Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-09-15
SPECIAL MENTION.
EXHIBITS AT THE PAIR WORTH Ex-
ANIMATION.
Displays at Pavilion and at Pask-Re-
marks on Especially worthy
Entrtes-Etc
Ancient and Modern.

/ HHSASAs anu N&OutEHs
| Bookbnding is the art by which the wealth Of
literature and the ledgers of the worlds commerce
are preserved. 1t is art that anedates printing
tse, fer it began with the fas ening of sheets OF
wood, parchment or metal together, on which the
ancient writings were inscribed.
Phallarius, who invented the first binders glue to
fasten edges toy ther was honored with statue to
his memory. With the art developed ornan. ent-
alton, illumination, enclosing etc. until the book.
binder became artist whose skill commanded the
rarest accomplishments and most exquisite taste
Skeletons faneifu description of one OF the products
OF the art in the early days may well be quoted
here
With that il the boke losened were the claspis F.;
me msrgent was illumyued all with golden rallies
ana byse, enpictured with gressoppes and waspis
With butterhyis and fresshe pecoke taylis
IL would have made man whole that had be right
sikeey,
To beholde how it was garnyschyd and boupde
Encoverde over with golie OF tissue fyne;
lie clasps and bulyons were worth a thousand
pounde;
With balassis and charbunces the borders did shyne
WIN aurum musicum every other lyme was wrytin."
But better taste distinguishes the book binder
OF this day. This practical age demands of him
beauty combined with strength in all his work To
his art has been added that of ruling and paging
SaAu shcrc die no DTa0Cn OF the business
Mechanism has come to his aid, and the finest ma.
chinery is at his bidding. He must work in gold
and rare colors in all feathers and cloths in
plush and satin and velvet-indeed his art touches
elbows with nearly all others at ali related to tera
ture.
Now, In evidence OF all this let the visitor to the
Pavilion pause midway of the small upper hall be-
fore the beautiful showcase Of F. Foster the leading
and pioneer bookbinder Of Central California whose
business house in Sacramento is known throughout
the State There he will see displayed all the differ
ent classes OF bookbinding and blank book making
ruling, ETC., that is done in this age From the
commonest cloth to the most deliberately embc ssed
and Illuminated Turkey morocco, full tree calf, and
all the other standard materials. II includes full
Russia, plnelea sides ; cash books and journals rec
ords and ledgers ; extra Russia, bands raised :;
three'quarter Russia full calf, marbled edges half
calf and half morocco Russia bands laced in with
velum-in fact, the exhibit comprises every class Of
binding OF the best and most durable character
from the pianest wire-sttched little volume to the
heaviest and costliest finished book known to the
trade. There is shown card, also, large SIZE and
samples OF which visitors have on which are
examples OF the most delicate and accurate ruling in
colors. We exhibits also examples of all the various
styles Of marbling the edges and inside covers of
volumes. large card is shown laid in unique
patterns, with columns, arches and pan.
els formed out of the different mate
rails used in binding. He also Displays the
finest English calf and Turkey morocco in stock,
ard these sheets, some in rolls, form the canopy OF
the case in which the exhibits rest There is also
sample card showing every variety of leather used
In the establishment SO wrought together as to form
handsome design in mosaic The margin OF this
picture is Of Russia leather, laced in with velum SO
as to make highly ornamental border Mr. Foster
began business in Sacramento in 1856. and has con-
tinued it unipteruptedy ever since. Ee has in his
establishment large number constantly of skilled
workmen in all the branches of his business All
the best machinery he has procured and ne ready
constantly for the largest and most i'm peratye or
ders. There is house in all the West that can
surpass him in excellence ami beauty of work He
is happily located to answer the demands Of all the
interior and the transmontane country. To him the
rarest volumes may be safely intrusted, and to his
cultured taste the people may trust for their books
being preserved in bindings at once appropriate,
tasteful and durable.
A Noticeable Feature.
