Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-12-31
A Wonderful Fatch-QuiIt.

Mrs. Montgomery, OF Alabama, who
is the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Smith, of Pine street, has Just COM
pleted an historical quilt of great
value. In its manufacture she his
displayed unusual taste and ability as
an artist. This piece of patch-workas
composed of several hundred pieces
of bright colored silks and satins and
velvets and ribbons put together with
and embroidered in as may different
stitches of bright silk. Besides, there
are seventy seven paintings in wa
ter colors on satin of the princi-
pal events of the late war &ad
the prominent officers of both
sides, copied from various magazines
and photographs, all of them excel
lent likeaesses. The landscapes and
sketches of battlefields and important
places are many of them perfect gems.
The most wonderful part, however,
is that it was all accomplished in ten
months. II the center of the border
at the top there is picture of ''Peace,"
represented by a confederate and
Union officer standing with clasped
hands, their colors folded. In the
center of the quilt is another picture,
that of the swearing in of Jefferson
Davis as president of the Confederate
states, and in one corner is star cut
from the Confederate flag that foated
above him at the time. Scattered
about over the quilt are sketches of
the different battles, and grouped
around each scene are the officers of
both sides who took part. There are
twenty eight landscapes and forty nine
pictures of officers of both sides,
cabinet size. Among them are Gen
erals Lee, Jackson, Beauregard,
Bragg, Buckner, Hood. Hardee, Polk,
Floyd, Pendle1on. Albert Sidney
Johnston, J. E. Johnson, Price, Whit
ing, MacNeil, Law, Hampton, Nor
gan, Stuart, Breckenridge, Tlgham,
Longstreet, Mitchell, A. P. Hill,
Toombs, Fitzhugh, Lee, Jones, Pei
ham, Buchanan. Tuthall, Mcintosh,
Wilkinson, Grant, Mcclellan, Han
cock, Meade, Thomas, Porter. Ander-
son, Farragut, Sherman, Kearney,
Mccall. Butler, Mason and Slidell,
and Presidsnt Cleveland and Hen
bricks, Of the landscapes there are
"Fort Sumpter before and after the
COMMANDMENT" "Centralia," Bull
Run" Manassas Junction" Robin
son House." Henry House." NAL
vern Hill, ""Fort Donelson. ""Grant's
Headquarters. "Buckuer's Head
quarters, F." "Morgan's Men, ""A Corn
field, " "The Spot where Albert Sid
Bey Johnson Fell, 1.-THE Spot where
J. E. B. Stuart Died." "Merrimac
Landing" Fort Henry and Iron
clads, Island No. 10. Battle of Get
tysburg," "Sudly Springs" " Capture
of PouIit's Battery" ''Sherman's
Headquarters, advance Of McClel-
lam" Grows Nest, ""Capture at Rich
mond," and "The Drummer Boy of
Shiloh" In the border of the quilt
are inserted panels In which are paint
ed the pictures of the most prominent
of the generals mentioned. At the
urgent solicitation of the managers of
the exposition at New Orleans, this
vonderful piece of patchwork will be
sent there as soon as completed. In
addition to this, Mrs. Montgomery
has made g. scrap-book of grasses and
ferns collected at points of interest,
which she has ingeniously combined
with water-colored paintings so as to
form exquisite little bits of landscape.
and on her walls hang a number OF
beautiful paintings, excellent copies
from the masters.