The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-10-18
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FISH. Fowl. REPTILE.
ALL BIAI TtftfIN MOI NTID I
NORTH CAROLINA.
lat. too. by >orth Carolina Lady.
n ATTRACTIVE faA tsirrmtr ExAibit q

+ craven County.
Thcns Is nothing ~ the whole rxpe-
fAe THAT teaches . more escful lesson .
industry than The sANidcrmio work O
t3ark and Morgan III shc Craven oouufs
rXhitHi. aud it y matc especially signif
cant 's'ca'sse The work 4 largely fmainis
indeed the work of Mrs Morgan
The cXhlbit consists chiefly az fishes
fowls aud reptiles. beautifully stuffed ans.
mounted. The great alligator 10 fsS.t ana
hali long is th" most conspicuous ohjerf
~ ih" exhibition II am afraid the, wilh
punch my Poor alligator 10 riecsss, "a a.
Mrs Morgan Hugo, hurtid snakes com.
piefc tlfe collection II reptiles And you
Know that snakes arr fashionable orun F,
ment> ~ Ncw England parlors. dldnt
YOU t Then there ar - birds stuffed
ana mounted Al which arr of our,
native tariei.=ss. \ fish hawk hangs from
tle ceiling AID gra~;,> a fish ia is claws:
an eagle pNcriookS thc Whole scene, a large
blu' heron sits near the alligator, and tho
others are IA various attitudes aud places
that become them There i flne deer-
head; and Mr. Thomas T.. Clarke Killed
ia" deer himself and mounted tho head
There are in The collection 80 hshes pr.,.
pared aud mounted on native w,-sdN hy
i1aNldNonr ichthy -taxidcrmy. among them
"A shark with Il pilot fish The back s
ground Of the whole display Is "A ceiling II
craven woods eypryse. poplar ash and
curIod pine
The air. the earth. and the SEA. there
fore, Of Craven county have bs'n robbed
of rs living things for our delight. and
they ar preserved and exhibited with
wonderful life likeness
Bat Mrs. Morcan's work is finer thnn
tins. She has fans and mum, made Of
the rlunage or our native birds. which
are entirely new kind of work 10 be
done IN North Carolina, and especially hy
a North Carolina lady She uses tho
piumage of partridgcs Wild turkeys. snipc
bull-hats, red wing black birds doves.
gray sGlls, white herons, laris. blue her.
ons, peaeocks, and several others She
has case Of these fans on exhibition
Northern people. = she said "hnvc a do
flded weakness for fans ~ partridge fcath-
e rs. Miss Mice u. Duty, OF New Bcrno,
also has a case Of very handsome fans IN
the collection.
1T is not very difficult work" said
Mrs Morgan, 10 make these fans; but il
requires skill and good deal Of patience
"Prohtable Yes, we have been very
successful nnd ouc Of the most profitable
pieces of work 9f lhe kind is he prcparl-
iloh 81 duck skins for The trimming OF fine
dresses.
one Of Mrs. Morgan fans aas been sent
10 l'arls and one 10 Stuttgart Germany,
and her work has already made a reputa
lon from Boston To Florida
Other work of somcRh hat similar kind
$ a set of very beautiful icwclry of fish
'cales made by Mrs George Hancock. of
New Berne; and the wals are adorned
With pictures Of the native flowers of
raven.
Besides the instructive exhibit 81 Clarke
Morgan, there are many specimens Of
raven lnarls a specimen Of castor beans
grown by Mr. Chas. Nelson, which hints
If great possible industry. and stalks of
ute, and of grasses and grains.
The peculiar significance Of this exhibit
5 set forth III the following business card.
which TIE CHRONICLE takes the liberty to
publish