The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09

spectator, / didn't know they used
sawed staves for kegs in 1920. =
well, now since I've come to think, !"
said the owner of the keg, "the old
hewn slaves rotted. and they did put
in new ones; but I'll tell you friend,
that bunghole is the same. /" Any.
way we'll give the chair the benefit
of the doubt, and even if it has been
much repaired, you see enough in this
cabin to pay you we'll for going in.
Now we'll proceed with our state
buildings. We find CALIFORNIA; g
building replica of La Rabida, an
old mission built by the franciscan
Fathers in 17S6-not far from this,
we find Sutherland, - the famous old
home of Gen. John B. Gordon; and OF
course, we know at once that this
belongs to Georgia. Some distance
from here is New Jerseys building.
which represents Ford's old tavern at
Norrlstown, which was at one time
during the revolutionary war, Gen.
| Washington headquarters. The
room used by Washington is repro
duced, and in the main hall is a
collection of relics of historical
value. On site adjoining that of
the United States government build
ing is an exact copy of the famous
old Cabildo, as it was in 1903,
erected by the state Of Louisiana
1t is furnished with old time furni-
ture, and like the home of Jeffer-
son, it contains things of special
interest, at this special time, for in
this old "Cabildo'' the transfer of the
Louisiana Territory, from France to
the United States, was signed. l
went in an exact reproduction of the
very room where all this business was
transacted. I sat in the very chair
they used at this time and wrote upon
the same old desk upon which they
signed this transfer. that gave to our
dominion an empire within itself,
that justified Napoleon in saying 81
have just given to England maritime
rival that will sooner or later
humble her PRIDE" and caused Liv-
ingston to exclaim: "We have lived
SO long and accomplished much, but
this is the noblest work of our lives !"
Just above this desk hangs facsimile
of the treaty between France and
the United States and hanging on the
walls are many portraits OF well
known characters. Among others are
those of Napoleon, Livingston, Gov.
| Claiborn, first governor of Louisiana
after the purchase, and the inimitable
Jefferson, who acquired all this vast
region-the Louisiana Purchase"-
without the loss of drop Of blood.
or the freing of gun-and thus con-
firming that ''The pen is mightier
J than the sword.'' Now, last. but
not least comes tBeauvoir,' and
you will not be surprised at any good
thing may say of it, when you re-
member it belongs to Mississippi and
that love hides a multitude Of
faults" !" Whether it is love, or ig-
norance I can't tell-but really, |
can't see the faults in our exhibits,
that some from our state seem to find.
I noticed an article in The News
stating that all who had been to
the fair from home were disappoint.
ed in Mississippi's exhibits. I'm
sorry to hear this. Hope they will
come again, when things are complet
ed. I fear they expect too much.
1t seems to me, taking her wealth into
consideration and the amount appro-
priated for the fair, that Mississippi
compares favorably with her sister
states And I have heard many from
other states express themselves as be-
ing much pleased with her exhibits
and especially delighted with Beau
voir /" Truly, IA prophet is not
without honor save in his own coun-
try But don't want to quarrel
with nybody, for we all have right
to our own opinion. So I'll proceed
to describe our state building, which
is a reproduction of the last residence
of Jefferson Davis. Many Of you
have seen the real home, down on
our beautiful coast. 1t is typical
old house of ante-bellum style, and
the very air you breathe in it's wide
spacious halls, seems purely southern.
You can come here and rest in the big
arm chairs, and on the sofas, that are
relics of the long ago. You can go
into the parlors and play on the pi-
amos and make yourself perfectly at
home. They have two beautiful
pianos here, beside the old one that
Miss Winnie Davis used to play on
when she was girl-and you can go
to the register and look over the
names to see if any of your friends
have been there and write your
own name upon it's pages. Mr.. Da.