Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-24
THE LOUISVILLE EXPOSITION.
Tennsssss Going to the Show With
an Exhibit That Will Take all
the Cakes in Sight.
Commissioners McVVhirterWOrk-
ing With an Interest That is
Bound 10 Win, If Our People
Will Only stand by Him.
cOurier-JOurual. q.

Courier Journal, q,
Bet yer boots Jack McWhirter
won't permit anything In the Tennes-
see exhibit that smells and tastes like
them sardiaes we tried to eat last
night. You may bet yer boots he
won't"
Thus protested a great, chubby
Tennesseean on his way from the Ex-
position building yesterday. A strict
disciple Of Epieurus, he looked all
over the Volunteer Statesman. Be-
sides. he belonged to that innumsrable
caravan which all day long moved to
that magnificent realm-the EXPOSE
ton grounds-where each, as he ar
rived, was forced to take his return
seat in the non-silent horse car and
return no wiser than he went. mo
Admittance To-day" was written all
over the faces of the iateful few who
guarded turnstile and portcullis with
visages grim and sometimes grimy.
The rebuff our volunteer received
may have sharpened his criticism gen.
orally, for he seemed in no very graz
ciOus humor with anything. tie ap.
peared, however, to think that Jack
MoWhirter would regulate matters
when he came on; in part. anyhow"
II haven't" he continued, 'eaten
sardine in twenty years. All we get
now in this country are put up on the
coast OF Maine-eye-y drafted one of
EN-. They have no more taste or
body to 'em than the sole of an India
rubber overshoe. The swindle ought
to be stopped. Nobody likes sardines
better'n | do, but can't get any these
days. It's palpable swindle, and
why our government don't stop
it puzzles the will, and
makes US rather bear-that is, swear
about the ills we-ah-oh, pshaw!
Dammit, | never could quote Scrip
ture, not even on Sunday; but bet yer
boots you can't find a single genuine
box Of sardines in the whole city of
Louisville-nor in Nashville either.
III be ON hand at the opening OF this
exposition, and if any grocer attempts
to exhibit his Maine herring, put up
in cotton seed oil, and labeled "Sar.
dimes Phuile superieure.re rerum
wheel d'olive," III bet him $1,000 his
goods are a swindle, and not a box
ever saw Sardinia, It's too bad; and
| am SO fond Of them, too. We don't
want any more Maine herring and
New Jersey cabbage leaves parading
under false names. If Manager
Wright wants to wear the laurels,
he'll look into these matters. Bet yer
boots Jack cWhirter'd do it if he
was boss.
About this time the gay visitor re-
laxed into a dubious snooze, only to
be aroused to "bet his boots" that
Tennessee would come up to the home
stretch neck and neck with Kentucky,
laying odds that the former would
likely have nose, or a nose and a
half, the advantage, when the time
comes to exhibit the resources of the
sister States. And the modern Epi,
Gurus is not far wrong. Colonel Nc
Whittier. the TennesseeCo Commissioner,
is addressing himself to this feature Of
his manifold duties with an ardor and
an energy which are bound to win,
provided his people respond with a
like interest. He writes:
NASHVILLE, July 81 1898.
G. E;Merrill, Esq, Agent, etc, Louisville,
KY
DEAR SIR.-I will place the Swiss
pavilion on the oars Monday; also
specimens. You may look out for
two carloads Tuesday evening. The
pavilion is a gem. We will have Ten
nessee in her Sunday apparel next
week, and if one-half that has been
promised is received, we shall not be
put to the blush.
Truly your friend,
"A, j. McWHIRTER."
| In this spirit the commissioner has
| all along bent his energies to the great
work. He feels a personal, a State, q
sectional and a national patriotic pride
in the success of the Exhibition. AS
one of the most tireless and indefati
gable business men, Col. McWhirter
was recognized several years ago, "a com.
mercial agent of the FIRST class, realizing
yearly salary of $4,000 and more; and
everybody knows what is required tC
give the commercial evangelist" q
reputation of this character.
That feature of the Exposition
which will include the exhibit of fine
horses he also halls with great inter,
est.
To date but two or three specimen,
for exhibit by the State of TENNESSEE
proper have been forwarded, consist
ing Of Sewapee coke and iron ore from
the Roane Iron Company, lockwood
Tenn. The l.. and N. railroad, on it.
own behalf, will draw largely from
that section of the State through
: which its main line and branches pass
Altogether the old Volunteer State
through both her indiyiduaI, corporal,
and official exhibits, will not" il
! the language of her Commissioner
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