Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-09-28

The Last Dsy-An Immense crowd
rrosafng Race. Muie Race. Potato
- pfcgtn9. Rope PuIIiBg, &C.
GREENEvILLE, Sept. 28, 1879

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GREENEvILLE, Sept 70, 1879
| Another bright and beautiful day
greeted the clizsns of Gresneyilie, AID
at an early hour in the morning the
| people from the country began TO
| crowd the. streets of the town and
roads leading to the fair ground.
Every vehicle was brought into requi-
sition, and all were crowded to their
utmoss capacity. Mr.. 8. III. Anderson,
| OF Jonesboro', bad his large omnibus
here, in which from twenty-five to
| forty persons could be transported TO
the grounds at one time. He in formed
as that he had thoroughly prepared
for the Jouesboro' Centennial. and
that he had DOW In readiness con-
veyances though TO send oct
| 10 the grounds the hundred and
forty persons at one load. He has slso
| hitcbing room In bis livery stable for
ever one hundred and fifty heads Of
horsea. He will treat his patrons
right Arriving at tie grounds. we
found everything lively and already q
very large Gro sd in attendance. We
| noticed aigo that several additions bad
heeu made in The diffe-t Mt DEPART
m 4nts Of display. -.
Mr.. ii. G. Remine. of the Limestone
Marble Works, had q very beautiful
specimen OF carved Rutland (Vt)
marble.
The Teiford Manufacturing Conn
pauy had large display of plows.
Mr.. Nathau Stoneciplfer, Of Rhea-.
town, exhibited new patent churn,
which Attracted much aHd favorable
attention. assbeing very simple and
undoub, eddy d meritOrl0u' Invention,
k1zfhere were also several additions in
the stock department..
THE first thing iu the forenoon Of
interest was the
TRoTTING RACE.
There were six entities by Messrs.
Fraker, Bailey, Hunter, Allen, Rich
ardson aud SDapp. Mr.. Snaps horse
won; time. 4:03.
TINE fOTATO hACE,
AS usual, attracted con~ids rable atten
ton, and furnished amusemen: for
the crowd. There were five or six
entries, w. 3. Rhea being the success
full youth, finishing hisr first. He
also came out victorious in the jump
ing contest.
ROPE PULLING.
This seemed to- create more excite
ment than anything else. A large
rope was takrn hold OF at Que end by
two colored men and at The other end
by as many white men. Be ween the
two line was drawn, and it WAS IN.
dt rstood that which ever side pulled
their contestants across the line aud
held them there for tive mInut,
should be declared the winners. at
The worI TO h sides put in their best |
pull when tie rope broken the centre.
A Lew rope was secured AID the par
ties prepared for the contest. AT the |
word there was agaiu united pull,
and for some little lime there was but |
little give by either side. The cOlOTed |
men would get q lutte the better of |
the white men, and lhen vice versa.
Bot finally The cnIore d men seemed to |
give away all at once, aud the white |
men fairly ran away with their |
taking them fifty yards or |
more, aud they We're declared the win |
neTs.
TIE MULE RACE
next attracted attention. There were |
three entities, by MessTs. SusoDg, HaT~ |
IIsou aud Moore. Now, the mule is |
proves bal for generally going where IL
Wants to, anu hardly ever wnere the
rider wants BIN, aud especially so II
Lhere7 Is anything at stake. Now,
: lie mules entered here iO-day were no
better than other mules, and hence we /
toOk good care To secure good place
behind u tree from which 10 take OBJ
T.. rVa Iou-. They all started right, but
were not long i'll getting ali wrong |
4AOet OF the time there was only ODe
Sn'1te on the track al u time, aud when
s4ne OF the others got on again he /
fost hwith ~vacated, aud just before
snaklug The round they all left track |
an different directions. The Moore
snuie was, however, brought on the
rack again fret and ran oat, thus
Claiming the premium. Considerable /
cxciteoIent eDs1ed, some calling for u |
secohd race, others claiming the pre- |
snium for tue Moore mule, The judges
s'sang fret one way then the other,
a.,d altogether it seemed 10 tie u |
very muiIsh affair. After some |
eiHt Ii Fable delay. quarrellng, etc, the |
VI ore mule WAS award "a The race. |
Tie stock show cTeatedt ome Interest, |
aud some very fine stock was exhlb- |
lie d. We have not the space to give |
the list OF pr minus awaited.
We noticed ID essrs. Gregg & Co,
spoken of i'll our last Issue, look seven |
first premiums on their machinery "a .
inhibited.
The committee were busy during |
the entire day awardiDg premiums,
ADD AS far as We COULD "a, ar, with |
probably a few Exceptions gave salts |
iaciIon in the valious dep.SfCIneuta.
SOCIAL HOP
The 5'uIg gen iemen Of the tow n |
C ncluden the fair by giving social |
tap at the tennessee Eouze, which |
Was ~ pleasant affair as one only |
meets with here snd there. The |
supper was served by The ladies of |
The e. i-c0pal Church, who were CIV |
ing supper for two nights for the
bent fit "I their Chu, Cir. The young
peop'e e joJtd themselves te late
hour, or, more properly speak ing, an
early hour Saturday morning. Mr..
Mahnuey ami wife and Miss Belle Pat
ter-asi kt.U" Just how to snake it pleas |
ant for ihr young people when they
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