The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-11-01


He also has here complete set Of surgica
instruments of the finest quality. Not tht
least interesting in this collection are the
| samples of homeopathic medicines In those
which ono would think would not hurt al
infant. Eaafs ~
|, Mr.-lra Blunt has under his care sam
lples Of Valentine's meat juice. This pre-
paration Is the invention Of 4hff. NJ. S
Valentine, OF our city, and has received tbe
tcndorscment not only Of leading physicians
lin Richmond, but wherever it has been IN
troduced. Indeed. so excellent has itbcen
found that he calls 1t "the germ OF itie,'
land it Is worthy the name II all which u
claimcd for 1t he true. He has patented
the article IN Great Britain, Ireland, the
Channel Islands. isle OF Man, France. Bel
GUM. and the United States. Certificates
of these patents are on exhibition.
| We next reach the table of Mr. w. w,
Turner. W ho, besides an assortment OF very
pretty flowers. has probably the best as
| Sorimcnt of foliage plants VIC nave seen
| They would attract attention ut any tair.
| Next is The table of Mcssrs. Lcckenhy Il
Laird. or the Gracc-strcct gardens. This is
| The oldest florists garden in the city, and
| right well do these young men sustain lis
Reputation. Their exhibition this year eX-
cells particularly in wreaths Of immortelle,
&c. heir selection OF garden plants ana
| flowers is also very good.
| Messrs. T. w. Ticnor and Samuel Suther-
baud exhibit splendid assostmcnts OF guns,
! pistols. e..
| j. II. nirkcrson d brother have very s,l.
rcrior spccmcus cf saddles, harness, &c.,
| Of their own manufacture.
| In tho department of ladies' handlwork
are many very beautiful articles, embracing
embroidery. Ecc-work, bead-work, com.
ltcrpancs, quilts. tablc.covcrs, and the
| like all beautiful and we'll executed. To
cnumrratc them all would require more
SPACE than we can spare. They should al
| he seen by every one who loves to see what
| the fair hand Of woman can do. Amongst
| the miscellaneous articles here are 4 court
vest of the time OF George H., and lady's
cape said TO be one hundred and eigh
teen wears old. and we don't doubt it; il
looks kr 1t might be. 4 haby'S doll
tbirtvtivc years old. badly effected will
rheumatism. may also he seen here.
Two cases of butterflies and other bright
insects are very prettily arranged. One o.
the oldest books i'll the city may be seer
here. 1t is Il German Bible, printed il
quaint letters. and Illuminated and Illus
tratcd. There arc also beautiful specimen:
ot 1lOWtfS, lIuttS, At., CNESutbi ih V"-N
which make u very pretty display. -
Floral Hall.
Last year this department was under tht
tcharge of the Virginia Horticultural ant
pomolooical Society, and made a splendid
lcxhibition. The Agricultural Society dt
nos pay so much attention to this subject
The display is not SO good this year, bu
the visitor is amply repaid for 4 visit to th
lroom, one side of which is filled with tht
choicest flowers. Entering by the nortt
door, the first stand we come to is that o
John Morton. He has the most beautiful
roses in bud and full bloom, foliage liant:
of every variety, the rare artillery plan
land "A number of beautiful baskets and bou
qucts filled with exquisite flowers.
Raw Material and Farm Products.
| In This Interesting division we tiud huge
humps of btuminous coal from pits ada
cent to the city, specimens OF MICA Nsln
claS>) from mrlia county, brown hematlt'
and other iron ores of the richest quality
copper ore, camel coal from the kanawh;
lyniIcy. marble u,larried in this State ha,,
enough tor the photographer, berry Is, soap
stone, silver ore, granite from the Jane
: river, mari dug within twelve miles OF th'
city. and petriactiolS from the Dutch Gal
canal ana other points in The state.
We have never seen better specimens o
vegetables. The cabhages, turuipS, lrisl
land sweet potatoes, are all of unusual size
The other cgetablrs-Specimcn OF all nov
in season are on cXhihitiou--are OF TIT
finest quality. The cgG-Plants, tomatoes
celery, 81, arc Of quality to tempt the p;l
late OF an cpcilre.
Il In this department arc three dressed
mutton, which arc Us fine us the eye crcI
rested on.
| Mr.. Ad IN has some excellent crackcr
made at his steam bakery In this city.
MessrS. Allison d Addison exhibit wheat
oats. peanuts, a tine assortment; collection
of the various field grasses, and large col
lection, thirty or forty varieties, OF garden
seeds.
| Our tobacco men have sent out an excel
, lent assortment of tobacco, manufactured
ana uumanulacturcd.
In the matter of wines, Mir. NJ. B. Buck
of Front Royal, shows very fine assert
ment of his own manufacture, aud said b.
the ''t4sters" (of which we were not one
to he of the finest fl iNnr.
The display of best liquors Is made, how
ever, by Mr.. James e. Lipscomb, who eX
hihits mountain rye whiskcy and Ken
tucky mailed wine, which is pronouncct
by conpoiSscurs the best of its KIDD.
Hams, cooked and uncookcd, with brcal
in proltision, make Il tempting display.
| There are also jGilics, pickles, preserves
beef tongues, &c, worthy of attention:
A dozen or so barrels of family fDu
from various mills in and around the city
a lot of sumuc from the Old Dominion
Mills, and some tobacco fertilizer, com
4 p!ele the exhibition here.
| Fruit Trees.
The Virginia Wine and Nursery Com
| pany make good display with their frul
| trees. Their stock embraces 60 varieties
apples, 80 of peaches, 80 of dwarf pears, =
/ of pears, j of apricots, 5 of nccta,iueS, 2
of grapes, 6 of raspbcrries, + of goosebcr
rieS, 6 of currants, of blackberries, and
full catalogue of deciduous and ornaments,
trees. Amongst their stock are some yer!
large two-year old peach trees, which bor'
fruit the past season.
Mr.. Il. ii. Rotey, Of Hopewell Nurse
ries, near Fredericksburg, also makes
good display of trees.
MessrS. Franklin Davis q CO., of thl
city, show 134 varieties of apples, 10
dwarf apples, 62 of peach, 80 OF STANDARD
pears, As of dwarf pears, 46 of cherries, q
OF plums, 10 Of apricots, Of ounces, 50 0
Strawberries, o of raspberries, ) OF black
berries, S of currants, % of grapes, Will
ornamental trees and eyerSreens.
| The Art Gallery.
| The neat little building which the SoCiet,
has disniticd by this title is occupied at thi
exhibition principally by the photograph
ers. Besides the specimens of their skill
| however, there are good many other arti
clcs here, comparatively few of which car
lcritimately be considered under the classi
fication of fine arts. L. b. Coleman, ont
of our Virginia artists, offers two or three
oil uaintiucs of scenes on james river
/ which we have before had occasion TO com
| mend. Slaughter Ficklin. Esq, contribute: