Los Angeles daily herald., 1885-12-10
California at the New Orleans
Fair.


The New Orleans States says; The
weeks Of hand work that Commissioner
Q. b. Turrill has devoted to the arrange
ment Of his exhibit have commenced to
bear fruit. A glance at the vast space
occupied, now something like $4,000
square feet. will at once show how much
care and judgment have been exercised.
II is one thing to have a rich display Of
the wealth OF State and II is another
thing 10 SO dispose of each individual
class of exhibits that the whole harmo-
nizes; that the eye may wander over the
tout ensemble unoffended by errors in
taste, by overcrowding or by want OF
system. In these important respects the
su ceess attained in California's display
is very striking.
AT the present moment exhibita OF
grain, grass, fruits, wines, etc., from the
aforementioned counties. are in posi-
tion and abutting on the main aisle. they
at once attract the attention OF passers-
by-Alameda, Butte, Napa, Sulano. San
Bernardino, Santa Barbara, San joaquin,
Sacramento. Sonoma, Fresno, Tulare,
Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, Santa Clara,
Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Cruz,
Kern. The arrangement Of the products
Of each county ON separate stand has a
capital effect. Many Of them occupy
handsome redwood pyramids or octa-
gons, and are surrounded by pictures
representing the different natural objects
or industries Of the county.
The agricultural products referred to
are invariably Of excellent quality. and
many OF the specimens are unsurpassed
by anything OF like character even IN
this grand Exposition. The show Of
fresh fruit from Santa Cruz county Is
particularly fine. The honey exhibit
will also be an object Of much curiosity.
not only to apiarists, but to the general
public.
A botanical department will be found
in the neighborbood of the Daily States
office. 1t has been collected and ar
ranged by Mr.. and Mrs. J. @. Lennon.
Of California, upon whom it reflects
great credit.
The displays Of timber and Of tree
sections have a most imposing effect.
On entering the main aisle from the
Prytania doors, the enormous trees are
Immediately on the lett standing on
edge. Each is conspicuously labelled,
photograph being also appended to
"lhe giant" Then there are sections Of
sugar pine, yellow pine, cedar and
white fur, all remarkable specimens
from Messrs. TowIe Brothers, of Alta.
California.
The redwood plank, fourteen feet in
length by six feet three inches in width,
by far the largest in the building, is
from the estate of Mr.. II. Perry. Los
Angeles, Cal. The other redwood
planks are not far behind this in point
Of size and perfection.
There is also near by notable grape
vine, from General Bidwell, Of Butte,
who, it should be stated, contributed
the whole of the exceedingly represent
alive exhibit of his county.
Mr.. M. Heineman sends case OF
gloves that will be examined with inter-
est by the fair sex, especially as the
samples are mostly for their own use
and daintily made of buckskin. But a
shudder will pass over many OF the 10.
dies when they note that glove in the
center OF the case is made of human
skim
A WOODEN exhibit in large glass show.
case shows that in textile fabrics. the
Golden State can well hold her own.
The specimens Of blankets are numerous
and Of excellent quality; they come from
the San Francisco Wooden Mills.
Two imposing, solid looking cubes,
represent the amount OF gold and silver
produced by the State, 81. l60, ,000, 600
and $26, 900, 900 in value respectively.
The interiors Of the cubes are advan-
tageously employed, the one for the stor.
age Of the enormous amount of printed
matter that is being judiciously disirib-
uted, and the other for the samples Of
the various wines Of the State.