Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-10-05


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Yesterday will long be remembered as ;
day memorable in the history of Fairs i,
a tennessee. According to previous notice
= 1t was made general holiday, so as to en-
able our people to visit the grounds e,
: D1dSSe, and We have never seen a similar
. and more generally. observed. Our. citizens
= commenced moving to the grounds at an
= early hour, and continued until between
. three and four O'Clock in the evening, the
street cars and railroad cars being crowded
: at every trip, while vehicles by the thou
sand were to be seen on the different thor
oughfares leading to the grounds.
g,lrj AT THE GROUNDS.
No such crowd as that assembled on the
grounds yesterday was ever seen before in
Nashville. The attendance last wear, on
several occasions, was very large, but moth
ing to compare with that of yesterday. The
crowd on the ground was variously estima-
ted at between 1900 and 1900 persons.
AT one time during the afternoon the amphi-
theatre was packed to its utmost capacity,
and there looked to be equally as large
crowd promenading on different parts of the
grounds. The beautiful appearance which
the amphtheatre presented was the subject
OF general remark, and there was a great
desire on the part of many present TO have
the crowd photographed, but no artist came
to the relief of those who were so anxious
on the subject. Composed for the most
part of the beauty of this Middle Tennes-
see of ours, it was a bouquet of loveliness,
seldom, if ever eclipsed, and the picture if
it had been taken, would have passed down
to pOSterity as a memento of the grand
success which attended the second DAVIS
exhibition Of our annual Fair for 1871.
THE HORTICULTURAL DISPLAY.
Too much cannot be said for the display
Of plants and flowers in Floral Hall. The
| capacious amphitheater was not sufficient
to accommodate all the exhibitors, and
wing seventy feet long, with arms, forming
a cross, was added to the south end of the
main hall yet with this, all the available
| space for the exhibitors is crowded.
DIR. W. A. Cheatham's Belmont gardens
are represented by is efficient gardner, Owen
Sharkey, and will compete for some twenty
five or thirty of the first prizes offered. His
plants are exceedingly well developed, and
| show that the hand Of most skillful guar
| dian had spared no care, trouble or expense
in their culture.
p. i. Nichols garden and greenhouses
| are also represented on an extensive scale,
=! and managed by Henry Gray, gardener.
| 1t would be folly to name the plants of this
superb and costly collection.
Trewitt, Sons * Morgan, and L. c. Lishy
each are represented by large and attract
i've display of plants and flowers. many of
which excel IN their culture and growth
any calculation the visitor could have made
before seeing them.
Vim. HEAVIER, F. H. French. Mrs. John
OvertOn, d. 4. McGrady, Dan Mcintyre
are all represented, and their plants, like
those of the other exhibitors are of the /
highest state Of cultivation.
Among the specimens of foliage plants,
some are mOnStrous, and exceed ANYTHING
ever seen OF heard of for size, whilst others |
Of the same varieties have been brought to
the highest degree of perfection for density !
of foliage and striking preservation of dis |
tinct and diversified colors. We are in |
formed that not more than half of the |
respective stocks of the different horticultur- !
lists, to say nothing of the amateur florists |
around Nashville, are on exhibition, Vet the /
display is beyond doubt the grandest and |
rsrest ever made in this city. The Horti- !
cultural Society of Nashville has completely !
reyolutionized the spirit of Horticulture in |
Tennessee, and created a zeal and rivalry |
for new and rare things in horticulture that |
will lead to the origin of many new plants by I
naturalization, that will be great acquisitions !
to the floral world. Such q collection |
Of rare, ornamental and greenhouse hardy, |
half-hardy and tender plants, hanging baskets, !
vases, urnS, evergreens and yariegated foil |
age trees, shrubs and flowers, has never !
been seen at airy exhibition OF this kind
in the United States. so We are informed by
those who have visited the fairs at Philadel- |
phia, New York, Boston, Cincinnati and St.
Louis. 1t would be invidious to character
ize one exhibitors plants as superior to
others. All have their merits, and whilst
one has triumphantly succeeded and excel
ed in one thing, his neighbor has others
equally as meritOriOus. There seems to be
a general regret expressed that Rev. p. S.
Fall, the President of the Horticultural So
ciety, has not added his rare collection to
the magnificent display on exhibition.
FLORAL. HALL.
The elegant display in horticultural
| point Of view IS not all that is to he seen in
! Floral Hall, for without doubt there is the
| largest and most handsome collection of the
various articles under the head of textile
| fabrics that has ever been exhibited i'll the
| State. In addition 10 what was said yester-
day Of this department eff our fair, we might
| continue column after column in its praise.
! In our last report We mentioned articles
| that came under our observation, and from
| day To day will enter into detail with respect
| to the contributions. The Sycamore
! Powder Company have on exhibition
! their various brands Of famous
powders. A beautiful case of clothing was
| yesterday contributed by Gordon & Ran
| kin. j. Z. Loiseau & Go. have contribu-
ted several cases of handsome hair jewelry
| and hair work. The display of feather,
! paper and muslin flowers is worthy of spe-
cial mention, large additions being made
| yesterday. There is no end to the number
| of quilts, and hundreds came in yesterday
| for competition, all handsome and very at
| tractive. A case Of tempting confections
| was among the contributions yesterday.
| There is a large collection Of stuffed birds
| in the hall that attract very considerable at
tention. One ofthehandsOmestc contributions
We noticed yesterday was an infants dress
made by Miss Helen Tannahill Of Giles
! county. 1t is made of fine null muslin,
| and handsomely embroidered with agTicul-
| tural designs, such as the scythe, rake,
sheaves Of wheat, baskets of flowers, cornu-
copia, artistically arranged and elegant in
finish and design.
APAIRIAN DEPARTMENT.
! Very considerable interest is manifested
| in the large collection and numerous varie-
| ties of bees under the management of the
| Apairian Society. We will have occasion
hereafter to refer to this department more
at length, and TO give the awards of premi-
| umS,
AGRICULTURAL HALL.
This hall was thronged with visitors
throughout the entire day, and there was
but one opinion eXpressed-that the display
| of vegetables has never been surpassed. We
| noticed in this room some handsome Speci-
mems of tobacco, from the houses of J. * l..
| Whorley and X. l.. Armistead. The Messrs.
Whoriey have on exhibition twenty-five
| different varieties Of plug tobacco, including
| Tar Heel, Hollands Log Cabin, and other
fayorite brands; while Armistead displayed
| fine collection, both firms having smoking
and leaf tobacco, cigars, etc. OH exhibition
A number Of premiums were awarded in
this department yesterday, which will be
found elsewhere.
MECHANICAL HALL.
In looking through this hall yesterday,
we noticed many new additions. Rich &
Kreie have variety of handsome chairs.
George Leascher has several varieties of
mattresses on exhibition, which for elegance
| in, f1,a