Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-07
MONROE COUNTY FAIR.
Your Correspondents rIp---The MRdi-
sODviIIe FRir ~ Success---Th- Largest
Display of Fame StOcIS--SweetWRter II
Thriving Place, de-. &c.

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Display of Fame StOcIs---Sweetwater"
Thriving Place. de-. dc.
SwEETwATER, Oct. 3, 1874.
Special Correspondence OF the Chroniclel
Your correspondent left Knoxville
Wednesday noon for Jonesboro', and
enjoyed q pleasant trip, being fortunate
to obtain good seat just in the rear
of two charming young ladies with
lively beaus, who made the hours
pass lively.
Nothing of interest occurred on tue
route, with the exception that at Rus
sellville young man from Knoxville
seeing a young lady standing in the
door Of house close 10y rushed forward
to shake hands, when she suddenly
disappeared 10y a side door, and the
| young man returned disappointed,
while few knowing ones enjoyed a
/ good laugh at his expense.
/ Arriving az Jonesboru', we were
Hospitality entertained by that prince
of hotel Keepers Capt. Sewer, who,
although crowded with people visiting
the fair, managed to give us good
bed After a refreshing nights sleep,
we proceeded to the fair, took our dots
and wrote them up, aud ut five that
evening was again aboard Of the train
for the
MONROE COUNTY FAIR.
At Knoxville we sent our report of
| the JOmesbOrO' fair to the office, as your
readers well know. Arriving at Sweet
water at a. NJ. Friday, we rested at
the Monroe House (of which we shall
speak hereatter) until six O'clock,
when, by tight squeeze, we got a good
seat in IA hack bound for the Fair
Grounds, some nine miles from Sweet
water, and near Madison vile, the
county site. Being favored with de-
! ttghJW company, the hours passed OIL
very pleasantly, Notwithstanding that
the road was not the best we have
Travelled over.
THE GROUNDS AND BUILDING.
The grounds, pleasantly located in a
a grove OF young trees, are spacious
and well adapted to the purpose. Near
the north end "a row OF covered stalls
had been erected for the stock, and
pens for hogs and sheep.
TIE EXPOSITION BUILDING
is not very large, but amply sufficient
for the purpose for which it was used,
the ladies department and the agri~
cultural products.
FINE STOCK.
The stock department was better
represented than we have ever seen ut
any county fair. Ever description OF
stock was well represented, but to give
our readers an idea we will simply
give the premiums awarded, and the
number OF entries made in the
HOME DEPARTMENT.
Blu0ded stock-six entries: joseph
Galloway, premium for the best year
Old stallion, also 81 premium for the best
y year Old stallion. J. {. WATSON, of
Rhea springs, premium for The best
AGED brood mare. .. W. baltimore,
premium for the best spring colt. VIM.
Fowler, for Jhc best year old liily,
and Joseph Galloway. for the best
yearliug colt.
Brood mare--eightcen entries: !. j.
Middleton, first premium, and John G..
Netuerland second.
Sucking co.is-seygu entries: J.W.
| LotSpiech, first premium, and J. il.
Fisher, second.
Mule colJ--eight euu.e-: j. T.,
Houston, FIST premium, and w, L,
Leuuir, second.
FIilics, . year oids-tWo entries: VIM.
Black, first premium, and W. w. POr-
ter, second.
Fiii.es, 2ycar olds-five entries: y. p.
Walker, first premium, and Rufus
Rutherford, second.
I Eearing colts, year olds-JwO en-
tries: j. IT, Sherman, first premium,
and Rufus Rutherford, second.
stallion, . year Olds-fOur entries
r. +. Cook, first premium, aud j. j.
Middleton, second.
Aged mults--four entries: ia. Peck,
first premium, w. y. Fain, second.
Mules, 3 year Olds-two entries
Geo. Carmichael, (cOl.), first premium
}. i. Patton, second.
Mules, , year olds-eight entries: J.
r. Gaines, first premium, aud G.. l..
Henderson, second.
Mules. year Olds-tWO entries: c, +.
White, frs premium, and J f. Patton,
second.
Pair matched mules-one entry S.
NJ. Walker, premium.
The cattle department was fully as
2 well represented, aud we noticed q
d number OF pens with fine hogs. We
& also noticed some very fine sheep.
POULTRY DEPARTMENT.
We noticed five coops Of very fine
ducks, five coops Of fine chickens, Two
, coops Of fine geese, one coop of tur-
keys, and one coop Of quai!s.
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
. We noticed a wheat drill on the
! ground, several plows, harrow aud
2 wheat cradle. The department of az.
J ricullural products was not rs well
2 represented as il might have been, aud
) we feel certain that Monroe county did
not do itself justice in that depart.
81 ment We noticed however, some
line specimens of corn, wheat, flour.
, turnips, cabbage, sweet ana Irish po-
; tatoe- wheat in the sheaf, beans, ap.
pies, dried .uit, bacon hams and
J shoulder.
LADIES DEPARTMENT..
There was "a pretty fair display iu
Che ladies' department, such as jeans,
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