Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-10-04

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THE HORTICULTURAL. DISPLAY.
Perhaps the finest display in plants, flow
ers and shrubs ever made in this country is
!. that now to be seen ON exhibition at the
Fair Grounds. We witnessed the floral
display at the grand exposition at Cincin-
natl, and have no hesitancy in pronouncing
our exhibition in this respect far ahead of
| that OF the Queen City. We cOnyersed with
gentlemen on the grounds yesterday who
have seen similar exhibitions in New York,
Philadelphia and Boston, all of whom give
our exhibition the preference by large odds.
In fact, if our Fair had no other attractions
outside of the horticultural display, this of
Itself would be an inducement for thousands
to visit the grounds. We are indebted to
Truett, Sons &s Morgan, L. c. Lishy, w. NJ.
Heaver, P. L. Nichol, DIR. w. A. Cheat
ham, ID. A. McGready, Dan Mcintyre, Mrs.
John Overton, Thos. Garland and T. II.
French for the magnificent display in this
department, and also to some fair hands for
the artistic manner In which they have been |
arranged.
MECHANIC HALL.
This department is now in the rear of /
Floral Hall, the additional building having /
just been completed in time for the opening |
OF the Fair. A hasty walk through this |
hall yesterday afforded us only time to ad-
mire only on the wing as it were. As we /
entered we noticed a fine display of flrni- /
tuie from the house of Weakley tS Warren. !
the same description of goods contributed I
by Brad NichOl, a large collection of carved /
work entered by Weakley & Warren. a
magnificent buggy from the factory Of Lew
| is & Camase, Lebanon, a phaeton and rock
away, superbly finished, from Smede &
Leslie's carriage factory in Edgefeld, top
| and a nO-top carryall entered by George
Fertiz. George Steele contributes thirty
six varieties of saddle trees from his well
known factory in Edgefeld, and makes
handsome display in these articles. We
noticed on exhibition some ma
chine made barrel slaves from the
| Tennessee Stave Factory, of which
! Clark h Bass are proprietors. Reuben
Macy, of Edgefield, has contributed chess
| table, which is unique and ingenious. G.
| l.. HOwertOn makes fine display in the
way of saddles, harness, brides, etc. Among
! the collection, we notice a gilt mounted
| double set of harness, very fine, a coach,
barOuche ndbuggy set, q set of fancy buggy
harness with nickel plate, and another with
rubber mOuntin9s. John Morrow * Sons
contribute yarnishes, two sets saFyen wheels.
one set second growht buggy wheels, usual
style, axleS, varniSh brushes and coach, har- |
ness and saddle tools, the articles of this
fiHp, valued at $50 being offered as a spe-
cial premium. C.. VI. Cowardin has on eX-
hibition saw equalizer, an invention of his
own, as also an improvement on a broom
tying machine, and improved broom needles
for the same. We noticed large collection ,
Of Hillman's celebrated Tennessee iron in
rods, bars. boiler plate, horse shoes, plow
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horse power engine and boiler on exhibi-
ton. Stewart & Geiger have an engine of :
similar capacity. The Lawrenceburg In
diana Wheel Co. contributes spOkes,
and hubs. The handsome engine
built by C.. II. Dwyer for the t.
Exposition is on exhibition. TheESouthern !
Wheel and Handle Co., and the Sycamore !
factory contribute general collection of
spOkes, hubs, wheels, etc. Grewar * Hen I
derson have large variety of pumps, chan
deliers, etc, and Henderson Brothers have
the same characters of goods, with brass
work in variety. Mcclure, Buck * Co.,
and Treppard x Co. have on exhibition a !
varied assortment of stoves, tin-ware, &c. L
The Fairbanks scales occupy a prominent
position. A sqUirrel-cage, made by Henry 1
Norman, with miniature fountains, regula-
ted by the revolving of the cage, is a piece /
of ingenuity which has to be seen to Ge ap- I
preciated. Dunstead * Co. have trunks in
variety. VI. MeKeOn has handsome case
of Saddles, Harness, &c. A miniature stove J
made by Wm. Shivers, of wrought iron, is
very snowy and unique. He has named his
beauty The "R. E. Lee
AGRICULTCRAI, FRUIT AND VEGETABLE j
HALL. !
The finest display of vegetables ever seen \
in Tennessee, or perhaps that ever will be
seen again, is now on exhibition in this I
hall, comprising all varieties, and complete
collection. In the hall there is also very /
creditable display of fruits, together with !
products of the farm in general. 1t would !
be q task indeed to attempt description of ;
the jellies, preserves, sweetmeats, pickles, I
etc, TO he found in this room. There is an
endless variety of such contributions, and }
much larger collection than ever before eX- /
hibited. This is one of the most attractive /
departments of our Fair, and no one should .
visit the grounds without at least spending I
au hour in looking at the extensive contri- )
buttons. Il
THE ARENA. j
The display made in the arena yesterday l
was no less attractive, and while thousands I
saw much to admire elsewhere, there were II
not a few who stuck close to the amphithea- j.
tre, and We're deeply interested in the stock. X
trotting, tournament, etc. "
THE BLOoDED STOCK. "
The display of blOOded stock was fully ! 4
equal to any former exhibition, and en- NJ
braced noted animals from this and the adj NJ
Joining counties. As viii be seen by refer X
ring TO the list elsewhere published, Sumner q
county came in for her share of the pre- }.
IiumS. For the best aged stallion, the \
blue ribbon was tied on Gen. ROSseaul, the +
of noted horse man of Giles }.
county. The sucking colt entry consisted \
ii nine entries. all We're matched, requiring y
delay 10 decide which was en- X
titled to the premium. After closely con- J.
tested struggle, our tellOw-citizen b. f. b
Cockrill came off victorious. .
THE VASDAL sCCKLINGS. NJ
For the special premium offered for the {
best "VaRdal' sucking there We're seven X
contestants, and, accompanied by their II
dams, made an attractive display. The y
blue ribbon was taken off by Gen. Harding. ia
TRoTTISG RACES. j;
During the evening there was Il trotting VI
race between EllistOnS Tennessee and Wei II
,iger's Jesse Brown; dash of mile, Won );
by the former with ease. Time, :23711. j
There was another trot Of four year Olds IL
for a special premium of $50 offered by II. ID
A. Huntington, with entries by K. III. Col \
er, Z. B. Elliston. j. y. Brooks and ). a. y.
Gordon. Collier won in two straight heats. ).
Time, sol J, sos. -- ).
THE TOURNAMENT. L
There were only two contestants in the z
tournament for the Brown Dick colt offered i
rs a special premium by B. F. Cockrl- B. NJ
+. Douglass, of Hendersonville, as the X
knight of the Lone Star, and J. I. Walton, \
Of Union City, as the Knight of Union ID
City. They had three tits, and Walton Z
carried off the prize by one ring. j.
THE BOOTHS j.
were literally patronized during the day. J.
Charley HOllister has branch of his es- A
in full blast, the Merchants 81
Exchange is represented, Bob Patterson is II
Round the Corner as usual, Dan COnners Z
has well furnished stand, George Wright G.
has bountiful supply of the good things, ID
Barney McCabe is on hand with the good G.
things, and Sandy Cockrill has the dinner
stands. and furnishing his numerous GUS JC
TONERS with the best the market affords, "
giving every man, woman and child that i
calls upon him a good square meal. {
THE PREMIUMS. -
We give below list Of the premiums "