Sharp County record., 1895-12-12
As Others See Us.

Arkansas, with her magnificent eihibit
of fruits and farm products, receivss At
the hands of those fl tally authoria9l to
award premiums the highest expression
they could bes'ow of the unrivaled a,xce>
lence of the great display she makes the
Cotton States and International E:sposi-
ton in demonstration of her Industrial
energies and productive resources,
This won lerfu exhibit of agricultural,
Horticultural, garden and vintage prssucts,
under the admirable management o. Mr..
W. &. Fincenheller, hose genial dSposi
ton and consummate business tact has
won for him the need of universal esteem
has received more attention, and more
manifestations of admiration for its ar.
site arrane eement, siH renee and excel.
ence than any other display upon the
grounds.
In tn exhibit Arkansas has clearly de-
monslrated 10 the world that in Gil the
natural elements of wealth, as well as n
educational and industrial progress. she
stands shoulder to shoulder among the
foremost states of this great and pcogres.
s've republic inferior to none, the er of
any,
Nowhere at this greatest of the wnrld's
fairs save ihe one Of 9a at ChicgG las
the Arkansas exhibit been surpassed in
the display of those products that demand
salubrious climate, fertile soil, and brains
and energy to perfect them to that degree
which characterizes the specimens pr,,
sented by this grand state as testimonials
Of her bCundless resources and limitless
possibilities; nor is it any disparagement
OF the displays made ly other states.
less favored by nature to say that in fall
ing into the lap of Arkansas. the gold
medal fell where, in Difference to tn
claims of real merit it should haye fallen
The fruit display of this royal exhibit
is one OF its most interesting features and
's deserving of the most fl tl.ttering Ell
comiums that language can express, and
when in connection with it is considered
the peerless specimens of garden and
vintage products it embraces, the fact is
realized that under the genial skies of Ar.
kansas nearly every fruit, melon and
cereal that blossoms and natures under
the benign il fl lence of tropical suns, can
be abundantly produced in unrivaled
perfection,
Visitors to the exposition from all
quarters Of the globe have enjoyed abund-
antly the conival hospitality and gener'
ons rrodgality so gracefully dispensed
under the auspices Of the Arkansas ex.
hibit by Mr.. Vincenheller and his
excellent corps of accomplished assistants
One hundred bushels Of apples alone,
have already been distributed free to
visitors who are moro than enthusiastic
in praise of their size, beauty, and del,.
Gus favor,
in addition to apples, plums, peaches,
pears, grapes etc., the exhibit displays
excellent specimens Of corn, rice, wheat
oats. rye, millet, timothy, clover, blue.
grass, herd grass, orchard and natural
grasses, The vegetable Exhibit Is also
molgious and consists of tomatoes
weighing from 20 to % ounces, cucumbrrs
enormous in size, 80 varieties of beans,
peas, celery, bects, mammoth potatoes,
pumpkins weighing 1873 pounds, squash
and cotton, the 6bre OF which il from
| Sd to 2 lS4 inches long pronounced by
the judges who awarded tho gold medal
to the Arkansas exhibit to be equal in
quality TO the best Sea Island product,
So imposing and attractive is tho Ark
anSas exhibit that Mr., j, b, Killebrew
OF the Nashville, Chattanooga and 81,
Louis railway desires to secure il as the
exhibit of his road at the coming Centen.
nial Exposition at Nashville, and special
committee from that city has already
waited on It's manager, NJ V,ncenhelcr
for the purpose Of inducing him to make
tho exhibit there as indicated
Every feature Of ,his exhibit Ia Of the
highest character aud tcn1s to illustrate
The superior advantages Arkansas posses.
Z ~ IN Respect to soil and climate for the
prosecution of agricultural and borticu.