Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-09-10
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500 CENNATI EXPOSITION.
70 ,,,s Editor Of the Union and American:

To tl,e Editor Of the Union and American:
CINCINNATI, Sunday, Sept. 8, 1S72.-~7
thinking you would like to hear from Pork
onoIis' ss6ic show" your quondam reporter
beos leave to make few remarks. Arriv-
inc in Cincinnati, we q believe that Is the
editorial style) proceeded to the Merchants
Hotal. where We were received with all the
bonors due such distinguished travellers and
statesmen. By the way, the Merchants is
one of the cosisss and best arranged hotels
il has ever been my good fortune to "strike.D
After refreshing shampoon and shave we
proceeded at once to the "Exposition,"
which / must confess beggars all description.
On entering Central Hall the first article
Won notice is an immense bronze statue of
sssomebody;n have tried all l can to find
ont who It is, but thus far with no success.
Reyond the statue you are attracted by the
sound of falling water, and you are at once
struck dumb with wonder and amazement.
II is without doubt the most
beautiful cascade it has ever been our
luck to see. Central Hall contains
everything from penny whistle to five
thousand dollar hearse. We leave Central
Hall and enter the machinery department
I must beg leave to pass that as don't US
derstand anything about it. Perhaps If l
had Burrell Woods and j. B. Romans to
explain it, l could do better. 1t covers an
area of one acre. After inspecting the
machinery we go up stairs where we see
the finest display of hardware ever exhibit
ed anywhere. We were particularly pleas
ed with the display of furniture by Nit
cbell Sc Ranmelsburg which is without
doubt magnificent. After cursory glance
L. IL n,a1larr- rxyo or
Central Hall. Walking leisurely along we
saw gentleman in full knight Templar
| uniform inspecting case Of regalia. We
went I'D to him and remarked-"Well sir,
this is a most magnificent display" Re-
ceiving no answer, we casually remarked
that we supposed the Knights were view
ing the ''Show." About this time we heard
somebody "snigger," and looking up discov-
cred that our friend the Knight was a wax
figure. 81
sgTaken in and dsne for" was all we could
say. And now we came to the Horticultu-
raj department which certain Frenchman
on Marke: Street would enjoy. Leaving
the flowers we cross the bridge over Elm
street and enter the Art Department which
is so grand that your reporter has not the
faculty to describe it. In our judgment
however, the gem of the collection is an oil
painting of Jefferson as Grip" when he
| awakes. It 10 @to the life." The works of
Art exhibited are all more or less by famous
artists, and embrace painting, sculpture.
and engraving, of which there is compar-
awe display from the earliest develop
ment of the art down to present day. The
receipts SO far have exceeded those of last
year, and already the city is full of stran-
gers. The Commissioners complain OF a
want of space although the buildings covers
over eight acres. am sorry to see that
Nashville is not represented in single de-
partment. How is this, Mr.. Rditor9
Your readers have been supplied from
time to time with accurate Intelligence OF
the size of the building and expenditures
necessary, and we will leave to better re-
porter to 'fgure the thing up" We have
| only endeavored to give general view OF
| the Exposition as we saw it. Another
great attraction of Cincinnati is the Davidson
Fountain, Henry Probasco's gift to the city.
We can not describe it better than young
lady from Columbus, Ohio, we heard on
the cars as we came up. She said in an
| sWer to a gentleman who asked her to de-
scribe it: "The fountain was presented to
Cincinnati by the weslthiest citizen there,
Mr.. Probasco. This gentleman's brother,
had long wanted to erect drinking foun-
tain for the poer Of the city. He died with
out doing it, however. But Mr.. Probasco
did not forget the wish. 1t happened SO,
that in Russia an artist had designed a
magnificent fountain that the Emperor Of
Russia was not able to purchase for his
own use. So Mr.. Probasco had it built and
brought it to Cincinnati. He paid several
thousand dollars for ii, or perhaps
hundreds of thousands, | Drget
which," How is that for high?
In the way of amusements, Cincinnati is
rather duh Just now, but next week We are
promised tie s'Black Crookn and koht. Nc
Wade as Grip Van Wrinkle" In matters
political there is now not much stirring.
"White hats" abound. And now for fear
you will tire of my dull letter l will 'fshut
up" You may hear from us at the "Peaee
ReuI ion," in Louisville, on the 18th and
18th. TITMoUsE, JR.