The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-10-24
Southern Exposition.
Special to the CARBON ADVOCATE.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. Is 1885.

Special to the CARBON ADVOCATE.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. Is 1885.
Before another quarter Of century
rolls around, the school-boy when called
upon to enumerate the great cities of
the United States, will begin-Chicago,
New York, Louisville. In classifying
this city as the Srd city of the Union
twenty-five years hence, your corre-
spondent throws himself liable to have
his judgment brought into question by
some prophets who have not enjoyed
the experience I have the past three
months, Before the first of August /
looked upon Louisville as very good
town, but only when one becomes ac-
quainted with the elements of work and
natural advantages can he speak know
ingly. Louisville is familiarly known
as the "Falls City," because of the
great rapids or falls in the river here,
which gives 35 feet of head in dis
tauce of 2 12 miles. This alone places
her in position which makes competi-
tion IN manufacturing, for the South
especially, out of the question, and
accounts for the fact that there are now
over 1900 manufacturing concerns,
great and small, lacoted here, which
give employment to $1,000 people.
Again. If you take Louisville as the
center, and draw circle every point of
which is 800 miles distant from this city,
you will include over IL 10000 people.
This gives her a greater population
within 800 miles to draw from than any
other city in the U. S., and accounts
for the hundreds of thousands who
annually attend Neutrality-suspicious..
There are 33 papers published in
Louisville; nine colleges and academies,
including nearly every denomination,
are located in this city.
Last month she celebrated the fact
that this is the largest tobacco market
in the world, over 10000 hogsheads of
leaf tobacco, representing Sl6,000,000
has been marketed here the past twelve
months. Eight hundred thousand dollars
has heen paid the government for
tobacco stamps by factories in this city,
and the liquor dlstlllers have contributed
$3.50, 900 toward the support Of Uncle
Sam during the same time.
With these facts before HIM the reader
will understand why the Southern Ex-
position is always a success when other
similar institutions are always run at a
loss, and he will not be surprised that
the management have announced already
that on August 2sth. 1885, the Southern
Exposition will reopen, and that already
a large amount of space for 1886 has
been taken by the exhibitors nowpresent.
The greatest activity among exhibitors
now is occasioned by the near approach
of the granting of awards by the judges
and their selection. If you want to see
the 'best side out" of any exposition,
at this particular time you can find
everything lovely. Between some lead
ing engine, thresher, binder, reaper,
mower, and plow men, the competition
is very close.
The Avery Plow Company, which at
New Orleans lost every award competed
for, and sunk 81. .OOO in bet with the
Hall Plow Co., are doing all they can
here to win, but fine carpets and rich
paint don't make plow or deceive
competent jury. Quite a number of
new exhibits have been placed within
the past few weeks and entered for
competition. These exhibits only show
in competition, and figure if they don't
get the prize they won't be out as much
as if they had been here the whole term.
When an award is granted by the
management of the Southern Exposition,
you can depend upon 1t that there is no
waiting months and years before the
medal is received. The awards given at
New Orleans have never been issued,
and never will, az the management Is
broke and have no money TO pay for
the same.
A fews days ago wa" s"school children's
day admiisio 10 cCn s." Every young
ster in the city and for miles around,
whether they saw the inside of school
house or not, were present, black AMI
white alike, and if they didn't have the
necessary where-withal, climbed the
fence, crawled under or over the style
well they got there anyhow, and in good
shape. Once inside, the police force
were helpless. Hundreds got on the
roof and only the persuasive. influence
of the fire department could bring them
down. They yelled ''rats" at the for
eigners, and pulled the tags off of ex-
hibits generally. 1t took policemen
and your correspondent to keep the
newspaper exhibit from becoming total
wreck, and then We were only partly
successful. They took possession of
the skating rink and musuem, and
tried to push each other into the pond
where six big alligators ara kept. The
only thing that quieted them was
Cappa's band, and he had to get up
special programme for the children and
bring out several characters in theatrical
clothes on the stage. The day is over
and the children are happy. and every
body else glad.
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