The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-07-06
beauties of agricultural hall.

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in which fruits anducVegetablesa can
be properly preserved through the
year, and this is certainly one of the
strongest points in the agricultural
department. / do not believe that
finor specimens than those exhibited
in this hall can be found in the
world. They come from many States,
and are contributed by q multitude
of people. Some are tho contribus
tions of private individuals, and 9th
ers by established manufacturers.-
Foremost among the manufacturers,
the excellence of whose goods have
given them commanding position
in trade, is the great firm of Citizens
& Rexamer, whose exhibit here is
of especial merit-peaches, pears,
apples, and vegetables of various
kinds are turned out cf their cans
tasting as fresh as if they we're Just
plucked from the orchard or culled
from the vegetable garden.
The aquariums form one of the
most interesting features of this re-
markable exhibition, and on my way
down to see them l stumbled over
two sucking pigs, one weighed about
thirteen and the other fourteen hun-
dred; nice little pigs for roasting, l
said to myself, as l got up rubbing
my shins andd walked on to see the
fishes; and there they were, in great
glass boxes, swimming bout just as
natural az lite. Ihave not bccn fish,
ing for some years, and I ielt an un-
con'rollable desire to so fishing. One
tank was full Of turtles-fne, fats
looking fellows that would have made
an alderman's mouth water; and
here, too, were salmon little bits Of
tellows who survived tho perils of
voyage from Columbia River, nearly
four thousand miles, " ere swimming
about just as lively as it thoy were
il their native streams. / lovo to
contemplate tho briny monsters o:
tho deep, said, half aloud, to my
self, as stood looking at them.-
Monsters of tho briny deep, remark
ed Mr.. Dool;ttle, who had just come
up; the monsters of the briny deep,
sir; not the briny monsters of the
deep. What do you admire them
for, sir9 he asked. "Because they
make brains, sir" replied, exult-
ingly. GAIL the fish in the sea
wouldn's be sufficient to furnish como
folks brains," said Mr.. Doolittle, look
ing down on me; aud with o wink of
his eye, he said, "Look here, jest q
fow steps this way; look into that
modest case, sir. Eff you noospaper
men want brains, as most on you do,
this is the stuff tha'll giyo'em to you.
There was doctor, forget his name !,
but he was big gun, he was, an he
said there was moro brains, clear
grit, in one pint of wheat than there
was in four bushels of onions.
mention this" he said, severely, "be.
cause you want brains, and this is the
stuff to make 'em." Here was new
article Of manufacture, at leaet new
to mo. / had heard of cracked wheat,
and crushed barley, and wheaten
grits, and oatmeal; had eaten them
all; bit here was something new.
And then | reflected that into wheat
entered the largest proportion of
brain and muscle food of any other
thing. | tried it; it was palatnblo
and sweet, nutricious and, to my
mind, supplying great want in our
domestic economy; q healthy food
tlat can be prepared in a few min,
utes, and of which, in the most sim.
pie manner, multitude of toothsomo
dishes can be made. The conclu-
sions arrived at in the manufacture
are tho result of scientific analysis
and tue articles furnished by the Cco
real Manufacturing Company of