Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-06-18

inaliiy, taste and dslieaey. An 0ri
ole, psrched Among flowers, looked
moved and sang asnaturaily as ths
genuine bird could possibly do. A
Swiss artist fabricated this remark
able autOmalOn, which delighted old
us we'll as young children,
Among the competitors IN tho pi
ano tournament, ! must not forget
TO mention that a Louisiana manu-
iaelnrer and native Louisiana oxhib
itor carried on two high awards
Many OF yonr readers will doubtless
remember Mr.. II. Werloln, Sr,, who
many years ago was ono -four most
popular and successfal dealers in
music and musical Instruments. lie
ID still alive, as courteous and dig
niflcd as ever; but has resigned the
cares of business TO his young, aifa'
BILE aud enterprising SOM who is To-
Gated on Baronne street, and oxhib-
tied on this occasion, grand piano
and an upright piano, made here by
Mr.. M. Burchard, aud received for
them the highest premium, tho d.
ploma. =.
III one class Of articles, the taste
and skill Of the ladies shonc su'
preme. l mean, in artificial flowers
and fruits. Numerous specimens
attracted, each and all, general ad-
miration. Some oftho flowers woro
in paper and others in muslin, some
in silk, somo in wax, some in hair,
others in chenille, somo in worsted
and others in feathers. Tho wax
predominatcd. The wax fruit sets
were also numerous. All these were
excellent: not ono was indifferent.
But gavo the palm, aftca twice go
ing over the different groups, to a
small oval franc, glass covered,
hung up ntodcstly on ono side, all
BY itself, and which contained just
a alittle bunch ofroses, violcts, orange
blossoms and green leaves, careless
ly thrown together as II gathered by
some happy child, strolling through
a garden. Simple MS it was, i have
never seen anything so cxquisitely
true to nature. A small card gpve
this gem is the handiwork Of Mrs.
Norman Whitney, of Madison, New
York or New Jersey, ! could iiotsay
which. s73 v7 a-'1sf
Tho wonder of Mr. Tylor's depart
ment however, was tho "lIamb
Family Knitting Machine inyen-
ted by Mr.. Geo. S. Hullburt, Chicago,
and made at Chicopee Falls, Mass,
| saw this little machine worked by
tho inventor, who, seeing me curl
ous and attentive, kindly took much
pains to explain it to me, thcorcti-
cally and practically. 1t knits over
twenty kinds of garments: drawers,
under and, over shirts, socks, stock
ings, comforters, hoeds, shawls, etc,
narrowing, widening and changing
stitch, and turning stocking heels,
With the greatest prccisionNease and
rapidity. tits a marvel Of simplici-
ty and ingenuity. After this, old
woman and thoir knitting noodles
arc of no use any longer, They
might as we'll go into bankruptcy
at once
The second story Of tho "Octagon"
was devoted to paintings, in water
colors and oil, crayon, pastile, pen
and pencile drawings, specimens Of
lithography cromo-lithography, en-
craving on wood and metals, storco-
tipping, photography, sign and win
dow shade painting, painting in imi-
tation of wood and marble, architec-
tural, mechanical and anatomical
drawings, plain andornnmental pen
manship, illuminated lettering,
plain and ornamental card writing,
stencil work, book keeping, electric
apparatus, etc. There was large
ard varied collection of articles en-
.braced under these classes, The
pictures were fewer in number than
at previous years. Those painted
at Rome, Italy, bya daughter and
son of Gen. ] Bankhead Magrnder,
attracted much attention and GER
tainly displayed considerable origi-
nal and cultivated talent.
The centre of attraction, however,
was Julio's lifs-size painting of"Lee
and Stonewall jackson on the field
of Charlottesville Both great
leaders are mounted and in their
fighting attire. Lee faces the, spec
tator and while quietly refining in
his horse, is giving his "Right Arm"
directions about the approaching
conflict. You have side-view OF
the immortal stonewall, who fronts
his chieftain and sitting. his horse
in an easy attitude, listens to- the
commander with closo attention, but
evidently prepared to ride swiftly
into action the moment his orders
are finished.
This fine picture will give the ar
tist frame, apart from that connect
ed with the deep interest of the
scene. The drawing is good the
horses are capitally done; the group
ing natural and unconstrained yet
effective; the accompanying scenery
and other incidents, perfectly natu-
raj. There is no straining for effect;
the artist has relied for that on the
accuracy of his portraiturewhich is
undoubtcd; the fidelity to history
Of the coetames and the war charg-
ers; and The fact that so these great
leaders did meet each other and SO
look cd-grand in their very sinlplic-
ity Of attitude and dress-whiist the
one ordered what the other, the mo-
ment after, rode of to carry into tri-
umphant execution and then fell,
bloody and mangled, on the bloody
field he had won, and never saw his
ehieftaifi more.
This admirable picture is to be
presented to Gen. Lee by the 'sba-
n. :.