Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-04
FLORIDA AT LOUISVILLE.
THE STATE FINELY REPRE-
SENTED AT THE EXPOSITION.
Arkansas Day Made Memorable by the
Presentation of a Remarkable Suit of
ClOthes-The Georgia Legislative Visit
Half the Season GOne-NoteS AbOut
Town.
CORRESPONDENCE ofhe Koraing Ee,,s.


Town.
Correspondence oft1e Koraing Nears.
LOUISVILLE. Oct. 1.-When Florida did
wake up and remember there was a great
Southern Exposition hereabouts, she
seems to have walked up pretty much all
over. Her space is no longer represented
by a case at either end of shells and baby
alligators and pampas grasses and great
deal of nothing in the middle, but the
shadow of her palm trees is seen afar off,
like an oasis in the desert. Alachua,
Orange and Leon counties have all sent
handsome displays, and the department is
crowded. There is barely room between
the shelves and loaded tables and grow
ing plants for visitors to pass, and there
is a perfect throng of these around the
place every day, keeping the Commission
ers busy satisfying the unceasing in
uuiries about Florida.
Fruit and vegetable productions form
the burden of her exhibit. So much of
the fruit being but half grown is little
disappointing, since Florida is not able to
show what she can do in the way of fruit
when it has attained full growth and ripe
ness, but enough is seen to make her
source of wonder and admiration, and to
fan afresh the "Florida fever' that is pos
sessing so many in these parts. The space
is bOrdered with specimens of cane,
placed fencewise, and inside are the trOp-
ical plants and trees. There is banana
tree % feet long and 1 foot thick, a cab
bage and date palm OvershadOwing the
shelves and tables weighted down with
oranges, lemons, lines, guavas and grape
fruit. Here are prodigious yams and
OvergrOwn pumpkins, and fine display
of cereals. A grated orange tree is sent
from Orange county, only six years old,
which is bending beneath its weight of
fruit.
There are displayed here a number of
bottles of wine made of the wild orange
and several specimens of scuppernOng
wine. One pyramid is occupied eXclu-
sively by the woods of the DisstOn Com
pany, each specimen showing partly in
the rough and partly polished, and indi-
eating the beautiful finish they are capable
of receiving. This display is very hand
some. There is also in this space the sec
tion Of a hollow cypress tree ten feet in
diameter. Altogether, the Florida depart
ment with its waving greenery is one of
the most picturesque and attractive IN
the building, and is constantly growing
in interest, as new contributions continue
to arrive. The 18th of October has been
named as "FlOrida day. unless the Com
missioners should see fit to alter the date,
when the ffOwery land will be the recipient
of marked attention.
ARKANSAS DAY
has come and gone, marked with an in
terastmg event-the presentation to
Governor Berry of a suit of clothes whose
entire process, from the picking in the
Arkansas cotton fields to the tailor's last
stitches, was cOnsummated within forty
eight hours. The picking was commenced
at noon on the oath, and the bale arrived
here with Governor Berry and the Arkan-
sas party early Tuesday afternoon. The
MayOr and a committee of prominent
citizens went out twenty-five miles to
meet the precious package. Upon its
arrival it was conveyed through the
streets to the Exposition in a gayly deco
rated wagon, and was there taken IN
charge by the Coleman cotton cleaner OF
Little Rock, then ginned by the
Lone Star cotton gin, made into rolls
by the Whitehead & Atherton cotton
machinery and finally woven into cloth
bg the Brideburg Manufacturing Compa-
ny. 1t was then passed to the Remington
Machine Company and Messrs. Wright,
tailOrs, and in the forenoon Of the 26th
was a suit of clothes in which the Gov
ernor may cut tremendous dash. Gov.
Knott was to have made the presentation
address but was called away, and the
Mayor stepped into his shoes and in Music
Hall, slightly past noon on the Goth, trans
ferred the garments to the Arkansas Gov
ernOr, who responded very happily. The
Louisville LeGiOn then fired a salvO in the
park. The band played "DiXie' i'll slash
ing style, at which everybody shrieked
and pounded, as they always do for
"DiXie" here, and the end of it was that
Gov. Berry had some new clothes made
by lightning, as it were, and was doubt
less very glad to get them.
THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE
to the extent of something approaching a
hundred have been floating around up
here for a day or two, taking things in,
literally and figuratively. They left for
home Sunday morning. On the day of
their arrival they were escorted by the
Exposition Reception Committee to the
Board of Trade rooms to meet informally
the Louisville merchants. President
Green welcomed them in a brief address,
which was responded to by Mr.. Falligant,
of Savannah. He was followed in a few
characteristic remarks by "Bin Arp"
and after further interchange of speeches
and wItticismS between alternate GeOr-
gians and Kentuckians the party adj
iOurned to the Pendennis Club rooms,
where they were lunched.
On Saturday, at noon, our visitors were
entertained by the Exposition Manage
ment at the Exposition restaurant in the
park, which has done lively business i'll
th at line, the last guests before the GeOr-
gians being the Texas editors and the
'ArkanSaw travellers who ''made q mess
of it," and were banqueted together to
save time. The Georgia people then dis
tributed themselves pretty much every
where, the majority of them going out to
Churchill Downs to witness the great
I nriIl r6f =
ing said ''ta-ta" and went home.
Gilmore and his band hold forth in
Music Hall nowadays, to the unquali-
fled delight of the public. GilmOre's style
is more dashing than Cappa's, but the lat
ter'S music was given with such an artiS-
tic finish that it gained a lasting hold
upon the general taste. Gilmore himself
resembles military commander in ap-
pearance more than an impressario. When
he swings his baton he looks almost as
grand as full-blooded Colonel. Prof. JAR
Wis Butler, the wonderful young organist,
gave his last recital on Saturday, and left
for Boston. His playing has excited
much enthusiasm amongst Louisville
musicians. His marvellous skill in han
ding the instrument, his methods and his
youth withal Indicate that he will become
one of the worlds most celebrated organ
lists when his powers reach their full ma
turity.
THE SEASON BEING HALF OVER,
the directors placed the season tickets at
50 for the last 80 days, but the reduction
has not sold very great number. There
has been a very general complaint in
regard to the severity of the red tape rule
in and around the Exposition. OF course
the authorities meet with great many
attempts at petty sWindling, and their
regulations have been very strict accord
ingly, bdt sometimes they overstep the
mark, This was conspicuously the case
a short time since in regard to SignOr Lib
erati, the eOrnetist, who performed with
Cappa for several weeks. The SignOr pre-
sented himself at the turnstile one even
ing, having in his haste forgotten his pass.
The keeper, strictly obeying his orders,
refused him admission, although Libe-
ratI, who was known at sight to every one
in charge. presented his card and insisted
on entering to fulfill his appointment on
the programme. After some Intellectual
wranglIng, the indignant Signor was
boarding a car, doubtless on his way
straight back to sunny Italy, when he was
touched by an Exposition policeman who
guided him into the building, Liberati
thinking that he had made things smooth
for him. But behold on the inside they
were Joined by another policeman, who
placed hImself on the other side of
the Signor, who now realized that
he was under arrest, and they
were taking him to headquar-
tiers. He protested violently and waved
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