Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-06
THE EXPOSITION.
The Llghtest Day Yet--The Elections
Interfering with the March o.
Progress.

Progress.
Some Valuable Opinions and Reflections
-"Faust'' Makes Another "Sar-
easticap' Drive at Our
Exposition.
AS was expected the politics and
dampness Of yesterday interfered with
our Exposition to q damaging extent.
The cultivated, polished and gallant
police that -perambulated on guard had
the floor and ladies all to themselves-
the men generally remained away both
during the gloomy hours Of day and
the gas-lit hours of night. The charms
of the place however, were no less at
t~ractive to the few that did attend.
THE EDITOR OF A GRENADA PAPER
was here last week and visited the Ex-
position. Here is what he thinks Of it:
1.-THE Memphis Industrial Exposition
has been one OF the graDdest Successes
ever undertaken in that live and ener-
getic city. Groves from every section
Of the country have visited the vast
building and one opinion seems to per-
wade all-that it Is, in every sense,
worthy Of representing the industrial
prosperity Of this section Of the country.
A very large proportion of our citizens
have visited this great emporium OF art
and industry, and are loud in its praise.
Our friend G.. p. Oakley, connected with
the Exposition, well an favorably known
in all parts Of Mississippi, were here a
few days ago, and gave US a glowing ac-
count of its success. The Exposition
will close on the fifteenth instant, and
those who have not been there should
by all means avail themselves Of the
time yet left them"
FAIR AND UNFAIR.
The philosophic and sarcastic "Faust"
having "dOnen our Exposition to death,
wrote another letter upon fairs in gen.
eral and Memphis fairs in particular.
He seems to think that the Exposition
and the Fair deserved the anne sort Of
treatment. This Faust is said to be a
''sandy-headed' person, who sings ink
for amusement. After a little writing
on fairs and shows in general, he thus
cackles about our agricultural display
The sun Of the
MEMPHIS FAIR
has risen and set Once more, and now
the worid-this portion Of il in particu-
lar-must languish on, deprived of its
light for another twelvemonth. The
Fair Grounds are located some three
miles from the city, on the line of one of
the railroads memphis and Charleston,
and are also accessible by hacks, fifty
cents and one dollar per head, omni-
buses twenty-five cents, livery stable
rigs, hired for the occasion, five dollars.
1t is not one Of the lOveliest spots 70 be
found, and no antiquarian, no matter
now learned Or interchangeable in his re-
searches, would ever fix upon it as a
| portion Of the original Garden Of Eden.
The good people here, usually so com
PLEASANT and self-satisfed with every
thing about them, acknowledge that
there is some for improvement in
these grounds, and the management
rave been so savagely stimulated to re-
move the reproach that they have iBcon-
tinently descended to the unhallOwed
means Of a lottery, or, perhaps, l should
say drawing" with the managers OF
the Library Association of your own
city. This drawing, then, has been
run daily, Sundays excepted, as the
railroad men say, for many weeks
chartered by the Legislature of Tennes-
see, my Christian friends, who hold up
your hands in northumberland
legally and legitimateIy-just like the
Nashville "drawing''-and 1 suppose the
managers have by this time amassed
enough to commence operations with.
1t is to be hoped that they viii put it to
good use.
LUXURIOUS ENJOYMENT.
"Of all the dreary things in this world,
the dreariest is that of sitting in an am
phitheater-why the quarter or eighth
segment of a circle of seats is dignlfed
by such a Understanding and at the
same time glaringly incorrectappelation
we could never contrive-fOr hours at a
time, watching a few colts or mules or
fat oxen lead in, examined by q criti-
cally correct committee of judges, and,
then trotted out again. Even the iu-
spection Of coops of chickens, or cOrrals
of sheep, r pens Of hogs, or fOcks of
geese and turkeys and ducks is not, in
my way Of thinking, a very enchanting
sort Of amusement. One can manage
to get interested in the domestic and
horticultural departments. Flowers and
patchwork bed-quilts 90 well together,
and it is quite a stimulatOr of good feel
ing to hold associations with big cab
bages and pumpkins, to feast your eyes
upon mammoth apples and turnips, to
feel your mouth water at the cOntemp-
htiOn Of lovely boxes of honey, and,
with vivid recollectiOns Of your last
clearinghouse, tOcontemplate the beau
tiful rolls OF fresh country butter never
meant for bachelor palate.
"Among the associations that belong
properly to the fair-seem TO have
grown up with it-are the side-shows,
the troops of big-headed children, the
dwarfs and giants, the fat men and
women, and the living skeletons, the
magicians and the learned pigs, the
snakes and monkeys, the wild men and
awful nameless monsters that glare at
you from the hideOusly-painted canvas
outside. All these furnish a choice field
for the philosopher. He is q singularly
perverse and commonplace man who
turns up his nose and refuses to expend
a few paltry dimes in the investigation
of these wonders. / have seen ophidian
monsters that, on the Haunting canvas
at the door threw into the shade the
serpents of the LAGOON, diminish so
rapidly that by the time | got fairly into
the tent had reduced themselves to a
single superannuated rattlesnake Gagged
up in a box about as large as a peck
measure. Circassian beauties have been
known to turn into bUxOm German
iasses, and d~ouble-headed babies which
to the world outside were represented
alive and kicking, to the world inside
were nothing but little monsters pre-
served in alcohol, or, worse yet, wax eff
hgies resembling nothing ever seen in
the heavens above or the earth beneath,
or, for that matter, the waters under the
earth.
BABY SHOWS n HORSE RACING.
81 went out to the Memphis Fair one
Of the days when it was in full blast: a
baby-shOw and a hOrse-raee were the at
that time. / rode out in the
cars, and they were crowded, and so 1
stood up, along with a number of the
people, as Andrew johnson calls them,
who surrounded me like a body guard.
They enlivened the way with entertain
ing conversation on local politics, and
kept me cheerful and happy by treading
occasionally upon my eorns and bunions.
The baby-show is a thing essentially
Of modern growth. It's a little singular
that for so long a time such attention has
been bestowed upon the breed of horses,
sheep and hogs, and the breed Of
human beings allowed to shift for itself,
IS a thing of light importance. One good
been produced by the champions of
Darwinism: They have directed not
B few minds to the thought that,
whether the development theory, as
were right or wrong, still
the human race, as it now exists in the
aggregate, weighed down with infrmi-
ties both physical and mental, was, GER
in a fit condition 70 be elevated
aaxraraI naro hforhar -, tn, gauTa .,f bin
This baby-show business is an exponent
Of a healthy popular feeling. If it's a
good thing to possess fine sheep and
haps better, to have
FINE CHILDREN.
"The entries 10 the particular exhfbi-
ton under consideration were satisfae-
.ory In point of appearance, but meager
IS to number, considering the fact that
Memphis has more children, consider
the size of the place, than any city
the country. Anxious mammas were
IN hand, and the judges looked as
the eyes Of all America were
astened upon them. They made their
award, and then fed the field. 1 ana
happy to read that they all escaped, for
/ wrathful scene occurred among the
'elatives of disappointed candidates"
PREPARATIONS FOR THE FUTURE. ,
The good men and true of the Expo
ition management have organized sue
,ess. The future Of their pretty institu- y
ion, though not aflording a long vista /
# varied glories, IS yet brilliant with
much hope. Those gentlemen had a I
Meeting Monday night. 1t was q very
affair. The fact of the Mardi- '
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