Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-10-06
BRILLIANT SUCCESS.

BRILLIANT SUCCESS.
Ispeak soberly when assure you it was
brilliant success from beginning to end.
In the first place let me remark that the
location of the grounds is most favora-
BILE one. They are just one mile from the
court house, and reached by an excellent
road. They comprise about thirty acres.
The whole is fenced in with high and sub
stantial palings, the cost of which was one
thousand dollars. Magnificent forest trees
dot the entire surface. In the center of
the grounds there is a commanding emil
nence which overlOoks every portion of the
area. Circling the base of this eminence
is well-fOrmed track, One-third of mile
long. 1t is well graded.
THE FLORAL HALL.
1 wish / had language to give you cor
rect idea of the beauty and exquisite taste
of the floral hall. 1t was, of course, formed
by ladies' hands altogether. It consisted
OF a capacious arbor made of cedar, cover
ed above and on the sides with this i'm
posing evergreen. There was an opening
for entrance. The artistic skill dis
played in the whole arrangement
was exceedingly fascinating. Inside might
be found flowers of the rarest kind and
beauty. [ saw almost every variety. They
women. And, by the way, let me say that
1 never saw congregated before so MANY
pretty womsn. Their smiling faces and
bewitching cOuntenances could be seen on
all hands.
JELLIES, &c. hN
On no similar occasion have | found SO
many jellies, of different sorts. There was
apple, ounce, grape, and other iellies 1t
was perfectly beautiful. There was can
OF cucumber catsup, no less novel than of
an excellent quality, Here and there nv
| eye caught mot my lips) fine varieties of
wine. The ladies, however, took the pre-
caution to put 1t in very small bottles, per-
haps learning lesson on this subject from
our Knoxville Fair last Fall.
THE DOMESTIC HALL
Was well represented. / noticed every de-
scriptlon of handiwork. The most attrac-
tive article, however, was the American
Bee Hive, made by J. B. johnson, of
Rheatown. 1t was quite curiosity, and [
have no doubt most useful invention.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. -
Hough d Church, Of your city, who are
known to be live men, were on hand with
a capital assortment and display of agri-
cultural implements. They are doing O.
good work for East Tennessee. This de-
WAS We'll
Hoxsie d DePue, also of your city, were
present, and reflected great credit on them
selves and on their business by making a
splendid display of their hardware. They
are moving men.
THE STOCK DEPARTMENT.
was, unquestionably, complete triumph.
had not thought before that Greene
county was so prolific of thoroughbred
stock T saw nurhan oaff1o TUb;fD Ok.
ter and Berkshire hogs, that would have
done credit to Lexington Fair in Ken
lucky. There was on exhibition q mon
ster Chester hog, whose weight was sup
posed to be one thousand pounds. The
mules, jennets and jacks were extraordi-
narily good. Indeed l can't say too much
IN praise of this department.
was struck with the zeal and the pluck
OF the sewing machine men. They were
OUT IN full force among them / noticed
Mr; angel, of your city. He stood man
Iully by his favorite, the Weed. There
was also Mr.. Horne, late of Knoxville.
rallylng around the Wheeler & Wilson
machlne; Mr.. Tutor, another former citi-
zen' was working away for very life.
AN INCIDENT.
will close this hastily written article
by referring to a striking incident which
attracted my attention on the streets of
GreenevllIe. 1t was President johnson in
cnarge OF some laborers working OH the
street. He was as busy as a man could
well be Ill having rock hauled from dis
tant point, beat up and put ON Main street.
This little incident illustrates one promi-
nent trait of this truly great man, and that
Is his untiring industry. There is not a
lazy bone in his body. VISITOR.