National Republican., 1879-09-25
FRUITS AND FLOWERS.
Second Day Of the Fair at Masonic
Temple.
Arrival of Additional Exbibits--The Hall
Thronged with Visitors - Interesting
Literary Exercises - Premiums
Awarded Ncsterday-A List
of some of the Most
Noticeable Exhibits.
The Fruit and Flower Exhibition.

| The fair aud art loan exhibition of the Po-
tomnc Fruit Growers Association was even more
attractive yesterday than on the opening day, a
| large number of additional exhibits having ar.
rived and been placed in position in their sew.
cral departments These add greatly to the
interest of the fair. Tho fair to-day will bo
more attractive than heretofore If such can be
the case, as q great quantity Of rare flowers,
curiositos, &C., will arrive and be placed on
exhibition. The attendance yesterday was
most tattering, being largely in excess Of that
of the preceding day. At l2 o'clock Mr.. w. X
| Cohen rendered an organ solo. At 4o'clock Mrs
| Pollock, Of the National Kindergarten school,
was present with portion Of her school primary
department, and gave an exhibition of her
system of teaching. There will be an exhihi.
ton by the advanced class to-day at $3.50
o'clock, which will be specially interesting 10
the public school teachers. During tho musi-
cal and literary exercises in the evening the
attendance was very large. The programme
was especially entertaining, Professor Edward
| Hay carrying of the honOrs. All of the par.
Elephants acquitted themselves creditably, aud
well deserved the unstinted applause which
greeted each rendition. The exercises were
begun with piano solo and vocal solo by
Mrs. Colonel Edward Daniels, which were
| followed by an exhibition of the sys.
tenn of teaching employed by Professor
| u. Richards at the Eclectic Seminary
| a vocal duct, Cheerfulness," by the Misses
| Crawford; recitation, 81 Have Sad, Sor-
rowin' Fart" Professor Ed. b. Hay, VINO, in
response to an encore gave "A Negro Debat-
| ing Society" vocal solos, Cleone Daniels: reel.
tation, THE Church Choir and Trouble in tho
Choir" Gracic Avery; solo, Miss Crawford,
| ''The Merry Iingarcc;" recitation, Mrs. Lin
coin. collins ode to the PASSIONS" solo Miss
| Florence Hopkins, Coming Thro' tho Rye"
| For five minutes DIR. Howland made councc-
| tiOns and exhibited his great magnet The
programme concluded with recitation by
Miss May Chase. The following are some of the
additional exhibits which arrived yesterday:
A ring worn by John Randolph, tho signcr
| OF the Declaration of Independence with the
date of his mothers death, April %, 1850 and
| aged g., engraved on the outside in raised let
ters, which can only be read with the aid of u
| microscope a bowl used by the Roman EN-
perors before Christ, silver spoon 200 years
old, liquor cup and Slippers from Patagonia,
and nut carved in the most elaborate man
ner, by Zulus, to represent an insect, exhib-
tied by Shmcdte & Bros, jewellers; note on
the Bank of Alexandria, in favor of Francis
McGee, for Sl3l.67-in 1897, drawn by Gen.
eral Washington II cutlass or bOarding-sword
taken from British officer in command of
boats crew, while attempting to land near
| Enstport, in the district of Maine,
then part Of Massachusetts, during
the war of 1872, exhibited by +. e.
Dodge of Maine "a cane made of portion of
Lawrence Porry's flagship in the battle of the
10th of September 1873 a horned toad from
the Humboldt Mountains, Nevada. exhibited
by Mrs DR.. Winsow; an exquisite floral design
representing Cupids bow and arrow, and also
one in the form of horseshoe, exhibited by
Mr.. J. II. Small keys to Mrs. Fassett's picture
"The Electoral Commission" a basket OF Eng.
lsh walnuts grown in Washington by MIS-
| 1,-. lor Of fr,,i oa1
lent display of apples, pears and plums, from
Ellwanger & Barry, the great fruit growers of
Rochester n. V; two fruit drers a megaletho-
scope belonging to Judge Arther Macarthur,
and exhibited by Mr. Cotton This instrument
was purchased in Venice by Judge Macarthur;
the views, which are of magnificent design,
cost SO each piece OF apple leather by
MIS-. Cotton; ancient Roman coins in the
time of Constantine, Licenus Senior Trojan
Valerianus, Nero and Others exhibited by Mr.
John H. Thompson q watch and chain from
Gneiss, made in 1si5 (the watch still runs and
keeps good time), ana an ancient piece of sill
yer in the shane of a coin, with engrayngs
representing the birth and death of Christ ;
au ancient silver coin which was found on
jamestown Island, Va, during the war, in
1861 n letter from Henry Clay to DIR. George
HILL relative to the construction of u Pacific
railroad a japanese vase aud other bronze
work exhibited by Commissioner Pheeps Il
|
the sixteenth century; also collection of
japanese coins from 1901 TO the present
time, aud II gold lacquer from the Tycoon s
private collection two hundred years old
exhibited by General Caprou an immense
display Of cut flowers by John Douglass an
excellent exhibit of grapes from Crooked Lake.
Steuben County, n. Y, sent by NJ. +. Mcdowell:
a large quantity of fruit from New York, North
Carolina and West Virginia; Bible, printed
in twelve languages-Syriac, Hebrew, Greek
Latin, German, Bohemian, Italian, Spanish,
French English, Danish and Polynesian-n
1879 sc, Plinii," printed in 1927, lexicon
printed in the sixteenth century, and a
Bible, composed of five volumes, printed
in I'LL, exhibited by Mrs. c. A. Smith /;
figs aud grapes tDuchcss), by Need
ham; lifc-like crayon drawing by Miss
Minnie Goodhue; well.executed peu
and ink sketch an Allegheny mountain
scene, by John b. Warder a hydro.pneumatic
fire extinguisheri palmetto fibre, a new conf
mercial article manufactured from the diff
ferent varieties of palmetto so abundant in
the Southern part of the United States.
Mr.. Samuel e. Palmer has \ soda fountain
where any one can slack his thirst and refresh
himself for the amount of five cents.
The following premiums were awarded yes.
terlay: In Department 2 flowers and orna.
mental plants exhibited by professional for.
ists-First premium, crown diploma, for the
best and greatest variety of greenhouse plants,
John Saul second premium, eagle diploma,
j. H. Small third premium, capital diploma,
S. Swndells crown diploma, for best aud
largest display of crotons, John Saul eagle
diploma ]. H. Small crown diploma largest
display of Draceuas, john Saul eagle diploma,
j. II. Small crown diploma, largest display of
cacti John Saul crown diploma, best single
specimen crotons, j. Saul; crown di.
ploma, for best single specimen ge.
raniums, s. Smindels crown diploma,
for best single specimen of Dracwnas, John
Saul, also crown diploma; best single specimen
Of ornamental plants, ana eagle diploma, best
and greatest dislay of cut flowers crown
diploma, greatest and best display of Dshlias
crown dipomR, for best and greatest display
OF Gladiolas; eagle diploma, best and greatest
display OF Hardy Phlox ; eagle diploma, best
display of flowers from hardy Towering shrubs
crown diploma for best and greatest display
of cut flowers, John Douglass Crown diploma,
best basket Of flowers eagle diploma for same;
crown diploma, best table design of flowers,
aud crown diploma best display of roses, John
Douglass Capital diploma, or third premium,
best and greatest display OF cut flowers; also
eagle diploma for same, Thomas Carroll
Crown diploma, best aud greatest display of
tube.rOses eagle aud capital diplomas, best
table design of flowers, j. IL. Small Crown
aud capital diplomas, bost bouquet Of dried