The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-02

ropean and American medals, awarded as prize
to Messrs. Duryea CO. The gentleman ncharg
OF the goods proposes to give away two tons 10
trial among our citizens. Everybody, however
is not expected to carry away bushelb basket full
Next is bale of cotton from o. L. Sheppard
neatly bound with new tie patented BY J.. L
Sheppard.
Lager beer, barrelled by ]. Kaufman, Cincln
natl. .-.,.
Barrels of -four, from the Campsen Mills
Charleston-very prize looking.
Overhead right here. is the beautiful banner
the German Fire Company, on which ts painted
the picture Of their exploit in extingulshtng tn
nre OF the Victoria hotel. in 1888, thus saving
a large amount OF property.
Moving on, we pass large and elegant screen
made of pictures, adroitly applied, and vanished
/ A show case, from Mr.. Vim. Mclean, No. 43;
King street.
i Royal baking POWDER pyramid Of tt-sam
j pies free.
/ A basket of nlsngoes beautiful to look upor
and tempting to the touch; bottles Of pickles, anc
| table doings generally, by Mrs. L. A. Bull Black
berry wine BY Mrs. C. P. Huard. ogeechee lines
by Miss Virginia Banks dc &C.
i Further on, Mr.. VIM. Mattheissen. No. 29l King
street, exhibits very handsome case o. cloth
and ready made clothing.
4 fancy box, made by Mr.. James N. Rabb; s
photograph frame made Of spool cotton, BY MIS-;
| Ella T. whitney; crochet collars. made OF thread
grown and spun in South Carolina, by Miss Jones
Of ofCalhoun street; mits, knit from silk made IN
South Carolina, and silk thread, By Miss S
Summers.
A specimen Of raised worsted work; the sub
ject deer; one Of the most beautiful articles OF
| the kind In the fair-made by MIS-. Minnie OCon
| nor.
~ A., scrap.rug-a curious conglomeration o'
| odds, ends and colors-by Miss v. Murden.
A case Of worsted flowers by Mrs. B. A. RODE
rigues.
A Confederate flag knitted in wooi-Ver! nauu'
some-by Mrs. 6. F, Friendly - ssa'
/ An elegant large black silk 0ttotnan' cover
embroidered In imitation OF Japanese "0'"' y
Miss K. 0ppenhelm. ,,,-,u
A superb childs coat BY Mrs W. S. Bissei.
An opera cloak by VIM. McLean-pre'ty enoas
| % make a washwoman look ike queen. Ats'
Vim. Mclean contributes very oeao'iiui speer
mems of handiwork, inEthe shape ot "ofs'eu
! wreaths of flowers, wax flowers ana CROSSES.
Mro n. r. Trenholm has also on exhibition
oem IN the way of wax cross, entwined Win
| vines and flowers.
Mica T.. Solomons Is not less entitled TO
,ro,oa for a very remarkable collection OF wax
worr IN which is represented nearly every South
ern fruit that tItnlates the human palate.
Among the curious things In the neighborhood
ORC. a nair of frames containing butterhes-the
first arranged to represent balloon and oasKet,
and the other big butterdy-all made OF butter
nies or every conceivable size, shape and hue
Tbese articles Of uert,t-so precious for drawing
room--are entered by Mrs L. Groning.
Mr.. Joseph Samson enters q fine specimen Of
ornamental handwriting which looks as II some
enprayer nad broken loose with pen Instead OF
grayer.
Turning for q moment to the side Of the hall,
we find several cages OF pigeons, very rare In
character, and very unique in p!umage. They
look as II they had just stepped out Of fancy pic
ture. Exhibited by Mr.: J. S. Hyer.
Brahma fowls-long-legg fellows, who see
sunrise an hour before anybody else-are con-
trlbuted by Messrs. John MazycE, B. W. Mcclure.
ous. and ]. L. Washburne. White bantams appear
to be the speciality OF Mr.. A. Koennecke. Jr.
]. r. Read i Co., the well-known King street
merchants, have handsome case OF ladies' nnery
on exhibition, which brought out interjections
and adiectlves calculated TO. frighten married
man out OF his, boots, and threatened demoralza'
tion to bank accounts.
Messrs E, Willis, G. c. Coe and James q. Taylor
have q very unique collection Of phosphate rocks
and specimens. found on land AMI IN the river.
The largest OF these weigh more than 700 pounds.
The smaller specimens curionsly e1empllty the
character Of some Of the horrible creatures who
used to swim the sea in olden times, when Aaam
was in hIs small clothes and Eve sewed ng leaves
for living.
Prof. Holmes, also in this neighborhood. has a
nerfect museum OF curlosites. Overhead, for iD'
stance. is bust of oceola; on either side are the
antlers OF deer killed by our old citizens years
ago, as far back as 1900; the jaws OF sharks-one
or two big enough to swallow q lager beer oarre1'
and sundry interesting things. The show case
contains choice specimens Of phosphates, amiga.
tors eggs, the Lords Prayer engraved on piece
OF god the size Of three cent piece, and curl
GUS specimen Of India lux, manufactured oy Froi.
Holmes from what is called the pen and INK nsh.
While looking at this curiosity. we heard an en-
thosiastic gentleman declare. with every appear
ance OF truth, that the attean9 OF this remafKsoie
animal, so-called, sometimes grew SO long tnat "
turned around and swallowed its own body, ano
that when unusually hungry 1t made no bones IN
swallowing small schooner!
Another OF the Professors curiostties IS iosSi'
vegetable, found in Lexington District precious
and kept under glass case. Still another Is
brace of oyster shells from the Eocene mari.
JUDGING from the size, the "Eocenes' were very
aausteren people, used muchly OF pepper sauce
and could not but say, "good by-yalye" BY Tar the
greatest curlosltes In the collection however ae
two pair OF deer's antlers, found In our swamps,
each so closely locked together that IL ls lmposs.
bile to separate them. 1t Is known that these AMI
mails are occasionally belligerent and ansagonisuc'
and the supposiuon is that In one OF the instances
illustrated they butted so vehementV sna' 'ney
died after the fashion OF some modern lovers, In
deer embrace.
The table OF Professor Holmes is properly
named "The Department OF Science and Art.
In connection with phosphates, Mr.. Q. A. Scan
Ian exhibits his patent dredging apparatus,
species OF dentist forceps on an enlarged scale.
Before leaving this nelghbornood' we see speci
| mems OF salt marsh grass from Mr.. John Com
| Minis, and the purest Of whiskey made BY Me'srs
Groot l. Scarlet, of Charleston. Mr. A. F. CheT
reux also exhibits the marble figure OF sleeping
child. Near by, too, are huge bunches OF cotton
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