The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-30
TEXAS At NEW ORLEANS.
SuqQei ons From Commissioner Elliott -wh'
win This City DOT

Su1Qe' ons from commissioner tltoU--Whst
win This City DOT
The below excerpts, which are repro
duccd from n circular letter sent out by
Commissioner John +. Elliott, should be
read with interest by the citizens of San
Antonio, aud this section OF the State
generally. Texas should make grand
exhibit, and the contributions from here
form no mean portion Of that exhibit:
81 would urge that you take immedi-
ate measures for the formation OF county
and city or town societies for the for
warding Of the interests of your district,
and all its counties, In the matter of pro-
curing and having In readiness for trans
porting to New Orleans, this summer
and in the fall, all such products, or evil
den0es of resources whereby full Indus
trial. line art and other particulars Of
your section of the State. may he placed
before the world. ut truly the greatest
fair the world will have ever seen on
excepting the Philadelphia Centennial.)
The organization of ladies' societies
is also especially requested, that the
handiwork, the skill, the industry and
the talents of Texian women may be
thoroughly evidenced to all.
With our products, our resources, our
facilities, and other possessions, whether
In the departments of agriculture, man
uiactures, mining, live stock, transpor-
tation, education, fine arts, womnn's
specialties, etc, all manner OF ingenious
devices can be woven into novel and
attractive shapes TO especially arrest the
attention of visitors, to be the subject of
particular comment, and to be stored
away for after years more wildly In the
memory.
Quaint household furniture. carriages.
nf Oft pun ha fa
our infinite varieties of woods; handsome
pyramids, shafts and receptacles can be
made of our ores, marbles and stones,
lime, cement and brick; novel exhibits
can be furnished by our manufactures;
beautiful wreathings for stars, crosses,
bells, baskets, etc. can be supplied by
our native cereals, grasses, cotton,
tobacco, sugar stalks, leaves and grains,
and by our pressed flowers, and our
fruits and our vegetables. So, likewise,
can cages and cases of our birds, insects,
reptiles, fishes, etc, natural and stuffed,
be Interestingly constructed and dis
played In artificial hooks, caves, etc.
refrigerated meats, preserved and dess
Gated specimens Of all farm products,
could he admirably displayed; handsome
wares and terra cottas, moulded from
our clays. might be wonderfully
wrought.
$50, also, with all sorts OF needlc-work,
embroideries, painting, wax, feather,
and other graphic or plastic designs,
and the fine arts generally. Ornately
arranged piles OF educational books and
equipment might be presented with
equal taste. SO, also, with Texas
scenery, rural and urban,and our stately
structures, public and private.
"Indeed, the field is limitless, and fancy
must suggest, and industry and tact
fashion into vivid presentations, the
counterfeit duplicates and miniature
models OF Texian actualities and posi-
bilities. Thus we will be able TO show
to any section Of the world, that the
Texas of to-day is its peer.
"Your hearty and continuous cooper
alton in securing all this and more for
Texas il most earnestly solicited through
organization ms above indicated.
Every respectfully,
'JonN +. ELLIOTT,
Commissioner-in-Ch Chief"