The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-09-05
TAT THE HALL.
A Giance through the SEVERAL Rooms.

TAT THE HALL.
A Siance through the stveraI Rooms.
Ine me weather yesterday brought out good
attendance at the hall and things began to look
lively. line tables are now nearly full and looking
across the nall from any standpoint they make
handsome show. In front of the platform
Twltchell, Champlain & Co. exhibit yery
line collection of spices which reminds us Of
mince pies and other good things. Next in Or
der L. +. Pingree's case of artificial limbs
attracts our attention Mr.. Pingree shows
some.very fine work and his wooden limbs look
very natural. In front of Mr.. Pingree's exhib
it stand very large and handsome show case
filled with canned goods from ;Burnham &
Morrill,. Further on Byron Greenough & Co.
make a handsome display of two large cases Of
fars. These furs are all of excellent quality
andof handsome workmanship. Passing on
we are sattracted by very handsome case of
regalias and society goods from f. S. Little.
field OF this city. Near at hand David tWelch
q 10. show some fine specimens Of cut and en-.
graved glass, while to finish the row we find
Barker's improved car coupling which stands q
fair chance of being worn out by constant
use.
AT the first table is found large and hand
some show from some of our Maine Mills. The
Lockwood Co. of Waterville exhibit three large
cases of fine goods, and the Androscoggin Mills
OF Lewiston make fine show with their white
and colored goods. Farther on the Coburn
Mills furnish some fine pieces of cashmere and
beyond this are some fine Holland blankets,
made at Limerick and exhibited by Joshua
Sawyer. Vickery & leighton occupy this end
OF this table with case of Hathaway's domes-
ic shirts.
AT the end of the second table stands one Of
the handsomest displays in the hall. 1t is a
large case filled with different colored silks
from the Haskell Silk Co., Saccarappa. About
half this table is occupied by the exhibits OF
boots and shoes. M. G. Palmer has case
hlled with fine boots and shoes, and beyond
this ia handsome octagonal case filled with
goods from the stock of Irving j. Brown
These goods are stitched on the Howe machine.
A. +. Cox & Go. have case of fine shoes
backed up by case of fine shoes backed up BY
formidable row of rubber boots. Shaw, God
ing q Co., wholesale manufacturers exhibited
some finely made boots and shoes.
Farther on stand two pyramids OF cloakines
from the Sanford Mills. The fine carriage
robes etc. which decorate the gallery railing are
from these same mills. The remaining space
on this table is occupied by fifteen pairs of J.
W. Hollands fine blankets.
Directly in front of the main entrance stand
two cases of very fne.work from the printing
house of M. N. & F. G. Rich, who exhibit
business, calling and wedding cards besides
number of printed badges Above one of the
cases is "a largeiphosograph of the block In
which the firm conduct their business. On
this table are two large cases filled with sta
tionery and account books from the well-kno wn
firm of Loriag, Short & Harmon. The books
in these cases are elegantly bound and present
hne appearance F. e. Thayer has on exhi-
bition some svery old publications which are
well worth examining Near the middle of
this table Arthur B. Morrison exhibits a case
filled with gold and silver solutions Beyond
this are three cases containing samples of
books and religious articles from the store of
L. 2. MCGOWAN. Mr.. MCGOWAN makes a
specially OF Roman Catholic books. A tempt
ing display of wedding and fancy cakes, iellies.
etc., the work of G. W. Lucy, makes our
mouths water.
ia, Hobbs exhibits collection of cups and
saucers with but.er-ooat and tumAler, which
were brought over from Europe in 1857 by
Robert Patten and presented to James and
Abigail Pasten of Kennebunkport. A fine COL
lection of glass shades is exhibited BY Thomas
Degnan of Somerville, Mass. Katie McMann
has on exhibition very pretty bunch of wax
pond lilies.
j. b. Draper, & c.. of Mansfield Mass.
occupy one end of this table with fl ne display
of tortoise-she!] and gold jswelry. Here one
may find necklaces, cuff-buttons charms etc.
In great quantity. These articles are. made
from real tortoise-shel. with solid gold settings
Ii one wants to see some really fiue work he
should exa anime this exhibit
Albert w. Colby & Sons have on exhibition
case of English and American Bibles.
The first thing which attracts notice on the
fourth table is the large show of silver plated
ware exhibited. by .Abner Lowell. @The ex-
hibition is 10 two large cases and comprises
nearly everything in the platedlwars, line. In
the middle OF each case stands an elegant
mantel clock. Thos. G.; Loring has case
filled with LoriDg's Specific, and perched on
Top is wise-looking owl holding a bottle of
specific 10 bis mouth. 1 On the next table are
about dozen of the celebrated Rogers groups,
and case of handsome gold and silver ware
from Abner .LowelPs Here also are some
specimens of patent crystal rosettes.for horses.
Standing on the end of this table are two busts
and statue of Maud Muller. by Thaxter.
A. 81. Atwood has. two cases:of fine looking
plated ware on the sixth table, and beyond this
is a case of airiijewelry which shows the taste
and skill of the manufacturer, A. Blocklinger
Of this city. Thos. B. Davis has on;exhibtion
acase of sportingi goods! which are got up in
splendid STYLE On this table is a case of art
lists materials from Schumacher Bros. This
case contains nearly everything needed for all
all kinds of artistic work, and it is doubtful if
many of our citizens wereJaware that such a
complete assortment could be obtained in this
city.
81. FL. Hay & Co. make good show of phar.
maceutcal preparations. Stubs. Bros. on
Temple street, exhibit case of handsome pic
ture flames. Ulmer & Heir follow next in
order with fine show oil. cutlery. Here one
can find nearly everything in the cutlery line.
@. ID. Farley exhibits case of spectacle lenses
which shows some very fine work. Mr.. Earl ~
is the only lens cutter east. of 1 New York. w.
81. Pennell exhibits water injectors for supply
ing steam boilers. Alexander Beaudy shows
us a carpenters edge. Wells. Richardson &
Go. have an article (which they claim will give
the real June color to butter.
In the seventh row the tables give place tc
three handsome stands. of flowers from j. B
and T. II. Browns greenhouses. The centra1
stand IS one imposing pyramid about ten feet
high. On the extreme right of this row is a
patent reversible flower pot stand, by means o.
which the position of all the plants may BIZ
changed without handling the pots.
The eighth row is fanked by an immense
pile OF Laundry and toilet soap from the factory
of Williams, Watson & Co. This pile of soap i,
carefully tended by John Chinaman who add
not little to the attractions of the place Thi'
firm map nfactures ten different kinds of soal
including CASTLE, transparent, brown windsor
rose hOnay and olycerina SCANS This pstah