Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-10-03
THE FAIR LAST NIGHT,
Mrs 5arley,s area. Moral E.hibl,'on.
shadow Pictures

The first on entering the door is the Post
Office. with Misses Porta and Kimball as clerks,
Over the delivery window is the inscription,
sphinx of Hymen
There is letter for you"
The next is the Scottish booth, with Misses
Hunes, Martin and Wicks, as attendents, in
rich Highland costumes. Here are to be found
delicate vaces, charming pictures, representing
Scottish scenery, and other articles too numer-
GUS to mention. ~- n
The next is t he Spanish booth, presided over
bv Misses Brownlow and Krutch in elaborate
Spanish costumes. Here the lovers of the weed
may find pure Havana cigars, fine merchaum
pipes and all the necessary adJuncts winch SO de-
light the smokers heart, at moderate prices.
Next is the Floral Booth with Misses
Bailey and Bell as flower girls. On entering
the booth we thought of the poets words,
All what wilderness of flowers n
1t seemed as though from all the bowers
And fairest fields of all the year
The mingled spoil had been scattered here.
The ladies this was our first and only pur-
chase,) sold us lovely button hole boquet Tor
the small sum of ten cents and did not, as we
have heard the custom to be, charge us dollar
fo- pinning it ia. Our local heart was IN nut,
ter for our editorial pocket until we had passed
on TO the last, the Turkish Booth, where Mrs.
r. r. Bearden and Mrs. Geo. Smith asslste1 Dy
Trigg, stood ready to dispense all the 6Yo"tor1e
of the Eastern markets. ------------
To sum them all up in the language of Moore.
"Come maids and youths for here we sell
All wondrous things of earth and air:
Whatever wild romancers tell e-. e -
Or poets sing, or lovers swear
You'll find at this our Fancy Fair.
Promptly at 9 o. clock the curtain rose DIS
playing to the audience Mrs. Jarley's world re-
nowned and great moral exhibition of wax hg-
ureS. -r.-. .....s -.- -
Mrs. farley herself advanced to the front and
| making low obisance, proceeded to discourse
| in glowing language upon the moral show Oh
moral personages for the moral Improvement OF
| a moral public. She then introduced her re-
| markable son George, in regard to whom sne
pathetically remarked, "Its pity he drinks"
which was quite evident from his rubicund nose
and jovial countenance
The first figure that Mrs. farley requested
her son George to bring to the front was that OF
George Washington, whom, she remarked, you
all know, was the father of our country. George
looked] natural, almost life like. Next to the
front was the countess of Desmond who lived to
the wonderful age of seven hundred and eighty
years, and then climbing up into neigh bor's APP
pie tree (Which was not very mora), fell and,
striking the ground, her funeral was preached
| the next day. L.. #..
Then came Rip Van Wrinkle who as Mrs.
farley remarked, was warning to vixenlsh
wives. Then Old Mother Hubbard WHO lived
whom, Mrs. farley confidently told the au-
dience was beheaded by Elizabeth, though the
lamented Mary was strongly opposed to it.
Next was Napoleon the one times, he was fol
lowed by the Maid of Athens, who it
is known had the heart of George Byron but
who kindly returned it upon his inditing that
far famed poem, LtG
''Maid of Athens ere we part,
Give! oh give me back my heart"
Next brought for ward by the officious George
and his polite assistant was Miss Nilsson, the
celebrated songstress, who being wound up,
made q bow and was returned to her place.
Then Gen. Tom Tumb, of portly form though
diminutive size, was presented for Inspection,
handsome George measuring his height for the
spectators. And next the Lady who smiled
and "Lo, the poor Indian" by some complca-
ted machinery were made to go through va
riety of evolutions. Z.l
Last but not least Captain Jinks of the Horse
Marines, on hobby horse, whose size was &C
counted for by his being fed on pork and
beans" The gallant Captain was returned
to his place and SO ended this great moral eX-
hibition, which can not be too highly compil-
mented.
On the second floor, was all that the most fas-
| tidious epicure could wish though the charm
ing mattresses detracted somewhat from our
desire to eat. .r.-...r
After supper the audience were invited into
the basement to witness the %
SHADOW PICTURES,
Among which the principal were ''Ihe DENTIST,
1.-THE Girl of the Period" and when walks
dat Broad Way down."
After the conclusion of the Shadow Pictures,
| the spectators dispersed.
The Fair will be open tonight and we advise
everyone wishing to spend pleasant even
ing to be present. r T.Elu