Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-08

two of parsnips, four of citrons, one
of celery and one of cucumbers. The
vegetables made a fine display and
proved good advertisement Of the
productive soil of Alpena county.
John Newton showed us a Compton
Surprise potato that weighed one
pound and thirteen ounces, and tur-
nip that weighed eighteen pounds.
The orchards of the county were
represented by twenty-five exhibits of
apples, nineteen Of crab apples, and
three of plumbs. The varieties of
apples exhibited were as follows :
Shiwassee Beauty, Duchess of Olden-
burg, King of Tompkins, Ben Davis,
snow apple, Swall, Wagner, Baldwin,
greening, golden russell, and Tallman
sweet. The various exhibits were a
credit to the county.
The Art Loan building exhibits
and displays far exceeded last years,
the space all being occupied.
Klock, Donnelly & Co. had an ex-
tensive exhibit of ready made cloth
ing, gents underwear, silk handker-
chiefs, ties, etc., comprising hundreds
of articles, attractively arranged and
presenting fine appearance. 1t
tended to show what large variety
of goods the firm keep on hand to
supply their many customers.
Hawley & Fitzgerald had an ele-
giant display of carpets, magnificent
enough for king. They were taste
fully arranged. The firm also had
dress goods, mats, etc., on exhibition.
The Brussels carpets were hung up
on the walls, so as to show how they
would look with borders.
James Lewis had on exhibition a
fine assortment of boots, slippers, ETC.,
and his patrons will find an immense
ly larger one at his store in the Bank
block.
George N. Blackburn had fine ex-
hibit of rifles, guns, and sporting
goods. A full supply of sporting
goods can be found at his store on
Second street, where also guns can be
repaired.
G. ii. Reynolds, the jeweler, was on
hand with beautiful exhibits of sill
yer ware, and other goods in his line.
A. f. Kelley & Co., had on exhibit
ton large supply of dress goods,
millinery, etc. Masters & Folkerts,
supply of boots and shoes. VIM.
Parker, several specimens of uphol-
stored chairs, the work Of himself; and
Mrs. Babcock displayed a number of
musical instruments and sewing ma
chimes. Brebner & Johnston had an
exhibit of doors, sash, etc.
Robert Napier showed what Alpe-
ma workmen could do making cutters,
wagons, etc. The cutter was a mag
nificent one and his wagons equal to
those made by any other firm.
There was one exhibition in the art
loan worthy of much praise, and
that was the paintings by Alpena citi-
zens. Martin Collins had two oil
paintings-one wood scene with two
Indian figures. The other is winter
scene, and is fine illustration of ma
ture transferred to canvass. The
painting was worthy of exhibition in
any gallery. Mr.. Collins asks only
$50 for the winter scene, which is cer-
tainly cheap. We have seen coarse
stencil plate oil paintings sold in this
town for $40. Mr.. Collins is a pro-
fessional painter and has made Alpena
his home. His magnificent painting
of the return Of the victorious Ger
mans, price only 800, has not yet
been sold. The frame alone is worth
s25.
The rest of the paintings on exhibit
ton were the work of amateurs and
were exceedingly well done. Mrs.
Parker exhibited two oil paintings
and a number Of very fine paintings
of flowers. Mrs. j. d. Potter had
marine view and an owl. Mrs. Wall
was represented by a fox-squirrel on
limb, dog and landscape in oil.
A. j. Lawson had very fine exhi-
bition of photographs that could not
be easily excelled.
In the art loan were also many ar
ticles of fine needle work, mats, quilts,
etc., ETC., and several specimens of
jack-knife work. One of the latter
was a ship inside a bottle, piece Of