The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-09-05

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turers. In front of the pyramid of small wares
stands number OF vases and urns from the
same firm. A tall handsome vase, designed
and modelled by E. R. Thaxter is greatly ad-
mired. short time ago the PRESS gave very
full description of the work done at this pot
terry.
| UNDER THE GALLERY.
In the northwest corner Of the hall we find
man busily cutting and distributing nice slices
OF pressed beef. This is the stand of w. L.
Wilson q Co., and the meat is from the Will
son Packing Company. Wilson & Co. exhibit
canned cooked meats and fancy groceries.
The holmes Liver Pad Company exhibit
their pads little further. on, and beyond them
j. b. Pickett q Co. have fine stand of paints
varnishes etc. In this exhibit are.some fine
specimens Of corrode6 and uncorroded lead. w.
81. Pencil shows fine collection of minerals,
and R. X. Galley follows in line with an exhb-
it Of some handsome pieces of stucco work,
different shades OF mastic and sample of con-
crete pavement.
The exhibition from the Chelsea Ceramic
Art Works attracts good deal of attention.
This ware is of hands ONE brown shade, and
the patterns are reproductions. For finish,
this ware can hardly be excelled. 1t is war
ranted to hold water and stand washing. W.
E. Themes is the city agent for these works. A
very handsome article may be seen under the
right gallery in the shape of marble Gala ex-
hiblted by Leighton & Liberty.
| The Portland Rubber Type Company show a
case of hand stamps in all conceivable forms
G. Abbott is exhibitingian article which is wei
recommended by dry goods dealers. 1t is COM
bination yard stick and square for saving the
| waste in cutting bias measure. Abbott also
| exhibits patent steel spring blind fastener,
said to have great superiority over all others.
q. Day, Jr., has on. exhibition samples of
| field and parlor croquet.
I. B. Williams & Son make a fine show in
leather, betting and lacings Their beltings are
| all from pure oak stock. Among his beltings
| is large double belt 107 feet long, 80 inches
wide and weighing two pounds to the square
foot making the entire weight about 800 pouds.
This belt was manufactured for the Durfee
| Mills, Fall River, Mass. There is also "a
| inch double belt of same stock and weight for
| mill in Baltimore. King s. Dexter are the
| city agents for this firm. On the other side of
| the hall c. d. B. Fisk & Co., show fine stock
ofready made clothing
THE ART GALLERY.
The art gallery on the third flight in the
| Senate Chamber, is one of the most attractive
features of the exhibition, to many the most
attractive. Though not large the collection is
good and embraces many paintings of great
| and decided merit. The number of paintings
entered on the catalogue is fifty -eight but some
pictures are in the room which came in too late
| to be noted by the catalogue maker. Among
| these are some very pretty water-colors by
Hudson, and two oil paintings bearing the
name of Mary E. Weston, charming compost
|. tons both of them. One is tree study in au-
| tumn, the great trunks dropping over rapid
| stream, which is tumbling over impeding
rocks. The other, quieter in color as becomes
| the season, gives a view of a babbling brook in
| springtime, making its way between trees just
clothed in tender green.
The collection is particularly strong in ma
| rines, Norton, De Haas, Richards, G.. L. Brown.
| 81. B. Brown, Clifford, Wesley Weber and
Frank Stanwood being represented. Mortons
picture, cat Sea-" Is one of his most character
lstic works, ship in the wide waste of water
with dull gray clouds making the horizon line.
De Haas pictures wreck off Long Island coast,
the hulk tossing about on the waves, the storm
clouds ragged and broken, and the sun just
sinking in blood. Richards "Gray Morning
OFF Cape May" is sea and shore in the dull,
cold day before storm. Harry Browns pic
ture is that glory of cliff and wave "The Gran
deur Of the Maine Coast" Gifford's "Great
Head, Grand Menan," pictures the massive
yellow wall bathed in the golden light of the
setting sun. Weber has four paintings on the
WALL among them the "Homeward Bound
and the 'Foggy Morning." excellent illustra-
tions of the progress which this merorious
painter has made in his art. Stanwood is rep
resented by the well-known making Port by
Moonlight"
But the strength of the exhibition is not con-
fined to its marines. There are many othar
noticeable and some very fine pictures. Som
tags Summer Afternoon" is especially happy
in conveying the sentiment of a long summer
day. TIE shadows are beginning to fall upon
the hills and cast their tender gloom over still
pools framed in woods while all the air is in
perfect hush. Another admirable picture is
Ernest Longfellow's view of Castine, from near
the old fort where ruined rampa1ts look down
upon the bay. 1t is delicate and tender in color
and informed with sentiment Taits Chickens,
George Jones' Newfeld Woods-a little clear
ing among the evergreens, carpeted with the
needles of the pine, where the cattle have
sought shelter from the heat-Water cap
ture of Guliver,-a painting brilliant in color
and vivacious in expression, yet failing to tell
the story because CULVER seems giant and
the Lilliputians men and women of ordinary
size-DeGraus' Celestial Model Chinaman
posing among his idols before young artist
whose beautiful face makes US forget the mo-
dePs ugliness-Williard's portrait of Lincoln,
George Browns Franconia Notch, lSonntag's
Dream of Italy-in which the classic ruins are
family seen through the mists of memory-all
command the attention of lovers of art Very
noticeable too are Miss Quincy's "Early Morn
ing Light on the Urirothstock," Cloudmans
portrait of the late f. o. j. Smith, and Kuhn's
panoramic view of the White Mountains. A
picture which receives great and deserved at
tention is a figure by Miss Sallie Crocker, re-
markable for its excellence in color, form and
sentiment This young artist has also some
charcoal sketches of rare promise in Reception
Hall, one, the head and shoulders of an athlete,
noticeably good.
NOTES AND INCIDENTS.
Special trains will be run to Rochester over
the Portland and Rochester road Thursday and
Friday nights, leaving at $40 p. m.
A girl by the name of Gertie Pomeroy was
run over by wagon on its way to the Park
yesterday morning and badly injured.
Yesterday afternoon deputy sheriff Hartford
visited the Park and attached the trotting
horse Aver on an account of the Peoples Bank
of Waterville. The horse was brought to this
city and is now in charge of keeper. He is
entered for the 2.30 race today and for the free
| for all race Friday. The horse is owned by S.
Witham of Watsrville, who has refused $4,000
for him.
The horse cars made AZ trips yesterday on the
Dsering line, aud carried about 5000 passen-
gers.
So great was the rush at thsihall yesterday
that 1t vast necessary to construct another
| ticket Office.
A lady was relieved of 500 by pick-pocket
| at the hall yesterday.
A despatch received from Montreal last even