The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-08

1 nrter, OF South Ottawa, from full trees, saved
f. finn the curculo by Earring the trees carly
, coh morning for couple Of weeks.
A., Then Mr. d. J. Price shows 80 varieties OF
q apples, Of crabs and the Miner plumb, "a
p cultivated wild plHm, very prolific, and almost
/. poog against the curcu!io) Mr. Archibald
Galloway shows 18 varieties Of apples; and
Nr Green shows an egg squash which, unless
. yu are careful, he will palm OF on You for
gose egg,
q, Turning around, we face rich exhibit OF
minerals, gathered by Murray kirkpatrick
o. the Vcrmllion in this county and some
rrc specimens Of crockcry Of his own make
, with pleasant variety Of other interesting
: hlicknacks =
4 Last in this wing we notice the beautiful
= Csc of boots and shoes exhibited by MI T.
l. Griffith, Of his own make; another case oil
tie finest Odd Fellows rcgala We ever saw,
} reilly embroidered in silver and gold, by Mrs
l. Z. Moore; and large case Of periumery
nd fancy articles, from the drug house OF
forbes q Gchring very tastefully arranged.
AROUND THE FOUNTAIN,
n the center Of Floral Hall, the eye is first at
racted by Il large banana tree, with large fig
rec, full of fruit, on one side, and an india
uhber tree on the other. These visitors from
he tropics were placed there by Hon. W.
D.. Bushnell, and are no less splendid than rare
pecimcns,
Aside from these the circle around the foun-
ain is mainly filled with cut flowers, of which
| Mr A. VI. Ebersol makes Il fine display, III
;luding Il hydrangia grandiilora-bearing
lowers in large white clusters Mr. Hack
nan, of Peru, also makes a beautiful display,
astefuly arranged in the form Of floral tenn
Die; Mr.. Patrick Hayes has bouquet OF 10
'areties of hybrid perpetual roses, the only
tut roses shown Mrs. Hathaway makes rich
display; but cunningest and most tasteful of
Ill is the display Of Mrs. Phipps, arranged in
palace, with pleasure grounds and minia-
tire fountain.
THE NORTH WING
5 taken up by II. L. Brush and c. II. Force,
Of Ottawa, and Mr.. Hackman, of Peru, by
ich and elaborate displays respectively of hot
louise and towering plants, cut flowers, DC.
1t would take columns even to name them all,
much less describe. The State fair showed no
tner display.
As at the wedding feast of Cana of Galilee
TIE best wine was served last SO we take the
reader into
THE EAST WING
Of Floral Hall Our only regret is that we
lave neither space or ability adequate to such
description as the display here deserves. We
must move rapidly. As we turn to the left
fom the north wing we encounter the display
Of organs and pianos of the Simon Bros. and
sop moment to hear the music and admire
their Gabler piano and rich toned Clough &
Warren organs.
Turning around we face the dazzling dis
play of hats, caps and fur goods made by Hull
IL Bartes. Here are mink and sealskin
cloals cheap at from $50 to $500 each, with
mutts, gloves buffalo robes, &c, to make one
wish it was winter. Next eastward is the
stunning display of w. II. Hull, mainly of
Brussels and Administer down to every day in
grains, with displays of lace window curtains,
rare Cretons, silk dress goods, and especially
notable, some splendid dresses ready to put on,
made by Mrs. Pratt. The display is show in
itself
Next along is display somewhat less elab-
crate, but no less gorgeous, of carpets, silks
and laces, by the large house of Scott Bros &
Co Especially attractive in this display are
the dress silks and the floor mats 1t is hoped
the public spirit and exquisite taste shown by
Mr. Hull and Messrs. Scott Bros & Co. in
making these most attractive displays will be
initiated by more of our merchants at the next
fair.
Proceeding eastward, we next face u lot Of
fruits of the easel Of Mrs. NJ. NJ
Dimick-notable among which is Il fine pic
ure of Starved Rock,
Turning around, the eye lights on a case of
dresses showing the handiwork of Mrs. Pratt
md to her left is most attractive case of mil.
inery goods, with flowers, ribbons and flub-
bulbs that defy our command of language, to
say nothing of ever SO many loves of bonnets.
You guess ut once these are shown by Mrs, |
Gregg and you are right.
Then we pass over to where Mrs, Meyers, of
Ottawa, both amuses and surprises us by her
creations in hair and wax work
The hair work is really astonishing There
ire landscapes wrought in hair, and jewelry in
endless variety; and no less surprising are her
in wax There are autumn and
lragonium leaves as perfect as nature, and
motto in wax pansies that you would swear
were natural flowers. But queerest of all Is Il
piece of wood carving, marvellous for a lady
Of -.
Directly opposite is Lon. Piergue's case of
cake, bread, crackers &c, the product of his
fancy bakery in Ottawa. \ richer display, we
venture, was never made, and the ladies Won
Ter why they can't make cake and bread like