Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-10-02
THE EXPOSITION.
Attendance Last Night
Hrnsfe by the Post Band-ExceIlent
Trapeze Acting-Notes ON Displays

snIendId Attendance Last Night
Music by the Post Band-ExceIlent
Trapeze Acting-Notes ON Displays
The attendance at the Exposition last
night was as large as the largest up to this
time. nearly every part of the spacious
building having been densely thronged.
The managers and friends of the EXPOSE
ton are highly gratified with the daily and
nightly attendance, and are implicitly con-
fident Of complete success.
The trapeze performances of MeSsrs.
Dearman and Emory were exceedingly
cTeditable to their muscle and daring, and
were complimented with hearty cheers
from the crowd. Their services have been
engaged by the week and will form very
agreeable relief to the show each evening.
In accordance with the agreement from
the opening, the 18th Infantry band sue
ceeded the Rock City band yesterday morn
ing. They appeared on the streets in full
uniform and marched to the Exposition,
serenading as they passed. The EXPOSE
ton, while it parted with an excellent
band on Wednesday, lost nothing in the
acquisition of the accomplished Post band.
The musical programme to-day is as fol-
lows: Prince Frederick quickstep; song,
Take Me Home; Blue Danube, waltz; My
Darling, sehottische; Etty, lancers; Passion
Flower, quickstep; Angeletta, mazourka;
song, Alice, Where Art Thou; galopade.
A structure in imitation of an Egyptian
mausoleum, TO receive the mummy, is in
| course of erection in the rOtunda. The
! design is calculated to arouse the curiosity
of the wondering multitudes that are vet
to traverse the passage ways of the great
show.
ENGINES AND MACHINES.
We have not heretofore noticed the mag
nifcent display of Lane & Bodley's en-
gines and boilers, and J. A. Fay & Co.'S
splendid woodworking machinery, as ex-
hibited by John p. Dale 81 Co. of this
city. One engine is called the Detached
Portable Thirty-fiye Horse Power. The
boiler is mounted on strong wheels, and is
really one of the most complete boilers
ever manufactured. 1t can be hauled over
the country with an ordinary team; and
after the engine is set up the boiler can be
placed in position in a few minutes. 1t re-
| Quires no brick or stone work, as it is of
the locomotive pattern, and is always
ready for operation. The next engine no.
| ticed is beautiful 10-hOrse portable en-
CINE, mounted on,wheels. This engine is
a great favorite with our farmers and
planters. There are hundreds Of them in
operation in Tennessee and Kentucky, aud
this fact is all the comment necessary as to
| its merits. 49,
! There is very fine Lane & Bodley plan
tatiCn saw-mill on exhibition. That firm,
with John p. Dale & Co., as their agents,
4 rule this country in the matter of saw
mills. We are informed that nearly every
mill in the State is from their establish
ment. John p. Dale & Co. have made
nearly all the sales, as they have been ac-
lively engaged in canyaSsipg every nook
and corner of the State for the past ten
years. They are as we'll known among
| saw-mill men as Andy johnson among the
| politicians.
This firm is also sole agent for j. A. Fay
| & Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio. The great
| sensations in Power Hall this year are the
Band and Scroll Saws. Crowds are COZ
tinually standing around these machines,
gazing in silent wonder at the skill of the
sawyers, as they fashion toys of strange
devices, and scrolls and brackets of every
description. In addition to scroll and band
saws. we noticed tenon machines, patent
mortices, horizontal bOrers, etc, in great
variety. Every well-appointed planning
mill in this country has more or less OF
FAY & Co.'s machinery in operation. They
make over two hundred different machines,
from a planer down to a blind-slat wire
ing machine, and their reputation for
promptneSs and energy cannot be excelied
by any other firm in America. We learn
that our plaining-mill men have already
purchased nearly all the Fay machines now
on exhibition, with the understanding, of
course, that they are not TO be removed I'M
til the Exposition IS over.
John p. Dale Il Co. have also gins and
presses, and steam pumps, and threshing
machines, on exhibition, but we reserve
for a future occasion a detailed report OF
their merits. This enterprisiDg firm is
located at No. is South College street,
where orders for machinery will be re-
ceiyed and promptly filled.
FURNITURE.
Messrs. Weakley Il Warren make an
elegant display. They ayeOnexhibitiontwo
very fine parlor suites-one of solid walnut
frames. ornamented with French bevel We
mers, and upholstered in crimson silk cote
line with gold figures; the other, of elabo-
rately carved walnut frames Ornamented
with rich French beyel veneers, and up
hOlsjs cred with the richest crimson satin.
| They also have in their collection two
chamber suites, both made Of walnut and
veneered with fine French burl veneers, one
Of gothic and the other of antique pattern,
with raised veneered- pilaSters, and most
beautifully finished. The samples shown
Dv the firm are evidences Of the advance
ment made in the past few years in the
home manufacture of fine furniture, and
we are grati6ed to be able to call attention
TO work equal in every respect TO thai
turned out in Eastern cities. Messrs
Weakley Il Warren ship goods to all points
South, their trade in Georgia and Alabama
| being very extensive. Their mandatory at
Nos 81, $40 and 32I South College street,
is the largest in the Southern country, while
their s.OreTOoms at No. II North College
street is kept well stocked with the finest
class of goods to be found in the city. We
take pleasure in commenting these gentle
men as enterprising merchants and manu-
facturers, worthy Of the liberal patronage
of our people.
| WILLOW WARE.
| c. August Birn, of No. 50 Church street,
has a very fine display of willow ware
chairs, baskets, etc, near the south en-
trance to Floral Hall. The work is done
by himself, and is Of very superior quail
ty. He makes wOrkstands, clotheS-bamp
ers, baskets, chairs, and all kinds Of willow
ornaments and keeps a general assortment