Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-09-12
PAVILION NOTES.

One Of the most attractive aud thought
fully suggestive exhibits in the fair is that
of the Capital Packing Company, Of sacra-
mento. Ii is located in the rotunda on the
north, and is lofty pyrsInidal structure,
composed wholly Of the goods put up by
the company in cans and jars. There are
all manner of fruits and berries, iellies,
honey, catsups, etc. They are put up in
many different styles also, as for kitchen
use in cans, such as pie fruits, or carefully
arranged i'll jars for immediate table use,
etc. There are exhibited also vegetables
put up for direct use, such as asparagus, in
glass jars, tomatoes in cans and jars, etc.
In one corner of the inclosure is a small
pyramid, crowned by a huge jar of the
loyeliest peaches the eye could dwell upon,
while the central pyramid is capped BY a
similar jar of pears of choice selection
The corners of the pyramid are broken by
octagonai shelves, bearing examples of fine
iellies, etc. As a whole, it is display of
great beauty and very tempting to the appe-
tite. 1t represents one of the largest and
most progressive business establishments
in the interior
The Pioneer Mills, 81. G. Smith & Co,
Sacramento in Horticultural Hall. has an
exhibit in pyramidal form of patent roller
-four. This is shown in a pyramid of sacks
and also in counter piles OF smaller sacks
There are also glass-covered boxes showing
the different grades of roller flour, mid
dlings bran, shorts, etc. These examples
are twenty-four in number, and expose
every step of the process from the grain to
straight tour.n The exhibit represents
one of the most extensive businesses upon
the coast
Hobby, Smith & Young, at the Terra
Gotta Cottage, show some rarely beautiful
examples OF china table service. One of
the most costly and artistic of the sets was
yesterday reserved bv q lady of wealth
who has seen the best the worlds markets
afford.
At the Bundock Bro. Pottery exhibit
each evening working potter shows how
jugs and jars are made.
On the upper south floor is the exhibit of
the State Board of Silk Culture in charge
of Mrs. Rienzi, one of the Commissioners.
1t embraces all exhibits of silk culture.
from the. egg of the moth to the manu-
featured silk. Thus we are shown the
moth, the chrysalis, the worm in its five
stages of existence, the cocoon as formed
on the brush by the worm, the reeling OF
the silk tdone here by hand, but in the
Fihature at San Francisco by steam) by a
girl taught in the State Filiatura, and She
IS very expert and earning good wages.
There comes next the silk in hanks, Just as
taken from the reel. Then comes the
spool silk. The silk was raised by Califor-
MIA women, and reeled and spooled bv
Carlson Il Currier. There are shown silk
stockings from California silk, and pieces of
black silk from California worms, and
woven in San Jose by Sauffrigon Bros All
the natural shades of raw silk are shown.
There are to be seen the japanese, French,
italian end Chinese cocoons. Concerning
silk culture, the Board, through Mrs.
Reinzi. in recent pamphlet, says:
The object of the Board of Silk Culture is TO
propagate the silk industry throughout the
State, to instruct women and children in tho
best method of rearing silkworms and the reel
ing of silk
The silk industry relates to the rearing of silk
worms and the production of their cocoous In
other countries where this has become an es-
women. young girls, children, the aged and the
infrm.