The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-06-08

Grounds steadily increases. AS nearly all
of the exhibits have arrived no loaded
wagons or cars will be admitted except
between seven and eight a. m hereafter
The tlower-beds about horticultural Hall
are beginning to bloom and present
beautiful sight.
"A musical contest will take place dur
ing the month of July, between bands and
orchestras from all parts of the country.
These performances will be succeeded by
competitive performances of chamber
music; and Handel's "Te Deum' will
be given by all the singing societies of
Philadelphia on the Fourth of July.
What remains of Commodore Perry's
flagship Lawrence will shortly be placed
upon exhibition. 1t has been taken from
the harbor of Erie and will be shipped
piecemeal. AT the close it will be cut up
| al d sold for canes, chairs, etc. The hull
of the Lawrence has laid for sixty years
in Misery Bay, where it was sunk after
the battle.
In textile fabrics in the Centennial
Exposition the British section makes. on
the whole, a finer exhibit than that of any
other country. 1t is not as extensive as
the display Of our American exhibitors, or
| as rich in silks and velvets as that of the
French, but it embraces a wider range
than either, including the most delicate
lawns and the heaviest wooden cloths, the
pretty book marks from Coventry, the
chcviots of Scotland, the linens and pop
Inns OF Ireland, and the mulliform fab
RIGS that 60 under the general name of
dress goods.
| Several wealthy Chinese gentlemen
of Tier tsin, Hangchow and Canton have
sent to the Exhibition an unusually valu.
able and interesting collection of curios
and articles of vertu. The collection con-
sists OF elaborate carvings in blackwood,
porcelain screens painted by hand, vases
OF all sizes in black, gold and scarlet
lacquer, as we'll as those painted in the
ordinary style, and a great variety of other
objects, all valuable and curious. In each
instance these goods form part of private
collections, and most Of them are of great
antiquity. A few are unpurchasable, and
could not be replaced. The collection is
valued a; $3O,OOO. The owners are very
anxious to outshine the exhibition made
by WI, the late tao-t'ai OF Shanghai, al
Paris.
In the Swiss Department there arc
some very pretty watches. There are GER
tain specimens exhibited by a Geneva
firm, which are unusually interesting in
their construction. The collection is small
and not arranged in a showcase ofany size
or elegance. and for tina: reason will prob
ably not attract so much attention as they
deserve. One of them is very small, and
set in lingering, with a circlet of dia.
monds around the dial The works are
wound up by turning the circlet. The
price OF this trinket is 1858. Another is
fashioned after the same principle, only i,
is set in small gold bali, to be used as
a charm. The two halves of the ball are
detached, and winding is accomplished
by turning the back half. An exceeding
ly neat pattern is one whose case is
studded in close rows With pearls, the in.
terstices being set with diamonds. This
is worth $40. On a yet smaller scale is
constructed a lady's STEM winder-:he
whole watch being about half an inch in
diameter. 1t is studded with diamonds
The intinitesimal is reached, however, in
a four-line watch, one-third of an inch
across, winding, and warranted to
keep accurate time. It's value is 81 200