Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-09

| are collected together in one building, 1t
is an exhibition in itself well worthy of a
visit. All of our city's fine paintings Of
course are not to be seen, bat there IS a
| sufficient collection to make it an item of
! interest. The contributions by F. l.. Da-
| yies & Brothers are very showy, and IL
| clude several sketching5 lately made by
]. r. Buckingham, the engraver. Then
there is George Dury's gallery of fiue arts,
! comprising portraits Of DR.. W. Z. Bow
| ling. Dr.. G. K Winston, James A. Nc
CIure, Mrs. g. P Thruston, and many
| others. From Wards Seminary there are
over one hundred specimens of paintings
| from the pupils of his school. A large
number of handsome paintings are also
| contributed by DR.. W. A. Cheatham. Paul
| & Tayel have decorated one corner of the
! building with pictures. Then there is to
| be seen elsewhere the magnificent collec-
| ton of engravings, contributed by Dan
| Adams, which comprise some of the finest
works cf art ever produced in tho old
world. Phi. Dornbuschhas large number
| of fancy pictures. And in addition to which
| Giers. Larcombe and Longhurst Il Echel
are represented by photographs, ambro-
types, etc, by the thousands.
SEWING MACHINES.
| The different Sewing Machine COmpa-
nies make a handsome display, and have
! been allotted considerable space for the
| display of the work each is able to turn
| out. The Florence, Howe, Singer, Wilcox
| & Gibbs, Wheeler i Wilson, Weed and
! Grover & Baker have each four machines
! in operation, and samples of their work
ready for inspection.
TENNESSEE WHISTLES.
Cbeatham & Kinney have on exhibition
| a fine chow case containing the different
| brands of Tennessee whiskies. The case
and appurtenances is gotten up in good
| taste, We noticed also barrel of the
| well known Robertson County" contrib
! uted by G. II. Garrett & Co., famous distil-
| lers.
OUR PROVISION INTEREST
Hart & Hensley, Phillips, Hooper & Co.
and johnson, Sweeney & Zsll exhibit in
extenso all the products of the hog, and
| the admirers of all the fancy cures can
feast their eyes on something II Ii It line
| that can't be beat
The FURNITURE DISPLAY.
In addition to the fine parlor set in Me-
| chanics' Hall, Weakley & Warren have on
exhibition a bedstead, etsgerie, bureau,
bookcase, Wash-stand and work-tabIes,
which for elegance of finish We have never
seen eclipsed. The carving on the bureau
is certainly one of the most perfect pieces
| of workmanship that has ever been turned
| out. The carving is the work of I. A.
Karle, the foreman of the factory, and the
| finishing by James Weaver. Karsh & Co.
have also on exhibition a very handsome
| bedroom set, which reflects credit on our
| The Tanna-coa Ntaia
Factory, Taylor, Barry & Yedder, pFopIi-
etors, have contributed handsome assort-
| ment of chairs, including the Maxwell
| dining-hall chair, which is certainly
| handsome display in that line, while Rich
| & Kreig have an assortment Of chairs Of
their make which have only 10 be seen to
be admired. Some Of them are plost ele-
| ganny carved.
! WORTHY OF SPECIAL MENTION.
The veinous and arterial system of the
human frame, made by Dr.. Thos. Buch
anan for the Museum at the Medical Col
leee, attracts much attention and interest.
They are wonderful exhibitions of patient
and scientific skill.
HANDSOME MILLINERY DIsPLAY.
A show case of Millinery, contributed by
w. H. Simmonds & Co., is very hand
some, and the May Queen hat is a perfect
beauty.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTz.
There is great variety OF agricultural
implements on exhibition, and We can
only refer to few Of them this morning.
H. Zellner has cotton press and many
other articles on exhibition. T. Fl. Jones
& Co. contribute the Universal Tanning
Mill, with a miniature steam engine at.
tsched, designed and built for the Exposi-
ton by J. N. Williams, Jr. They have
also 3 cultivator, rotary harrow, folding,
harrow, double shovel plow and Minors
subsoil, and many other articles, making 9
very handsome display. Tho wood work
OF ths tanning mill was made by James Z.
Osburn, young man 20 years Of age, and