Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-02

hibited in the Art Hall Also, the attractive
display OF Ready Mixed Paints'' by the
the Georgia Paint Company, and the display
of fertilizers by the Georgia Chemical
Works, OF Augusta, exhibited in the main
building. In fact. might gather up from
all the various departments Georgia exhib-
its enough to fill one half of the main
building and make an attractive Exposition
of its own.
Judge j. 7. Henderson, the accomplished
Commissioner Of Agriculture, has succeed
ed nobly in his efforts to give Georgia a
separate and distinct display, despite the
fact that many valuable exhibits had
already been located in other and widely
separated departments of the Exposition.
Assisted by Colonel J. s. Newman, of his
Office. gentleman of rare taste aud ripe
experience, and Mr.. E. NJ. Sargent, of Messrs.
William B. Jones & Co., the great Georgia
seedsmen and ''truck'' farmers, whose
services have been invaluable, with large
corps Of efficient helpers, Commissioner
Henderson has got together display that
daily wins unstinted praise from the thou
sands who visit it and examine its many
meritorious features.
Without any special appropriation from
the State, and with no time to go into
elaborate preparations, he has not made
quite as fancy display as the celebrated
"Kansas exhibit" which is really a very
costly advertisement, rather than plain,
practical display of the average crops and
products Of the State, but he has gathered
up an exhibit which sensible people can
study with much profit, and from which
will go forth plain, practical reports of
Georgia's agricultural resources, as we'll as
OF her prolific soil and superior climate.
The Kansas exhibit comes from a region
where railroad trains were recently blocked
up by deep snow drifts, thing almost un-
heard OF in this sunny cline.
One OF the attractions of the Georgia dis
play is the aquarium from the State Agri-
cultural apartment, in which Commission
er Henderson is exhibiting some thrifty
German carp. The tank is handsomely de-
corated with tropical plants aud is really
beautiful in its surroundings. Fish cultur-
lists are delighted with this exhibit, and it
will result in new impetus to fish propa-
CATION all over the State.
The south side of the rotunda, in which
the Georgia display is arranged, has been
decorated with a sort of panoramic illustra-
ton of Uncle Remus' stories, which fur
nish lots Of amusementto to visitors, especially
the children. A more substantial decora-
ton of the walls and pillars consists OF por-
traits OF prominent Georgians who have
been connected with the State Agricultural
Society and the department, amcng whom
are President Colquitt, Commissioner James,
Hon. Mark A. Cooper, and several others.
1t is easy to detect the fact that the Geor
gia display is purely agricultural in its char
acter. The mineral exhibits, which are
rich and varied, are to be found in the
"Railroad Building" where the railroads
have arranged them in a very attractive
manner. There Georgia proudly displays
her wealth of gold, silver, copper, iron. Goa, ,
fertilizers, paints and other mineral pro-
ducts, supplemented with a very valuable
exhibit OF woods for mechanical and mer-
chantable purposes. In fact, in the carriage
department, furniture displays, plow ex
hibits, cotton gin contests, agricultural i'm
plement shows. The visitor can find Geor-
gia iron welded by Georgia skill to Georgia
woods Of the finest quality, and sometimes
painted with the Georgia Paint Company's
products.