Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-25
SALTWATER.

Mr.. Frank 81. Lemon, the artist painter
at Seymour, Sabin & Co.'s, has finished
one of the Minnesota Chief threshers for
the Industrial Exhibition at Kalamazoo,
Mich. Mr. Lemon has been at work at
this machine for nearly month. 1t is
now completed, and is work beautiful
in all it's parts, displaying the most per-
feet blending of colors with artistic taste,
that is to be seen in any paint shop In the
country. Upon the side of the elevator
are streamers of gold leaf bearing the
name seymour, Sabin g. Co., manufac-
turers, Saltwater, Mimi" This machine
was given five coats of lead and then
rubbed to a smooth surface, after which
it was given three coats of zinc. The
separator proper is finished with French
zinc, white, willie the face of rails and
ends of posts are trimmed with vermil-
lion. A streamer of carmine bears the
name of the machine, minnesota Chief"
in gold letters. On the other side is
belt of carmine, with the words eel
wards patents"
On one side and near the shoe is an ex-
quisitely fine view of lake-let sketched
upon the spot by Mr.. Lemon. The sub
ject of this sketch is a lakelet about one
half mile to the right of Lakeland. On
the other side, and on the middle panel,
is pencil painting in oil colors repre-
senting a scene near the Rugby colony,
Tennessee. This painting is framed with
a gold border, while upon each end eX-
tends an eagles head in gold. From the
beak of one hangs palette upon which
Is the name of the artist, while from the
other hangs paint pot. The trade mark,
which is transfer, is vignette of Little
Crow, the Sioux chief, and is placed up
on a carmine panel at the rear end of the
machine. Mr.. Lemon made an oil painting
of Little Crow taken from an original
photograph taken at St. Paul, which was
sent to Nuremberg, Germany, to the
transfer company which they produced
upon stones which are owned by Seymour,
Sabin & Co., as their trade mark. Upon
each side is a glass panel through which
one can observe the working of the ma
chine
The number 5,0s7 is ingeniously con-
structed of broken limbs and foliage, pre-
senting at once to the eye that this pecu-
liar art, which is rarely met with, has,
through the practiced eye of the artist,
attained perfection which would defy
criticism All boltheads and fanges Of
driving wheels are of gold leaf, and in
fact the whole surface of the machine is
a wonderful display of artistic design.
Mr.. Lemons art in caricature painting
has been noticed and commented upon
on former occasions, but upon this he has
seemed to have outdone himself. He has
upon the front and under the end of the
cylinder cap caricature painting of las
he says) his girl in her Easter outfit. She
is represented as sitting on a rail, and is
made to soliloquize POLITICALLY thus:
am sitting on the stile,
To have my picture took.
Please notice when / smile,
And tell me how look.
The wagon upon which the machine
sits is of light green color, and is fin
ished with wine. colored stripping
AS work of art and perfection of
design this machine leads all former
efforts, and is one that reflects great
credit upon the artist. 1t needs no CON-
ment from us, as it presents to the admir-
ing gaze of the beholder the silent but yet
language of unwritten nature,
through the imagination the
higher qualities of natural art. This
was tightly enclosed in a case
made of matched boards and placed upon
the cars yesterday and shipped to Kala-
mazoo, Mich, where it will remain dur
ing the exhibition, after which it will be
turned over to the general agent of the
State, who will exhibit it at the different
county fairs through the State.