Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-11-28
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.
MINNESOTA AT NEW ORLEANS.

AAA0 z TACTICAL WOxK the university WIN
show-Native Woods OF the State Collected
by Prof. Wlncl,en.
After months Of effort, Prof, Porter, to
whom has been intrusted the work Of col
lecting the materials for the Minnesota edu-
cational exhibit ali New Orleans, is at the ED
of that department. OF his labors, and is ready
to ship the various articles collected to the
exposition The exhibit made by the Uni
yersity Of Minnesota is particularly full In
those practical departments which seem to
distinguish many of the Western institutions
OF learning from those in the East The coll
lege Of mechanic arts will be represented in
the exposition BY an elaborate and interest
ing collection illustrating the work OF
the school in all Of it's methods
and reBulta The va1x.eus articles on
in readiness, and will be removes on Mon
hibit are six large wooden frames contain
ing the tools for the respective departments
Of vice, forge and carpenter work, with
specimens Of the various Articles made in the
pursuit of the three courses. The carpen-
ter's and blacksmith's tools are not fancy
the real tools that the students have used
in their work. The specimens Of work done
were selected at random from great nVm-
Der OF articles equally creditab]e They are
chosen with reference to showing the princi-
pies employed in the trade of carpentry and
blacksrnithing. The departments OF me-
chanic art and civil engineering are illus
trated by number of drawings. number
of manuscript books showing the stud
ent's actual work during the course
accompany the exhibit Plans of the
grounds, the buildings, and OF apparatus and
An immense chart showing the course OF
study in the college Of mechanical arts are
kw,o1, If RI hi "
of notice ia that it is entirely the work Of
students Even the most elaborate Of the
descriptive charts in which some OF the let
tering and other ornamental work is exceed
ingly fine. have been executed by students
OF the. university. Altogether, the exhibit
fer this department. Of the university is one
In which the citizens of the state may take
pride, ,inasmuch as it reflects the altogether
practical character Of their highest institn-
ton Of learning. For the department. Of
Greek, Prof Brooks has prepared synchro-
nistic chart Of Greek biography, literature
There is a similar chart some
twenty 5set in length for the department. Of
English literature. 1t has been wrought out
with patient skill by one Of the students. In
each of the departments manuscript books
of questions and examination papers have
been made DR.. FolwelL has also written
history of the university to accompany the
exhibit. There are numerous photographs
of buildings, -class rooms, apparatus, collec-
lions, ETC. An. immense banner, illustrating
She rise and progress of tho institution, will
hang over all.
TIE NATIVE woUDs.
One car is likely to be loaded almost en-
Mrely with the specimens collected by Prof.
Winchell showing the native woods of Min
nesota These specimens number more than
forty and are in great blocks taken from the
body of the trees, some of them four feet in
In, nth md f,,l1 anti n 1jSmQtpr
the bark undisturbed- The. ends OF all
these specimens have been merely
dressed and sand papered, and the col
lection will be the: best and completest
ever gathered. OF the pine family, it will
include specimens OF the common white pine
most used in the manufacture Of lumber, the
Norway, and the banks or Jack pine In
everRreens there are specimens or the
spruce, OF both the black and white. variety,
the balsam fur, the tamrac, the whjts cedar
"a large block a foot and a half In Diane
ter-and the red CEDAR Hemlock; although
it grows in abundance: in, Wisconsin, is not
found in. Minnesota. Of the hardwoods,
there are specimens of the white, black, burr
and one or two other specimens OF oak that
grow sparingly, including red oak and
what is known as the swamp white OAK. i ne
elms are the rock, the American and the
slippery. The birch varieties are the white
or paper, the grey or silver, and the river or
red birch Among the naples are the sugar
or black with several varlUles OF this family
modified more or less by their surroundings.
the soft or silver maple and the red or river
maple very large specimen OF the black
walnut was secured at Morristewn,
from tree fully, nine feet in
circumference. Then there is the sag bark
hickory, the Kentucky coffee tree. which is
rare, but nevertheless grows in Minnesota,
the blackberry, bass wood, .boxelder, butter-
nut or pig hickory, from which the hoops for
barrels are principally made; the common
butternut tree, very plenty IN some sections
Of Minnesota; the black cherry, TWO varieties
of cottonwood, the asker: poplar and the
Of the mountain ash, fifteen inches in
diameter, has been secured, and large
specimen which has been dressed to show it's
peculiar beauty of grain, has been secured
of the stag horn sumac, and the whole ex-
hibit is supplemented by secti ons from such
small trees as plum, red cherry, thornap-
pie and water birch. This exhibit calcu-
lated to show the timber resources Of the
state is supplemented by a collection Of
manufactured goods gathered by Col Z. W.
Durant Of Saltwater, which includes, among
other things, combinations of the chief woods
Brought to the highest possible polish.
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