Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-10-11

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township, the second on sandy soil
near the city limits, and the third on
gravelly soil near the back part of
the county. Although grown on diff
fercnt soils and many miles apart,
yet very little difference could be
seen in the appearance Of the fruit
they measuring about ten and half
inches in circumference. In the cen
ter part were exhibits Of butter, etc.
The north and west wings were oc-
cupied by mercantile firms among
whom were Mrs. A. G. Babcock, who,
with her usual enterprise, exhibited
an attractive display of pianoes, or
gans, sewing machines and musical
goods. Masters IL Folkerts. display
Of boots and shoes. Todd, Clement
& Mcknight, who exhibited speci-
mems of sign painting, etc. Il. r.
Little, display of gold and silver
watches, and silver ware. ID. p. Blu
ker in his exhibit, showed how ar
tistically meat could be dressed, and
among other things had a lamb made
from butter. p. Martin exhibited
specimens of fancy lathe turning.
One Of the most attractive places
on the grounds was the new art hall,
and this building was always crowd
ed with citizens who expressed them
selves well pleased with what they
saw therein. The remark "This pays
me for coming to the fair" could
often be heard uttered by those who
we're present. In the center of the
building was sort of pyramid, the
lower step of which was clothed with
moss and decorated with many va
rieties of flowers. The sides of one
half of the building were occupied by
a good display of works Of art, oil
paintings, steel engravings, crayons,
photographs, etc. Geo. l.. Maltz ex-
hibited fine collection of oil paint
ings, ETC., by various artists. f. ID.
Brooks had on exhibition one of his
oil paintings. Miss Sewell and her
class were well represented by many
specimens of paintings and crayons
Geo. HI. Shannon q Co., by steel en-
cravings, and j. j. Gibson and w.
f. Godfrey by first class assortment
of portraits. G. N. Cornell had
Oh exhibition a number of pieces of
dressed woods Of Alpena county, all
treated alike with one coat of linseed
oil, and several architectural designs.
August LIE Point exhibited some AL
pena dressed stones that showed plain
ly that this county is not deficient
in first class building stone. Another
part of the hall was occupied by the
display of needle work, and the ex-
hibit of Vassar yarns and goods by
S. a. l.. Warner.
Close to the ladies department was
the antiquarian department presided
over by f. ID. Spratt, who never tired
of answering the numerous questions
asked. This part of the fair was a
grand success and gave much salts
faction. Among the curiosities were
spread made by grandmother Field
in 1911, which was carded, spun, wove
and embroidered by her; a blanket
made in Hong Kong in 1910; four
pictures bought at sale of effects in
1900; a captains commission issued
by the first governor of Rhode Island
to Gardner Tefft, May 9TH, 1899 I;
the Boston News Letter, dated from
Monday, April 18th, to Monday,
April Oath, 1904, and said to be a
copy of the first newspaper issued in
the u. s.; grandma Fields first
shoes-S0 years old; spoon and pitch
er $50 years old; churn, little
bigger than finger (cows were scarce
in America at that time) came from
England 100 years ago, also a cup
and saucer of the same antiquity an
Indian iron tomahawk, given to the
Indians by early French settlers some
$50 years ago, and found on the bank
of Wolff Creek by A. Z. Davis; a
cup brought to this country $50 years
ago flowers plucked from the SHOWS
on the Alps of Italy and from the
top of Mount Washington piece
of the Mormon temple; lamp used
in the time of Cromwell japanese
work box beautifully inlaid Mar
tin Luther's works-a book 3O7 years
old f; a breast pin made from Scotch
pebble in 1920; a cap made for F.
ID. Spratt by his mother 051 years
ago-this article is said to have sug-
gested the antiquarian exhibit-we
have our doubts about the age of the
cap, not being certain whether the
cipher ought to be on right or left of
the 81 pair of bridal slippers worn
by Mrs. Marston on her marriage in
1902; shells from Marathon, Greece
perforated needle.work-dated 1884
shawl made in India and sent to Scot
land in 1740; piece of lava with
coin attached, from Pompeii; anklets
worn by the women in the Sandwich
Islands; tea spoon $50 years old
Chinese slippers; Buffalo horn spoon
taken from the grave of 0 ka che nee,
the chief medicine man of the Paw
nee Indians; hammer made by
John Nicholson, in Scotland, 1885
infants shirt made A years ago; In
dian dirk bible 1876 years old
specimen of shells from Puget Sound
a brass tray nearly 100 years old
pewter pitcher and tea pot, of the
same age; brass candle stick and
shutters, 80 years old; a sabre cap.
tured from Confederate captain al
the battle of Darksville, Virginia
Confederate money the flag of the
4th Michigan infantry and which had
waved defiance to the enemies Of the
Union in many battles; letter writ
ten from Confederate prison, Sept
18th, 1864, by j. j. Potter; prizes