The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-10-03
DOTS ABOUT THE GREENEVILLh
FAIR.


GREENEvIELE, Sept. 2Sth, 1888.
To the Editor OF the Morristown Gazette:
We are pretty we'll over another an
nual Fair. Not many people were in on
the first days more came in yesterday,
and to-day they rushed in.
was only able to be on the ground
some two and 3 half hours yesterday.
Of course, did not take it all in, but ]
contrived to take in some thirty Indians
from the Cherokee Nation over in
Swim county, N. G. They played
game of ball before me, but could net
be much interested in the game; sup
pose il was because il was unique, as
well as Indian, and could not compre-
bend it. They played again to-day,
aud could hear the hurrahs clear up to
the pillery-three-fourths of a mile, ]
reckon. There was large crowd to-
day, larger than ever before, so said
very intelligent gentleman who has at
tended every Greene county Fair for
eight or ten years. A large per cent. OF
the crowd was composed of youngsters,
whom the Indians drew.
Speaking of hurrahs, reminds me to
say, that the passing railway trains
were vociferously hurrahed by the boys
and young men from the bucolic dis
tricts. We who live along the line of
the railroad never think to so honor any
one of the fifteen trains which pass us
every week day. How very ungrateful
we are!
l am really sorry to say, though
Truth demands the averment, that the
exhibit of good horses, cattle, hogs and
swine was slender, small, attenuated.
This is not so much the fault of the
managers as the farmers, who ought to
bring in and keep pure, imported stock,
such as Short Horns, Herefords, Devons,
Ayrshires, Jerseys, Holsteins, and last,
but not least, the Angus Polled cattle.
The show within the hall was better.
1t was respectable. Especially was the
floral exhibit attractive. Our ladies
pay much attention TO adjoining their
yards and residences with flowers, and
these were leYied on for the "grand
show" The area given to this display
was most tastefully adorned with fes-
toons reaching. from the base clear up
to the roof through three stories. Some
thirty persons were employed on it for
several days.
Maugre the very severe drOuth, the
farm vegetables were large and attract
i've. / saw as large a squash here as
ever saw in Boston or New York, where
they can bug and pay for the largest
things out.
The ladies furnished something be-
sides flowers. What all cannot stop
to enumerate, but everything that goes
to make up the variety of vegetable
food provided by them in all the homes
in East Tennessee. There was one ar
ticle of food lacking, however, and that
was, genuine Yankee Indian or Brown
bread, on which the Yankee boys and
girls feed and grow on. If am here,
next year, give notice now, that l in
tend to import a single leaf or more,
and put on exhibition. And, perhaps
will have brought along an earthern
pot Of New Hampshire baked beans,
such as the New England people dine
on nearly every Sunday in the year.
But will not attempt to import a hot
suet or Indian pudding, which is as uni
versally eaten as the baked beans, as a
dessert.
While there was considerable drunk
enness, do not believe there was much
'bad blood" spilled.
In the special train which left here at
3 o'clock, p. NJ, to 60 back to Knox
vile, there were five long cars stuffed
as full as they could held, and as many
as could hold on to the iron ratings at
the end of the cars, on the outside.
To sum up the whole matter, the
Greeneville Fair for 1888 was success,
without mentioning the Dance and
Social Entertainment" which is yet to
take place, at the Tennessee House, to-
night.
Perhaps you will be pleased to learn
that met, on the Fair grounds, two of
your former apprentices, Messrs. Hill
and Holston, of the Rogersville 1sle-
phone. They are nice young men, If
they did graduate from TIE GAZETTE
office, and hope that they viii meet
with deserved success. Friend Editor,
you just keep on turning out such young
men from your establishment, and ii
will give it great credit in after years.
j.. w.
p. Sd intended to say that I saw
four wild animals mt the Fair, viz: One
fox, two raccoons, one epossum, and
four Lyons. was told that there were
two other Lyons there, but / did notsee
them. y. 8. w.
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