Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-06-01
Letter from Nashville.

great Industrial Exposition comes to a
close, crowned with the exhibition of the
babies of a land that in a century. has ia
ken the scrofu lous consumptive immigrant
from Europe and made of the nj the most
healthful robust and rosy people on the
Globe. Much anxiety is manifested "a
mong the m a mmas to know who will get
the costly awards for the premium. know
ing that all cannot get it. but that each
of the '.rose buds have a fair chance at
least in the conceptions of its nearest
friend.
$500 were admitted on yesterday alone
to witness the artistic display of genius
hat invites investigation, quckens inven-
tive genius. stimulates the energies and
schemes of the sluggard, ravishes the ear
delights the eye, pleases the pal ate, and
adorns the person.
Mythologists and poets may well cease
to express their dreams of airy castles and
the crystalline spheres when such wonder
Gus facts arc continually rush ing upon
the mind as a great wave of light. over
whelming imaginary and ETHEREAL visions,
that causes the heart to send forth warm
glows of enthusiasm eking put in such ex-
CARNATIONS as, THE land we love- ''all
our own thank God" This is what is.
but is not what might nave been etc.
A conspicuous feature in display are
the taxtile fabrics of Middle Tennessee.
The Eagle Mills at Galiton, Graham
Mills in Hickman, Wooden Mills in Nc
Minville and Manchester. The Richland
Mills of Pulaski, the Hurricane Mills of
Dixon, Sykes Mills in Lawrenceburg and
the Silver Mills of S~helbyville are all
richly represented in their respective
specialties by fine v%arities of specimens of
blankets, %cottons, cashmeres, doeskins,
jeans, l%insies, carpets ETC., that are pro-
nounced equal to the best of like produc-
tions in the North and England.
So many agricultural implements now
being manufactured at home, are present.
ed and so praise worthy are a great num-
Der, that it would appear perhaps invidi-
Gus to not mention them all. However,
at the risk of criticism a few of the most
striking and useful articles as they appear
ed to a somewhat experienced eye may be
noticed.
The grass and clover seed gathcrer is a
very simple machine and will neatly strip
the seed from ten acres a day, wit hout
materially injuring the hay to be mown.
The portable hand Press.
For COMPRISING hay. cotton, hemp,
wool fruit, cheese and indeed any light
product for transportation, is in its struc-
ture SO powerful. and simple in its con-
struction through leverage, and operation,
hat a large demand is even now made
upon our manufacturers to fill orders.
The WaUtng Cultivator is another re-
markable advancement to economist farm
labor. 1t is drawn by two horses and
stradles the row of cotton or corn. The
arch of the axle hat connects the wheels,
and the tongue, is so high as to permit
by corn to pass without injury,
while one man guides and plows four
either to or from the corn. If to
the plant a shield to ward off clods sits
the mellow mold about the roots and thus
culti0ates ten acres a day.
The Automatic farmers gate also, easily
opened and shut, without alighting from
horse or buggy, is a wonder of Tennessee
invention; ;. most efectual preventative
from ~depredations of stock, and at the
time rendering hat intolerable nui-
sance of getting down from ones horse in
the mud and slashing about to get through,
often hitherto at the expense of a runa-
way and smash up.
Upon the whole the eighteen days of
the exposition of Tennessee industrial pro-
ducts has been a success for beyond the
sanguine nn~ticipations even of its p~rojec-
tors, not only in prodigious accumulation
handy work. and great ingathering of !,
spectators earnest in investigating for '
themselves; but in a pecuniary light to
he Hotels, merch ants and managers, :
handsome returns nave been made for ,
he trouble. while all parties seem we'll ]