Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-09-30

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MS raising the simple products of the farm,
These displays are also instructing the
matrons and maideuy of the country in
the useful economies Of housewifery, and
in the art Of fabricating those countless
beautiful coRtrivapces Of fancy, without
which 70 home can boast of the appoint
ments Of taste and adornmont. Stock
raising is u very important branch Of ag>
ricultural pursuit, and these exhibitions
display the character of the different
breeds, so that Il enterprising and wide
awake stock raiser can supply himself
with the finest and most profitable bloods.
And then another consideration, by no
means unimportaut, %is,tllat the Fair affords
an annual holiday for the families of the
farmers when they can meet together
and enjoy the pleasant and refining de-
lights of a social jubilee.
THE FOURTH EXHIBITION.
The Cfic,rs, Directors, Stockholders
aud friends Of the Fair may we'll congrat-
ulate themselves and each other upon the
brilliant successes that crowned their
efforts this year. The display in every
department was more varied and Of a
better class than at any former exhibi-
ton. The articles, being arranged with
unusual care and discretion, were Snowy
and attractive. The Superintendent of
the various classes fully understood the
nature of their business, and the prompt,
efficient and untiring discharge of their
duties made the run Of the days as smooth
as the flow of a gentle river. Under the
manipulation of the experienced manage.
ment, the machinery was in perfect order
and there wa, happily, no occasion for a
single jar. We have justly claimed
that the three former exhibitions, consid-
eriug the fact that the enterprise was In
its incipiency and the people were rot
aroused to its Importance, were successful,
even beyond the expectations Of the most
sanguine, aud we are bold to challenge
any County Fair in East Tennessee to
rival the displays of last weeks Exhibi
ton. When we say it was a success in
all the phases Of a grand entertainment
and congress of industrial collections, w
present the expression in its most com
prehensive acceptation. The crown o
, Washington County g.itters with new
Jewels of marvellous luster and beauty
{ and the land, fred with new life, is rising
s with fast developing powers and resources
1 TO the happy destiny Of an intelligent
wide.awake and industrious people. TIL
e ~croakings and gloomy predictions of fail
ure are becoming quite infrequent and
e man, after witnessing the show of las
week, must have an enormous amount {
cheek and disregard for the plain test.
monies of fact, to still harbor doubts an
/, misgivings or continue his jibes and sheer
= THE ATTENDANCE
Was not quite as large as expected, nor
great as last year. This fact is attribl
y table to the press Of work among the ia
b. mers, sowing oats and barley and pr
pairing for wheat, and the unprecedente
y scarcity of funds. Still there we're I
less than 5000 entries through the var.oI
gates. The people came in all sorts
r. conveyance, from the costly carriage
&c the numbering farm wagon, whilst Il
S. Peoples Liue had nearly as many patro
rs as all the hacks con- bined. All age
classes, %colors, sexes and conditions we
ut represented. Old men and women, VI
have lived many, many years, happy
each other love town bellies in the Ia
" sly lie Of tie>backs; peachy>cheeked cou
ny try beauties In neat holiday attire you
Ks, bloods, with and without upper>lip firing
ce farmers, lawyers, doctors, ministers, et
=. tors, merchants, mechanics, with a SIN;
sprinkle of sports, %loafers, profession
dead beats, and gentlemen of elegant lei
ure, constituted the assemblage. 1t "
nd a jolly, good-humored crowd, every ia
:, beaming with brightness and every hei
" apparently light, cheerful and hapT
u Every one was socially inclined, and al
he consequence there was a vast deal of f
ms and frolic.
on II WEATHER,
ZEN A compromise between chilliness and
te. c~essive heat, was soft, delicious and To-
49, ". "The deep, blue sky" wore an 1t
:, iau serenity, and no one could have
me sired a more beautiful phase of nature.
ore THE PROGRAMME
NY For each day was skillfully arranged, a
lis offered a round of unusually rich and
ht. t~ractivc entertainments. Wednesday v
pe. mainly devoted to making entries, thou
there was considerable interest manifest
in examining the stock.
Ne THURSDAY.