The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-05-07
NEW ORLEANS.

| CITiZEN correspondents
History repeats itself. The ex-
perience of Queen Esther becomes
that of the common people. We
had heard of the glory of the far
away exposition, hut the half had
not been told us. Figures and fan
cy had heightened oure conception OF
the place, but had failed to bring
US into the full possession of the
truth. 1t is a mammoth affair and
if you know any adjective that is
more expressive of size it is that.
It's very extensiveness is apt to be-
wilder and disappoint. You may
attempt to see everything and see
nothing comparatively. Undiges-
ted mental food often clogs and
leaves behind unpleasant reflections.
But despite the disadvantages of a
hurried trip to the exposition ii is
well worth the money and in many
ways is beneficial to the visitor.
In fact it is hard to over-estimate
the influence of the great World S
Exposition upon its destiny. A
n ted writer has said "The civiliza-
ton of the world dates from the
opening of the worlds fair in Lon
don by Prince Albert" This may
be extravagant, but certainly since
then civilization has planted itself
as never previous upon the four
quarters of the globe. The great
est results are wrought by tho OK
position. People of different states
and counties are brought face to
face. Geography is annihilated
and the products of our vast cOun-
TRIP, from Name to California, are
exhibited in one building. The
useful and the beautiful, the new
and the Anticipated, are put before
the eye in the most attractive
forms. The table of mental refresh
ment is spread and you can fill
yourself to the full; machinery of
every kind, inventions of every de-
scription are on exhibition. A
spirit of enquiry and emulation and
good feeling is awakened and the
worlds progress rolls on.
The exposition speaks of peace,
not of war. Thus the millennium
was typified-when the people shall
beat their swords into plowshares.
During the late unpleasantness the
improved pillow and reaper were
mightier than the canon. McCor
mack and Avery furnished to the
north improved agricultural i'm
PIGMENTS which did the work of 20
men. Thus 10 could be sent to
to the war and the twentieth re-
main at home and make the earth
flourish and be fruitful. In
Dixie it was different. The pillow
often stood still for want of a plow-
man and even where there was a
pillow it did not move with that ra-
pidity and success with which the
modern pillow does.
l first visited the Tennessee de
partment l saw much to interest
me. It's exhibit of corn and wool
and ore was very fine. 1 saw some
meal which was a white as snow
and some as yellow as cheese; -four
made from corn; wool born not
from the back of sheep but from
mineral parents; potatoes which
spfahg '"l'. .Ium the same soil in
one year; marble of 200 different
kinds to grace the homes of the
living and stand as sentinels over
the dead; a walnut knot ordinary
to the eye-but worth $500 for its
concealed forms Of beauty beneath
Its rough exterior.
The ladies department of Ten
nessee occupied much of my atten
ton for their work as well as their
character will bearinvestigation. 1
saw many beautiful pictures
wrought by their artistic hands.
Charlotte Corday by Miss Annie
Simmons of Nashville; grapes by
Miss Adelia Armstrong, Knoxville;
Psiche by Mrs. Smith OF Nashville;
David and Goliath by young ladies
of the convent; sad thoughts, Win
ston cascade, farm, by Miss Sutton
OF Monteagle; Wanderer by Mrs.
Huger, said to be the finest picture
in the government building; mag
nolias, taken from nature of hand
by Miss Joy Lindsay, aged ID, ex
cellent; bastelIe, painting by Miss
Tavel of Nashville; painting on
walnut and chestnut of the same
character; painting on china by
Miss Lizzie Bonner; crayon draw
ing by Miss Myrtle Ezell of Giles.
There are many relics-frst cou-
federate flag hung at Montgomery
it is folded now forever; vases said
to be from grave of Geo. Elliott.
wonder how they got to Tennessee
department. Scarf worn at ball
given to Lafayette, property of
Mrs. Napier of Nashville; snuff box
made out of horn of Scottish goat
100 years old; tobacco box 100
years old, sent by Miss Annette
GodefreY, Pulaski, Tenn; dress 100
years old, lace 80, bed spread 70
years old, quilt made in 1923,
hymn on it; quilt by Mrs. Virginia
L. French, beautifully embroidered,
% years old. Reverence for anti
guilty is deep-seated in the female
heart-they cling to the past. We
found Kensington embroidery by
Miss Allen Dickerson, machine
embroidery by Miss Bette Dicker-
son-both fair daughters of Giles.
Tatting by Mrs. Clay Grove of Pu-
laski. Train coming. Adieu.
W. H. GROVES.
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