The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-08
THE JONESBORO FAIR and CEN,
TTENNT4E

town of Jonesboro. Anything like a
satisfactory account of the half we saw
and heard during our stay is out of the
question with the limited space we com
mand. Washington county has estab-
lished an enviable fame for the success
of her county fairs; and this year. more
than ever before, have the officers and
managers of the exhibition and the peo-
pie of the county right to congratulate
themselves on the perfect success that
attended their efforts on this occasion.
The agricultural, the floral, the house
wife, the fancy and in brief, all the de.
partments-eXcept, perhaps, blooded
stock and cattle-presented the fullest,
finest and most attractive contributions
we ever beheld. Especially was the la.
dies department an object of attraction.
The display of needle work was superb
Long lines of wines, jellies, canned
fruits, preserves, cakes of every variety,
from snowy white to mulattO ginger,
were strung out before the eyes of the
visitor Great rolls of golden butter
that did honor to the tidy and skillful
hands of farmers wives proved that
when the ladies of Washington county
determine to do good thing they do it.
We wish every lady in Hamblen county
could have seen what their sisters OF
Washington are doing to make their
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happy. Farming implements were pre-
scented in the greatest profusion, many
Of them we are proud to say of home
manufacture. The poultry department
was very fine in size and variety. But
it is useless to attempt details. Suffice
to say, everything was an honor to the
managers of the exposition and their
fair co-workers and most creditable to
the intelligence and wealthy progress OF
the people of Washington county.
Friday, the last day of the Fair, was
the great day of attraction, being the
celebration of the centennial of Jones
bor0. An immense cOncourse of men,
women and children were present-the
crowd being estimated by good judges
as not less than eight thousand persons.
At one o'clock, p. m, Judge Jno. l.. I.
Sneed opened the oratOrical treat from a
stand erected in the beautiful grove near
the exposition buildings. His address
was brief, but characteristic of the man
in earnestness of expression and point
of ability, and held the attention of the
thousands who surrounded the stand
Postmaster General D. NJ. Key followed
Judge Sneed, and, with an eye to being
earnest, able, bold and manly speech in
favor of an honest policy on the part of
the State in settling with her creditors.
He said the talk about Tennessee's pow
erty and inability to pay was all bosh,
and proved from census returns and
postal exhibits that Tennessee was far
in advance in point of resources and pro-
auctions of value in the markets, of any
Southern State. He claimed that the
debt question was not a party question,
and urged his hearers to assist in saving
the once proud old State from the terri
BILE vortex into which it was plunging,
and to hand it down to their children as
pure ard unsullied as 1t was when hand
ed down to them. He implored his
hearers to act upon the vital question
with promptness and with honesty.
H. M. Doak, Esq, of the Nashville
american, was the orator of the day.
His effort was scholarly and finished
historical review of East Tennessee,
worthy of the speaker and worthy of the
occasion. TWAS listened to with mark
ed attention by the vast audience.
The contributions to the centennial
department. numbered many hundreds,
md were of rare age and interest. One
IF the most interesting relics was the
irst ballot box ever used in the county
If Washington, south of the Ohio river.
1 bible and hymn book brought to this
country by the ancestors of Rev. John
Boring, the first one hundred and nine |
md the second one hundred and fifteen |
ears old, each in a state of excellent |
Books from - to 800 years |
Id, revolutionary guns, swords, pistols, |
indian relics, &C., &c, ad infinitum.
The Morristown Silver COrnet Band |
vas present during the occasion.and ad-
ed much to the enjoyment of the visi-
DIS by the beautiful and harmonious
lusic it discoursed, Collectively and
they demeaned themselves
s cultured gentlemen and proficient /
Musicians rejecting honor on the town
icy so creditably represented. The
remium offered for the best band was
warded to the MorristoWn boys.
In conclusion, while it is not our Gus
I'm to puff hotel or public institution
that sort, we must return our thanks
and we know We speak the sentiments
hundreds OF 0thors WHO PartoQk of
IS sumptuous hospitality during the
ir-to Capt Jas. Sewer, of the Wash
gton House, for the enjoyment of a
bed and a bountiful table
his house. The Washington is known
r and near as the hes} keRt hQsteIry on
e line of the road leading from New
rleans to New York. Here you have
at and comfortable rooms, clean beds !
d better table no one can find ielse- '
lere. Notwithstanding the immense
mRsF h9 entertained and cared for :
ring the week, there was NOT one put t
t indebted to him for the fruition of '
,ir enjoyment on the occasion. I
Rand CORONATION BALL At e
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We are requested 10 state t6ata Grand