The REcoRDUNIoN has said already that the Pa
vion at this State Fair is remarkable for the taste
and artistic skill displayed by exhibitors in the ar.
rangement Of their goods. This is sxemplified no
more forcibly than BY the splendid display of Bill.
ingsley Co., of Sacramento 1t strikes the eve
Immediately on entering the hall. 1t reaches from
oor to ceiling, and consists of great panels, tower.
crowned and laid in unique designs and ianked and
fronted by pillars and columns. The singuarity of
the display rests in the materials out of which this
really artistic combination Of designs is made and
they OF the order OF practical things and repre-
sent in the largest degree home industries The
whole structure s built on pillars of pals tubs,
boxes eordage buckets and all kinds of large wooden
ware, brooms, brushes wooden tools etc. the panels
are laid with brushes of every conceivable cbarac
ter, handles, pipes, TASKS, bottles, small wooden
utensils twines, traps small mills counter utensils
and hundred other small articles The borders
and hanking columns, and in part the iling-in, is
done with baskets OF every possible kind the pin.
naces are loftiy furnished with busters, small
hrooms, etc, supported in traps and by various
household utensils. The base is splendid sample
array OF goods kept by this wholesale house, and
these may be enumerated for they keep con.
stanty on hand and sell at the lowest market rates
the following:
Woodenware-Pails, tubs keelers washboards
well buckets field kegs, liquor kegs syrup kegs.
churns, butter frkins, butter kits butter boxes.
butter molds, butter prints butter ladies' boxes in
nests barrel covers, ironing boards bread boards
bowls and trays, clothes pins clothes bars step lad.
ders, skewers, toothpcks, faucets lemon squsezers
potato Washers, rolling pins, towel rollers, hat
racks.
Baskets-Cothes hampers, clothes baskets, knife
baskets, bottle baskets bakers baskets butchers
baskets, market baskets, bushel baskets, lunch
baskets, office baskets.
Handles-Ax handles, pick handles sledge han.
dies, mop handles, broom handles
Brushes-Bath brushes, clothes brushes, counter
brushes floor brushes, horse brushes hair brushes
shoe brushes. scrubbing brushes, stove brushes,
window brushes, whitewash brushes.
Cordage-Rope clothes, cotton Irvine, hemp Irvine,
fax Irvine, mop cloths, wicking
Observation-Disclosures bottles TASKS
Paperware-Paper pals, paper basins, paper
bowls, paper lapboards.
Stationery, etc.-Note paper, letter paper, legal
cap, foolscap, Manila paper, straw paper, paper
bags, envelopes, pass books, memorandums, piay.
ing cards pens, pen holders, pencils ink mucilage
states, chalk, craYons.
Miscellaneous-Fancy soaps Bath bricks black.
ing, stove polish, aNlegrease corks brooms feather
busters, pipes, fish rods, fruit wax can openers
corkscrews, chopping knives, coffee mills curry.
combs curry cards. tacks cheese safes corn peppers
cocoa clippers, dustpans, egg beaters matches
match safes, nutmeg graters, sIeves, fly traps
mouse traps, raj traps, window cleaners.
This house is agent also for the Sacramento Wood.
eu"oao wins aiiu TUG Dan FRANCISCO and PaclnC
Glass Works.
1t represents the largest wooden and willowware
wholesale house in all interior California, house
that has jobbing trade coextensivs with the bust
ness area Of the Sacramento market, end which, as
is well known, extends throughout the coast. but
finds its broadcast fields in the north and the center
counties Of the State, and the Territories on our
eastern lines and beyond as well as in China Japan
and the Pacific islands
Let No One
Pass by the exhibits of C. W. Chcsiey & Co. Sacra.
mento. They will be found in the main upper hall.
on the west side. Here is TO be sampled that great
remedial agent, the aeviator of all bronchial and
lung troubles, rock audrye, the original article as
first introduced by Chesey & Co. Here, too, is
shown Chesleys maple and rum, remedy for colds,
lung complaints, etc. 1t is made Of pure maple
syrup and pure Jamaica rum, combination at
once soothing, stimulating, expectorant and healing
1t has attracted the attention Of the medical
faculty aud has been warmly Endorsed by thousands
who have tested its virtues. These simple agents
are often OF greater service to humanity than the
most elaborate prescriptions and most powerful
medicines. Chesley & Co. also display fine wines,
WHISTLES and brandies dealt in by them at their
extensive pioneer Wholesale grocery and liquor
house on Front street.
still Further
Considerations are to be taken into account in
examining the display made by w F. Peterson, Of
Sacramento, the widely known manufacturer and
obbing confectioner The chief of these is that the
goods on exhibition not made especially for dis
play at the fair These but samples of his stock
| and were evidently taken theretrom to collect in
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impressed upon every visitor who has entered Mr..
Peterson's fire establishment FOR it is clearly to be
seen that the STOCK is Just choice in every partic
ular as is the brilliant display at the Pavilion This
is strong evidence Of the value Mr. Peterson attaches