The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-01-29
read and sung it long before it was
ever heard i'm the North. Please
let me hear from the critics, and
obiigr. Iours, respectfully.
LAMAR FONTAINr
Misslssippl's Display at tho Great
Show.

The exhibit of this State is grow
ing daily in attractivsness and inter
1 est.
The exhibit Of the Whitworth Fe
male College. at BrOokavcu. contains
examination papers prepared by
pupils in varl"us classes. PrOmi
nrnt is the nrt collected from the
advanced pupils of that department
Of the school. H. embraces raint
ings in oil and drawi+,g' in crayon
aud pencil, which are highly credit
able.
A collection of fruits ; preserved
in some transparent fuid, show
enormous peaches aad gigantic
ounces and other fruits.
DR.. W. Spillman, Gco'ogist at Co
!umbns, exhibits an interesting col
lection of fossils, illustrating the
psIeontology of Mississippi. The
crustaceous formations Of that State
are particularly presented in theit
remains Of ancient lie. Almost the
entire spinal column Of an ancient
whale (zeugiodon crloides) is in
this collection, and it represents an
animal that was hundred feet long
when he hOuriehcd in the seas that
then covered Mississippi.
Bricks from Mcssrs. White Il Co.
Clay county Landreuse Bros, Han
cock county. and terra Gotta from
Taylor d Son, Of Kinds county, with
pottery from the Holly Springs Pot
Ierv Company. well represented the
State, whiie fine and extensive col
lection OF products from The
Pascagoula Glass Company, of Jack
son county, shows the capabilities
of the sand
Everybody pauSes before the case
Of birds representing the tragic sto
~ of the death aud burial oi Cock
Robin. TIE I'D nursery rhyme is
familiar 10 all, and of the hundred
of stuffed birds in the case the posi-
ti0ns are SO natural and the arrange
ments are so artistic and true to thr
story il represents that all who SEE
it are filed With delight. II was
arranged and mounted by Mrs Car
ric :. Pool. OF Natchcz, and is u per
| feet treasure ot its kind.
One of the most elegant and strik
inc things in any exhibit is the maj
Of Mississippi wrought in patch
work NV laiics of Adams county
1t is about eight feet by twelve, and
is n perfect map Of the State. each
county being Il Serera;e piece of col
ored silk, arIistically combined as
/ to color and representing accurately
/ the shape Of each county. The rlv
rrs are put on in embroidery and the
/ entire work is set upon white satih.
embroidered around the margin with
/ the foliage and fl ,wcrs of the cotton
| llant. The Guitt or map is bac%e
with crimson brocade silk AMI the
effect OF the whole is indcscrihahIy
rich and splendid. it has jnst ar
nved and has not yet been display
/ ed.
An interesting part Of the eXhib-
It is the silk display Of Mr.. l.. S Gro
z;cr, of Corinth Mrs. A Dnlroe, oi
Vicksbarg, and the Coriuth Silk
Company, of Mrs, a. Docks and b
Vaccarnio. Not only are the CO
coons shown. bnt raw and spun
silks are also exhibited. 1t Is an
important display, and it should moi
be long before there are also silk
looms to show alongside. There i,
no more reason that Paterson, n. j..
should be centre Of silk manulact
IRE than tia Nickshurg OF Natchc2
or Holly Springs Should be.-Ne@
Orleans PicdyuRe.