Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-09

guages, with information as to the Society,"
work. Copy Of Eliot's Indian Bible, 1868
the first Bible printed in America, which
| only Mr.. Trumbull can read; the Aitkir
Bible, the first printed here in English, by
Robt Aitkin in 1881; Collins Quarto Bible
| Trenton, 1871; handsome Bible, printed il
beautiful style, $3.50 90; A curious ole
Dutch Bible of 1882
MISCELLANY.
1t is rumored that Tom Scott in the in
terest of the Pennsylvania Railroad, has
purchased the Main Exhibition building,
paying $500, 900. An offer had been made
some months ago of 100000, but declined
Scott can utilize the building, as depot is
needed at Pittsburg, and there is enough
material in it for half dozen depots. Mrs
Midgley of Cooks river, New South Wales,
exhibits novelty in wool flowers copied
from the native flowers of Australia. Miss
J. ID. May, near Sidney, sends silk materials
flom the grain, to the manufacture, pro-
ouced by the inmates of the Asylum for
Destitute Children The South Australian
Commission, Adelaide, sends very inter
esting exhibit, an herbarium, comprising
specimens of all the known plants indigen-
Gus to South Australia. Also collection
OF birds, mammals, reptiles, skins Of ami
mails, and eggs Of the same region. si,stf
hS w Coo " IS1u1d OUotC A1ulAAlhS SOAi-
tains pa exhibits in minerals, ores, stone,
mining products, complete list of cereals,
tobacco, cigars, fax, grape, wine, specimens
OF woods, charcoal cross sections of 81
varieties of timber, axe handles and felloes,
laurel and wreath vines, model of steam
boat. Coffee is shown from the Gold Coast
produced in eight months from the seed
Melbourne, Australia, exhibits Kau apples,
grapes, figs, pomegranites strawberries,
Cape gooseberries apricots, plums, raspber-
res, nectarines, oranges, cherries, and olea
Eurof@a. Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope,
sends some very interesting specimens. A
woods, and a table made of various colonial
imbers, hair of, Pondomisse surmounted
by ring of Euphorbia JAP ivory earrings
of Pondonice, baboon skin, dress of witch
doctor. Skeletonized flowers is pretty and
novel exhibit from the Cape Of Good Hope
Miss Ann Timbren of Victoria Australia
displays Victorian silk worked on Brussels
net, the result of silk produced from CO.
coons from Japan, France, Italy and Greece.
Victoria Australia, exhibits mamma with
the insect producing it, also specimens of
Japan silk worms modelled in wax. South
Australia sends a teapot made from silver
shilling. Adelaide, Australia, sends cork
from a tree raised from an acorn imported
from Spain in 1884, Imagine the growth
of a tree that will produce cork in less
than Ii years after planting
Brazil exhibits three diamonds in the
rough, % carats, SIS, OOO one solitaire,
$1,000. A beautiful satin and silk spread is
shown in the Women's Pavilion, composed
of white satin, lined with rose-colored silk.
Seven thousand skeins of embroidery silk
were required to make the !, 5OOrose coll
ored and white roses, and each rose has TAB
stitches. Italy exhibits beautiful tortoise
shell work. The most beautiful mosaics in
the world are from Florence, Italy.
THE ERIE PRESERVING COMPANY,
of Brant, Erie county, N. Y, have the best
canned fruit and vegetables exhibited here.
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