium jelly, did not seem to leave
anything more to be desired on the part of
the judges, except in the way of increased
appetite. Indeed, after having tasted that
bread, it would be difficult to become recon
clled to any other 1t is we'll that the
question OF bread making be agitated. A
reform is needed. The land is filed with
boardlnghouse victims, and nothing is
clearer than that the bread of table is the
criterion OF epicureanism. If the bread be
bad, the coffee will be miserable. and the
butter intolerable, the steak unwholesome
and the pudding farce. You can always
ten dish from the company it keeps, and
tnere Is no worse companion than bad |
bread; it will spoil a dinner; it will keep
down the spirit of an assembly. and will |
haunt man in the dread hours of night. |
Ihe highest state Of civilization is reached |
when such bread is made as that of Miss |
Kate Smith. For the best gallon of cider |
vinegar, Mrs. Eliza Stout, premium: best |
ten pounds Of fresh butter, Mrs j. Williams. |
premium; best five pounds fresh butter. the |
same lady, OF course, for how the mischief |
could one who had the best ten pounds of |
butter tail to have the best five pounds of |
butterf Will the committee who ate it,
and know all about it, tell US Best sample !
cheese, Mrs. P. B. Barbour.
The Missouri State Fair has not yet COM
menced, though the good people of St. Louis
must be In the midst Of active preparations
Tor the grand event. 1t is fine grazing
country, and horses, mules, cattle and hogs
are raised there in great numbers. 1t is
more noted for the variety and richness of
Is mineral products than for the fertility of
Is SOIL. Its farming and manufacturing
esources are considered good, though not
'qual perhaps to Ohio and Kentucky. The
It, Louis people are making great exertions
o have their fair success; and, in order
90 90, have offered great inducements to
ne planters Of Louisiana to come there with
pecimens of the leading products of our
tate. We hope that Missouri will not be
ehind IN the variety and perfection Of her
wn products, for there is where her real
lory lies, though the merchants of St.
'ouis may count possibly on small gains by
diversion Of trade from New Orleans.
And after the fairs in the great West
omes the Louisiana State Fair, to be held in
lew Orleans, the chief city of not only Louis
ma, but OF the South and Southwest. This
as 70 have taken place last spring, but in
'nsequence Of the burning of the buildings
'me time before the time for holding the
ar, 1t was postponed until the coming No
ember. The buildings have been hand
'mely rebuilt, and everything is in a for.
ard state for holding the fair at the al